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Woman boxers were the highlights of the daylong Victory Day boxing competition held at the Mohammad Ali Boxing Stadium yesterday. Women competing in cricket, football, handball, swimming, athletics, shooting, kabaddi, judo, taekwondo and wushu have become a common scene these days, but fighting it out in the boxing ring is

Black Mountain Masters Siddikur at lowly 34th Bangladesh’s golfing sensation Siddikur Rahman finished joint 34th in the Black Mountain Masters after a disappointing performance in the fourth and final round in Thailand yesterday. Siddikur finished at 2-over-per 74 for an overall score of 3-under-par 285 along with five other golfers to win 4,320 dollars after ... Read more

Bangladesh U-23 football side played out a goalless draw against Muktijoddha Sangsad in their first practice match ahead of the February-March Olympic pre-qualifiers against Kuwait at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan ground yesterday. However, both sides missed the services of their key players as the U-23 side’s midfielder

The Victory Day Open tennis tournament, sponsored by Runner Group and organised by Bangladesh Tennis Federation (BTF), begins at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna today. Some 224 players are to take part in eight different events — men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles, boys’ U-16, girls’ U-16, boys’ U-12 and the girls’ ... Read more

The International Tennis Federation has finally lifted the ban it had imposed on the Bangladesh Tennis Federation earlier this year, a senior official of the BTF said on Sunday. Bangladesh has been hosting the ITF Junior Tennis for the last 24 years in Dhaka and gradually expanded it to Rajshahi and BKSP before the ITF ... Read more

Bangladesh Ansar were in full control in the different events of the Uttara Bank 4th National Archery Championship at the Army Stadium yesterday. They won in the bamboo bow and recurve bow mixed team events while also picking up gold in the men’s team recurve bow discipline

Bangladesh Ansar emerged champions in the Exim Bank 21st National Women’s Handball Championship with a 22-15 win over Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) in the final at the Handball Sta-dium yesterday. It was a hattrick title for Bangladesh Ansar, who have now won the championship 15 times

The Uttara Bank 4th National Archery Championship was inaugurated yesterday at the Army Stadium in Banani with state minister for youth and sports Ahad Ali Sarker declaring the three-day meet open. During the inauguration, the sports minister has promised to give the Bangladesh Archery Federation Tk 2 lakh

FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar emerged champion in the 8th Amritolal Dey International Rating Chess tournament concluded yesterday in Barisal. Sagar earned 8.5 points from nine games as he beat Delwar Hossain in the ninth and final round while Firoz Ahmed became runner-up with seven

The Uttara Bank 4th National Archery Championship will get underway today at the Army Stadium with 150 archers including 40 women participating in the three-day meet. Archers from 53 teams — 13 district sports associations, three services teams, one institution and 36 clubs — will fight for 12 gold medals in three events of recurve ... Read more

The Dhaka Sports Association finished third in the Exim Bank 21st National Women’s Handball Championship with a massive 27-9 win over Dhaka University at the Handball Stadium yesterday. Dhaka dominated the show with an 11-6 lead in the first half of the place-deciding encounter. Dhaka’s Jolly was the top scorer with seven goals while Sathi ... Read more

To mark the Victory Day, a one-day sports competition with the participation of street children, organised by Population Services and Training Centre, was held yesterday at the ground adjacent to the Kisholoy School in Mohammadpur. The competition got underway through hoisting of the national flag with former

Women’s Handball Ansar, BJMC reach final Defending champions Bangladesh Ansar and re-enrolled Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) moved into the final of the Exim Bank 21st National Women’s Handball Championship beating respective rivals in semifinals at the Handball Stadium yesterday. The final be held tomorrow while the losing sides of the semifinals play in the ... Read more

Asian Beach Games Khaled 4th Saifullah Khaled finished fourth in bodybuilding event of the 2nd Asian Beach Games in Mascot, Oman after he scored 40 in the final round of 85kg category. Abu Sayeed Mollah became sixth in the 75kg category, said a press release of Bangladesh Olympic Association yesterday

Bangladesh has won two silver and three bronze medals in the just concluded 3rd Asian Goju-Rye Karate Championships, which was held in Nepal from December 2 to 4. Raju Rai won silver in -45kg category, Kamrun Nahar also won silver in +60kg weight category while Gobinda Sarkar, Shree Jeet Dutta and Animesh Sarkar won bronze ... Read more

Bangladesh’s golfing sensation Siddikur Rahman bounced back in the fourth and final round but only to improve his position to finish joint 19th in the 300,000-dollar Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open at the Phokeethra Country Club yesterday. Siddikur finished the round with an inspiring 3-under-par 69 for an overall score of 7-under-par

Bangladesh’s golfing sensation Siddikur Rahman once again showed the erratic nature of his game as he slid down from third position to joint 23rd after round two of the 300,000-dollar Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open yesterday. Siddikur finished round two with a disappointing 1-over-par 73 for an overall score of

The International Table Tennis Federation has started a camp from December 1 to 10 at Paltan wooden floor gymnasium with the participation of twenty-two top paddlers, twelve men and ten women, to improve the standard of the national team. Another three-week long camp will begin with twenty-six emerging players including six girls

Siddikur Rahman was placed 32nd on the leaderboard with a par score of 144 and six shot off the leaders after two rounds of play in the Hero Honda Indian Open at the Delhi Golf Club yesterday. Siddikur scored par in both rounds of the 72-hole tournament. However, the first round score had him in ... Read more

Khondoker Jamiluddin, the general secretary of Bangladesh Hockey Federation has refuted coach Gerhard Peter Rach’s claim of the federation being an ‘Old Town Mafia’, adding that the German apparently indulged in this smear campaign in an effort to shirk his responsibility for the Asiad debacle. “Someone has to take the blame for the hockey team’s ... Read more