If before the world cup anyone would have mentioned about Costa Rica coming to Quarter Final Stage of the Brazil World Cup 2014 others would have advised for his psychiatric treatment. Being placed in the group of death Group D along with three previous World Cup Champions Italy, Uruguay

DHAKA: BCB president Nazmul Hasan has said that he has received a message from coach Chandika Hathurusingha that Shakib Al Hasan has threatened to quit playing Tests and ODIs for Bangladesh.  Two days ago, the board had asked Shakib to return to the country immediately while he was on

Argentina will start their Quarter Final against Belgium as firm favorites. But the experience from matches so far played in this world cup evidences that the gap between the favorites and others in this very tournaments has narrowed significantly. Argentina in all four matches so far

Brazil superstar Neymar will miss the remainder of the World Cup with a broken bone in his back, according to team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar.  The 22-year-old, who had scored four goals in four earlier matches lead his country to the quarter-finals. He was stretchered off in the closing

DHAKA: Brazil forward Neymar has been ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup after suffering a broken vertebra in his side's win over Colombia. Team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar confirmed the news to Brazilian TV after the Barcelona star underwent further tests in a Fortaleza hospital.

Host Brazil in its HEXA mission moved one step closer smarting out their second continental challenger Colombia 2-1 , Cannot say that Brazil  played that beautiful Brazilian brand of Football  but what they played was effective enough to win and progressed to semifinal. Thiago Silva

DHAKA: A wonderstrike from David Luiz helped Brazil to a 2-1 World Cup quarter-final win over Colombia - but star forward Neymar was stretchered off in the closing minutes. Tipped by some to exit against a side who have been the talk of the tournament, Luiz Felipe Scolari's men

DHAKA: Roger Federer's 2013 narrative went something like this: He was too old. He was too stubborn. He couldn't beat his top rivals back-to-back, especially in best-of-five sets.Fatherhood and Father Time had reeled him in."He was on holiday this time last year," said Tim Henman, the

Germany scored early in the match and managed hold on in dispatching an underperformed France team to move into semifinal. The match promised to be a high scoring one but ended with barest of margin. The high voltage match of the two top football playing nation to be exact failed to live

DHAKA: The centre-back scored his second goal of the tournament to send Joachim Low's men into the last four. A first half header from Mats Hummels fired Germany into the semi-finals of the World Cup with a narrow 1-0 win over France. The Borussia Dortmund defender missed the last-16

DHAKA: France is facing Germany in the quarter final match of FIFA World Cup 2014 at Estadio do Maracana Stadium of Rio De Janeiro Friday. Today's referee is Argentina's Nestor Pitana. Both of the teams are fighting their best to sustain in a must win match. GERMANY AT THIS WORLD CUP:

DHAKA: Former captain of national hockey team of Bangladesh Shabbir Yusuf passed away in Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore at 3:20am Wednesday (local time). He was 67. His body will be brought back to country by airplane on Friday night and will be buried at Faridpur after the second

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has asked all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan to return home immediately as supposedly he is yet to get no-Objection Certificate from the BCB to participate in the West Indies league.  Shakib left Dhaka on Wednesday to Barbados to participate in the

Brazil is the only country whose national flag bears football. A huge country with distinct culture has two classes of population –very rich and extremely poor. But one thing is very common. That is their love and passion.  Brazilians are fun loving and playing and watching football

DHAKA: The top goal scorers of their teams in this World Cup, Karim Benzema with 3 goals for Les Bleus and Thomas Müller with 4 goals for Die Mannschaft, are the key players in the attack when the teams meet for the quarter finals on Friday. Karim Benzema The word ‘phenomenon’ was

DHAKA: Brazil talisman Neymar has described Colombia's James Rodriguez as a "great player" but hopes he and his team will overshadow the Monaco star in the World Cup quarter-final. Both players have shone for their respective sides in the tournament so far, with James currently sitting

Germany and France were in rival fronts in two world Wars. Now they are major partners in NATO and EU. But when it comes to football arena they are formidable opponents. Honours are even in terms of recent meetings with France claiming a 2-1 win in Bremen in February 2012, while Germany

DHAKA: The hosts will take on their in-form South American rivals in the World Cup quarter-final in Fortaleza on Friday late night. After their dramatic penalty shoot-out success against Chile in the round of 16, Brazil face perhaps their sternest challenge yet on the road to World Cup

In this very open FIFA World Cup we can find hardly much different among Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, France, Germany, Colombia, Costa Rica and Belgium now ready to fight out which four of them will move further. Like any other person of flesh and blood we cannot claim to be 100%

DHAKA: At least two persons were killed after a flyover has collapsed onto vehicles in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte early Friday.The concrete and steel bridge, which was under construction, fell onto traffic on a busy highway, reports The BBC.The report includes