DHAKA: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi praised arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo`s goal-scoring prowess in an interview published Thursday as speculation mounted that the Portuguese international could be picked as World Player of the Year.A day after picking up a Golden Boot award for

DHAKA: Sri Lanka`s tour of Bangladesh, which was scheduled for February 2014, has been advanced by a few days to allow the Asia Cup to kick off on February 24. Bangladesh will now host Sri Lanka for two Tests starting on January 27, a week after Sri Lanka`s Test series against Pakistan in

DHAKA: Bangladesh`s anti-corruption tribunal`s preliminary hearing to look into allegations of match-fixing and spot-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League will begin on November 24. Justice Mohammad Abdur Rashid, chairman of BCB`s disciplinary panel, has appointed three members to

DHAKA: Bangladesh continues to be a cricketing pariah for the BCCI.Thirteen years after an Indian ensured that the neighbouring country got the Test status, Bangladesh is yet to play a Test match in India, and it will not play one until at least March 2017.As per the Indian team`s

DHAKA: Mamadou Sakho scored and claimed another as France reached the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil after a 3-0 win over Ukraine on Wednesday night. The Liverpool center-back was recalled to the starting XI after the first leg 2-0 defeat, and produced an inspirational display.

DHAKA: The irrepressible Cristiano Ronaldo scored a dazzling hat trick to send Portugal into the 2014 World Cup finals at the expense of Zlatan Ibrahimovic`s Sweden on Tuesday, while France advanced by conjuring a remarkable turnaround against Ukraine.There was disappointment in the

DHAKA: The Manchester City striker scored in both halves triumphed Argentina to a 2-nil victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday.The match made Alejandro Sabella`s team notched just their second victory since they secured World Cup qualification.Argentina qualified for Brazil 2014 in

DHAKA: Brazil continued their Global Tour with a 5-0 thrashing of Honduras in Miami on Saturday night.Luiz Felipe Scolari`s men were growing in confidence as they prepare for the World Cup and they showed off their team spirit at the Sun Life stadium in Florida.Chelsea star Willian bagged

DHAKA: Tickets sale for the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 has started from Sunday morning. Tickets is available via the ICC website and at nearly 100 official ticket sales counters/booths located in MoneyGram outlets in designated branches of National Credit & Commerce (NCC) and

DHAKA: Hours after Sachin Tendulkar retired from his long cricketing career, the Indian government has conferred him with the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award.Eminent scientist Prof CNR Rao is the other recipient of the Bharat Ratna, reports .intoday.in.The decision

DHAKA: The "god of cricket" will not play for India again as Sachin Tendulkar’s final and 200th Test match ended with victory over West Indies on Saturday.India defeated the visitors on Day 3 of the second and final Test by 126 runs and an innings at the Wankhede Stadium in

DHAKA: Cristiano Ronaldo 1, Zlatan Ibrahimovic 0.In a World Cup playoff billed as a duel between two of Europe`s top players, Ronaldo stole the show in the first leg with a late goal that gave Portugal a 1-0 win over visiting Sweden on Friday.After a muted performance in Lisbon,

DHAKA: Master-blaster Sachin Tendulkar drew the end line of his test career Friday scoring 74 runs in 200th and last Test match of magnificent cricket tenure.It was 2nd Test match against West Indies in Mumbai when the legend ended his cricket career.Sachin Tendulkar has been the most

DHAKA: India legend Sachin Tendulkar scored 38 not out on the first day of his 200th and final Test match.Arriving at the crease in his home city of Mumbai with India 77 for 2, the 40-year-old took the hosts to 157 in response to 182 runs, the outcome of West Indies’ first innings.Fans

DHAKA: The tickets for the ICC World Cup 2015, to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, will go on sale from February 14, 2014 and more than two third of them have been priced at USD 50 or less.The organisers are expecting more than a million people to attend matches and more

DHAKA: Barcelona must do without the services of four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi for between six to eight weeks, the club said Monday.The Argentina ace limped off after 19 minutes of Barcelona`s win at Real Betis Sunday and the worst fears of the fans were confimed by a

DHAKA: A Russian space capsule carrying the Sochi Olympic torch and three astronauts returned to Earth on Monday from the International Space Station in a flawless landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan.The Soyuz capsule landed at 8:49 local time (0249 GMT), about three and a half hours

DHAKA: Novak Djokovic beat Stanislas Wawrinka at the World Tour Finals to take his winning run to 21 matches and set up a final against Rafael Nadal.The defending champion outplayed finals debutant Wawrinka to win the second semi-final 6-3 6-3 in London.Djokovic did not hit a winner until

DHAKA: Egypt`s Al Ahly won an eighth African Champions League trophy when they beat Orlando Pirates of South Africa 2-0 in the second leg of the final in Cairo on Sunday.Ahly, who clinched the trophy last year for a seventh time, won 3-1 on aggregate.There were reports of some clashes

DHAKA: Bangladeshi golf player Mohammad Siddikur has overcome a late-round collapse to win the Indian Open by one-stroke, with Australia`s Unho Park doing well to finish eighth.Siddikur looked to be cruising to a comfortable victory at the Delhi Golf Club on Sunday as he had a four-shot