DHAKA: Brazil and Argentina are two teams whose fans only consider winning the cup their success. Anything short of that is considered failure.  Football world had seen how three other favorites Brazil, Germany and France struggled to overcome strong challenges from Chile, Algeria and

Estádio Nacional de Brasilia, Brasília France 2 [ (Paul Pogba 80 *), Josef ( Own Goal )] : Nigeria  0  Having dominated the most part of the Game the Flying Eagles Nigeria were led to Flying home by the French team extended to its limit.  Another time, another place, another day

Played at Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegro Germany 0 + 2 [Extra time 2 (Schurrie 92*, Mesut Ozil 120*):  Algeria 0 +1 [Extra time 1(Abdulmoumene 120* +1)  Very gallant Algeria went down to matured and well stalked Germany 1-2 in a cracker of a match at Estade Beira –Rio, Porto

DHAKA: The Netherlands and Nepal have been granted T-twenty International status at the International Cricket Council annual Conference in Melbourne, reports paktribune.Both sides competed at the World T-twenty in Bangladesh in March, 2014.The ICC rook the decision at its annual

DHAKA: Having bounced back from a thumping 5-2 defeat by France to convincingly beat Honduras, Switzerland will have raise their level still further on Tuesday when they face Argentina in the round of 16 in Sao Paulo. Ottmar Hitzfeld’s side have proven to be something of a mixed bag

Monday, June 30, 2014 Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegro Kick-off: 21.00 BST (Brazil Standard Time: 0200 AM, 1, July 2014 Bangladesh Standard Time)  Germany is one of the top four pretournament favorites of Brazil 2014. Many strong teams including even Argentina and Brazil have so far

DHAKA: Australia and New Zealand appear almost certain to play the first day-night Test with a pink ball next year, after discussions progressed between the two countries last week.  Adelaide and Hobart are the two possible venues for the inaugural match, which is likely to take place

DHAKA: Thomas Muller said that winning the Golden Boot at the World Cup does not interest him. The Germany striker was the top scorer at the 2010 tournament in South Africa, and jointly leads the standings with four goals after the group stages in Brazil, reports sportsmole.co.uk.

DHAKA: Two days of four matches of pre-quarter final matches have already witnessed enough drama, heartbreaks, controversies and tensions. The elite groups of 16 are now reduced to 12.  In another two days it will further come down to 8 and quarter final line ups will be completed. We

DHAKA: Costa Rica kept their World Cup dream alive as they beat Greece on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the last 16 on Sunday.         Earmarked as whipping boys having been drawn alongside England, Italy and Uruguay in Group D, Jorge Luis Pinto's men shocked the world by winning

Costa Rica [Bryan Ruiz 52* + 5 (Penalty) ] : [ Greece (Sokratiz 90* + 1 ) + 3 ( Penalty )] Played At Arena Pernambuco, Recife Brazil Brave Costa Ricans playing with ten men for 53 minutes knocked out Greeks in the penalty shootout and moved into quarter final in a nerve breaking match at

Netherlands 2 [Sneijder 88*, (Klaas Jan Huntelaar 90 +4 (injury time) ] : Mexico ( do Santos 48* ) Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza The late surge from the seasoned campaigners kept the Netherland dreams alive. Tulips can still bloom. Dutch can now have another crack at the much coveted

DHAKA: The Netherlands staged a dramatic late comeback to win 2-1 and ensure that Mexico's FIFA World Cup last-16 hoodoo continued. Leading 1-0 with two minutes remaining in Fortaleza on Sunday, Miguel Herrera's men stood on the verge of reaching the last eight of the tournament for the

DHAKA: Mexico is facing Netherlands in World Cup knockout stage Sunday at Estadio Castelao stadium of Fortaleza. Netherlands won all three matches of the first round and became the hot favorite; on the other hand Mexico won in two matches out of three and drew in another one. Both the

A team cannot make mistakes and go unpunished in the knock out round – the business session of a major event like World Cup football. That was again proved Saturday in the first two games of the Pre-quarter finals involving four of the five teams of South America qualifying to this

DHAKA: One very special young man came up with claim of the highest scorer in the World Cup 2014 scoring five goals including a double against Uruguay in the last match.James Rodriguez, 22, Colombia’s  £37.5million man, elevated himself above Messi, Neymar and Muller as the

DHAKA: A solid defence used to be Greece’s modus operandi while Costa Rica traditionally relied on maverick individuals but the stereotypes have been shed in this World Cup where the two teams face a last-16 clash Sunday.  The fourth match of the knock out round of world cup-2014 will

DHAKA: The third match of the knock out round of world cup-2014 will be held between Netherlands and Maxico at 10:00pm Sunday in Fortaleza. Two sides who have stood out in the world cup so far meet in the round of 16 after progressing through their groups.     Netherlands won all

DHAKA: Hosts Brazil will face fellow South American nation Colombia in quarter final at Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza on July 5.   The first two teams through to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Quarter-Finals following both nations winning their respective Round of 16 encounters’s on

Played at Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro. Colombo (Rodriguez 2 - 23* , 50*): Uruguay 0 A very bright looking Columbia out gunned and out witted shell shocked Uruguay still leaking the wounds of Suarez suspensions with a comfortable margins of 2-0. The goals were scored by their