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Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman’s fourth-place finish at the Indonesia Open on Sunday has enhanced his chances of being a part of Team Asia in the inaugural EurAsia Cup next March. The EurAsia Cup, a Ryder Cup-styled matchplay competition, will take place in Kuala Lumpur from March 27-29 and will pit a ten-man Team Asia

The Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International Open Badminton Challenge 2013, a Badminton Asia Confederation sanctioned tournament, starts on Tuesday at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium. It was announced at a press conference at the Bangladesh Olympic Association on Sunday that 78 men and 22 women shuttlers from 10 countries will take part in the five-event meet, which

Siddikur Rahman went from strength to strength in the Indonesia Open as he finished fourth after the end of the fourth and final round’s play in Jakarta on Sunday. Siddik posted four-under-par 67 in round four and ended the US$750,000 tournament four shots behind the winner, India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar, who

Bangladesh’s Formula 4 driver Mahfuzur Rahman Tushar ended in 15th position from 22 participants in the JK Tyre Racing Championship in India on Saturday. Tushar’s team – Team Avalanche – had four representatives on the track including the Bangladeshi driver and Indian trio Sumit Maluja, Rohit Khanna and Kapil Khanna.

A good performance in the last two rounds enabled Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman to rise to joint-eighth position in the Indonesia Open in Jakarta. Siddik posted two-under-par 69 in the third round on Saturday to improve on his previous day’s position of joint-13th. The 29-year-old

Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman ended day two of the Indonesia Open in joint-13th position as he was still to complete the final two shots of round two that will be played today. Siddik hit a par score of 71 in the opening round and he followed it up with five birdies and a single bogey ... Read more

Bangladesh Army clinched the Inter-Service Hockey title beating Bangladesh Air Force by 4-1 goals in the final at the BAF Base Matiur Rahman playground here on Thursday. Sergeant Siraj of Bangladesh Army became the highest scorer of the tournament with five goals. Area Commander of Jessore and GOC of 55 Infantry

Siddikur Rahman will be back to more familiar territories when he tees off for the 750,000-dollar Indonesian Open in Jakarta today. The 29-year-old golfer had a rough time in the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf last week, where he finished 55th out of 60 players and had a lot of trouble trying to get ... Read more

Weightlifters Jahura Akter Resma and Mabia Akter Simanta won silver medals in their respective categories of the 2013 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship and World Cup Masters Championship in Malaysia, said a press release from the Bangladesh Weightlifting Federation yesterday. Resma won silver in 44kg category of youth group on Monday while Simanta

Playing without fallen guard Derrick Rose, who suffered a torn medial meniscus in his right knee on Friday, the Chicago Bulls could not keep up with the relentless Clippers in a blowout 121-82 defeat, reports Reuters. Blake Griffin (15 points, 12 rebounds) and Chris Paul (16 points, 17 assists) were two of six Los Angeles players ... Read more

Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman finished in a tie for 55th out of 60 participants at the ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf in Melbourne. Australian Jason Day won the US$7 million tournament at -10 after his fourth round score of 70. Siddik finished the tournament at 14-over-par after his fourth-round 73 on Sunday. He shot two ... Read more

Faridpur clinched the title of Agrani Bank 24th National Youth Hockey Tournament beating Rajshahi 4-0 in a one-sided final at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium yesterday. Mostafizur Rahman was the hero for Faridpur as he struck twice while Salman Sadik and Moinul Islam scored one each for the winning side.

Scholastica boys’ and girls’ teams won the Scholastica-Dettol Inter-School (Boys and Girls) Handball Tournament 2013 that was held from November 22-23 at the Red Court and STM Hall of Scholastica Senior Campus at Uttara. Scholastica girls’ team beat Viqarunnisa Noon School and College girls’ side in the final on Saturday before the Scholastica (Mirpur) boys clinched

Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman continued to struggle for the third consecutive day at the World Cup of golf in Melbourne slipping to 12-over-par after his third-round score of six-over 77 on Saturday. Siddik failed to keep the momentum going after his memorable Hero Indian Open win just two weeks ago. In the third round, he shot just ... Read more

Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman struggled for the second straight day at the ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf in Melbourne, falling to six-over-par for the tournament after his second-round four-over 75 on Friday. The winner of the Hero Indian Open two weeks ago could not get anything going in the second round, birdieing just one hole ... Read more

Eight among 11 premier division clubs completed their inter-club player transfer formalities on the final day of the window after it was extended by the Bangladesh Hockey Federation due to requests from the participating clubs. Mohammedan Sporting Club, Mariner Youngs Club, Wari Club and Bangladesh Sporting Club are not taking any part in the player

Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman began his World Cup of golf campaign on a quiet note after he ended round one in joint 32nd position in Melbourne on Thursday. Siddik hit a two-over-par 73 on the opening day of the US$8 million tournament, seven shots behind joint-leaders Thomas Bjorn of Denmark

Asian Tour star Siddikur Rahman will break new ground as the first ever Bangladeshi player at the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf, which starts today, and he intends to mark the occasion with a strong showing at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club. ‘I’m really excited and I’m glad to play

Four revolting clubs from the First Division Hockey League along with the Players’ Welfare Association presented a memorandum to Bangladesh Hockey Federation president Air Marshal Enamul Bari on Tuesday. The three-page letter contains directions to solve the ongoing crisis of the country’s hockey, the clubs claimed. The rebellious clubs asserted that

A number of revolting clubs against the current committee of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation, led by Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited, formed the Hockey Players and Clubs’ Unity Forum on Monday in order to resolve the prevailing situation of hockey. The forum issued a written statement jointly