Milon ranks 61st Bangladeshi archer Emdadul Haque Milon will come up against Great Britain’s Larry Godfrey after finishing 61st out of 64 competitors at the Men’s Ranking round in the archery event of the London Olympic Games held at Lord’s yesterday. They will face-off in a winner takes all contest which will be held at ... Read more
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Ashes at Lord’s
London Olympic 2012 Ashes at Lord’s Even at the best of times, archery is a low-key, quiet affair that requires intense concentration. As such there is often little hubbub surrounding the sport and none of the passion that sets apart sports like football. But yesterday at the Lord’s Cricket Ground, it was archery that kicked-off ... Read more
London Diary
It was a quiet morning for Steve Waugh until he met a group of Bangladeshi journalists during the opening archery event at the Lord’s Cricket Ground on Friday. The event was dominated by Koreans who hardly knows anything about cricket. Completely unnoticed, Waugh was having a good time with old foe Michael Atherton, who was ... Read more
In the land of the blind
London Olympic 2012 In the land of the blind Im Dong-Hyun cannot read the letters on a keyboard. By all accounts, if you dictated this article to him, he could not have typed it up on a computer. His vision is 20/200; in layman’s terms that is vision which is ten times worse than the ... Read more
Niaz to coach BD team
Asian Youth Chess Niaz to coach BD team Grand Master Niaz Murshed is expected to lead Bangladesh team in the upcoming Asian Youth Chess Championship as coach-cum-manager, confirmed a Bangladesh Chess Federation official yesterday. The tournament which will be held in Sri Lanka from June 24 to July will be participated in by two young ... Read more
Siddikur misses out
Siddikur Rahman missed out on the US Open qualification after he finished joint 34th in the qualifier at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Surrey, England yesterday. The 27-year olf golfer posted a one-over-par on the second and final day of the qualification for an aggregate of one-under-par 143 which saw him trail the last qualifier ... Read more
Siddikur’s quest for US Open
Bangladesh’s Siddikur Rahman was on joint 23rd position with a two-under-par after the opening round of the US Open Championship Qualifier which teed off at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Surrey yesterday. Siddikur is one of 81 golfers who teed off at the Surrey’s picturesque golf course to earn one of the 11 available ... Read more
Introducing the pioneers
Rose Than Par had very little idea what hockey is all about. All she knew was that it is a game in which one must play with a stick and a ball and the team scoring more goals come out as winners. She was initially hesitant to put her name on the list when a ... Read more
Endless wait for Sraboni
It looks like an endless wait for Sraboni Biswas, Bangladesh’s taekwondo queen, who is training day in and day out to realise her Olympics dream, but still facing some kind of uncertainty. Sraboni is one of the five athletes Bangladesh is looking to send to London to participate in the Olympic Games but while four ... Read more
Siddik lifts title with ease
Country’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman clinched the title of the bti International Golf Championship with ease after he finished with a total score of 13-under-par 275 at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Thursday. Siddik started the fourth and final day of the Tk 15 lakh event with a handy lead of five strokes and he ... Read more
Siddik inches closer to victory
Country’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman inched towards victory in the bti International Golf Championship as he consolidated his position at the top with a total score of eight-under-par 208 on Wednesday. Siddik repeated his performance of the previous day as he stroked five birdies against two bogeys to end the third day of the four-day event ... Read more
Siddik takes big lead in bti golf
Bangladesh’s icon golfer Siddikur Rahman maintained his professional approach to come back from second spot to take a sizeable lead in the bti International Golf Championship at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Tuesday. Siddik, ranked eighth in the Asian Order of Merit list, prior to the tournament said that he will take this opportunity to ... Read more
Siddik moves further ahead
Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh made a giant leap on the leaderboard in the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea with a three-under-par 69 at the Blackstone Resort in Seoul on Saturday. Siddik, who was languishing at the 29th place after the second round, fired six birdies against two bogies to move up to 18th position with ... Read more
Another narrow miss for Siddikur
It was yet another case of ‘so close, yet so far’ for Bangladesh’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman as he narrowly missed out on his second Asian Tour title yesterday. The 27-year old golfer finished two shots off the eventual winner to take a share of the second position at the Panasonic Open in New Delhi ... Read more
Siddikur slips
Still all to play for in Rd 4 Siddikur Rahman slipped to a share of the fourth position with a one-over-par 73 in the third round of the Panasonic Open India on Saturday. The overnight leader returned with three bogeys against two birdies at the Delhi Golf Course to foil some of the good work ... Read more
Hungry for more
Siddikur Rahman rose to stardom when he became the first Bangladeshi golfer to win an Asian Tour event (Brunei Open in August 2010). Since then, he has been there or thereabouts amongst the top Asians wherever he played, even though he hasn’t managed to win another tour event. Hungry for more success, Siddikur now feels ... Read more
Siddik decries visa woes
Persistent visa problems have left Bangladesh’s golfing icon Siddikur Rahman’s schedules in total disarray as he is facing uncertainty over his participation in many tournaments. Siddik left Dhaka on Monday to participate in the $7,50,000 Macau Open, to be held at the former Portuguese colony from September 15 to 18. After the tournament, he will ... Read more
Siddik finishes 5th in Selangor
Siddikur Rahman secured a fifth place finish at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters in Malaysia with a score of four-under-par 68 in the final round on Saturday. In doing so, the Bangladeshi golfer earned $13,320 (Tk 10 lakh approx) in prize money. Siddik began his round promisingly with a birdie on the opening hole before ... Read more
Steady Siddik climbs up to 5th in Selangor
Siddikur Rahman improved on his overnight position of tied for 6th to move up a place on the leaderboard at the end of the third round of the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters in Malaysia on Friday. Siddik, the pre-tournament favourite, began the day promisingly with a birdie on the opening hole of a sun-baked Kota ... Read more
Ansar retain women’s nat’l football title
Bangladesh Ansar and VDP retained their Women’s National Football title by defeating Narayanganj 4-0 in the final at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Monday. National cap Nuby Ching Marma opened scoring for Ansar just four minutes after the start and her national team-mate Aumraching Marma doubled the lead five minutes