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Real Madrid set to reappoint Zidane to replace Solari

Real Madrid set to reappoint Zidane to replace Solari

-- 2019-03-11 21:34:27

Zinedine Zidane is set to return as Real Madrid manager just 10 months after leaving the Spanish giants, according to European football expert Guillem Balague. The Frenchman will replace Santiago Sol...

Arsenal hands Solskjaer first PL defeat as MU manager

Arsenal hands Solskjaer first PL defeat as MU manager

-- 2019-03-11 19:08:49

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suffered his first Premier League defeat on Sunday since being appointed Manchester United (MU)'s interim manager as Arsenal leapfrogged their opponents to move into the top four....

Bangladesh battle to avoid defeat after Taylor double ton

Bangladesh battle to avoid defeat after Taylor double ton

-- 2019-03-11 13:19:29

Ross Taylor achieved a long-held ambition by surpassing mentor Martin Crowe on the all-time century list when he scored 200 as New Zealand remained on course to force a result in the rain-affected sec...

Liverpool keeps title hopes alive

Liverpool keeps title hopes alive

-- 2019-03-10 20:34:41

Liverpool maintained the pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester City by coming from behind to beat Burnley on Sunday in tricky conditions at Anfield. The Clarets took a shock sixth-minute lead...

Messi shines as Barca see off Rayo

Messi shines as Barca see off Rayo

-- 2019-03-10 12:01:22

Lionel Messi created a goal and scored another as Barcelona came from behind to beat struggling Rayo Vallecano 3-1 at home on Saturday and stay seven points clear at the top of La Liga. Rayo, who hav...

Bangladesh beat Cambodia 1-0 in international friendly

Bangladesh beat Cambodia 1-0 in international friendly

-- 2019-03-09 22:37:02

Bangladesh National Football team maintained their winning record against Cambodia, beating them by 1-0 goal in a FIFA International Friendly at the national stadium in Phnom Penh on Saturday, reports...

Maradona ‘accepts paternity of three Cuban children’

Maradona ‘accepts paternity of three Cuban children’

-- 2019-03-09 13:31:38

Argentina football legend Diego Maradona is to acknowledge paternity of three Cuban children, his lawyer says. This means the 58-year-old World Cup winner, who once denied any children other than wit...

Rain rules out first day's play of BD-NZ  2nd Test

Rain rules out first day's play of BD-NZ 2nd Test

-- 2019-03-09 00:00:00

WELLINGTON, Mar 08 (Reuters): Torrential rain washed out the entire day's first play of the second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve on Friday. After two months of mainly...

Messi returns to Argentina squad

Messi returns to Argentina squad

-- 2019-03-08 12:45:00

Argentina captain Lionel Messi is back in the national squad for the first time since last year’s World Cup in Russia, and will play in at least one of their friendlies against Venezuela and Mor...

Mahmudullah for good start to  dominate 2nd Test against NZ

Mahmudullah for good start to dominate 2nd Test against NZ

-- 2019-03-07 21:23:36

Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah, after a chastening defeat in the first Test, said his team need to capitalise better at the start and make a big impact in the first innings if they are to put up a bet...

PSG crash out of Champions League to Man Utd

PSG crash out of Champions League to Man Utd

-- 2019-03-07 11:43:10

Manchester United pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history as Marcus Rashford’s last-gasp VAR penalty sealed a 3-1 win at Paris St Germain on Wednesday and sent the E...

Ajax knock Real out of Champions League

Ajax knock Real out of Champions League

-- 2019-03-06 10:04:49

Holders Real Madrid were sensationally knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday after being thrashed 4-1 at home by an outstanding Ajax Amsterdam who overturned a first-leg deficit to reach the...

Shakib will get NOC for IPL only, if he is fully fit: BCB President

Shakib will get NOC for IPL only, if he is fully fit: BCB President

-- 2019-03-05 22:30:36

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan said that Shakib Al Hasan will obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to participate in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) in late March on...

Juve takes leap to retain title

Juve takes leap to retain title

-- 2019-03-04 18:18:12

Serie A champion Juventus took a huge step towards retaining the Serie A title by beating second-placed Napoli on Sunday, with both sides reduced to 10 men. Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret was given a s...

Wasteful Reds fall behind City after derby draw

Wasteful Reds fall behind City after derby draw

-- 2019-03-04 12:17:25

Liverpool were left a point behind Premier League leaders Manchester City after they were held 0-0 by Everton in Sunday’s Merseyside derby — the fourth draw in six games for Juergen Klopp&...

Federer wins landmark 100th ATP title

Federer wins landmark 100th ATP title

-- 2019-03-03 21:13:17

Roger Federer has won his 100th ATP Tour title at the Dubai Tennis Championships - 6,600 days after winning his first in Milan. The 37-year-old Swiss - a 20-time Grand Slam champion - beat Greece's S...

Barca end Real Madrid's title hopes

Barca end Real Madrid's title hopes

-- 2019-03-03 11:07:43

La Liga leaders Barcelona won a tight and tense ‘Clasico’ 1-0 at Real Madrid on Saturday, beating their great rivals at their Bernabeu home for the second time in four days and moving a st...

Innings defeat for Bangladesh despite Soumya, Mahmudullah tons

Innings defeat for Bangladesh despite Soumya, Mahmudullah tons

-- 2019-03-03 10:37:10

New Zealand overcame grim resistance from Soumya Sarkar and captain Mahmudullah to beat Bangladesh by an innings and 51 runs in the first cricket test Sunday and to take 1-0 lead in the three-match se...

Lloris, Kane salvage point for Spurs against Arsenal

Lloris, Kane salvage point for Spurs against Arsenal

-- 2019-03-02 20:41:57

Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris saved Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's penalty to earn a point against Arsenal on Saturday. Spurs captain Harry Kane had earlier scored from the spot to draw the home side...

Federer one win away from 100th singles title

Federer one win away from 100th singles title

-- 2019-03-02 14:05:27

Roger Federer is one win away from a 100th ATP singles title after a semi-final victory over Borna Coric on Friday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Federer, 37, showed his best form of th...

Ramos handed further UCL ban

Ramos handed further UCL ban

-- 2019-03-01 21:25:25

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has been handed an extra one-match Champions League ban by UEFA for deliberately picking up a booking against Ajax earlier this month. Ramos was shown a yellow card...

Hamilton test: Bowlers crumble after batsmen disappoints  

Hamilton test: Bowlers crumble after batsmen disappoints  

-- 2019-03-01 18:05:02

The Kiwi batsmen continued to dominate Bangladesh in the first Test of three-match series in Hamilton as the host 451 for 4, taking a lead of 217 runs at the close of second day. Jeet Raval and Tom...

Valencia to face Barca in Cup final after seeing off Betis

Valencia to face Barca in Cup final after seeing off Betis

-- 2019-03-01 12:02:44

Valencia set up a Copa del Rey showdown with Barcelona as they reached the final for the first time in 11 years by beating Real Betis 1-0 at a bouncing Mestalla on Thursday where a second-half Rodrigo...

Arsenal hammers Bournemouth, keep CL qualification hope alive

Arsenal hammers Bournemouth, keep CL qualification hope alive

-- 2019-02-28 18:46:41

Arsenal stayed a point ahead of Manchester United in the race for the Champions League by thrashing Bournemouth to earn their eighth straight Premier League home win. Mesut Ozil, recalled to the side...

Bangladesh fail to capitalise Tamim’s ton

Bangladesh fail to capitalise Tamim’s ton

-- 2019-02-28 12:32:29

Visiting Bangladesh failed to post a handsome total on the scoreboard despite Tamim Iqbal's fine century in the first innings of the first Test of three-match series against New Zealand at Hamilton on...

Clinical Barca thump Real, reach sixth straight Cup final

Clinical Barca thump Real, reach sixth straight Cup final

-- 2019-02-28 10:22:59

A clinical Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-0 away in an intense Copa del Rey semi-final, second leg on Wednesday as a Luis Suarez double helped them secure a 4-1 aggregate victory and a spot in the final...

Jayasuriya faces two-year ban for breaching anti-corruption code

Jayasuriya faces two-year ban for breaching anti-corruption code

-- 2019-02-27 13:07:55

Former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya was banned from cricket for two years on Tuesday for refusing to cooperate in an investigation of corruption in his country's cricket. The International Cri...

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers set to join Leicester

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers set to join Leicester

-- 2019-02-26 18:08:06

Brendan Rodgers is expected to become Leicester City's manager after Celtic gave him permission to speak to the Premier League club. The Foxes are keen to replace the sacked Claude Puel as soon as po...

Bangladesh clinch first gold in ISSF Archery

Bangladesh clinch first gold in ISSF Archery

FE Online Desk 2019-02-26 11:08:47

Bangladesh clinched their first gold in the third Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF) International Solidarity World Ranking Archery Championship, defeating India in compound women’s tea...

Taskin happy with his recovery

Taskin happy with his recovery

-- 2019-02-25 20:59:09

The national team pace-bowler Taskin Ahmed is happy with the progress of his recovery from injury, reports UNB. The right-arm pacer had twisted his right ankle during the last outing of his team Sylh...