DHAKA: Rafael Nadal won his first title of the European clay-court season as a back injury forced Japan's Kei Nishikori to retire during the final in Madrid.  The world number one led 2-6 6-4 3-0 when a hobbling Nishikori - who had led by a set and a break - pulled out. Nadal, 27,

DHAKA: Manchester City won a second Premier League title in three years as goals from Samir Nasri and captain Vincent Kompany secured victory over West Ham.  The Sky Blues, needing a draw to guarantee being English champions for the fourth time, dominated before Nasri fired in off the

South American giant Uruguay has a glorious soccer history which many of the present generation may not know. Two times World Champion Uruguay shocked the home team Brazil at the historic Maracana stadium in 1950. Who knows whether history will not repeat? But if Uruguay somehow manages

DHAKA: Back playing in familiar Indian surroundings, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir is looking at the possibility of winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) a second time. He realises that it is not going to be easy for a team that won only three matches of the eight it has

English sports journalists and critics may see fancy possibilities for the England. But in neutral analysis English team does not possess the class, quality and bench strength to play consistently well in advancing to business segment of the world cup. Even going beyond the group stage

DHAKA: Official regional sanctioning body for professional golf in Asia, The Asian Tour revealed on Friday some interesting and unknown facts of the Bangladeshi golf Pride Siddikur Rahman. Mentioning ‘60 seconds with Siddikur Rahman’ The Asian Tour said there “in latest series of

DHAKA: World number one Rafael Nadal remained on course to retain his Madrid Masters title with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 win over Finland's Jarkko Nieminen on Thursday. Nadal had come into the tournament looking to dispel doubts after suffering shock defeats to David Ferrer and Nicolas

DHAKA: Germany coach Joachim Low has announced his 30-man provisional squad for this summer's World Cup-2014 in Brazil, with Fiorentina striker Mario Gomez as one of the most notable absentees.        The former Bayern Munich star has been plagued by injury this term and Low has

DHAKA: Brazilian head coach Felipe Scolari has announced the 23-man squad for the World Cup. Brazil will play in the opening game of the World Cup on June 12 against Croatia, after having arranged friendlies against Panama And Serbia prior to the start of the event. There were few

DHAKA: Portugal's Helena Costa is to be the highest-profile female manager of a European men's team after being named head coach of Clermont Foot in France. Costa, a former scout for Scottish Premiership side Celtic, has coached the Iran women's team since 2012. The 36-year-old, who has

DHAKA: Manchester City took a giant stride towards their second Premier League title in three years as a second-half rout of Aston Villa moved them top of the table with one game left to play. City had spent only 11 days at the summit all season, but now lead Liverpool by two points with

The group of four which comprises the past three cup winners__ Uruguay, England, Italy__ and very difficult team Costa Rica is expected to see a keen contest for progressing to knock out round. England, Italy and Uruguay has potential to reach even beyond quarter finals. Some critics may

DHAKA: Real Madrid's treble ambitions appear to be over as a late equaliser for struggling Real Valladolid dented their hopes of winning the Spanish title. Defender Sergio Ramos put Madrid ahead with a powerful 25-yard free-kick into the roof of the home net, BBC reported.  But without

DHAKA: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Delhi Daredevils by 8-wicket in the 28th match of Indian Premier League (IPL) at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday evening. Delhi Daredevils scored 160-run losing five wickets in their stipulated 20-over. JP Duminy scored 40 runs in

DHAKA: Though not exactly a game of glorious uncertainty like cricket, yet soccer at world cup stage can often see upsets leading to favorites even failing to move into knock out stage.  In FIFA 2014 beyond the favorites, THE CRÈME DE LA CRÈME will be those teams who cannot be ignored

DHAKA: Roger Federer's wife Mirka has given birth to their second set of twins. On Tuesday, the Swiss world number four pulled out of this week's Madrid Masters tournament to be with his wife for the birth. "Mirka and I are so incredibly happy to share that Leo and Lenny were born this

DHAKA: Bangladesh fielding coach Corey Richards also resigned from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday. The BCB’s cricket operations chairman Akram Khan Confirmed this matter to banglanews. However, Corey Richards has become the third high-profile member to part ways in the

Soccer pundits also consider steady and European power house Germany and Messi’s Argentina other favorites along with host Brazil and reigning Champions Spain. Unless any of these four teams meet each other before semifinal for several possible permutations and combinations, it will be

DHAKA: Chennai Super Kings romped home to a comprehensive eight wicket win over Delhi Daredevils to clinch their sixth win on the trot in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the   Ferozeshah Kotla here on Monday.Chasing a challenging Daredevils total of 178/5, the Chennai outfit completed

DHAKA: In one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the history of Indian Premier League, Rajasthan Royals came from nowhere to register an improbable 10-run victory against Kolkata Knight Riders in an encounter which saw fortunes fluctuating from one team to the other till the very