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National Shooting Federation of Bangladesh has all but confirmed a high-performance Korean coach for the air-rifle shooters to prepare them for the upcoming international meets, said top official of the federation on Saturday. To appoint the South Korean coach Lee for the next one year, the NSFB is now seeking financial assistance from the Bangladesh

Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman continued to impress in the Taiwan Masters after ending round three on Saturday in joint-third position. The 29-year old Bangladeshi golfer struck one-under-par 71 in the penultimate round of the US$600,000 tournament. Australia’s Scott Hend is

St. Gregory’s High School emerged unbeaten champions in the Cooline AC School Rugby beating Segun Bagicha High School by 14-10 points held on Saturday at the Paltan ground adjoining Bangabandhu National Stadium. Besides, Shaheed Nabi High School finished third in the meet. Nazmul Sakib of St. Gregory’s High School was named the best player of ... Read more

Emdadul Haque Milon, Bangladesh’s first medalist in the history of the Islamic Solidarity Games, returned home on Thursday hoping for better facilities to help athletes raise their standards. Milon clinched the silver medal in the 70-metre recurve individual event in Indonesia on September 27, losing to Egypt’s Ahmed Al Imri in the final round. The ... Read more

Premier Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman had a stellar round two at the Taiwan Masters on Friday as he rose to joint-fourth on the leaderboard. Siddik struck a one-under-par 71 at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club after starting the day in tie for seventh place at even-par. The 29-year old golfer

Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman began his campaign well at the Taiwan Masters on Thursday at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club as he finished round one in a tie for seventh place. Siddik struck an even-par 72 on the opening day of the US$600,000 event, with Australia’s Scott Hend leading the pack at three-under. The 29-year-old ... Read more

Comilla and Narail District Sports Associations emerged boys’ and girls’ group champions in the 22nd National Junior Wrestling competition that concluded on Thursday at the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali Handball Stadium. In the boys’ group, Comilla DSA secured four gold and one bronze medal and Dhaka DSA finished runners-up with two gold, one silver and ... Read more

GM Abdulla Al-Rakib of Duronto Rajshahi kept his lead at the Berger Paints 39th National ‘A’ Chess Championship-2013, with 9½ points after the 11th round on Thursday. Rakib beat IM Abu Sufian Shakil of Access Group in the 11th round. Rakib played with the white pieces and beat Shakil in 64 moves. GM Ziaur Rahman of ... Read more

GM Abdullah Al-Rakib of Duronto Rajshahi continued to maintain his solo lead in the points table with 8.5 points after the conclusion of the 10th round of the 39th National ‘A’ Chess Championship 2013 on Tuesday at the Bangladesh Olympic Association. Rakib won in 40 moves against Titas Club’s

Taekwondo player Sraboni Biswas won Bangladesh’s second medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Indonesia on Monday, picking up the bronze medal in the Under-73kg category. Having beaten Brunei’s Nurulain Jaafar 5-2 in the quarter-finals, Sraboni lost to Indonesia’s Jehabut Selviana 17-3 in the semi-finals to confirm her

The men’s singles, women’s singles and women’s doubles matches of the Roxy Paints Summer Open Badminton Tournament were decided on Monday at the Saheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium in the city. Results of Men’s Singles: Enam (Maha) beat Safi Mahmud (Knit Concern) by 21-16, 21-16 points; Khaled (BI Sylhet) defeated Munna (Knit Concern) 21-15, 21-13; ... Read more

GM Abdullah Al-Rakib of Duronto Rajshahi maintained his lead at the top of the standings after the end of the 9th round games in the 39th National ‘A’ Chess Championship 2013 at the Bangladesh Olympic Association on Monday. Rakib defeated Mohammad Hafizul Islam Chapal of Dhaka City in 41 moves and has 7.5 points. IM ... Read more

The 29th Bashundhara National Age-Group Swimming Competition came to an end at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in Mirpur on Sunday, with BKSP maintaining their utter dominance in the sport. BKSP won 58 gold, 44 silver and 29 bronze medals from 100 events during the three-day competition. Bangladesh Ansar grabbed 15 gold, 19 ... Read more

Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) clinched title of the Invitational National Women’s Handball Tournament crushing Rangamati district by 27-4 goals in the final held Sunday at the Shaheed Captain Mansur Ali Handball Stadium. The winners led the first half by 20-3 goals. In the day’s final, Shirina of BJMC scored

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation will take its time before making any decision over a report of the fact-finding committee that was formed to investigate Bangladesh’s below-par performance in the recently concluded Asia Cup. After a meeting of hockey’s governing body,

Four new national records were set on the second day of the Bashundhara 29th National Age Group Swimming Competition at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex at Mirpur on Saturday. Jahidul Islam set the national record in 100m butterfly in the 13-14 age-group category after clocking 1:04:17 minutes to earn a gold medal before ... Read more

Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation will play Rangamati District in the final match of the Walton Invitational National Women’s Handball Tournament at the Shaheed (Captain) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium onSunday. Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu MP will be the chief guest in the final match and distribute the prizes. Additional Director  of

Golfer Siddikur Rahman has qualified for the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf in Melbourne from November 21-24, 2013 and is set to become the first Bangladeshi to ever play in the prestigious US$8 million event.Siddikur, who is currently playing at the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open in Osaka, was excited by the news. ‘I’m very excited ... Read more

Russell Mahmud Jimmy believes that the Bangladesh Hockey Federation fact-finding committee is going to pin the team’s failure at the Asia Cup on him and senior players Zahid Hossain, Emran Hasan Pintu and Kamruzzaman Rana. ‘There have been conversations in the hockey arena which have created disturbances in our family lives. We see that everybody is ... Read more

Archer Emdadul Haque Milon picked up Bangladesh’s first medal in the history of the Islamic Solidarity Games when won the silver medal in the 70-metre Olympic recurve event in Indonesia on Thursday. Egypt’s Ahmed Al Imri won the gold medal, besting Milon in the final round. Another Egyptian, Ibrahim Subri, won the bronze medal. Bangladeshi athletes ... Read more