International Hockey Federation president Leonardo Negro made a courtesy call on the state minister for youth and sports, Ahad Ali Sarkar, after his arrival in Dhaka on Thursday. The minister and the IHF chief shared their ideas and discussed about the development of hockey in Bangladesh during the meeting. The IHF president assured Bangladesh
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Bangladesh lift SA Basketball title
Bangladesh beat Maldives by 69-54 points in the last league match to clinch the South Asian Basketball Championship, their first ever international title, at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium on Monday. Mithun Kumar Biswas caged highest 16 points for Bangladesh to maintain his impressive performance that he had throughout the tournament and he was duly adjudged ... Read more
‘Happy to have contributed’
Mithun Kumar Biswas wore a broad grin on his boyish face as his name was announced as the best player of the Citycell 2nd SABA Championship. He celebrated with his teammates for a while and held the small trophy and kissed the medal as photographers thronged. But the smile suddenly disappeared as soon as he ... Read more
Niaz now in second
GM Niaz Murshed is in the second position of the Chennai Super Kings 5th International Grandmasters Chess Tournament at the close of the ninth round held in Chennai, India yesterday. Niaz drew with Indian GM MR Lalith Babu in the ninth round to secure seven points and shared the second position along with 10 other ... Read more
Bangladesh beat Pakistan in SA Basketball
Bangladesh made a big step towards their first South Asian Basketball Championship title after they beat a strong Pakistan side by 77-68 points in their third game of the five-nation competition at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium on Sunday. Bangladesh, who won all of their three games in the competition including a 89-44 victory
Niaz regains Chennai lead
GM Niaz Murshed regained the lead with 6.5 points, along with 8 other players, at the end of the 8th round of the Chennai Super Kings 5th Interna-tional Grandmasters Chess Tournament in India yesterday. Another Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman was in joint second position with 6 points. In the 8th round, Niaz beat IM Rahul ... Read more
Shapla’s treble
Enam’s first title Shapla Akther made treble-sweep in the Qubee 32nd National Badminton Championships as the Narayanganj player defeated Shima of Chittagong 21-9, 21-1 the women’s singles final at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium yesterday. Shima was forced to retire after sustaining a muscle strain during the
Niaz in 15th position
Grand Master Niaz Murshed was in the 15th position in the Chennai Super Kings 5th International Grandmasters Chess Tournament with 5.5 points after he defeated Prodim Kumar of India in the 7th round yesterday. Niaz had drawn against IM GB Prakash of India in the sixth round. Another Bangladeshi
Mohammad Musa passes away
Famous commentator and former sports journalist Mohammad Musa died at a city hospital on Thursday. He was 65. According to the sports commentators’ forum, he had suffered a cardiac arrest at 2:30am on Thursday and was taken to the Islami Bank Hospital at Kakrail where he breathed his last. He left behind his wife, a son ... Read more
Bangladesh make winning start
Bangladesh made a winning start in the Citycell South Asian Basketball Championship, beating Bhutan by 89-44 points in the opening match at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium on Thursday. Bangladesh were leading 40-19 after the first half. Mithun scored highest 20 points for Bangladesh, three more than his team-mate Rashed who
Niaz leads Chennai chess
Grand Master Niaz Murshed moved up in the Chennai Super Kings 5th International Grand Masters Chess Tournament but GM Ziaur Rahman slipped from his overnight joint lead at the close of the third round held in Chennai, India yesterday. Niaz beat Indian Ajoy Krishna to move up to second position along with 23 more
Zia leading in Chennai
GM Ziaur Rahman shared the lead in the Chennai Super Kings 5th International Grand Masters Chess Tournament at the close of the second round yesterday. Zia, along with 48 other players, was on top with two points from two games as the Bangladeshi Grand Master beat India’s S Prasannaa in the second
Railway a force again
Nat’l Badminton Championship Railway a force again Bangladesh Railway are gradually increasing their involvement in sports as they roped in top shuttlers for the 32nd National Badminton Championship which started at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium yesterday. Railway used to have mentionable presence in different sports such as football, cricket,
SA bastekball begins Thursday
The second South Asian Basketball Championship will begin at the Dhanmondi Gymnasium on Thursday with participation of five South Asian nations including Bangladesh. The competition which will feature Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Pakistan apart from the hosts will be played in a league basis and the holders of the highest
8 Bangladeshis in Chennai chess
Eight Bangladeshi players are taking part in the Chennai Super Kings 5th International Grandmasters Chess Tournament which started in Chennai yesterday. GM Niaz Murshed and GM Ziaur Rahman were playing against India’s Rajasurya and Hemanth Raam respectively when this report was
Songster with a racket
Sania Sultana Liza, winner of the musical talent hunt programme 2008 Close-up 1, was the centre of attention on the opening day of Qubee 32nd National Badminton Championships as the singer from Mymensingh to compete the badminton championship for the first time. Like her vocal talent, Liza shone with the racket as well and impressed ... Read more
Badminton sans Biman
The 32nd National Badminton Championships get underway tomorrow at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium sans Bangladesh Biman. The national flag career has been a dominant force in the age-old event but will miss the colourful indoor sport for the first time after being
Niaz beat Saptarshi in Delhi Int’l Open Chess
GM Niaz Murshed of Mohammedan Sporting Club beat IM Saptarshi Roy of India in the 9th round match of the 11th Delhi International Open Chess Festival held in New Delhi, India on Saturday. In the day’s 9th round match Niaz won with white pieces against Saptarshi. Niaz bagged six points out of nine
United they achieved
When Niaz Murshed became the country’s first Grandmaster (the first one from South Asian as well) back in 1987, a generation of youth were inspired to take up the game. They thought that chess would give them an identity and fame like no other sport could. But soon enough the harsh realities of the game ... Read more
London’s Bolt into immortality
In a cool summer evening on the 12th of August in London, Lord Sebastian Coe stood up to the podium facing 80,000 people and a TV audience of nearly a billion to whisper a simple phrase into the microphone. “When our time came, we did it right,” said Coe and the words of the man ... Read more