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The Premier Division Chess League 2013 starts at 2:30pm today at the Bangladesh Chess Federation. The league will feature nine teams: Sreejan Chess Club, Leonine Chess Club, Faith Chess Club, Titas Club, Pritam-Prism Chess Club Narayanganj, Gopalganj Chess Club, Bangladesh Navy Chess Team, Access Group Chess Club and reigning champions Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited.

A half-marathon, organised by Big Bangla Run and sponsored by Ifad Group, will be held in Cox’s Bazar on Friday. The 21.1-kilometre international-standard run will start from Kalatoli Niribili Mosque at 7:00am and will end at the Inani beach point. About 1,500 runners from home and abroad are expected to participate in the race, organisers said ... Read more

Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman finished 25th at the CIMB Classic at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club on Sunday. On the final day, Siddik began on a sour note when he hit a bogey but recovered to hit five birdies and end the day with a two-under-par 70. Ryan Moore of the USA claimed the title, ... Read more

Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman shot a three-under-par 69 in the third round of the CIMB Classic at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club to move 19 places up to 32nd on Saturday. Siddik, who was 51st overnight, began the third round on a poor note when he hit a bogey, but the ace 28-year-old ... Read more

The inter-club player transfers for the Premier Division Hockey League have been postponed due to unavoidable reasons, the Bangladesh Hockey Federation said on Saturday. The transfer window was scheduled to open on Tuesday, despite uncertainties over the participation of some top clubs. The BHF had earlier vowed to

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation will start the three-day inter-club players’ transfer on October 29 as scheduled, BHF officials said after a working committee meeting on Thursday. If any clubs do not participate they are to be relegated from the premier league to the first division as per the rules. ‘We will follow the by-laws to take

Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman shot a two-under-par 70 in the second round of the CIMB Classic at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club on Friday, moving to one-over for the tournament and trailing the leader by 14 strokes. Siddik followed up his rough first round with six birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey on Friday ... Read more

Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman is languishing 12 strokes behind leader Ryan Moore after round one at the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Siddik shot a three-over-par 75 to end the day in a tie for 65th at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. He managed four birdies on the day but also

The Bangladesh Archery Federation will send two national teams in the Chinese Taipei on Sunday to take part in the 18th Asian Archery Championship and continental qualifying test of the Youth Olympic Games. Both the tournaments are scheduled to get underway from October 29. Silver medal winner of the recently concluded

Only one hockey personnel out of six submitted a show-cause notice to the Bangladesh Hockey Federation on Tuesday after the national team’s disastrous performance in the recently concluded Asia Cup hockey tournament.  Earlier, hockey’s governing body served show-cause notices to four senior players – Russell Mahmud Jimmy, Zahid Hossain,

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation is planning an international hockey tournament in December following a proposal from an event management company. BHF officials did not want to discuss the matter, but a source confirmed the plans on the condition of anonymity. The tournament budget is approximately

Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman finished in a tie for seventh at the Venetian Macau Open after carding a par 71 in the final round on Sunday. Siddik finished eight-under-par at the Macau Golf and Country Club, eight strokes behind the winner, Australia’s Scott Hend. The Bangladeshi went

Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman was still in the running for the Macau Open title after the conclusion of the third round’s play as he ended the penultimate day in joint second position at the Macau Golf and Country Club on Saturday. Siddik hit four birdies, a bogey and a double bogey to finish the day carding ... Read more

Premier Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman was making giant strides in the Macau Open after ending round two in pole position on Friday at the Macau Golf and Country Club. After a stellar round one in which Siddik posted two-under-par 69, the Bangladeshi golfer went one better in round two carding an incredible five-under-par

To generate mass awareness among the commonwealth member countries about the Commonwealth Games, a three-member team will arrive in Dhaka on Monday as a part of the Queen’s Baton relay. The 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 to August 3 next year. The three-member team comprising

Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman had a torrid second round in the CJ Invitational in Seoul as he missed the cut and was ousted from the US$750,000 tournament on Friday. Siddik struck as many as four double bogeys in an ordinary day, while he also hit two bogeys and the same number of birdies. The 29-year-old ... Read more

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation on Thursday decided to serve show-cause notices to six individuals for the national team’s failure in the recently concluded Asia Cup Hockey, informed a top official after a meeting of the governing body. Four senior players – Russell Mahmud Jimmy, Zahid Hossain, Qamruzzaman Rana and Imran Hasan Pintu, assistant coach

The Bangladesh Olympic Association has decided to send athletes abroad for a high-performance training camp to improve their results at international events, officials said on Tuesday. With the help of the sports federations, the BOA has formed a 30-athlete preliminary list and has decided to send the chosen athletes to China for

Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman geared up well for next month’s World Cup of golf in Melbourne by finishing joint-third in the Taiwan Masters tournament at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club on Sunday. Siddik ended up six shots behind the winner, Australia’s Scott Hend, who carded a two-over-par 74 in the fourth and final round to ... Read more

GM Abdullah Al Rakib of Duronto Rajshahi clinched the championship title after overcoming the challenge of Khondoker Aminul Islam in the last round of the Berger Paints 39th National `A’ chess 2013 at the Bangladesh Olympic Association on Saturday. This is the second time Rakib became the national