DHAKA: Lionel Messi netted a brace to send Barcelona into the second round as they beat AC Milan 3-1 at the Camp Nou.Barca took the lead when Ignazio Abate was judged to have bundled over Neymar in the area, and Messi powered the penalty past Christian Abbiati to end his three-game goal

DHAKA: The Welshman continued his magnificent scoring form to secure three points for the Gunners in a tight clash at the Westfalenstadion.Goalscoring hero Aaron Ramsey hailed Arsenal`s performance in their 1-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion.The Welshman claimed

DHAKA: Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer for the second time in three days to get his ATP World Tour Finals defence off to a solid start.Djokovic started the defense of his ATP World Tour Finals title with a 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 6-2 win on Tuesday.Djokovic had triumphed when the two old rivals

DHAKA: New Zealand won the only T20 match by beating Bangladesh by 15 runs in Mirpur Shere Bangla National Stadium. The host side lost all wickets to score 189 runs in response to visitors-set 205-run target.Captain Musfiqur Rahim scored the highest 50 run. Earlier in the day, the

DHAKA: Gareth Bale scored his first Champions League goal for Real Madrid as they drew with Juventus to move closer to qualifying for the knockout stages.Arturo Vidal`s penalty put the Italians ahead, before Cristiano Ronaldo equalised from Karim Benzema`s pass.Bale, 24, who was signed

DHAKA: Borussia Dortmund`s heavy metal-loving coach Jurgen Klopp has said he wants his team to make another loud statement in Wednesday`s Champions League at home to Arsenal.Dortmund pulled off an impressive 2-1 win over the Gunners at London`s Emirates Stadium a fortnight ago with Poland

DHAKA: There is no known connection between eating chicken nuggets and winning Olympic medals. World`s fastest man Usain Bolt however, may differ in his opinion. After all, he did eat no less than 1000 of these golden delights during the course of his three-gold winning Beijing campaign

DHAKA: Footballers should be removed from play if they lose consciousness, say the world players` union Fifpro and the Professional Footballers` Association.Tottenham keeper Hugo Lloris was allowed to carry on after being knocked out in Sunday`s 0-0 draw with Everton."If anyone suffers

DHAKA: Serbia`s Novak Djokovic defeated defending champion David Ferrer of Spain 7-5, 7-5 Sunday in the Paris Masters final.The victory allowed Djokovic, who won the title in Paris in 2009, to keep alive his hopes of edging Spanish star Rafael Nadal for the No. 1 spot in the rankings,

DHAKA: Monday morning, it was not about the Virat Kohlis and Shikhar Dhawans at Eden Gardens. Sachin Tendulkar grabbed the spotlight as the Master Blaster walked in to train ahead of his 199th and penultimate Test match. The 40-year-old, who has several memories of the hallowed stadium,

DHAKA: Arsenal extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points with victory over Liverpool at Emirates Stadium.This game began as a meeting between the top two sides in the table and Arsenal showed resilience and quality to maintain their fine start to the season and

DHAKA: Bangladesh whitewashed New Zealand in the 3-match ODI series beating the visitors by 4 wickets in the final match at Fatullah in Narayanganj Sunday.Tigers for the second time clinched the all-win triumph over the Kiwis, a Test major, in a tourney. In response to New Zealand-set

DHAKA: Bangladesh decided to bowl first after winning the toss of third OID match against New Zealand in Fatullah of Narayanganj city Sunday.The match is set to start at 9:15am at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah.On October 31, Bangladesh won the ODI (One Day International)

DHAKA: Rohit Sharma went into the history books by hitting a double ton against Australia in the final ODI on Saturday. His second hundred came off just 42 balls to give India the advantage in the series decider.Opening the innings with Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit was content in playing

DHAKA: Leg-spinner Shahid Afridi and paceman Mohammad Irfan shared six wickets as Pakistan thumped South Africa by 66 runs in the second day-night international in Dubai on Friday.Afridi took 3-26 and Irfan finished with 3-53 as Pakistan defended a low total of 209 to square the

DHAKA: Barcelona extended their lead at the top of the Liga table to four points as Alexis Sanchez grabbed a second-half goal to complete an unconvincing 1-0 victory over rivals Espanyol.A devastating through ball from Neymar found the Chilean poaching at the back post to poke home the

DHAKA: Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari Thursday named AC Milan forward Robinho for Brazil`s squad to face Honduras and Chile in friendlies next month. Robinho, who has scored 28 goals in 84 games for Brazil, was recalled after a two-year absence and will travel to North America for

DHAKA: Bangladesh won the ODI (One Day International) series against New Zealand for the second time in the home with one match to go of three-match series by 40 runs.Tiger started facing Kiwis in their second match Thursday at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur in the capital.The

DHAKA: One of the biggest tournaments in the ICC’s Associate and Affiliate Members (AM) calendars gets underway on15 November when the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2013 (WT20Q) commences. Sixteen teams will compete for the six available places in the tournament proper, to be staged

DHAKA: South Africa staged a remarkable comeback to beat Pakistan by one run in the first day-night international in Sharjah on Wednesday, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.Pakistan bowled South Africa out for 183 and were cruising along nicely at 165-4 before losing their last