DHAKA: Fulham striker Kostas Mitroglou has been included in Greece's provisional 29-man 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil squad despite his faltering form with the Cottagers throughout 2014. The 26-year-old was brought to Craven Cottage from Olympiacos for £11m in January, but he played just

DHAKA: Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia is the star name in Ecuador's provisional 30-man squad for next month's FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The 28-year-old will be hoping to put a miserable domestic campaign with United behind him when his country take on Switzerland, Honduras and

DHAKA: Niko Kovac's has named Croatia's preliminary 30-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. Kovac is set to trim seven players from the list after a friendly with Mali on 31 May. Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric and Bayern Munich striker Mario Mandzukic are the star names and

DHAKA: Two London-based players feature in Iran coach Carlos Queiroz's preliminary 30-man squad for the FIFA World Cup. Fulham midfielder Ashkan Dejageh and Charlton Athletic striker Reza Ghoochannejad are among 10 foreign-based players in the squad, which will be trimmed to 23 by 2

DHAKA: Portugal head coach Paulo Bento named a provisional 30-man FIFA World Cup team with Cristiano Ronaldo and Joao Moutinho headlining the list. Notably, 11 players come from the Portuguese Liga featuring predominantly from Benfica, Sporting Lisbon and Braga. Seven players ply their

DHAKA: French coach, Didier Deschamps, has announced his 23-man World Cup squad on Tuesday. The 1998 World Cup champions are in a transition phase and Deschamps has already declared to use the World Cup as preparation for the 2016 EURO, which France will host. The Les Bleus have had an

DHAKA: As one of the major contenders to lift the World Cup this year, Football fans waited with eagerness to find out Argentina’s squad for the upcoming  tournament in  Brazil. After a  delay of some 10 hours, Alejandro Sabella has finally disclosed a 30-man provisional squad for

“What I always say is that only three people have ever been able to silence the Maracana: the Pope, Frank Sinatra and me” said Alcides Ghiggia, the Uruguayan hero whose surprise goal put paid to Brazilian dream of winning first world cup in 1950 in front of adoring home fans. Sixty

DHAKA: Cricket Fiji has appointed Australian Shane Jurgensen as their national coach. The 38 year-old spent two and a half years as Bangladesh national coach before resigning last month. Cricket Fiji's General Manager, Inoke Lesuma, says it is a remarkable coup to have someone of

If Spain and Holland are rated as the fancied European teams for the championship in Brazil World Cup 2014, highly talented France cannot also be just written off.  France was one the fancied team in World Cup 2010. But the soccer world witnessed a major debacle as France performed like

DHAKA: Rio Ferdinand is to leave Manchester United in the summer after the defender was not offered a new contract.         The 35-year-old's departure will bring to an end a 12-year stay at the club, for whom he has made 454 appearances, scoring eight goals.                

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DHAKA: After the two-month long Indian Premier League 2014, India will travel to Bangladesh for a three-match One-Day International (ODI) series in mid-June. Bangladesh will host India on June 15, 17 and 19 for three ODIs ahead of India's departure to England on June 22 for five Tests,

The land of Tulip threatened to take away final glory in style on a couple of occasions in the past. Netherlands meaning “never land” mostly reclaimed from sea is protected by dykes all around. The country is meters below the mean sea level thrive in technology and natural resources.

DHAKA: Rafael Nadal won his first title of the European clay-court season as a back injury forced Japan's Kei Nishikori to retire during the final in Madrid.  The world number one led 2-6 6-4 3-0 when a hobbling Nishikori - who had led by a set and a break - pulled out. Nadal, 27,

DHAKA: Manchester City won a second Premier League title in three years as goals from Samir Nasri and captain Vincent Kompany secured victory over West Ham.  The Sky Blues, needing a draw to guarantee being English champions for the fourth time, dominated before Nasri fired in off the

South American giant Uruguay has a glorious soccer history which many of the present generation may not know. Two times World Champion Uruguay shocked the home team Brazil at the historic Maracana stadium in 1950. Who knows whether history will not repeat? But if Uruguay somehow manages

DHAKA: Back playing in familiar Indian surroundings, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir is looking at the possibility of winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) a second time. He realises that it is not going to be easy for a team that won only three matches of the eight it has

English sports journalists and critics may see fancy possibilities for the England. But in neutral analysis English team does not possess the class, quality and bench strength to play consistently well in advancing to business segment of the world cup. Even going beyond the group stage

DHAKA: Official regional sanctioning body for professional golf in Asia, The Asian Tour revealed on Friday some interesting and unknown facts of the Bangladeshi golf Pride Siddikur Rahman. Mentioning ‘60 seconds with Siddikur Rahman’ The Asian Tour said there “in latest series of