Other Sports

The National Sports Council will host a daylong competition for traditional rural sports will be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday with the participation of around 200 athletes from seven divisions. Both male and female athletes will participate in the 11 different traditional sports disciplines like ha-du-du, dariabandha, saat-chara, cockfight,

Samomona Daba Parishad, led by Syed Shahabuddin Shamim, swept the much-talked-about elections of the Bangladesh Chess Federation held on Tuesday at the National Sports Council. The panel, backed by Bangladesh District and Divisional Sports Organisers Parishad (Forum), grabbed all the 24 posts of the executive body.

The elections of Bangladesh Chess Federation will be held today as per schedule after Supreme Court stayed a High Court order that earlier suspended the election for three months. The chamber of judge of Appellate Division Justice Mirza Husain Haider stayed the High Court order following a move by the National Sports Council, paving the ... Read more

Abahani Limited played out a 2-2 draw with arch-rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club in their fifth Green Delta Insurance Premier Hockey League match amid controversy at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Sunday. The match was halted for almost 20 minutes just three minutes before the last whistle over an umpiring decision. Singaporean umpire Hari ... Read more

The National Sports Council on Monday suspended the elections of Bangladesh Chess Federation following a High Court order over flawed voters list. The High Court on May 25 stayed the elections, scheduled for Tuesday, for three months and issued a rule asking the authorities why the existing voters list for the elections

The two-day long National Junior (Age-Level) Athletics Championship ended on Saturday with Uzzal Chandra Sutradhar of Narshingdi and Tanzila Akter becoming fastest youth man and woman of the nation. Around 600 hundred participated in the 31 events of the meet where Uzzal retained his crown after two editions while Tanzila put her dissatisfaction of 2013 ... Read more

Selim Reza, a physically-challenged boy from Kushtia district, took part in the high-jump event of the 32nd National Junior (aged-level) Athletics Championship on Friday with a hope of representing Bangladesh at the international level. Reza, a class eight student of remote Chilmari village under Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia district, had to represent Narail in the

Hassan Miah and Sonia Akter of BKSP became the fastest boy and girl in the two-day long 32nd National Junior (aged-level) Athletics Championship that began at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. Hassan set a new national record in the 100-metre sprint finishing in 10.60 seconds as he broke the previous record of 10.70 seconds ... Read more

Mohammedan Sporting Club moved to joint top of the Premier Hockey League table with Usha Krira Chakra after a thumping 8-0 win over Sadharan Bima at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Mohammedan continued their dominance throughout the game, thanks to their Pakistani recruit Umar Bhutta, who scored three goals.

Joint reigning champions Abahani Limited held to a 3-3 draw by Mariner Young’s Club in their fourth Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League match at the Moulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. The Dhanmondi-based side deposited a two-goal lead after conceding two late goals within last seven minutes and squandered a bright

Bangladeshi shooters Abdullah Hel Baki and Shovon Chowdhury recorded their career best scores but still finished 28th and 61st respectively in the 10-metre Air Rifle event of the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany on Saturday. Their records were also not enough to qualify for the final round of the competition. Baki, the 2014 Glasgow ... Read more

Usha Krira Chakra notched up their third win of the Premier Hockey League when they thrashed a strong Mariner Young’s Club 4-1 at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Saturday. Though the joint defending champions, Usha, dominated the game throughout, Mariner wasted at least four scoring chances in the either half of the games. ... Read more

A full-strength Usha Krira Chakra will take on Mariner Young’s Club in a crucial Premier Hockey League match today with their five Pakistani recruits finally joined the side. Usha were given green signal by the Special Branch of Police on Monday to bring their five Pakistani players after some serious scrutiny that delayed their visa ... Read more

Sevilla conjured up a dazzling comeback to clinch a record third successive Europa League title on Wednesday, flooring Liverpool with a 3-1 victory that showed why the Spanish side have become masters of Europe’s second-tier competition. Sevilla captain Coke lifted the trophy at Basel’s St Jakob-Park having been the architect of their heroics, scoring twice ... Read more

Siddikur Rahman was back in contention of qualifying for the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after the ace Bangladeshi golfer returned back to top-60 place of Olympic rankings on Tuesday. Siddik is now in 54th position in the Olympics rankings after finishing second in the tri-sanctioned AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open on Sunday. Despite ... Read more

Usha Krira Chakara were given clearance on Monday by the Special Branch of Police to bring their five Pakistani players to participate in the ongoing Premier League Hockey. Having released the Malaysian players after the Club Cup tournament, the club has been in trouble to field the playing eleven due to the suspension and injury

A nerve-wrecked Siddikur Rahman ruined a bright opportunity of winning his third Asian Tour trophy as the Bangladeshi golfer lost his nerve in the last three holes to settle only as runner-up in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open on Sunday. Siddik, who led the leaderboard with a clear three under-par till the fifteenth hole, lost ... Read more

Ace Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman was in course for his third Asian Tour title when he finished the third round of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in top spot with three-under-par 69 in Anahita on Saturday. Siddik, who finished the second round in joint third place, fired four birdies against one bogey to end the ... Read more

Bangladesh Navy, in association with the Bangladesh Swimming Federation, launched a nationwide talent hunt programme in search of swimming talents that will get underway from May 19. The hosts also decided to award lucrative prize money to the best swimmers in the different stages of the mega programme. The Bangladesh Swimming Federation president

Bangladesh Navy, in association with the Bangladesh Swimming Federation, will launch a nationwide talent hunt programme in search of swimming talents next week, officials said on Friday. The mega programme titled ‘Bangladesh Looking for Best Swimmer’ will get underway at Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex on May 19.