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The Bangladesh Olympic Association on Monday scratched four swimmers’ names from the list of athletes selected for a long-term preparation programme designed to improve performance at international meets like the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games next year. The BOA will start a 10-month residential

Forward Jordan Hill had a career outing as the Los Angeles Lakers pounded the Detroit Pistons 114-99, reports Reuters. Hill finished with 24 points and 17 rebounds as the Lakers (5-7) ended a two-game skid and handed the Pistons their fifth setback in the past six games. Hill’s previous career-best points

Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned male and female World Athletes of the Year for 2013 by the sport’s governing IAAF at a ceremony in Monaco on Saturday. Bolt won gold in the 100 metres, 200 and 4×100 relay at the Moscow worlds in August to take his all-time tally to eight ... Read more

Siddikur Rahman’s tune-up to this week’s ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf ended early as the two-time Asian Tour winner missed the cut at the Talisker Masters in Melbourne. Siddikur, who just won his second tour title last week when he clinched a dramatic one-stroke victory at the Hero Indian Open, was looking forward to ... Read more

The Bangladesh Golf Federation needs to cash in on the recent success of ace golfer Siddikur Rahman in order to promote the sport as there are immense opportunities to succeed if managed well, officials and coaches said on Wednesday. Siddik won his second Asian Tour title by clinching the Indian Open on Sunday, ending the title-drought ... Read more

Bangladesh Navy has agreed in principle to permanently appoint two chess players – Fide Masters Sheikh Nasir Ahmed and Khandoker Aminul Islam – after the duo helped them finish as runners-up in the recently-concluded premier league chess tournament. The decision was announced when the

Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman was on the cusp of a second win on the Asian Tour after he ended the third round’s play in the Indian Open in first position. Siddik hit a flawless five-under-par 67 at the Delhi Golf Club on Saturday to go four shots ahead of the closest challenger, India’s two-time Asian

Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman posted his second consecutive round of 66 to take the outright lead at the halfway point of the Hero Indian Open at the Delhi Golf Club on Friday. Siddik came into the second round in a six-way tie for the lead with Rahil Ganjee, Mardan Mamat, Pariya Junhasavasdikul, Chapchai Nirat and

The Bangladesh Olympic Association left out athletics from its first-phase training programme, citing the underperformance of athletes in recent international meets. Earlier, the BOA decided to bring 30 talented athletes under a 10-month long training programme to improve their performance in international tournaments

Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman fired a six-under-par 66 to finish round one in a six-way tie for first place at the $1.25 million Hero Indian Open in Delhi on Thursday. Siddik hit six birdies in his first round to share the overnight lead at the Delhi Golf Club with Rahil Ganjee, Mardan Mamat, Pariya Junhasavasdikul,

Rajshahi district will take on Natore in the opening match of the Agrani Bank 24th National Youth Hockey Tournament 2013 which gets underway in Rangpur on November 9. Rajshahi are considered as the top favourites in the absence of defending champions BKSP who are now in India to play in the Nehru Cup.

Defending champions Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Ltd. now took solo lead in the points table of the Rupahali Sarees Premier Division Chess League with 10 points after the 6th round games held on Thursday at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall Room. In the day’s 6th round matches, Mohammedan

For the very first time, the Bangladesh Olympic Association is planning to bring the athletes under a long-term preparation programme in order to perform well in international meets like the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games next year. The BOA will start a 10-month long residential

Four suspended national team hockey players, under the banner of the Hockey Players’ Welfare Association, claimed on Tuesday that they were suspended unethically and demanded a fresh inquiry into the Asia Cup debacle. Midfielder Russell Mahmud Jimmy, goalkeeper Zahid Hossain and defender Imran Hasan Pintu were banned for three years from

Holders Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited are in command of the Rupahali Sarees Premier Division Chess League with eight points after the fourth round of games. Mohammedan beat Leonine Chess Club 3½ to ½ in the fourth round. Mohammedan’s GM Niaz Murshed, Russian GM Volkov Sergey and IM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar beat Leonine’s

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation on Monday suspended four players and released the coach for acting suspiciously during the Asia Cup Hockey in Malaysia in August-September. Bangladesh ended up seventh among the eight teams in the tournament despite going there with high expectation against the backdrop of some

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation set a new date for the inter-club player transfer from November 15-17, officials said on Saturday. The transfer was scheduled for October 29-31, but the BFF had earlier postponed it due to an unavoidable situation. Meanwhile, three of the six rebel clubs, who had earlier decided to boycott all activities under the ... Read more

Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited began their journey in the Rupahali Sarees Premier Division Chess League on a winning note as they beat Bangladesh Navy, their main challengers, on the opening day on Saturday. Tajikistanis Grand Master Amonatov Farukh, Russian GM Volkov Sergey and Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman won their respective matches for

Bangladesh’s top professional golfer, Siddikur Rahman, is set to make history at the World Cup of Golf at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia from November 21-24. Siddik, ranked 251st in the world and ninth in the Asian Tour Order of Merit, will be the first Bangladeshi golfer to ever participate in the $8 ... Read more

A half-marathon organised by Big Bangla Run and sponsored by Ifad Group was held in Cox’s Bazar on Friday. The 21.1-kilometre run started from Kalatoli Niribili mosque at 7:00am and ended at the Inani beach point. Mohammad Ruhul Amin, deputy commissioner of Cox’s Bazar inaugurated the marathon as chief guest. Cameroonian Salim Abdul Hajee, a student of Bangladesh