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The Olympic Day Run organised by Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) held in the capital and other divisional headquarters of the country in a befitting manner on Tuesday. Around one thousand men, women, children and children took part in the rally that started from the Engineers Institute and concluded at the Bangabandhu National Stadium

FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar maintained his solo lead in the preliminary phase of the 36th National Chess Championship at the close of the tenth round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room yesterday. Sagar drew against FM Aminul Islam to secure eight points from 10

Manjur Kader Koraishi MP and Mushfiqur Rahman Mohan have been appointed presidents of two different national sports federations yesterday. Under Section 20 of the National Sports Council Ordinance 1976 (amendment), the government

Ajax Sporting Club crushed Police AC by seven goals to nil in the Green Delta Premier Division Hockey League at the Moulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Monday. Rahat Sarwar and Shahidullah Khokon netted two goals each, while Nurunnabi Rupom, Afsar Uddin

FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar took solo lead in the preliminary phase of the 36th National Chess Championship at the end of the ninth round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall Room yesterday. Sagar beat Mizanur Rahman Lablu to secure 7.5 points from nine games while six players, FM Abu Sufian Shakil,

Striker Hasan Jubair struck a hattrick to power Abahani to a comprehensive 7-1 win over Wari Club in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium yesterday. Abahani, the last year’s runners-up, hardly faced any challenge from the Old Dhaka outfit and took a

The Queen’s Baton and four representatives of the Commonwealth Games arrived in Dhaka yesterday in a bid to complete the baton relay tomorrow. The Queen’s Baton Relay, similar to the Olympic Torch Relay, will start at the Army Stadium in the morning and finish at the South Plaza of

Giants Mohammedan Sporting Club kept their winning run going with a comprehensive 5-0 win over Sadharan Bima at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday. Chayan struck thrice, all penalty corners. He opened the scoring in the seventh minute and

Yougmen’s Fakirerpool Club beat Dhaka Wanderers Club 3-2 in their Senior Division League encounter at the Bir Shrestha Sepoy Mostofa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. It was Wanderers who opened the scoring through Babu in the 31st minute but Fakirerpool made

Mohammedan SC crushed Bangladesh Sporting Club by eight goals to nil in a match of the Metropolis Premier Division Hockey League at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. This was the second successive win for the traditional black and white Motijheel outfit after thrashing

Toufiq, Nadim end with gold Dhaka Rifles Club with four gold medals finished top of the table of the 24th National Shooting Championship that concluded at the National Shooting Complex at Gulshan on Sunday. It was double delight for Toufiq Shahriar and Nadimul Islam as both grabbed gold on the concluding

Sabrina Sultana of Dhaka Rifle Club left behind 11th SA Games gold winner Sharmin Akter Ratna to win women’s 10 meter air rifle gold in the 24th National Shooting Championship at the National Shooting Complex on Friday. She scored 490.5 points to achieve the feat. It was Sabrina’s second goal medal in as many

The Citycell 30th Bangladesh National Badminton Championships, the biggest ever in terms of participating teams, will begin at the Paltan wooden floor gymnasium on Friday. A total of 70 teams, comprising 250 male and more than 50 female shuttlers, have enrolled for the meet and the organisers at a press conference on Wednesday said the ... Read more

Dhaka Division emerged champions in the 4th Electra Divisional Karate Championship securing seven gold medals in the eleven-category meet held on Wednesday at the NSC auditorium in the city. Chittagong Division finished a distant 2nd collecting two gold, four silver and four bronze medals while Rajshahi Division was placed third with two

Abahani Limited will be looking to continue their winning run when they will face Hasus NTCPE in the AFC President’s Cup Group ‘A’ fixture at 7:00pm at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. In the first match of the day, Kyrgyzstan heavyweights Dordoi Bishkek will take on New Road Team of Nepal at

The Robi Asian Games Hockey Qualifiers suddenly turned out to be a farce after it was revealed that six of the seven teams will advance to the finals of the upcoming Asian Games. Meanwhile, three matches of the qualifying round were held on Thursday. Bangladesh drew 3-3 with Sri Lanka, Oman defeated Thailand 4-2 and ... Read more

Hosts Bangladesh made a 3-3 draw with Sri Lanka in the day’s first match of the Robi Asian Games Qualifying Hockey at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Bangladesh led the first half 1-0. Habul of Bangladesh gave his team lead by scoring a field goal in the 10th minute of the first

Bangladesh’s hopes of qualifying for the Asian Games hockey finals took a severe dent when they stumbled to a 2-2 draw against Hong Kong in the qualifiers at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. Bangladesh had defeated Hong Kong 2-0 in the previous edition of the Asian Games Qualifiers in

Bangladesh suffered a morale-shattering 7-5 defeat against Chinese Taipei in the Robi Asian Games hockey qualifiers at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka on Monday. Bangladesh took a 2-0 lead within seven minutes of play after Kamruzzaman and Krishna Kumar had scored on five and seven minutes

Bangladesh made an auspicious start in the Robi Asian Games Qualifying Hockey when the hosts crushed Thailand by 8-1 goals in their first match at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Sunday. Chayan was the key player for the massive victory against the opponents who scored five goals with