Tuesday, 26 Nov, 2024

Sports

What Brazil World Cup Left Behind?

Curtain dropped on the “Greatest Show on Earth” FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014. Beautiful Country of “Joga Bonito” Brazil presented a wonderfully attractive Football world which for many reasons will be remembered for a long time in to the future. Germany won the World Cup their

Rodriguez wins Golden Boot for 6 goals

DHAKA: Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez has won 2014 World Cup Golden Boot after none of his main rivals managed to score during Germany’s 1-0 extra-time win in the final against Argentina.                           Rodriguez scored his all-important sixth goals from

Enigmatic Germany buried Argentine dreams

Germany won the World Cup 2014. Germany is the champions for the fourth time. They created a new record winning it first time in South America as no team other than the team from the continent had won it before. Germany blasted host out of the tournament in the semifinal with a

Messi blames World Cup defeat on strikers

DHAKA: Lionel Messi blamed Argentina's 1-0 World Cup final defeat to Germany on their forwards for being wasteful in front of goal.The 27-year-old was a peripheral figure on the night and fired wide a golden opportunity to give his side the lead in the second half after Gonzalo

The pain will be with us for life: Mascherano

DHAKA: Javier Mascherano has described the "immense" pain he and his Argentina team-mates are suffering following their World Cup final defeat to Germany, insisting it will stay with them forever.Mario Gotze's extra-time volley settled the contest in the Germans' favour at the

Messi wins Golden Ball

DHAKA: Lionel Messi earned the 2014 World Cup Golden Ball as FIFA named the Argentinian star the tournament's top player.Although he was held scoreless in the knockout rounds, he scored four group stage goals and guided his team all the way to the World Cup finals, where it ultimately

Germany win World Cup

DHAKA: Mario Gotze's 113th-minute volley fired Germany to World Cup glory with a 1-0 win over Argentina at the Maracana.The tournament's outstanding team failed to repeat the fluency and brilliance of their 7-1 semi-final romp against Brazil but Joachim Low's team found one more

World Cup final begins

DHAKA: Germany and Argentina have engaged in the much-waited 2014 Fifa World Cup final match at Estadio do Maracana on Rio De Janeiro on Monday.The game kicked off at 1:00am BDST.Both teams look to win their first World Cup title since 1990 and 1986 respectively.Germany are favorites

Why I Differ With Experts?

I am not an expert but I am simple sports enthusiast and very keen learner. Still I strongly differ with some soccer pundits and experts dismissing Argentina Completely from today’s final. I rather believe and strong reasons for that the teams are evenly matched and team that appears

German Science Up Against Argentine Arts

DHAKA: Germans have advanced tiki taka – the modern science of soccer and Argentina is beholding the art and artistry of the Beautiful Game.  When European Power House Germany will lock horns tonight against South American Superpower Power Argentina in dream World Cup Final it will be

This is the match of our lives: Messi

DHAKA: Lionel Messi has sounded a warning to highly-fancied Germany, and issued a stirring rally cry for Argentina, by referring to Sunday’s mouth-watering FIFA World Cup final as “the game of our lives”. Rio de Janeiro’s famous Maracana is the setting as Messi attempts to

Germany vs Argentina

DHAKA: One of the greatest World Cups in history comes down to a final between two countries with mixed memories of playing against each other for the biggest sporting prize on the planet. In 1986, Argentina beat Germany in the final in Mexico. Four years later, Germany were crowned

Brazil Humbled Yet Again

Netherland 3 [Van Persie 1 (3*), Blind 1 (17*), Wijnaldum.90* ] : Brazil 0 Host Brazil got hammered and humbled again. Very matured Netherland playing skilfull attacking football sunk Brazilian pride further. They caused further   misery for a miserable Brazil beating those3 -0. Even

Pray for Cricketer Rehan Hasan

A very talented of first Generation Bangladesh Cricketer Syed Khawaja Rehan Hasan, a fellow national cricketer, once and the captain of National Sporting Club is seriously ill.   Nazmun Noor Robin posted this in his Facebook.  We who were blessed with the opportunity of witnessing few

Muller vs Messi in numbers

DHAKA: On track for a second consecutive adidas Golden Boot, Germany’s Thomas Muller is the leading light in Joachim Low’s side. With his fifth goal of these finals against Brazil, he took his place among a fabulous five of his countrymen (Miroslav Klose, Gerd Muller, Jurgen Klinsmann

Argentina vs Germany: World Cup Final Preview

DHAKA: Argentina and Germany will meet on Sunday in the 2014 World Cup final. The two nations have met two other times for the trophy, with each returning home with it. Here's a look at the matchup between the two soccer powers. Source: Washington Post BDST: 1645 HRS, JUL 12,

Nicola Rizzoli to referee Final

DHAKA: Germany and Argentina contested the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy™ and an Italian referee will officiate as the same countries meet in the 2014 decider.  Nicola Rizzoli, a 42-years-old an architect from Bologna, has already refereed three matches at the 2014 FIFA World

Maradona to roll out red carpet for Messi, if…

DHAKA: Diego Maradona hopes Lionel Messi can deliver a performance that betters his 1986 displays to lead Argentina past Germany in Sunday's final. The Albiceleste, who progressed to the showpiece at the Maracana after a 4-2 penalty shootout win over the Netherlands, are aiming to lift

Messi, Neymar nominated for golden ball

DHAKA: Lionel Messi, Neymar and James Rodriguez have been named among those shortlisted for the Fifa Golden Ball 2014.    The award is presented to the best player of the World Cup finals and is voted for by members of the media and Fifa’s Technical Study Group. The Barcelona stars

7-1 loss will haunt us forever: Scolari

DHAKA: Brazil boss Luiz Felipe Scolari says he and his players will forever be haunted by their humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany in the World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday. Following their damaging defeat in Belo Horizonte, Scolari and his players are now preparing for a third-place playoff