Bangladesh Army won the hockey title of the Bangladesh Games after 29 years when they thrashed Faridpur 6-2 in the final at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. BKSP won bronze by defeating Dhaka 2-0 in the third place-deciding match. The Army team, who last won the hockey title in 1984,
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Golden comeback for Dolly Akhter
Dolly Akhter came out of retirement to win a gold medal on the final day of swimming discipline in the Bangladesh Games at the National Swimming Complex at Mirpur on Wednesday. Dolly, a veteran of two Olympics, who went into retirement two years was ago, was persuaded by her team Bangladesh Ansar to return to ... Read more
One last hurrah for Sabrina
It was one last hurrah for veteran shooter Sabrina Sultana before her retirement when she won the women’s 50-metre prone in the eighth Bangladesh Games on Wednesday. Sabrina is expected to bring an end to her long career spanning over two decades as a shooter, though her husband Saiful Alam Rinky, himself a veteran shooter,
Ansar put Games into shame
Bangladesh Ansar, a disciplined force, whose main job is to ensure internal security and law enforcement, put the Bangladesh Games into shame when they attacked match officials and left them bloodied after their loss to BJMC in the women’s kabaddi final on Tuesday. The incident, which stunned the Games organisers,
Sadia upsets Ratna in epic battle
Syeda Sadia Sultana made full use of a new ruling to come from behind and claim her first gold medal at the senior level in the 10-metre air rifle shooting event at the eighth Bangladesh Games in Dhaka on Tuesday. The 20-year old shooter from Chittagong
Jewel sets new record
Bangladesh Army’s Jewel Ahmed proved his new training regime paid rich dividends as he rewrote a new national record in the 1500m free-style in the swimming event of the eighth Bangladesh Games at the National Swimming Complex on Tuesday. Two new national records were created on day
Samedul quits swimming
Veteran swimmer Karar Samedul retired from competitive swimming after he participated in the 50m breast-stroke in the eighth Bangladesh Games at the National Swimming Complex in Mirpur on Tuesday. ‘I think it is the right time for me to retire
Ansar sweep all TT golds
Bangladesh Ansar managed all five gold medals in the table tennis event of the eighth Bangladesh Games on Tuesday with Hasib and Shoma taking the men’s and women’s singles respectively. In the last day of this discipline, Shoma of Ansar beat her teammate Rumi by 4-0 in the women’s singles event while Turbina of Rangpur ... Read more
Ansar sweep all TT golds
Bangladesh Ansar managed all five gold medals in the table tennis event of the eighth Bangladesh Games on Tuesday with Hasib and Shoma taking the men’s and women’s singles respectively. In the last day of this discipline, Shoma of Ansar beat her teammate Rumi by 4-0 in the women’s singles event while Turbina of Rangpur ... Read more
Navy keep on ruling the pool
Bangladesh Navy maintained their dominance in the Bangladesh Games swimming as they extended their medals tally with two new national records set by their swimmers on the second day at the National Swimming Complex on Monday. Navy’s Sonia Akter Tumpa clocked 01:12:08 to set
Subarna breaks 200m record
The athletics discipline of the eighth Bangladesh Games witnessed a new national record by BKSP sprinter Zakia Sultana Subarna as she claimed the women’s 200m event in 25.00 seconds at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. Another BSKP faithful, Abu Rayhan clinched the 200m gold
Rajib, Liza win chess golds
Grand Master Enamul Hossain Rajib of Bangladesh Navy and Women International Master Shamima Akter Liza of Titas Gas Transmission & Distribution won gold medals respectively in men’s and women’s chess in Bangladesh Games on Monday. Rajib and Grand Master Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh Ansar
Rumana rules pool with records
BKSP’s Rumana Akhter stole the show on the opening day of swimming in the Bangladesh Games by setting two new national records at the National Swimming Complex at Mirpur on Sunday. Rumana won the 200 metre butterfly and 400 metre individual medley clocking 2:44:15 and 5:55:20 respectively to create storm in the swimming pool announcing
Taekwondo gold for Pinky, Fatiha, Marzia
Pinky Khatun, Fatiha Ummun Maisha and Marzia Akter won gold in taekwondo in the Bangladesh Games but they have gone almost unnoticed as the Bangladesh Taekwondo Federation did not even bother to inform the Games authorities about gold-deciding matches. Pinky of Rajshahi DSA beat Sumaiya Imroz of BJMC in
First gold, first controversy
A big question mark arose regarding the first gold medal of the eighth Bangladesh Games in the men’s tennis doubles final won by Amal Roy and Henry Prithul Mandol on Friday. Only the Engineering Recreation Club, represented by Amal, will receive recognition in the official medal tally as Amal is better ranked than Prithul.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BANGLADESH GAME
After a long gap of 11 years, the eighth edition of the Bangladesh Games is all set to hit the big bowl of the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. Due to an acute financial crisis and poor organisation, the Games did not see its light since 2002. Though the volatile political situation of the country casts ... Read more
Opening ceremony to match SA Games, WC!
The Bangladesh Olympic Association put all its energy to make the opening ceremony of the eighth Bangladesh Games a gala event, as glamorous as the one seen at the 2010 SA Games and 2011 ICC World Cup, said the officials. The much talked-about opening ceremony,
Federations yearn for more money as Games looms
With the eighth Bangladesh Games just 48 hours away, the participating sports federations are busy bickering with the Bangladesh Olympic Association for fund, which they say too inadequate to provide quality food, accommodation, transport to the athletes. The Bangladesh Athletics Federation said it had initially
Swimming goes electronic
The Bangladesh Swimming Federation (BSF) declared that they will organise the swimming events of the forthcoming Bangladesh Games by using the electronic scoreboard, said Rafiz Uddin, general secretary of the BSF on Tuesday. The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) earlier
Opening gala not for common fans!
The common sports lovers will not be able to witness the grand opening ceremony of the upcoming eighth Bangladesh Games which is scheduled to begin on April 20 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. `There are no tickets for the common people.