Sunday, 17 Nov, 2024

Sports

Hamilton sets own record in China

DHAKA: Lewis Hamilton took a dominant victory in the Chinese Grand Prix to win three consecutive races for the first time in his career.Hamilton`s Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg took second, fighting back to beat Ferrari`s Fernando Alonso after a poor start left him sixth on Lap

Ziaur beats Abhijeet Gupta

DHAKA: Bangladeshi Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman beat Indian Grand Master Abhijeet Gupta in the second round of 13th Asian Continental Chess championship at Sharjah Chess Club on Saturday.Abhijeet blew up a good position obtained with black pieces. The Indian faced the Trompovsky opening by

Delhi beat Kolkata

DHAKA: JP Duminy played a thrilling innings to take Delhi Daredevils to a four-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Saturday. Chasing a challenging target of 167, the South African played a

BCB’s money on Akram’s account!

CHITTAGONG: The money of Chittagong Divisional Krira Sangstha has gone to personal account of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Director Akran Khan violating existing rules of money transaction.       As per the rules, the money of tournament organizing from BCB is supposed to deposit

Moores to be new England coach

DHAKA: Peter Moores is to be named England`s new head coach, BBC Sport understands.It will be the 51-year-old`s second spell in charge of the national cricket side after an ill-fated reign between 2007 and 2009.He replaces Andy Flower after being chosen ahead of England`s current one-day

Kings XI Punjab beat Chennai Super Kings

DHAKA: Kings XI Punjab beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here Friday. Kings XI achieved the target of 206 runs losing four wickets and with seven balls to spare after Glenn Maxwell struck a magnificent 43-ball

Rajasthan’s thrilling win over Hyderabad

DHAKA: A patient half-century by Ajinkya Rahane and a composed effort from Stuart Binny (48 not out) after some disciplined bowling display helped Rajasthan Royal notch up a comfortable four-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match in Abu Dhabi on Friday.Rahane shared a

Real Madrid beat Barcelona in Copa del Rey

DHAKA: Gareth Bale`s stunning individual goal five minutes from time won the Copa del Rey final for Real Madrid at the expense of arch-rivals Barcelona.The Wales forward outsprinted Barca defender Marc Bartra from the halfway line before coolly converting past keeper Jose Manuel Pinto.

KKR beat MI in IPL-7 1st match

DHAKA: The seventh Indian Premier League (IPL) kicked with an emphatic 41-run win for Kolkata Knight Riders over Mumbai Indians, as the evergreen Jacques Kallis set the tone with a 46-ball 72 before Sunil Narine completed the task with four wickets. Opting to bat, KKR rode on Kallis and

Sachin-Souroav bag football franchises

Banglanews: Former Indian cricket captain Sachin Tendulkar bagged the franchisee rights for Kochi in the eight-team based inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) football.His rival will be Sourav Ganguly who got the right for Kolkata, beating Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan.Other Bollywood

Chance for associates to play Test cricket

DHAKA: Associate teams will have the opportunity to play Test cricket, with the ICC Board approving an ICC Test Challenge, which will take place every four years between the lowest-ranked Test team and the winner of the ICC Intercontinental Cup. According to the new proposal, the side

McIlroy heads field at 78th Masters

DHAKA: Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson will head the field in Tiger Woods`s absence when the 78th Masters gets under way at the Augusta National on Thursday.Woods is missing after having back surgery, but the world number one has not won at Augusta since 2005 and the tournament is

Atletico stun Spanish rivals Barcelona

DHAKA: Atletico Madrid knocked Spanish rivals Barcelona out of the Champions League as Koke`s early goal gave them a 2-1 aggregate win over the Catalan giants.The midfielder`s close-range shot put the Spanish league leaders into the semi-finals following the 1-1 draw in Barcelona last

Bayern hit back to oust Man Utd

DHAKA: Manchester United`s hopes of redeeming a poor season with a surprise Champions League semi-final place were ended as holders Bayern Munich fought back to record a dominant second-leg win.David Moyes`s side had held Bayern to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford and stunned the hosts when

FIFA releases World Cup Theme Song

DHAKA: Federation International of Football Association announced its official Theme Song for the FIFA World Cup-2014."We Are One (Ole Ola)" – titled this song has been sung in both English and Spanish where Rapper Pitbull, Cláudia Leitte and Jennifer Lopez teamed up for the official

Chelsea, Real in Champions League semis

DHAKA: Demba Ba scored in the 87th minute to cap a comeback from a two-goal aggregate deficit, and Chelsea defeated Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 tonight to reach the Champions League semi-finals on away goals.After a 3-1 Chelsea loss in the French capital last Wednesday, Andre Schuerrle began

Salma in Women’s World T20 Team

DHAKA: Salma Khatun, captain of Bangladesh women team’s captain, has been listed in the ICC World Twenty20 women’s team for her excellent performance in just-concluded Women World T20 in Bangladesh.ICC World Twenty20, 2014 was debut for Bangladesh women’s Team. Host Bangladesh

No BD players in World T20 team

DHAKA: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the men’s team for the World Twenty20, where no Bangladeshi player was listed. The list of team was made considering the performance in the last ICC World T20, held in Bangladesh and Indian Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni will

Sri Lanka win World T20-2014 title

DHAKA: Sri Lanka has won the trophy of ICC World T20 beating India by six wickets in the final match of the tournament at Mirpur Shere Bangla Stadium, Dhaka Sunday.Chasing 131-run target, set by India, Sri Lanka reached the target scoring 132-run in 17.5 over losing four wickets.Earlier,

Soul Searching

Bangladesh cricket at home condition is matured enough of competing against all opposition at least in limited version of the game. Over the last few years Bangladesh has developed infrastructures, playing facilities, players incentives almost to highest standards. Though the domestic