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Bangladesh Biman clinched the Dutch-Bangla Bank Metropolis First Division Chess League title beating Titas Club by 6-2 points in a title deciding play-off match at the Chess Federation on Saturday. It was the 14th crown for national flag carrier Biman in the Metropolis First Division Chess League. Both the Bangladesh Biman and Titas Club earned ... Read more

Three teams were  sharing lead in the points table of the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2009. The trio earned 14 match points out of eight matches  at the end of the 9th round games at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room on Thursday. They were Biman Bangladesh, Titas Club and I2 Soft Solution

A two-day long surfing competition ended at Kolatoli beach point at the sea resort town of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday. ‘Surfing the Nation’ an US based organisation, organised the event in association with the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, Surfing Bangladesh and Green World Communication. A total of 22 children took part on the opening day on ... Read more

GM Ziaur Rahman dropped point again in the ninth round of the 4th Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess tournament when he drew with GM Vladislav Tkachiev of France at the Gorky Sadan yesterday. Zia, who won his eighth round game after losing two successive matches, has secured 5.5 points while GM Enamul Hossain Rajib and

Eight players won their individual matches in the Carom competition of DRU-BKMEA Sports Festival at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Sunday. Eight players, who won on the 2nd day of the competition are: Mojibur Rahman (Banglabazar), Moshiur Rahman Khan (Jai Jai Din), Tapan Biswas

Two Bangladeshi Grandmasters Ziaur Rahman and Enamul Hossain Razib share the 2nd slot with eight other players in the 4th Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament ‘2009 securing 4 points after the 5th round matches in Gorky Sadan, Kolkata on Saturday. Indian GM Sandipan Chanda took solo lead in the meet collecting 4.5 points after ... Read more

The Carom competition of DRU-BKMEA Sports Festival began on Saturday at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU). Sirajul Islam Bachchu, general secretary of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), formally opened the meet as chief guest. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) media committee member Rezaur Rahman Sinha, former national cricketer Javed Omar Belim, DRU

GM Enamul Hossain Razib of Destiny 2000 was now sharing second  position with 3.5 points along with GM Nigel Short of England, GM Le Quang Liem of Vietnam and GM Safarli Eltaj of Azerbaijan after end of the 4th round games in the 4th Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2009 in Kolkata.

Sports Reporter Five athletes left Dhaka for Malaysia on Thursday to receive advanced training at the IAAF-High Performance Training Centre as part of the preparation ahead of the 11th SA Games to be held in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) got a sponsor to bring the National School Hockey Tournament back on to the field after a five-year break. A fashion house, Ecstasy, came forward to revive the school competition by providing Tk 10 lakh as sponsorship money.

Grand Master Ziaur Rahman and Grand Master Enamul Hossain Razib earned full two points at the end of the second round of 4th Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament on Wednesday.

Teenager, who has lived her whole life as a woman, must undergo weeks of tests to establish if she has male chromosomes South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya is at the centre of a controversy over her gender after winning gold in the women’s 800m at the athletics World Championships. Such is the furore off ... Read more

The Asian Zone 3.2 World Cup Qualifying Chess Championship got off to a rousing start at Airport Authority of India Club in New Delhi on Sunday.  Thirteen and seven players are taking  part in men’s and women’s category for the lone spot from their  respective group in World Cup matches. In the men’s section, Grandmaster ... Read more

Sixty winners of SMS quiz contest on the World T20 Cricket were today awarded prize by the Olympic Industries Limited for the World T20 Cricket. Besides, five lucky contesters were given mega awards – TV set, computer, cell phone and cricket gears.

The 6th round of the 11th Standard Chartered School chess tournament ended on Sunday at the N.S.C Tower Auditorium Lounge. Four players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 5½ points each in the Class VI to X Group. They are Abdullah Al-Saif, Ikramul Haque Siam, Debotpal Dey (India) and Rupesh Jaiswal (Nepal).

Captain of Bangladesh national kabaddi team Ziaur Rahman has been sent to Bangkok for an improved treatment for his right-knee. He left Dhaka on Sunday in company with Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation member Mir Kaisar Sadik and Chairman of Bangladesh Olympic

Dhaka Engineers Recreation Centre (ERC) will arrange the five-day long ERC Second Open Table Tennis Competition, which begins on August 6 at the ERC. The events of the table tennis meet are : Men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s team event, boys’ (under-16) singles and

The fifth round of the 11th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament ended on Saturday at the N.S.C Tower Auditorium Lounge. Abdullah Al Saif and Debotpal Dey (India) are jointly leading the points table with maximum five points each. Ikramul Haque Siam and Rupesh Jaiswal (Nepal) are jointly holding 2nd position with 4 ½ points each ... Read more

The Dhaka DC School Kabaddi (Boys and Girls) tournament will commence at the Kabaddi Stadium on Thursday. A total of 16 schools, eight boys and eight girls will compete in the meet. Boys’ teams include Bhasha Shaheed Abdul Jabbar Ansar VDP School & College, Sanarpar Sheikh Mortaza Ali High School,

Twenty-six players of Class VI-X group (boys) share lead in the 11th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament with full two points after the second round matches at the NSC Tower auditorium on Wednesday. They are Saif, Siam, Debotpal, Rupesh, Moin, Aninda, Sagar, Fazle, Mahbub, Amir, Bappi, Emon, Nazmus, Shariet, Zoar, Faruk,