Leicester City completed one of the greatest-ever sporting achievements Monday when the 5,000-1 underdogs won the Premier League for the first time, AP reported. Leicester players were crowded around a television inside top-scorer Jamie Vardy's house as they were handed the title by closest challenger Tottenham being held to a 2-2 draw by deposed champion Chelsea. With an insurmountable seven-point…

Atletico Madrid earned a spot in the UEFA Champions League final for the second time in three years after a wild semifinal second–leg encounter with Bayern Munich. Antoine Griezmann’s second–half goal against the run of play seemed to put Atletico Madrid in control of the tie, but Robert Lewandowski’s goal in the 20 minutes later left open the possibility of a Bayern comeback.…

Anamul Haque’s first List-A century in 16 months helped Gazi Group Cricketers crush Cricket Coaching School by six wickets in a battle between two newly-promoted sides in the Dhaka Premier League.   Chasing 177, Gazi Group rode on Anamul’s ton to reach the target in 33.4 overs in Mirpur. It was the third consecutive defeat for CCS while Gazi Group picked up their second win in three…

Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association (BSJA) on Monday congratulated legendary footballer Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin for being reelected President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) for the 3rd consecutive term.   The BSJA members hope that the country’s lost glory in football will be rejuvenated with the smart and dynamic leadership of country’s football legend Kazi Mohammad…

Bangladesh girls clinched the AFC Under-14 Women’s Football regional title for the second time in a row.   They defeated Indian team by 4-0 in the final match at Aviator Stadium in Tajikistan capital Dushanbe on Sunday.   Gem of the Bangladesh side, Tahura Khatun netted another hat-trick while Anuching Mogini scored the other goal to give her team the second successive title in Tajikistan…

England's miracle club Leicester City are 90 minutes from sporting immortality as they prepare for a Sunday showdown at Old Trafford with Premier League standard-bearers Manchester United. The 5,000-1 outsiders, whose team cost less than o30 million ($43.8 million, 38.3 million euros) to assemble, need just three points to become champions for the first time in their 132-year history and complete…

Brazilian football star Neymar has bought a Cessna 680 plane valued at $9.1 million, the media reported on Friday. The purchase was made through a mortgage signed with the company Bir Participacoes, according to a document published by the website of the newspaper O Globo on Friday, reports Xinhua. The Cessna 680 is a medium sized business jet that can carry up to 12 people. On February, the Brazilian…

ICC Head of Media and Communications Sami Ul Hasan confirmed the Tigers' position in a return email to bdnews24.com on Monday night.For their annual ranking assessment, the governing council of world cricket considers points earned by a team in the last three seasons. The next update, due on May 2, will be derived from the results of seasons 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. All the points earned…

Mustafizur Rahman is a shy boy who doesn’t like talking much, unless he is speaking in Bangla. But in the ongoing Indian Premier League, the 20-year-old Bangladesh bowler, has allowed the ball to do all the talking. He has easily been the stand-out bowler so far for Sunrisers Hyderabad, with seven wickets from five games at an economy rate of 5.75. His 2 for 9 against Kings XI Punjab in the…

Tamim Iqbal will be playing as Bangladeshi opener in desperate match, which will be held at Bengaluru India . Match will be held at Chinnaswamy stadium which is scheduled to begin at 8:00pm Bangladesh Bangladesh already absorbed two consecutive defeats, this is must win this match to keep their any hope of reaching the semi-finals depending on the net run rate. Bangladesh, still deprived of services…

Virender Sehwag says to latest interview of NDTV, has expressed full confidence about the fact that Bangladesh and no chance in front of the Indian team which fresh from a strong win over arch-rivals India.  “India should not worry about Bangladesh. The kind of team we have and the way our players are getting their confidence back after the Pakistan win, we will walk on the ground like…

Bangladesh national cricket team conceded a 3-wicket defeat against cricket power Australia in their second match of Super Ten round of World T20 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore Monday night. Tigers failed to pick up early wickets of the Aussies as they played without their main bowling strength, they also missed Tamim Iqbal, the regular opener as well. Bangladesh got first breakthrough in eighth…

Australia take on a qualifying team in Match 22 of the ICC World T20 2016 at the N Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Australia, who have been in terrible form in this format of the game, especially following the 0-3 loss at the hands of former T20  Champions India in their home series in January this year, would look to come up with an improved and a stellar performance as they also look forward…