DHAKA: Cristiano Ronaldo has officially opened his museum in Madeira (a Portuguese archipelago), which offers a journey through his career based on the various individual and team prizes he has won. The Real Madrid forward told the press that there would always be a space for `La Décima`

DHAKA: Australia beat England by 150 runs on Tuesday to win the third Test in Perth and reclaimed the Ashes from their arch rivals.England were all out for 353 runs on the final day at the WACA Ground to hand the home side an unbeatable 3-nil lead in the five-match series.It capped a

DHAKA: As part of its world tour, the original trophy of FIFA World Cup arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Dhaka Tuesday.Sports Ministry, Bangladesh Football Federation along with representative of Coca-Cola, official partners of the FIFA, received the trophy at the

DHAKA: Brazilian starlet Neymar kept up his recent goal scoring run in a hard-fought 2-1 win over Villarreal. As a result, Barcelona remains in the `La Liga` driving seat and extended their lead over Real Madrid to five points. Tata Martino`s side was able to overcome the challenge posed

DHAKA: Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been offered a ticket to contest the general elections next year by the BJP but is undecided on whether to accept the offer.It is learnt that the offer has come from the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, who has

DHAKA: Michael Clarke was titled as Cricketer of the Year and also Test Cricketer of the Year, the most prestigious awards annually announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Clarke`s wins come despite Australia having a wretched time during a 12-month spell till August, the

DHAKA: Manchester City staged a superb comeback by 3-2 victory and thumped Bayern Munich`s record run of ten consecutive Champions League wins.Bayern were dominant early on as Thomas Muller struck from Dante`s pass before Mario Gotze scored following a corner.David Silva pulled a goal

DHAKA: Former Cricketer Farooque Ahmed has been selected chief selector of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) after long days vacant of the post.BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon said, “We selected cricketer Farooque Ahmed as the chief selector of BCB and he will perform his duty for next

CHITTAGONG: The cricketers of West Indies under-19 team have departed Chittagong for Dhaka on Tuesday morning after cancelation of their Bangladesh tour over security concern.    They flew for Dhaka by a flight of Regent Airways at around 8:45am.They will stay at Dhaka for the decision

DHAKA: The ongoing political dreadlock will not affect the upcoming Twenty-20 world cup, the first ever big event in the country.The Chairman of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Nazmul Hasan Papon came up with the assertion at the head office of Beximco Pharmaceuticals on Monday.He said

DHAKA: West Indies has withdrawn its youths` team from the tour of Bangladesh in the wake of ongoing pre-election political turmoil which triggered wide spread violence.The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in a statement said the decision was taken following consideration of a report on

DHAKA: Citing security concerns, the West Indies Under-19 cricket team Sunday declined to play Bangladesh U-19 in Chittagong, 242 km southeast of capital Dhaka.The visitors expressed their reluctance after a bomb blast Saturday night in front of their hotel in the seaport city Chittagong,

DHAKA: The second One Day International cricket match between under-19 squads of Bangladesh and West Indies was postponed to Tuesday.Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officials said that the decision was made as the West Indies team were feeling insecure after cocktails blasted near hotel

CHITTAGONG: The match between West Indies and Bangladesh Under-19 cricket teams, scheduled to hold on Sunday at Jahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, has been shifted to Monday as the visitors refused to play the match over security concern.The decision came from after a meeting of Bangladesh

DHAKA: Finally the much awaited segment of group slotting of the 32 reigning teams in the FIFA World Cup-2014 Finals had been completed.The Final Draw took place at the luxurious Costa do Sauípe in Salvador. It was conducted by FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke, assisted by Cafu,

FROM NEWCASTLE: Bangladeshi autistic players made an outstanding achievement in Special Olympics: Asia pacific games 2013 on December 6 at Newcastle in Australia.The Bangladeshi players won 43 gold, 25 silver and 10 bronze medals in seven events out of nine events which was the highest

DHAKA: A comprehensive bowling performance from Bangladesh Under-19s set up their 104-run win in the first ODI against the touring West Indies Under-19 in Chittagong.Having won the toss and elected to bat, Bangladesh were struggling at 84 for 6 in the 31st over, in danger of being

DHAKA: The seven-match Youth One-Day International cricket series between West Indies Under-19 and Bangladesh Under-19 will begin Friday night in Chittagong.The Caribbean side will be seeking revenge after it lost 4-3 to Bangladesh in a similar seven-match series played in Guyana in

DHAKA: South African batsmen and the hostility of their pacers chilled down host India in the first ODI to win by a massive 141-run margin.South Africa posts a mammoth total of 358/4 and then booked India within 217 and poised tourists a 1-nil lead in three match ODI series.  Chasing a

DHAKA: The 100-day countdown to the Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh to be started from March 16 next year began from first hour of Friday.Special events were held to commemorate the day in the three host cities of Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet simultaneously, with the unveiling of