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Turning around from the recent defeat against India, Bangladeshi tigers roared again and snatched a huge victory of 51 runs crushing emerging cricket power United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Shere Bangla National Stadium in city’s Mirpur on Friday night. It was really a superb bowling performance from the tigers’ side. Having a ordinary score of 133 Bangladeshi bowlers wrapped UAE ...

Rohan Mustafa’s all-round performance helped the United Arab Emirates (UAE) beat Afghanistan by 16 runs in the first qualifying round match of the T20 format Asia Cup at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium on Friday. Mustafa scored 77 runs with bat and bowled 2.5 overs for three wickets. Chasing a target of 177 runs, Afghanistan finished at 160 for all ...

For years now, Lionel Messi has been considered one of the best footballers ever to play the game. Although comparing the Argentine genius to legends such as Diego Maradona, Pele or Johan Cruyff seemed outrageous at first, his impressive stats in terms of Ballon d’Ors won (five), collective titles conquered (26) and goals scored (439) at only 28 years of ...

He might have bid adieu to cricket but Sachin Tendulkar continues to make records with the his autobiography ‘Playing It My Way’ entering the Limca Book of Records for being the best-selling adult hardback across both fiction and non-fiction categories. The book, published by Hachette India, was released on November 6, 2014 and has broken all records for an adult ...

Four major cities — Paris, Rome, Los Angeles and Budapest — have launched their bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed. “Los Angeles, Rome, Budapest and Paris are all submitting projects fully in line with Olympic Agenda 2020,” said IOC President Thomas Bach on Wednesday. The vote for the host city will take place ...

Lionel Messi put on another show at the Camp Nou on Sunday, scoring a remarkable goal from a free kick and then helping to set up a hat trick for Luis Suarez – including a daring assist from a penalty kick – as Barcelona thrashed Celta Vigo 6-1. Ivan Rakitic and Neymar also scored as Barcelona opened up a three-point ...

The final round of ‘Bashundhara Bangladesh Open-2016’ golf tournament is underway at Kurmitola Golf Club on Saturday morning. At 9:50am, Bangladesh rising professional golfers Zamal Hossain and Shakhawat Sohel  have played the first tee off at the final round from hole no-1. Besides, golfers Abdul  Matin took his tee shot from the first hole at 9:40 am. A total of ...

All-rounder Sakib al Hasan is only Bangladeshi to be picked by Jamaica for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League. The Player Draft for the CPL 2016 was unveiled at a gala ceremony in Barbados on Thursday. Seven Bangladeshi players ¬- Sakib al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman and Soumya Sarkar – were included in the preliminary ...

The general perception is that Lionel Messi is the best player in the world. With countless trophies, five Ballon d’Or awards and more, it’s hard to argue against him. But don’t tell that to Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane. According to Mexican magazine Record, Zidane was asked if Messi was the best player in the world. “Cristiano Ronaldo is the ...

Bangladesh swimmer Mahfuza Khatun Shila continued her superb run of form in the 12th South Asian Games as she clinched her second gold medal in the event’s fourth day yesterday. Following her first gold in the women’s 100m breaststroke category last Sunday, Mahfuza offered another inspiring performance by sealing first spot in the 50m breaststroke category. She took 34.88s to ...