Tuesday, 26 Nov, 2024

Sports

'I can't feel my legs': Neymar

DHAKA: Brazil's star striker Neymar cried "I can't feel my legs" after the World Cup challenge by Colombia's Juan Zuniga that has ended his tournament, said coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Scolari said the whole team panicked after the knee in the back tackle during Brazil's quarter-final

World Cup Delicately Poised

Excepting the very last match between Netherlands and Costa Rica three other quarter finals of Brazil World Cup 2014 failed to impress being a bit anticlimax to the very entertaining and enthralling contests seen prior to quarter finals.  All favorites however from this stage managed to

Djokovic beats Federer for Wimbledon Title

DHAKA: Novak Djokovic ended his Grand Slam drought and Roger Federer's hopes of a record eighth Wimbledon title with a thrilling five-set victory.     The Serb, 27, came through 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 6-4 to win his second Wimbledon and seventh Grand Slam title.      After

When A Dream Gets Put Paid

Young Brazilian poster boy Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior had a dream. He dreamt to walk with Brazilian dream in its historic HEXA mission and walk out with the dream fulfilled with the most coveted championship trophy.The boyish looking frail structured young boy instead was stretchered

Shakib to play 10 yrs for country

DHAKA: World top all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Sunday said he wants to play for the country for at least 10 years more and also join in the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Shakib, in a status on his Facebook page, said, “I always want to play for the country. I want to play for the national

Shakib returns home

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket all rounder Shakib-al-Hasan returned home at Shahjalal International Airport in city on Sunday morning.After landing at the airport around 11:36am, Shakib said, “I flew to play CPL after getting verbal permission from Akram Khan, which was a

Death threats to Zuniga over Neymar foul

DHAKA: Colombia's Juan Zuniga received a flood of death threats and racist abuse on social media Saturday as Brazilians reacted angrily to his tournament-ending foul on star forward Neymar.  Brazil's Neymar holds his back after a hefty challenge from Colombia's Juan Zuniga during the

Fifa to investigate Neymar incident

DHAKA: The disciplinary committee is set to examine Juan Camilo Zuniga's challenge on the Brazil star Neymar, which ruled him out of the rest of the World CupFifa has confirmed it will analyse the incident in Friday's World Cup quarter-final which saw Neymar suffer a broken vertebra

Messi 'water in the desert'

DHAKA: Argentina captain Lionel Messi gives the World Cup semi-finalists "water in the desert" when they are struggling, says coach Alejandro Sabella.Messi led his side to a first semi-final since 1990 as Gonzalo Higuain's strike defeated Belgium."That a player like Messi almost never

Orange Bearers Ends Costa Rica Fairy Tale

DHAKA: Netherlands finally put an end to an unbelievable fairy tale of Costa Rica rising from the group of death playing consistently well and defending doggedly against a resurging Dutch team firing with all guns blazing. It took 120 minutes and Penalty kick shoot out to get the

Orange bearers end Costa Rica fairy tale

DHAKA: Netherlands finally put an end to an unbelievable fairy tale of Costa Rica rising from the group of death playing consistently well and defending doggedly against a resurging Dutch team firing with all guns blazing. It took 120 minutes and Penalty kick shoot out to get the

Di Maria is out of World Cup: Agent

DHAKA: Argentina star Angel Di Maria’s agent has claimed his client will miss the remainder of the World Cup after he sustained a thigh injury in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat of Belgium. The Real Madrid winger lasted just 33 minutes of the quarter-final in Brasilia before limping out of the

Netherlands to face Argentina in semi-final

DHAKA: Tim Krul was an unlikely hero as the Netherlands secured a 4-3 shoot-out win over Costa Rica to book a FIFA World Cup semi-final place. Over 120 goalless minutes in Salvador, Louis van Gaal's team struck the post or crossbar on three occasions and the Manchester United-bound

Argentina sent Red Devils home

Argentina held on to an early solitary goal scored in the 8 th minute by Higuain in sending the Red Devils home. For understandable reasons Argentina playing it safe preserved their energy for later matches of the contest in their search of third World Cup title. Belgium however lacked

Argentina confirm semi-final

DHAKA: Gonzalo Higuain's stunning strike sent Argentina into the semi-finals of the World Cup at the expense of Belgium, as Alejandro Sabella's men ran out 1-0 winners in Brasilia. Much has been made of Argentina's reliance on mercurial captain Lionel Messi during the tournament in

Argentina-Belgium battle underway

DHAKA: The quarter final match between Argentina and Belgium is being held at Estadio NacionalBrasilia stadium on Saturday. Argentina and Belgium are battling there to join Germany and Brazil in the last four. The Italian referee Nicola RIZZOLI is organizing the match of the hot

What Can Brazil Do?

Brazil has won the quarter final but lost the services of its star performer Neymar through injury. The captain Thiago Silva will also miss the important semifinal against Germany. The absence of two key players of the starting eleven in an important match will definitely have some

Neymar returns to training camp

DHAKA: Neymar returned to Brazil’s training camp in an ambulance after being ruled out of the World Cup because of a broken vertebra that will sideline him for four weeks. Neymar flew back to Rio de Janeiro with the rest of his Brazil teammates following their 2-1 quarterfinal victory

Match review || Brazil vs Colombia

Especially the 1st half was extremely amusing. Metaphorically speaking it was appealing and scrumptious as if the nectar was oozing out for the viewers and the spectators. It is also true that the rhythm was marred by fouls and injuries of which Neymar’s was the worst. From the

“Cow is out of the barn”

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