DHAKA: Wayne Rooney hopes to be named as captain of Manchester United, despite reports suggesting fellow striker Robin van Persie will get the armband.  With defender Nemanja Vidic having left the club, new boss Louis van Gaal must appoint a skipper when he takes over after the World

DHAKA: Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's 60 (38b, 5x4, 3x6)  powered Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to a 30-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 49th Match of IPL on Thursday. Shakib, Uthappa and Narine booked the IPL playoff berth after shutting doors on RCB at

When Soccer pundits predict about the chances of European teams in any world cup usually the names of Italy, France, Spain and England feature in the discussions. Sometimes Portugal, Netherlands and Croatia are also discussed. Few discuss the prospect of Belgium.  But Brazil world may

DHAKA: Demanding socio-cultural development along with increasing lifestyle, members of social movements and students take part in a demonstration against the World Cup, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Thursday evening.The protesters at the evening marched against the cost of hosting the football

DHAKA: Shahrukh Khan truly has lost his words except ‘Ecstatic’ to express his feelings about the performances by all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine and Robin Uthappa. He also termed Kolkata as his ‘city of joy’. SRK also has also said something metaphorical about the

DHAKA: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 30-run in the 49th match of Indian Premier League (IPL) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. With Utappa’s 83 not-out and Shakib’s 60, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) scored 195 losing three wickets. Starc,

Soccer pundits observe that France may struggle to get out of the group E with Honduras, Switzerland and Ecuador but with creative talents like Frank Ribery, Paul Pogba and Karim Benzama France may go beyond even go beyond quarter finals if they manage to advance from the group. France

DHAKA: The craze of all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has touched another height with the victory of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their last match of IPL. Shakib has been termed “Superman” in the latest article on the blog of Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR)

DHAKA: Immediately after Shakib Al Hasan belted an unbeaten 46 off 21 to lead Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to a victory over Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan, also owner of the club, tweeted expressing his overwhelming joy. Shahrukh Tuesday night tweeted:

Football is played in almost all countries of the world. But since the advent of the World Cup in 1930 (the Jules Rimet Trophy) two schools of football__ South American classical style and European power football__ have had the final laugh. Brazil and Uruguay won the early limelight in

DHAKA: Ryan Giggs announced he was retiring from his career as a player following his appointment as assistant manager to newly-installed Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal.The 40-year-old one-club man revealed his decision in an open letter to supporters published on United’s

DHAKA: Football legend Pele has written a song to cheer on his native Brazil in the World Cup as it prepares to host the June 12-July 13 tournament. ‘It’s given me so much happiness, it’s made me cry, football is in our nation's veins,’ goes the opening verse, which Pele sang to

DHAKA: Barcelona appointed outgoing Celta Vigo manager Luis Enrique as their new coach to replace Gerardo Martino after a disappointing trophy-less season. The Catalan club said, The Straits Times publishes this report on Tuesday. ‘The FC Barcelona Board of Directors have this evening

DHAKA: Before the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final gets underway at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, a special closing ceremony involving around 1,000 people will celebrate the greatest values of the globe’s most popular sport as the tournament nears its unmissable climax.        

DHAKA: Germany boss Joachim Low believes it would be "mistake" to concentrate too much on the threat posed by Argentina captain Lionel Messi as he prepares for Sunday’s World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro. The three-time champions come in to the game at the Maracana in fine form

DHAKA: Alejandro Sabella believes Argentina will need to play "the perfect match" to beat Germany in Sunday's World Cup final at the Maracana. Argentina overcame Netherlands in a penalty shootout on Wednesday after a goalless 120 minutes in Sao Paulo to set up a date in Rio with Germany,

DHAKA: Luiz Felipe Scolari says he won't resign as Brazil boss, despite his side's second damaging defeat in the space of five days. Brazil were brutally beaten by Germany in a 7-1 reverse in their World Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday and were unable to restore any pride as

DHAKA: David Beckham is thrilled to see Lionel Messi feature in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Final and is backing the Argentina star to lead his team to victory. Messi has often faced criticism that he has not reproduced his Barcelona form on the international stage, but has played

DHAKA: Controversial striker Luis Suarez was seemingly moving closer towards a move from Liverpool to Barcelona after reports in the British press on Thursday said talks between the two clubs were ongoing.Several media organisations said discussions had started in London, with

Dramas, upsets, spectacular goals, inspiring performance of unfancied teams – underdog, referees mistakes world cup 2014  has witnessed almost everything over the first 10 days of the very absorbing greatest show on earth.  We are sure no one can complain about the extensive