When the history was against them, Bangladesh showed their cricket’s upward spiral by chasing down Zimbabwe’s 163 to make a winning start to 2016. Before the match, Bangladesh won just one match chasing 160 plus scores and that too came in 2007 against West Indies. Before the match, Bangladesh’s…

BCB North Zone squeezed past Prime Bank South Zone by 74 runs on the fourth and final day of the first round match in the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) at the Shaheed AHM Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi yesterday. Resuming the fourth day at 156-4, BCB North Zone lasted 50-minutes to add just 26 runs…

AFP, BRISBANE: Australia set a new record run chase at the Gabba in Sydney on Friday as they cruised to a seven wicket victory over India in the second one day international. After Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat, the visitors finished their 50 overs at 308-8, thanks…

Only a batsman Mushfiqur This was the first time for Mushfiqur Rahim that he didn’t keep wicket for the side in T20 cricket. Mushfiqur though made his debut for Bangladesh team as a specialist batsman in a Test in Lord’s in 2005, he became regular gloveman for the side once Khaled Mashud…

Sri Lanka shined lately as they stunned Malaysia with clinching a 2-1 goal victory in the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. The win of Sri Lanka meant that Bangladesh and Nepal will automatically move into the semifinals as both of…

AFP,  WELLINGTON: Pakistan outsmarted New Zealand by stifling their feared batting barrage to win the opening Twenty20 by 16 runs at Eden Park in…

AFP, LONDON: Guus Hiddink says Chelsea's slender hopes of challenging for a top-four finish in the Premier League hinge on them enjoying a perfect…

AFP, MADRID: After the rousing success of a 5-0 win over Deportivo la Coruna on his managerial debut last weekend, more of the same is expected from Zinedine…

AFP,  MADRID: Spanish giants Real Madrid suffered another institutional embarrassment on Thursday as they and rivals Atletico Madrid were banned by FIFA from buying players for one year over their dealing in under-age players. The ban will start from the July transfer window this year and finish…

AFP, MADRID: Atletico Madrid bounced back from a difficult day for the club off the field to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey…

AFP, SYDNEY: Grigor Dimitrov and Viktor Troicki mastered rain disruptions to win two matches each on Friday to reach the final of the Sydney International. Bulgaria's Dimitrov downed Alexander Dolgopolov and Gilles Muller to reach his first ATP final in 14 months, while Serb Troicki defeated Nicolas…

Pebbles, a private company, became the title sponsors of the upcoming Peninsula Premier League Cricket tournament 2016. A memorandum of understanding was signed between Peninsula Hotel Chittagong and Pebbles on this regards on Tuesday. The tournament titled ‘Pebbles Peninsula Premier League –…

Pele has fresh hip operation in US: report AFP, SAO PAULO: Brazilian football legend Pele had hip surgery in the United States last month and is still there undergoing physiotherapy, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The Folha de Sao Paulo said surgeons in New York City operated on the 75-year-old to…