DHAKA: Scoreboard after Bangladesh finished at 27/1 in the first innings, trailing Zimbabwe by 213 runs at stumps on Day 1 in the first test at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday.Shakib Al Hasan exploited the significant bounce and turn on offer to take six wickets

DHAKA: Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic is hopeful of making it two wins in a row against Real Madrid when the Catalans travel to the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. The Croatia midfielder recorded a 2-1 win over Madrid the last time he locked horns with head coach Carlo Ancelotti's side

DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to face Zimbabwe in first test match of the three match Bashundhara Cement test series at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday morning.  Zimbabwe have won the toss and have chosen to bat. The 5-day match is scheduled to begin at 09:30 am local

DHAKA: The friendly match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka national teams ended in 1-1 draw at Shams-Ul–Huda Stadium in Jessore on Friday.Bangladesh took the lead in the 17th minute when forward Zahid Hasan Emily beautifully headed a Yamim Munna cross from the left flank.Sri Lankan

DHAKA: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 70th Champions League goal and Mario Balotelli again failed to deliver as Real Madrid cruised to a 3-0 win at Liverpool on Wednesday to take complete control of Group B with a third straight win.While Tuesday night's 40-goal bonanza never looked

DHAKA: Goals from Neymar and Lionel Messi helped Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over Ajax in the Champions League on Tuesday as the Spanish giant recovered their winning ways in Europe.Messi started an outstanding performance at Camp Nou by setting up Neymar in the seventh minute before

Pakistan with a raw bowling attack will face strong challenges of Australia in the scorching heat of Dubai in the first test of the series starting within few hours from now. Ace Pakistan bowler Saeed Ajmal a tormentor in UAE and leader of Pakistan attack is suspended for his suspect

DHAKA: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday said it aims to hold a Women's Cricket Cup in the name of Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai to pay tribute to her for the achievement.A PCB official said the chairman has thoughts to introduce a tournament named

DHAKA: The Argentine international apparently refused to be substituted while chasing the all-time Liga goalscoring record in Saturday's Liga win over Eibar Frank de Boer says that just because Lionel Messi is the best player in the world, it does not mean that the Barcelona superstar

DHAKA: Richard Dunne and Steven Caulker put through their own net as Liverpool won 3-2 against Queens Park Rangers (QPR) following remarkable late drama at Loftus Road.Caulker's inadvertent error in the sixth minute of injury time ultimately settled a pulsating Premier League clash in

BCB announced Squad for the first test against visiting Zimbabwe includes one surprise selection uncapped teenager a leggie Jubair Hossain. The teenager impressed the selector with sterling performance against the visiting Zimbabwean under 19 team. He picked 11 wickets in two matches

DHAKA: Lionel Messi edged one closer to La Liga's all-time goalscoring record as Barcelona easily beat Eibar 3-0 at Camp Nou on Saturday. The Argentina international went into the match needing just two goals to go level on 251 top-flight strikes with Athletic Bilbao legend Telmo Zarra,

DHAKA: Cristiano Ronaldo maintained his blistering scoring form with two goals as Real Madrid strolled to an impressive 5-0 victory over Levante in La Liga on Saturday. The forward has 15 netted times in the first eight league games and Real move up to second in the table, a point behind

DHAKA: Anamul Haque and Nasir Hossain will be unavailable for the first Test against Zimbabwe, after they were both picked in a BCB XI side that will take part in the Acharya Memorial Trophy in Kolkata from October 25 to celebrate 150 years of the Eden Gardens.  Both players were part

DHAKA: The Zimbabwe Cricket Team has arrived in Bangladesh on Friday afternoon for a three-Test and five-ODI series.The squad reached at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5:30pm.During the tour, Zimbabwe will play three Test matches and five one day internationals between October

Everyone is realizing that Bangladesh Cricket is on a rough ride now. For the last several months team has performed very poorly in all formats of international cricket raising credibility questions about its existence in ICC top league. The same team was doing so well in most part of

DHAKA: Fernando Santos' men looked set to drop points yet again in their quest to reach Euro 2016, until the Real Madrid forward headed home in the final minute of added time.Cristiano Ronaldo's 95th-minute header earned Portugal a dramatic 1-0 Group I Euro 2016 qualifying win in Denmark

DHAKA: A host of fringe Argentina players laid their claim to a spot in Gerardo Martino's plans after waltzing to a 7-0 win over Hong Kong.Brazil took down a strong Argentina side 2-0 in Beijing at the weekend, but a string of replacements had a comfortable outing against a side

DHAKA: Neymar scored four goals as the Barcelona forward starred in Brazil's 4-0 rout of Japan in their international football friendly at the Singapore Sports Hub on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old was the best player by a mile, as he tormented the Japanese defence throughout the match

DHAKA: Ex-Liverpool striker Luis Suarez scored his first Uruguay goals since the World Cup finals and his suspension for biting in a 3-0 friendly win over Oman. Suarez, 27, is serving a nine-match international ban from competitive games after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini, but can