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Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman posted a two-over-par 74 in the second and final round of the Open Qualifying Series – Thailand event on Friday to finish at eight-over, well out of contention for a spot in The Open Championship in July. Siddik finished in a tie for 54th out of 75 entrants. He shot a 78 ... Read more

The 29th edition of the Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship teed off at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Tuesday. 125 golfers from 10 different countries are participating in the 32-year-old tournament, which is being sponsored by Runner Group. Amateur golfers from Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and host Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s Siddikur Rahman just missed his second straight victory at the Delhi Golf Club, finishing second at the season-opening SAIL-SBI Open after losing the first play-off hole to India’s Rashid Khan on Saturday. After Siddik and Khan finished Saturday’s final round level at 18-under – six strokes ahead of Sweden’s Rikard Karlberg in third – they ... Read more

Saint Gregory’s High School clinched the boys’ group title of the Milk Man Mini Handball Tournament beating Dhaka Residential Model School by 23-15 goals in the final after leading the first half 10-7 at the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium on Sunday. In the girls group, Sunnydale School lifted the crown beating Scholastica ... Read more

Women International Master Shamima Akter Liza of Narayanganj became a three-time champion of the Sultana Kamal 34th National Women Chess Championship on Tuesday at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall. Liza earned nine points from 11 games to clinch the national women’s title. She was also the champion in 2005 and 2010. Liza beat Mahmuda Hoque Chowdhury Moly

LeBron James had 25 of his game-high 37 points in the second half and 11 in the final four minutes as the Miami Heat shook off the pesky Phoenix Suns 103-97, reports Reuters. James added nine rebounds and five steals and centre Chris Bosh added 21points, including a big three-pointer that put the Heat up ... Read more

Usha Krira Chakra maintained their dominance in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League title race as they defeated Abahani Limited 2-0 at Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Monday. Usha’s sixth consecutive victory meant the Old Dhaka powerhouse still remained at the summit with 18 points before the Super Four round gets underway.

International Hockey Federation president Leandro Negre said that the proposed astro-turf installation at the Maulana Bhasani Stadium is close to being confirmed. ‘I had come here for two issues; one was to inaugurate the school hockey tournament and the other was to talk about the development of hockey

Usha KC and Abahani will look to take an edge into the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League’s Super League when they meet at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium today. Both title contenders are on five-game winning streaks and will welcome reinforcements from Pakistan to strengthen their sides ahead of the next phase

International Hockey Federation president Leandro Negre inaugurated the Islami Bank Limited National School Hockey Tournament during a colourful opening ceremony at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Saturday. A total of 102 schools from 64 districts will participate in the first phase scheduled to be held across 10 selected venues. 29 teams will

The two-day long Habhit Cup golf tournament concluded at Ghatail Shaheed Salahuddin Cantonment Golf Course in Tangail on Saturday. The tournament was sponsored by Habhit Tangail. A total of 70 players, including eight women golfers, from different golf clubs in the country took part in the competition. The tournament was

International Hockey Federation president Leandro Negre arrived in Dhaka on Friday and expressed his excitement before inaugurating the first edition of the Security Bank School Hockey Tournament today. ‘More than 200 schools and thousands of students will be involved in the tournament so I’m very excited to be opening the tournament,’ said Negre

Usha Krira Chakra registered their fifth consecutive win in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Hockey League after beating Sonali Bank 4-2 at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Friday. Skipper Mamunur Rahman Chayan scored twice for Usha KC in the 6th and 22nd minute. Krishna Kumar and Rimon Kumar added to the scoreline for

International Hockey Federation president Leandro Negre will arrive in Dhaka today to inaugurate the First Security Islami Bank School Tournament, which will get underway on Saturday at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. Negre will also visit the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan before meeting the State Minister of Youth and Sports, Biren Shikder,

Ajax Sporting Club registered their opening victory in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League when they defeated Dhaka Wanderers Club 3-1 on Monday at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. Rahat Sarwar scored the first goal for Ajax after which Jahidul Islam Rajon netted a brace to put his side 3-0 up. Rajon scored in the ... Read more

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation on Thursday cut down the number of preliminary squad members to 40 ahead of the Asian Games qualifiers in March. The original preliminary squad consisted of 65 players, who all trained under the supervision of the national team’s Pakistani coach Naveed Alam from

Usha Krira Chakra beat Ajax SC 3-2 in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Wednesday, taking their winning-streak to three games. National striker Krishna Kumar scored in the second minute to give Usha the lead, but Rahat Sarwar converted a penalty just eight minutes to bring ... Read more

International Hockey Federation president Leandro Negre will launch the National School Hockey Championship, set to begin from February. This will be Negre’s second visit to Bangladesh in a year and the FIH president is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on January 31 before announcing the school

Despite a lowly 26th-placed finish in the King’s Cup, Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman had reasons to feel cheerful as he received an automatic entry to the prestigious Eurasia Cup. Siddik’s position of 26th in the Asian Tour’s season-ending tournament saw him drop a place from third to fourth in the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit.

Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman made some improvement in the King’s Cup on Saturday as he hit a one-under-par 71 in the third round. The 29-year old Bangladeshi golfer started the penultimate round in joint 35th position at the Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin, Thailand but a reasonably good display enabled him to rise to ... Read more