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Bangladesh Ansar and Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishan (BKSP) emerged champions in the men’s and women’s section respectively in the 31st National Gymnastic Championship at the NSC Gymnasium yesterday. Ansar secured five golds, two silvers and three bronzes in men’s section to finish ahead of

V-Day Hockey Fight mars final Muktobihanga lifted the title of the Dhaka Bank Victory Day Hockey Tournament when they defeated Sonali Bank 4-3 in a tiebreaker of the chaotic final at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium yesterday. After the barren first half, Asaduzzaman Chandan converted a penalty corner five minutes into the second half ... Read more

Two contrasting performances put Shakhawat Hossain on top of the leader board at the BTI Golf Championship in the Kurmitola Golf Club after the end of the third day on Tuesday. Shakhawat, who shared the leader board with Siddikur Rahman after the second round, took full control of the leader board with (-11) under par ... Read more

Shakhawat Hossain Sohel came from behind to score (-8) under par and share the honours with ace golfer  Siddikur Rahman after the second round of the BTI Golf Championship at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Monday. Shakhawat ended the second round with (-3) under par with 69 shots, one less than his more illustrious rival ... Read more

BKSP and Bangladesh Army confirmed their semi-final berths in the Victory Day Hockey Championship as the group A champions and runners-up with 12 and 9 points respectively while Sonali Bank and Mukta Bihanga advanced to the round of four from the other group. Earlier, Sonali Bank crushed Armanitola 14-0 in their last group match at ... Read more

Siddikur Rahman dominated the first day of the BTI Golf Championship as expected as he led the pack at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Sunday. Siddik ended the day with (-6) under par with 66 shots on a 72-shot course, he displayed his superb talent as he hit eight birdies at the holes 3, 4, ... Read more

Bangladesh Air Force finished their Dhaka Bank Victory Hockey Tournament on a winning note after thrashing Barnak Samaj 7-0 in their last group match at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday. Their first victory in four matches, however, could not lift them to the last four and they had to be content to finish third in ... Read more

The four-day BTI Profe-ssional Golf Champion-ship starts at the Kurmitola Golf Club today. Spon-sored by Buildin Techno-logy and Ideas Ltd, one of the prominent real estate developers of the country, and organised by Bangla-desh professional Golfers’ Association (BPGA), this event is expected to draw a number of young, up and coming as well as professional ... Read more

Muktobihango and Dinaj-pur DSA won their respective matches in the Dhaka Bank Victory Day Hockey tournament at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday. Muktobihango handed a 4-0 defeat to Bangladesh Police with Tuhin, Habul, Chandan and Niloy scoring one goal apiece

Border Guard of Bangladesh defended their National Kabaddi Championship title when they handed a 19-16 defeat to Bangladesh Police at the Kabaddi Stadium yesterday. The winners led the first half by 11-9 points. This was Border Guard’s eighth national title in a row and 20th overall in the history of the championship, since it began ... Read more

Bangladesh Army edged out Bangladesh Air Force 2-1 in their match of the Dhaka Bank Victory Day Hockey Compe-tition at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday. Hamid and Enamul scored for the winners while Dinse Ali scored the consolation goal for the losing side. In the other match of the day, Baikali Sangha of Rajshahi ... Read more

Border Guards Bangladesh and Bangladesh Police will meet in the final of the National Kabaddi Championship as they won their respective semifinals at the Kabaddi Stadium in Paltan yesterday. Border Guards beat Dhaka 42-22 while Police outplayed Tangail 32-14. Earlier, Border Guards had defeated Khulna 36-24 while Police beat Rajshahi 46-26 to move

Golfing maestro Siddikur Rahman, after a successful professional year, will begin 2011 at home with a professional golf tournament, organised by the Bangladesh Professional Golfers’ Association at the Kurmitola Golf Club, beginning on January 2. Siddikur, who turned professional in 2007, participated in 16 pro-tournaments in Bangladesh. In 2009, he took part in all of ... Read more

Double for Ishita Ishita Afroze of BKSP claimed a double as she won both the women’s and the girls’ singles titles in the Runner Group Victory Day Tennis Cham-pionship at the Naogaon Tennis Club yesterday. Ishita beat Sathi Sarker of National Tennis Complex 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 to take the women’s title and later triumphed in ... Read more

Amol Roy, Ranjan Ram, Alamgir Hossain and Laxman Lal moved into the semifinals of the Runner Group Victory Day Open Tennis Tournament at the Naogaon Tennis Club yesterday. Amol beat Delwar Hossain 6-4, 6-4; Ranjan defeated Anwar Hossain 6-3, 6-3; Alamgir outplayed Rustam Ali 6-3, 6-2 while Laxman Lal overcame Mofazzal Hossain

Three teams moved into the finals of the Standard Chartered National Kabaddi Championship after emerging zonal champions at different venues yesterday. Dhaka clinched the zonal title beating Kishorganj 62-27 in the final. Tangail emerged champions defeating hosts Manikganj 56-22 while hosts Dinajpur beat Joypurhat 29-16 to become zonal

All seeded players moved into the pre-quarterfinals of the men’s singles in the Runner Group Victory Day Tennis Tournament after beating their respective rivals at the National Tennis Complex in Ramana yesterday. Top seed Amol Roy got a walkover against Rafiqul Islam while second seed Alamgir Hosain, third seed Ranjan Ram and fourth seed Dipu Lal ... Read more

Bichel’s day in the sun The best match of the 2003 World Cup was between two familiar rivals, England and Australia. They met in England’s final group match at Port Elizabeth on March 2, a match that they needed to win to progress. Australia, on the other hand, had blasted away all opposition in the ... Read more

Pacific Associates Badminton Club emerged champions in the Knit-Concern Second Division Badminton League that concluded yesterday at the Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Pacific Associates Bad-minton Club, which earned 14 points in 12-team point table, were awarded Tk 50,000 while runners-up Rockland Badminton Club, with 12 points, received Tk

The Runner Group Victory Day tennis tournament began yesterday at the National Tennis Complex with seven players advancing into the next round in men’s singles. The winners are Rafiqul Islam, Mizanur Rahman, Jacky, Jayen Omar, Hanif Munna, Rustam Ali, Channu Lal. In U-16 boys’ singles, Mamun Bepari, Kawsar Ali and Mohammad Sajal advanced into the