Reigning Champion Germany losing to youthful Magical Mexico (0-1) and hot favorite Brazil sharing points with impressive Switzerland completed the stumbling of all four top favorites of World Cup 2018 in their respective first round matches. Earlier, Spain drawing with Portugal 3-3 and

Yet another favorite tumbled. Like Spain, Germany and Argentina, and Brazil also failed managing a win in its first match of Group E against Switzerland. Brazil looked like dazzling, but did not sustain. I can not say that Brazil played like a team tagged for taking away the top

SHERPUR:  A youth died from electrocution as he climbed a tree to hoist Argentina flag in Baliachondi village under Sreebardi upazila on Sunday (June 17). The deceased was identified as Motin Miah, 32, son of late Jahurul Haque, of the same village. Motin Miah got an electric shock

FIFA WORLD CUP 2018  Iceland 1(Finnbogasson) : Argentina 1 ( Aguero)  Superstar Lionel Messi( LM10 ), idol of many Argentine idolaters in the world missed a penalty , could not do a CR7 Free kick goal on the previous night . Third World Cup Title aspirant Argentina’s mission

FIFA WORLD CUP 2018  Spain 3 ( David Costa 2 , Nacho 1 ) : Portugal 3 ( Christiano Ronaldo)  Soccer Super star Christiano Ronlado, Balon D’orowner scoring an astonishing hat trick rescued his team from the jaw of a possible defeat in a high voltage hotly contested Group B match.

Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed to accept a "two-year suspended prison sentence" and pay a whopping £16.5million fine. The Real Madrid superstar had been seeking an agreement after being accused of defrauding the government in unpaid tax. A settlement was thought to have been reached

The World Cup kicked off in Russia on Thursday (June 14) as years of preparations dogged by diplomatic scandals give way to a month of action on the field in football’s global showpiece. The opening ceremony of the 2018 FIFA World Cup started at 8:30 pm Bangladesh Standard Time. 

Afghanistan touched off a new journey in their cricket history as they have made their Test debut against top-ranked India in the historic one-off Test on Thursday (June 14).  India won the toss and opted to bat first at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in India. Afghanistan, who are

Finally the day has come. 14 June 2018 another world cup soccer final starts in Russia. World will get engrossed to whatever media it can access for witnessing 32 nations of the world vying for the top honor of the soccer world.  In 20 past world cup only 8 nations have won the title

Fernando Hierro has been appointed Spain coach for the World Cup after the dismissal of Julen Lopetegui. Lopetegui was sacked this morning after it was announced he would be the next manager of Real Madrid following the World Cup. But the Spanish federation opted to move him on now,

Spain have sacked head coach Julen Lopetegui a day before the World Cup. It comes just days after it was revealed he would take over at Real Madrid next season, reports the Skynews. The 51-year-old has been appointed at the Bernabeu following the shock resignation of Zinedine Zidane

One of the FIFA World Cup’s most curious matters is the design of the ball that will be used. Players, coaches, viewers and commentators are interested to know the aerodynamic behavior of the new ball ‘Telstar 18’ as FIFA 2010 ball (Jabulani) and 2014 ball (Brazuca) drew some

Like the rest of the developing world soccer craze has gripped Bangladesh. Other countries like Germany, Spain, France, and Portugal may have marginal supports but Bangladeshis are sharply divided in two camps all time favorite Brazil and younger generations craze Argentina.  You are

The golden generation of Spain were promising for a while. The dream came through in 2010 when in South Africa playing very attractive brand of attacking football Spain won the world cup. In 2018 retaining the hard core team and supplemented with quality younger talent Spain is among the

Bangladesh eves cricket team has made a precious Eid Gift to success starving adoring cricket lovers of Bangladesh stunning favorite India in the final of Asia Cup T20 tournament.  Very few dreamt of such a success after a disastrous South Africa tour prior to the tournament where

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced Tk 2 crore remunerations for women’s cricket team as they beat India by 3 wickets to win Women’s T20 Asia Cup. BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon made the announcement at a press briefing in city’s Sonargaon hotel on Monday

DHAKA: Bangladesh won Women’s T20 Asia Cup title for the first time after beating India by 3 wickets at the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur. This is Bangladesh’s second victory over India in this year’s Asia Cup tournament. The Tigress women with red-green jerseys

At least 60,000 citizens of Brazil will travel to Russia to support the national team during the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup, said Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes. "At least 60,000 Brazilians have already bought tickets. This is way above the average annual figure of 1,500,"

DHAKA: Bangladesh reached final of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup with a 70 runs win over Malaysia at the Kinrara Academy Cup in Selangor, Kuala Lampur on Saturday. Tigresses will face India Women in the final of Women’s T20 Asia Cup at the same venue on Sunday.  Winning the toss the

Bangladesh learnt no lessons from comprehensive whitewash by New Zealand and South Africa in not too distant past.  Those two are far superior teams and in their own condition take stern tests of any visiting team from the subcontinent. But such logic can not be applied in the case of