DHAKA: ‘The older the wine the better it gets’ the quote best suited for batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who will be celebrating his 41st birthday on Thursday. He has retired from international cricket and there is hardly anything left which this veteran hadn`t achieved in his

DHAKA: Glenn Maxwell produced yet another blistering knock of 43-ball 95 before Lakshmipathy Balaji returned with a four-wicket haul as Kings XI Punjab notched up a crushing 72-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their third IPL-7 match here on Tuesday.After scoring 95 and 89 in his last

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) might have dealt with crores of taka business. But, it’s a poor organization in terms of paying electricity bills.The poverty made BCB an electricity bill defaulter compelling Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO) Monday to cut the line of

DHAKA: Roquibul Hasan, an all-time great Bangladeshi cricketer, has rightly suggested engaging home grown Bangladeshi coach cum cricket development official of Asian Cricket Conference (ACC) Aminul Islam Bulbul for the Bangladesh team.                        

DHAKA: Stanislas Wawrinka won his first Masters 1000 title and denied Roger Federer a maiden Monte Carlo victory with a three-set final win.Wawrinka, 29, came through 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 to claim only a second win in 15 matches against his fellow Swiss.Federer, 32, had looked on course to

DHAKA: A group of Bangladeshi former cricketers are now visiting Canada.They reached Montreal Saturday on an invitation of former cricketer Halim Shah.Among the former cricket stars are BCB’s chief selector Faruk Ahmed and selector Habibul Bashar Sumon.The formers, who went to Canada

DHAKA: Lewis Hamilton took a dominant victory in the Chinese Grand Prix to win three consecutive races for the first time in his career.Hamilton`s Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg took second, fighting back to beat Ferrari`s Fernando Alonso after a poor start left him sixth on Lap

DHAKA: Bangladeshi Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman beat Indian Grand Master Abhijeet Gupta in the second round of 13th Asian Continental Chess championship at Sharjah Chess Club on Saturday.Abhijeet blew up a good position obtained with black pieces. The Indian faced the Trompovsky opening by

DHAKA: JP Duminy played a thrilling innings to take Delhi Daredevils to a four-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Saturday. Chasing a challenging target of 167, the South African played a

CHITTAGONG: The money of Chittagong Divisional Krira Sangstha has gone to personal account of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Director Akran Khan violating existing rules of money transaction.       As per the rules, the money of tournament organizing from BCB is supposed to deposit

DHAKA: Peter Moores is to be named England`s new head coach, BBC Sport understands.It will be the 51-year-old`s second spell in charge of the national cricket side after an ill-fated reign between 2007 and 2009.He replaces Andy Flower after being chosen ahead of England`s current one-day

DHAKA: Kings XI Punjab beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here Friday. Kings XI achieved the target of 206 runs losing four wickets and with seven balls to spare after Glenn Maxwell struck a magnificent 43-ball

DHAKA: A patient half-century by Ajinkya Rahane and a composed effort from Stuart Binny (48 not out) after some disciplined bowling display helped Rajasthan Royal notch up a comfortable four-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match in Abu Dhabi on Friday.Rahane shared a

DHAKA: Gareth Bale`s stunning individual goal five minutes from time won the Copa del Rey final for Real Madrid at the expense of arch-rivals Barcelona.The Wales forward outsprinted Barca defender Marc Bartra from the halfway line before coolly converting past keeper Jose Manuel Pinto.

DHAKA: The seventh Indian Premier League (IPL) kicked with an emphatic 41-run win for Kolkata Knight Riders over Mumbai Indians, as the evergreen Jacques Kallis set the tone with a 46-ball 72 before Sunil Narine completed the task with four wickets. Opting to bat, KKR rode on Kallis and

Banglanews: Former Indian cricket captain Sachin Tendulkar bagged the franchisee rights for Kochi in the eight-team based inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) football.His rival will be Sourav Ganguly who got the right for Kolkata, beating Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan.Other Bollywood

DHAKA: Associate teams will have the opportunity to play Test cricket, with the ICC Board approving an ICC Test Challenge, which will take place every four years between the lowest-ranked Test team and the winner of the ICC Intercontinental Cup. According to the new proposal, the side

DHAKA: Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson will head the field in Tiger Woods`s absence when the 78th Masters gets under way at the Augusta National on Thursday.Woods is missing after having back surgery, but the world number one has not won at Augusta since 2005 and the tournament is

DHAKA: Atletico Madrid knocked Spanish rivals Barcelona out of the Champions League as Koke`s early goal gave them a 2-1 aggregate win over the Catalan giants.The midfielder`s close-range shot put the Spanish league leaders into the semi-finals following the 1-1 draw in Barcelona last

DHAKA: Manchester United`s hopes of redeeming a poor season with a surprise Champions League semi-final place were ended as holders Bayern Munich fought back to record a dominant second-leg win.David Moyes`s side had held Bayern to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford and stunned the hosts when