Bangladeshi shooter Shakil Ahmed clinched bronze in the 10-metre Air Pistol (junior) event of the 8th Asian Air Gun Championship, held in New Delhi on Tuesday. Shakil scored 175.2 points in the final round to earn the bronze medal. He qualified for the shoot-off round after finishing sixth among seven contestants with 552 points.
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Zia joins Navy
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman signed a deal with Bangladesh Navy chess team after GM duo Abdullah Al Rakib and Enamul Hossain Rajib, confirmed a Navy official on Tuesday. With the inclusion of Ziaur Rahman, Bangladesh Navy is going to offer a huge challenge to Mohammedan Sporting Club who use to form the best chess team ... Read more
Bangladesh finish 7th in C’wealth Karate
Bangladesh finished seventh in 18-nation 8th Commonwealth Karate Championship 2015, held at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, India. Bangladesh won four medals in the competition, which includes two silver and two bronze medals.
Fahad lifts Malaysian chess title
Bangladesh’s Fide Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman became unbeaten champion in the Under-12 group of the 6th Swensen Age Group Chess Championship, a part of Malaysian Chess Festival, in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. The event was held with the formation of Rapid chess where Fahad and three other players earned 5.5 points each. In the tie-breaker, Fahad beat
BCCI president Dalmiya dies
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya passed away on Sunday. He was 75 years old. He is survived by his wife, son Abhishek and a daughter, reports ABP online. Dalmiya was in city’s BM Birla Hospital since Thursday night after he complained of chest pain and breathing troubles. Dalmiya began his ... Read more
A competition more than special
For Parul Akhter, Khushi Khatun and Siddikur Rahman it was not just an ordinary competition. They have just returned from Special Olympics, yet the National Age-Level Swimming was more than special to them as it has opened the door for three intellectually disabled swimmers to compete with regular swimmers. Parul, a 14-year old swimmer from Dhamrai
Age-level swimming ends
The 31st National Age-Level Swimming and Diving Competition ended on Thursday with 27 new national records in three days at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in Dhaka. In the last day, nine new records were set with BKSP boy Ariful Islam maintaining his dominance in 18-20 age-level to finish the competition with 12 ... Read more
Ariful hogs headline again
BKSP’s Ariful Islam stole the show for the consecutive day as he created three more records in the second day of 31st Mir Akhter Hossain Ltd age-group swimming and diving competition at Syed Nazrul Islam national swimming complex on Wednesday. Ariful made new records in 200m breaststroke, 200m backstroke and 100m freestyle of 18-20 year boy’s ... Read more
Japan helps B’desh judo
Japan government extended their hand of co-operation to improve the quality of judo in the country as they provided brand new judo facilities to Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan through their embassy in Dhaka. The facilities were used in the two-day long 1st BKSP Judo cup competition that was held on September 14-15 at BKSP. State minister for
31st Age-Group Swimming : 10 new records on opening day
A total of 10 new national records were set on the opening day of the 31st Mir Akhter Hossain Ltd age-group swimming and diving competition that began at the Syed Nazrul Islam national swimming complex on Tuesday. BKSP clinched 23 gold medals while Bangladesh Ansar got the remaining 13 gold medals from the 36 events that ... Read more
Porag wins Tangail int’l chess
Fide master Mehedi Hasan Porag emerged as the unbeaten champion of the Tangail international rating chess tournament at the Bangabandhu Auditorium of Tangail press club on Tuesday. Porag beat Fide Master Debraj Chaterjee in the last of the eight-round championship on Tuesday to finish the tournament with seven points. International master Abu Sufian Shakil
Hockey camp postponed for two days
The Bangladesh Hockey Federation on Monday suspended the national team camp for two days after nearly half of the players of 42-man preliminary squad for under-21 AHF Cup and South Asian Games refused to train. A total of 20 hockey players sent a letter to the federation earlier on Sunday saying that they will not attend ... Read more
Nat’l athletics ends without any record
The bleak state of country’s athletics was evident as 39th National Athletics Championship was concluded on Saturday without a single new record, leaving very little optimism for medals in the forthcoming South Asian Games. Bangladeshi athletes won only two silver medals and four bronze medals in the last edition of SA Games held in Dhaka in ... Read more
Zia shines in Baku again
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman held Russian Super GM Evgeny Tomashevsky in second successive match of the World Cup chess opening round in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday. Zia played with black against 2758-rated Tomashevsky, the 12th seeded player of the tournament, and secured a draw after 29 moves. The first match between them
Mezbah, Shirin reign supreme
Mezbahuddin Ahmed and Shirin Akter of Bangladesh Navy were crowned country’s fastest man and woman once again when they won their respective 100-metre sprint in the 39th National Athletics in Dhaka on Friday. Mezbah now took the honour to four consecutive meetings starting from Bangladesh Games in 2013. Mezbah clocked 10:60 seconds to beat his
Zia hold Russian Super GM in WC chess
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman remained on course to a second round place in the World Cup Chess when he drew with super Grandmaster Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia in the first game of the opening round in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday. Zia played with white pieces with Queen’s Pawn Opening and secured a draw after the 43rd ... Read more
Tangail Int’l Rating Chess begins
The Tangail International Rating Chess tournament began at the Bangabandhu Auditorium of Tangail Press Club on Friday. The five-day tournament is organised by the Bangladesh Chess Federation in association with Tangail District Sports Association. A total of 125 local players along with four Indians are participating in the event, which has total prize money
Archery’s golden day in Samoa
Archer Mohammad Tamimul Islam gave Bangladesh rare success in an international meet when he won a gold medal of the boys’ recurve bow individual event in the 5th Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa on Thursday. Tamimul defeated India’s Nishanth Kumawat in the final to clinch the gold. Bangladesh also won a bronze medal on Thursday thanks
Nat’l Athletics : Shariful, Shirin win 200m gold
Shariful Islam and Shirin Akter retained their 200-metre gold medals as the 39th National Athletics Championship began at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Shariful of Bangladesh Army beat BKSP’s Saiful Islam to clinch the gold medal clocking 21.78 seconds, 0.07 seconds clear of Saiful while Mehedi Hasan of Bangladesh Army
Govt allots TK 10cr for SA Games
The ministry for youth and sports allocated Tk 10 crore to the Bangladesh Olympic Association for the preparation of upcoming South Asian Games, said officials on Monday. The money is an addition to Tk one crore that government had already disbursed against a demand of Tk 16 crore 75 lakh. A BOA official said, the ministry ... Read more