Boxing legend Muhammad Ali - one of the world’s greatest sporting figures - has died at the age of 74.
The former world heavyweight champion died late on Friday at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix, Arizona, having been admitted on Thursday.
He had been suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson’s disease.
Ali’s funeral will take place in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, said his family.
Tributes for the heavyweight great have been pouring in from across the world.
“Muhammad Ali shook up the world. And the world is better for it,” said US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.
Former President Bill Clinton - husband of Democratic frontrunner Hillary - said the boxer had been “courageous in the ring, inspiring to t...
An Olympics triumph can make you a hero in any country but legendary status awaits Abdullah Hel Baki if he can finally rid Bangladesh of an unwanted distinction — the biggest nation never to win a medal.
Despite being home to nearly 160 million people, nobody from Bangladesh has ever even qualified for an Olympics — their competitors have all been wildcard entries — let alone reached the podium.
Athletes and administrators admit they face huge obstacles to win medals, including a lack of facilities and funding, along with an overriding obsession with the non-Olympic sport of cricket.
But after becoming the first Bangladeshi to gain a berth at Rio, Baki — a shooter who won 10
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A Bangladeshi sporting legend is supporting a project set up by an Etihad cabin crew member to help children in Dhaka escape life in the slums.
Former test cricket captain Mushfiqur Rahim visited the Choice to Change (C2C) school this week along with a team of Etihad volunteers to lend their support to the school’s efforts.
Slovakian Eva Kernova founded the C2C to support 25 children in a ramshackle school after visiting slums during a flight layover.
Since then, the school has attracted more than 1,000 visitors, including almost 600 cabin crew
CrowePioneering cricketer Martin Crowe, widely acknowledged as New Zealand’s greatest batsman who laid the foundations for Twenty20 cricket, was hailed a “hero” Thursday after he died of cancer aged 53.
Diagnosed in September 2014 with terminal double-hit lymphoma, a rare form of blood cancer, he passed away in Auckland surrounded by family.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Martin Crowe, MBE, advise his death,” his family said.
The batsman’s cousin, Hollywood star Russell Crowe, who was in frequent contact dur...
Bangladeshi opening batsman Tamim Iqbal and his wife Ayesha Siddiqui were blessed with a baby boy on Sunday.
The baby was delivered at a hospital in Bangkok early in the morning, according to a Facebook status of Tamim.
In his Facebook status, Bangladesh’s star batsman sought blessings from all for his new child and his wife.
“Our little bundle of joy has arrived! By the grace of Almighty, we’ve been blessed with a baby boy earlier this morning. Though both mom and son are doing fine, Doctors have kept the little o...
Micromax Informatics Limited, the 10
th largest handset player in the world, today announced that the company has bagged the title sponsorship rights for the much anticipated T- 20 Asia Cup 2016, which will be held in Bangladesh from February 24 to March 6. The company has entered into an agreement with Twenty First Century Media Pvt. Ltd. and the event will be now titled as Micromax T-20 Asia Cup 2016.
Asia Cup is one of the World’s premier cricketing events which feature the top four cricket teams of the continent (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) battling to secure the title of Champions of Asia. One of the most exciting and awaited cricket events of the year, Micromax
