DHAKA: Luis Enrique was stunned by his former side as Joaquin Larrivey gave Celta Vigo a shock 1-0 win over Barcelona on Saturday. The Barca coach - who arrived at Camp Nou from Celta in the close-season after the ill-fated Gerardo Martino reign - had been looking to get his side back to

Pakistan 304/2 [Younis Ahmed 111*, Azhar Ali 101*, Mohammad Hafiz 45, Ahmed Shehzad 35, M J Johnson 1/50, NM Lyon 1/86]DHAKA: Brilliant Batting by top order Pakistani batsmen put them on command at stumps on the first day of Abu Dhabi test. Star batsman Younis Khan has rocked strong

It was definitely very pleasing for Tiger admirers that it could win a photo finish against its traditional rival Zimbabwe at Bangladesh home of cricket Mirpur Dhaka. They need to keep winning and at least win one of the remaining two tests at Khulna or Chittagong. Over disastrous

DHAKA: Franck Ribery marked his first start since recovering from a troublesome back problem with a goal as Bayern Munich kicked off the defence of their DFB-Pokal crown with a comfortable 3-1 win at Hamburg. Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring just seven minutes into the game at the

DHAKA: Fifa president Sepp Blatter does not believe Lionel Messi deserved the World Cup 2014 Golden Ball award for being the best player at the tournament.Quite a few eyebrows were raised when the Argentina forward was handed the award after his team were beaten in the final, despite

DHAKA: Cricket World Cup chief executive John Harnden said Tuesday he was confident the West Indies would play in next year’s ICC World Cup 2015, despite their shock withdrawal from a tour of India.The West Indies cut short their India tour this month over an internal pay dispute,

DHAKA: World football boss Sepp Blatter said that Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) categorically backs Russia's aspiration of the 2018 World Cup and praised its preparations."FIFA unconditionally supports the staging of the World Cup by Russia," he told the

Zimabawe 240 All Out [ Sikandar Raza 51, CR Ervine 34 ,E Chigumbura 29 ,BRM Taylor 28 ,Shakib Al Hasan 6/59 ,Zubair Hussain 2/58) and 110 All Out ( BRM Taylor 45* , Taijul Islam 8/32 lost to Bangladesh 254 All Out [ Mushfiqur Rahim 64 ,Mahmudullah Riad 63 ,Mominul Huq 53 , Panyangara 5/59

DHAKA: Bashundhara Group Vice-Chairman Safayet Sobhan handed over the man of the match prize to the left arm spinner Taijul Islam in the 1st Test against visiting Zimbabwe in Mirpur on Monday.Earlier in the day, Safayet Sobhan went to the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium around 1:30pm

DHAKA:  Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in the first Test by three wickets in the three match Bashundhara Cement Test Series at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Monday.Bangladesh reached 101-run, the winning target despite the horrific show in the top order.Tigers lost seven

Dhaka: South Africa's football captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has died after being shot late Sunday near Johannesburg, South African police say.The incident happened around 8:00pm after two gunmen entered a house in Vosloorus township near Johannesburg while an accomplice waited

DHAKA:  Taijul Islam’s 8 wickets helped Bangladesh to pack up Zimbabwean innings with 114-run in the first test at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Monday.The hosts have already lost three wickets without any run while chasing the 101-run target set by Zimbabwe.Chigumbura

Zimbabwe 240 All Out [Sikandar Raza 51, Shakib al Hasan 6/59, Jubair Hossain 2/58] and 5/0 Bangladesh 254 All out [Mushfiqur Rahim 64, Mahmudullah Riyad 63, Mominul Huq 53, Panyangara 5/59)No passion, no imagination seems to have been cultured in Bangladesh cricket. The wicket of

Pakistan 454 [Sarfraz Ahmed 109 ,Younis Ahmed 106 ,Asad Shafiq 89 ,Misbah Ul Huq 69 ,Azhar Ali 53, Mitchel Johnson 3/39, SNJ O’Keefe 2/107 ,N Llyon 2 /148 ] and 286/2 [Ahmed Shehjad 131, Younis Khan 103*]  beat Australia 303 [ David Warner 133, CJL Rogers 38 ,MG Johnson 37 , Yasir

DHAKA: Robin van Persie's last-gasp goal rescued a point for Manchester United as Louis van Gaal and Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho shared a 1-1 draw.The Portuguese looked to be heading for a famous victory against his one-time mentor at Barcelona after Didier Drogba's second-half strike

Real Madrid 3 (Ronaldo, Pepe, Benzama): Barcelona 1 (Neymar) Soccer fans in Bangladesh like the rest of the world were waiting anxiously to watch the super soccer classic of two premiere teams of the world possessing galaxy of superstars.  It was an exciting match, Real Madrid were

DHAKA: Bangladesh only managed a 14-run lead after chasing Zimbabwe’s 240 runs in their first innings of the first Test at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. Zimbabwe, however, trailed the host by nine runs with all wickets remaining as they scored 5 in their second

Zimbabwe 240 All Out [Sikandar Raza 51, CR Ervine 34, ), Elton Chigumbura ( 29) , Brendan Taylor ( 28 ) and Regis Chakabva ( 25), Sakibul Hasan 6/ 59 ,Jubair Hussain 2/58 ] Bangladesh 27/1 [ Mominul 14* and Shasur Rahman 8* ] Sizzling Shakib Al Hasan stormed back at his brilliant best

DHAKA: Luis Suarez's Barcelona debut ended in defeat as Real Madrid came from behind to take all three points at the Santiago Bernabeu. The Uruguay star enjoyed a dream start to life in a Barca shirt as he laid on Neymar's fourth-minute opener, but Madrid looked to hit back immediately

RAJSHAHI: Bangladesh and Sri Lanka national football teams arrived in Rajshahi on Saturday.They will face each other on Monday at the 2nd International friendly match.Sources told banglanews that they reached here in the afternoon.The district and divisional sports officials welcomed the