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Viqarunnissa Noon School & College, and Eden Girls College Senior & Junior teams moved into the semifinals of 13th Delta Life Women’s College Handball Tournament winning their respective quarterfinal matches at the Handball Stadium yesterday. Viquarunnisa thrashed Ispahani Girls College 20-1 in the first quarter. Pinky scored eight

Holy Cross School and College recorded a 3-1 win over Central Women’s College in the opening match of 13th Delta Life Women’s College Handball Tournament at the Handball Stadium yesterday. The first-half of the game was locked at 1-1. In other matches, Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, Eden Women’s Collage (Junior),

Holy Cross College will take on Central Women’s College today in the opening match of the 13th Delta Life Women’s College handball tournament at the Handball Stadium. This was announced at a press conference at the Bangladesh Handball Federation office

St. Joseph defeated Mohammadpur Govt. High School 5-4 in penalty shootout to clinch the Pran Mango Juicepak School Champions Trophy football tournament at the Banani Chairmanbari ground yesterday. Former national footballer Kaiser Hamid was the chief guest and distributed prizes among the winners. Pran Group brand manager

Bangladesh Army emerged champions in the men’s group of the Korea Cup Taekwondo Competition securing six gold, four silver and three bronze medals, which concluded on Saturday at the National Sports Council gymnasium. Bangladesh Ansar clinched the top slot in the women’s group of the competition collecting three gold, four silver and one bronze. Bangladesh ... Read more

The 5th National Games for the intellectually-challenged athletes, organised by the Special Olympics Bangladesh and sponsored by Grameenphone, will start today. This was announced at a press briefing on Thursday. The meet is the result of a two-year long talent hunt programme arranged by Grameenphone in

All 19 players of the Bangladesh national hockey team, who went to Germany to play for different clubs as part of their preparation for the upcoming Asian Games, returned home on Thursday. The team had gone to Germany on July 29. Rach Gerhard Peter, the German coach of the national hockey team who accompanied the

The Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) has decided to introduce six more disciplines to the existing 10 at its three regional centres in Chittagong, Khulna and Barisal. The disciplines are wushu, karate and taekwondo for Chittagong, table tennis and badminton for Khulna and volleyball for

The Korea Cup Taekwondo Tournament 2010 gets under way on Friday at the National Sports Council gymnasium, it was announced at a press briefing on Wednesday. The event has been jointly organised by the Bangladesh Taekwondo Federation, South Korean Embassy in Dhaka and Korea International Cooperation Agency

Swarnali Sangsad beat Diamond Sporting Club 42-31 in the First Division Kabaddi League at the Kabaddi Stadium yesterday. Swarnali Sangsad led the first half 14-10. In the other match of the day, Dhalpur defeated Institute of Kabaddi 64-45 after leading by

Fire Service & Civil Defence SC emerged unbeaten champions in the Philosophia Second Division Chess League after the seventh and last round held at the Chess Federation hall-room on Thursday. Fire Service earned 12 points to clinch the title while Toyota Motors finished runners-up following a play-off match against Agrani Bank after both secured 11

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra, Molar TT and Biman Bangladesh won the three table tennis leagues that came to a conclusion yesterday. The women’s crown went to the national airliner after they won six consecutive matches in the competition. Molar TT won the First Division title with 10 points and Biman ended as runners-up with

The First Division Kabaddi League, organised by Bangla-desh Kabaddi Federation, starts at the Kabaddi Stadium today. Twelve teams are participating in the League. The teams are: Suruzzaman Smriti Sangsad, Ali Sporting Club, Abahani Krira Chakra, Bangladesh Prisons, City United Club, Manik Nagar Unnayan Samity, Sharnali Sangsad, Diamond Sporting Club,

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra, Armanitola JS and Biman won their respective matches of the super league stage of senior division table tennis championship at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium in the city yesterday. Sheikh Russel beat Palolik Group in 3-2 sets, Biman defeated Shishir TT Academy in 3-1 sets while Armanitola won in straight sets against ... Read more

  Three more teams reached the semifinals of the Meizan International Club Cup Kabaddi eliminating their rivals at the Kabaddi Stadium yesterday. The three teams are Bangladesh Prisons, Assam and West Bengal. The semifinals will be held today before the final at 4 pm the same day t the same

Bangladesh athletes as usual produced below-par performances in the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on Thursday. Bangladesh shooters Sabrina Sultana and Sharmin Shilpa were far off from their best when it was most required as Sabrina scored 558 to finish 15th among 17 shooters in the singles event of

Md Hafizur Rahman became runners-up in the 26th Handi-marathon in Japan, a wheelchair run competition for persons with disability. The physically challenged athlete from Dhunot of Bogra district won the laurel in Nagoya city on October 3 where participants from South East Asia, South Korea, Philippines, Thailand and

It will be a battle between Europe and the Rest of the World when the two-day Rover Cup, Bangladesh’s annual equivalent of the Ryder Cup, kicks off at the Kurmitola Golf Club today. Steve Wilson, head of Chevron Bangladesh, will captain the European team that will be on the verge of completing a hattrick against ... Read more

Japan beat Bangladesh Police 23-8 with two creditable ‘lonas’ in the opening match of the Meizan International Club Cup Kabaddi that began yesterday at the Kabaddi Stadium in Paltan. Earlier, Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation president Khandakar Hasan Mahmud formally

Asif Hossain Khan and Abdulla Hel Baki won bronze in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event of the Commonwealth Games at the Dr K Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi on Tuesday. Asif Hossain scored 590 (99+100+98+97+98+98) while Abdullah Hel Baki scored 583 (95+97+99+ 98+96+ 98) to total 1,173 that presented Bangladesh the first medal ... Read more