SIRAJGANJ: A fan of Brazil football team electrocuted in Ullapara of Sirajganj while celebrating his team’s scintillating win against Costa Rica in Russia World Cup group match.    The deceased was identified as Mofizul Islam, 25, son of one Amir Hossain in Haowa village in

Sri Lanka made the uncommon move of appointing a fast bowler as captain, with paceman Suranga Lakmal to take the reins in Dinesh Chandimal's absence for the third Test against West Indies. Chandimal was suspended for the Caribbean's maiden day-night Test match, which begins

Brazil 2 ( Countinho , Neymar ) : Costa Rica 0 Brazil scored twice against Costa Rica in the added time to the sigh of relief of its world wide admirers. It was smart looking Brazil dominating all the way , several goal potential moves were either not directed towards the target or

Croatia 3 (Rebic, Modric, Kovacic): Argentina 0  Listless Argentina was bruised, battered, humbled, humiliated, shocked and awed by creative Croats.  World cup dream of great Messi with him Argentine fans all over the world is all but over. With only one point from two matches

Completion of the second matches of Group A and B puts pre tournament favorites in advantageous positions.  Russia and Uruguay are assured of round of 16 with maximum 6 points from two matches. Russia with 8-1 =7 goal difference is at the top. Uruguay had a hard earned i-0 win against

Cristiano Ronaldo became Europe's all-time leading international scorer with 85 goals when he headed in Portugal's opening strike in their World Cup Group B match against Morocco on Wednesday (June 20). Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in Portugal's dramatic 3-3 draw against

CHITTAGIONG: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has given three new microbuses to facilitate the transportation of women’s cricket team in Chittagong. The latest arrangements were made by BCB after several news media including Banglanews reported that tigresses were being taken to

Group A Match of FIFA 2018 Russia 3 ( Fathy , Cherosev, Dzyuba)  Vs Egypt 1 (  Salah) Host Russia with two blockbuster performances stormed into the group 16 as the first team in World Cup 2018. Saudi Arabia was swept away in the opening match of the tournament 5-0. In the

World cup is a long distance marathon and not short distance sprint. Better teams improve with every match. Every team play three matches in the group for advancing into business session. Till now all played one match each. Teams having quality bench strength survives the toil of the

Group G Belgium 3 ( RomeloLukaku 2, Dries Mortens 1) : Panama 0 Off all the teams considered favorites for World Cup 2018 only Belgium lived up to the billing winning easy 3-0 margin against World Cup debutant Panama. That also happened after sluggish start in the first half when

BCB selectors announced 15 men test squad for tour to West Indies. All rounder Shakib Al Hasan will lead the team for playing two tests against resurging West Indies fresh from a series win against Sri Lanka. Bangladesh has not played test since its inauspicious comprehensive white

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

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