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Bangladesh will take part in two disciplines in the second Asian Beach Games to be held in Muscat, Oman from December 8 to 16. Bangladesh contingent comprising women’s Kabaddi team and two body builders are expected to leave for Muscat on December 6. The women’s kabaddi team are being sent in light of their success ... Read more

Gerhard Peter Rach, Bangladesh’s temperamental hockey coach, blasted the hockey federation branding it ‘old town mafia’ for its mismanagement in his Asian Games report to the Bangladesh Olympic Association. In the report, the German claimed that he was not responsible for the debacle in the Guangzhou Asiad saying that he was not a part of ... Read more

Martial arts grandmaster and security management expert Dr. Mak Yuree has set a new world record by breaking two baseball bats with a single shin kick in the biggest martial arts exhibition in Great Britain on November 14. He was presented with the official World Record Certificate on November 14 in presence of

National Cycling Ansars top table again Bangladesh Ansar and VDP defied the challenge of the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) to finish on top of the 34th NCC Bank National Cycling Cham-pionships at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. BJMC threatened to topple the three-time top-finishers on the first day of their return to the sport ... Read more

‘Ground Olympian’, the highest playing ground of the country on top of a mountain in Lama, Bandarban, was formally opened to local students on Friday. Abdullah Abu Sayeed, founder of Biswa Sahitya Kendra, formally opened the ground that has been developed by Quantum Foundation

Bangladesh ended their 36-years wait for a gold medal in the Asian Games when its cricket team romped to a five-wicket victory over Afghanistan in the final in Guangzhou on Friday. The journey began with the 1974 Tehran Games, but Bangladesh’s name was not in the medals list until boxer Mosharraf Hossain broke the deadlock ... Read more

After a three-year gap, the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) returned to cycling with a bang winning all four events on the opening day of the NCC Bank 34th Cycling Championship at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. BJMC were away from cycling for three years since 2006 following the then

Bangladesh women’s kabaddi team settled for a bronze in the Asian Games after losing to Thailand by 34-23 points in the semi-final in Guangzhou on Thursday. This was the second medal for Bangladesh in the meet after the silver in women’s cricket. Bangladesh is also assured of at least a silver medal as

The NCC Bank National Cycling Championship gets underway today amidst disagreement about holding the 34th edition of the meet on the athletic turf at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. “It is nothing new to hold a cycling competition on the athletic turf as we had earlier staged the competitions on turfs at the Mirpur Stadium and ... Read more

The Prime Bank-Dhaka Sports Carnival begins today at different venues in the city with amateur athletes from 35 social clubs from India, Pakistan, Thailand and Bangladesh taking part in the three-day meet. The country’s seven premium social clubs: Dhaka Club, Gulshan Club, Uttara Club, Officers’ Club, Kurmitola Golf Club, Cadet College Club and the All ... Read more

16th Asian Games More bad than good Bangladesh had a mixed day at the Asian Games in Guangzhou yesterday with some heartening results chipping in amid disappointing ones. The most commendable performance of the day came in chess where the men’s team completed a clean 4-0 sweep of South Korea while

Siddikur Rahman secured 26th position in the UBS Hong Kong Open after the completion of the final round on Sunday. Siddik started the day well and was able to avoid a double bogey at the 1st hole as he did in the first and second rounds. However, he eventually scored a bogey at the 11th ... Read more

Women’s chess team were the only bright spot for Bangladesh as the mediocre performance by the athletes continued in the Asian Games which passed the eighth day on Saturday. In the chess team events in Guangzhou, China, Bangladesh women’s team outshone the men’s team as they beat Turkmenistan, but the men’s team were defeated

Siddikur Rahman, the golfing sensation of Bangladesh, continued his tremendous form in the third round of the UBS Hong Kong Open on Saturday. Although he started the third day with a double bogey just as he did at the first round, Siddik was able to make an amazing comeback hitting six birdies at holes 2, ... Read more

16th Asian Games-Guangzhou 2010 Poor show all around Apart from the silver won by the women’s cricket team, Bangladesh’s ordinary Asian Games continued in all the other events. Shooting, the perennial medal hope event, was the worst with none of the country’s shooters making it even close to the top fifteen of any of the

Siddikur Rahman produced a splendid second round score of 6-under-par foran overall score of 4-under par and leap to 36th on the leaderboard of the UBS Hong Kong Open yesterday. Siddiukur had a disappointing opening day on Thursday when he shot a 2-over-par in the first round and was tied at 121th position among 144 ... Read more

Siddikur Rahman bagged a handsome $57,900 after his astonishing performance in the fourth and final round of the Barclays Singapore Open on Monday. Despite a gallant effort in the last round, Siddik finished in the 25th position jointly with six golfers. After resuming the remaining seven holes

16th Asian Games, Guangzhou 2010 What’s wrong in soccer? Bangladesh U23 football team were the first to leave the country to take part in the 16th Asian Games in China. Ironically, they became the first side to return home on Sunday night after an early elimination from the group stages with a disappointing performance that ... Read more

Bangladeshi golfing genius Siddikur Rahman turned his game around in the fourth round after his dismal performance the previous day at the Barclays Singapore Open on Sunday. Siddik showed the world his courageous effort as he scored 7 birdies in the fourth round (only played 11 holes) before the game was stopped due to fading ... Read more

Bangladesh shooters put on a dismal show in the 10-metre Air Rifle event when they shot far below than their normal scores on the opening day of the Asian Games shooting in Guangzhou on Saturday. The 10-metre Air Rifle, usually the favourite event of Bangladesh, saw both the male and female shooters put in below-par ... Read more