Aniket Bhattacharya stood first among the 8000 participants in the ‘Adammay Jersey Design Contest’ while he won a trophy and received Taka five lakhs as prize money yesterday. Robi, a private cellular phone company, organised an open contest for the jersey design of Bangladesh national cricket…

Zimbabwe aim to fare better than the past series in Bangladesh by taking the confidence of the comfortable victory over BCB XI into the first ODI today. The Southern African nation’ performance in Asia had been nothing to brag about. Last time they met Bangladesh, they were whitewashed in all…

AFP, MOHALI: Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin battered top-ranked South Africa with a five-wicket haul to leave India in control of the bowler-dominated…

The word ‘Banglawash’ is undoubtedly popular amongst the Bangladeshi people. The word is frequently used when Bangladesh sweeps any series by clean margin against any nation. But when the word has been popular amongst the mass people, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza at least seems…

Naow Hazem of Syria denied India of making an all out sweep in the boys’ singles event of Walton 29th ITF Bangladesh Junior Tennis Tournament. Hazem inflicted a 6-4, 6-3 defeat on Parikshit Somani of India in a semifinal match at the National Tennis Complex in the cap[ital yesterday. Hazem will…

AFP, BRISBANE: Australia's pace demons Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc ripped apart New Zealand to put the home side on course for victory in…

AFP, SHARJAH: Pakistan's Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq looked forward to his team’s bigger challenges ahead after thumping England 2-0 in the three-match series in Sharjah on Thursday, saying wins on away tours matter. The series win lifted Pakistan to number two in the Test rankings but Misbah…

AFP, NEW YORK: David Beckham is the millionaire model, sportsman and nice guy credited with helping make soccer more popular in the United States. And…

AFP, LONDON: Petr Cech insists shell-shocked Arsenal will make amends for their Champions League meltdown by winning this weekend's north London derby, while troubled Jose Mourinho has received a welcome boost from midweek hero Willian ahead of Chelsea's tricky trip to Stoke. Arsene Wenger's…

AFP,  MADRID: Real Madrid are expected to be without striker Karim Benzema for their tricky trip to Sevilla on Sunday after he was charged in an extortion case in his homeland involving a sex tape featuring fellow French international Mathieu Valbuena. Benzema returned to Madrid on Thursday after…

Bangladesh national football team left Dhaka for Dushanbe yesterday to play their sixth match of the ongoing World Cup qualifying round against Tajikistan. The match will take place on November 12 at Dushanbe while it would be home match for Tajikistan and away for Bangladesh. Bangladesh have already…

Redemption looms for Scolari in Asia AFP, SINGAPORE: Just over a year after Brazil's calamitous appearance at the World Cup, Luiz Felipe Scolari can prove he's a winner once again when he leads Guangzhou Evergrande into the AFC Champions League finals on Saturday. The ebullient Brazilian has…