Tamim hits maiden T20 hundred UCB-BCB XI captain Tamim Iqbal propelled his team to the final of the Amber Victory Day Twenty20 Cup after blasting 130 against Mohammedan Sporting Club at Mirpur on Sunday. Tamim bludgeoned his way to become the highest individual T20 scorer of Bangladesh as UCB-BCB XI defeated Mohammedan by 29 runs ... Read more
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Junior Tigers narrowly beat Afghans
The Bangladesh Under-19s held off the Afghanistan Under-19s to win by 16 runs in Abu Dhabi on Sunday and take control of their group at the Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup. Bangladesh appeared to be cruising to victory after Afghanistan stumbled to 67-6 near the halfway stage as they chased a target of 170. ... Read more
Tamim proves his T20 mettle
Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal eventually proved his worth in the shortest format of cricket as his maiden hundred at the Amber Victory Day Twenty20 Cup made him the highest individual T20 scorer of Bangladesh. Tamim was expected to be one of the best T20 players of the country due to his aggressive style of play but ... Read more
Fahad finishes 5th at World Youth Chess
Bangladeshi FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman finished fifth in the Open Under-10 Classic category at the World Youth Chess Championships in Al-Ain, UAE on Saturday after beating Mongolia’s Ganerdene Suger in the 11th round. Fahad finished with 8.5 points out of a possible 11 after the final round on Saturday. The ten-year-old Bangladeshi also placed second
Jamal finishes joint-12th in McLeod C’ship
Bangladesh golfer Jamal Hossain Mollah ended his McLeod Russell Tour Championship campaign in joint-12th place after the final round concluded in Kolkata, India on Sunday. Jamal, who occupied joint-10th position after the third round’s play on Saturday, could only finish in joint-12th after hitting one-under-par 71 in
League suspended due to lack of security
The upcoming scheduled matches of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League have been postponed indefinitely due to a shortage of security personnel, the Bangladesh Football Federation announced in a press release on Sunday. The press release said that the league will remain suspended indefinitely until further decisions are made. BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag
Kayes, Nurul shine in UCB, MSC win
UCB-BCB XI batsman Imrul Kayes and Mohammedan Sporting Club’s wicket-keeper batsman Nurul Hasan both scored match-winning half-centuries to lead their sides to victories at the Amber Victory Day Twenty20 Cup at Mirpur on Saturday. Imrul notched a brilliant, unbeaten half-century
Jamal start with facile win
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club registered a facile 3-1 win against promoted Chittagong Abahani in their opening match of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Nigerian marksman Emeka Darlington scored a brace after Jamal’s acting captain Nasir Chowdhury had opened the account for the winners. Ahsanul Haque Milon
Jamal in top 10 of McLeod C’ship
Bangladeshi golfer Jamal Hossain Mollah moved to the top 10 after the third round of the McLeod Russell Tour Championship in Calcutta, India on Saturday. Jamal, who finished the second round in 15th position, ended round three playing a two-under-par and he is now joint-10th alongside 18 other competitors.
Fahad moves to 10th in World Youth Chess
Bangladesh’s Fide Master Fahad Rahman moved to 10th position in the World Youth Chess Championship being held in Al Ain, UAE. In the 10th round of the competition, Fahad, who is participating in the Under-10 category, beat Dobrikov Marco of Germany to take his tally to 7.5 points. Fahad was playing against Ganerden Sugar of Mongolia in ... Read more
‘Ronaldo would score 120 goals a season at Barcelona’
Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes says the Real Madrid star would score 120 goals a season if he played for Barcelona after being quizzed on the goalscoring exploits of Lionel Messi, reports goal.com. The Portuguese has scored 69 goals in 2013 – a tally superior than any other player on the planet and 24 more than ... Read more
I’d play for Mourinho again: Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo says he would be happy to work with former Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho again in the future, reports goal.com. The relationship between the pair was reportedly a distant one by the time Mourinho left the Santiago Bernabeu for Chelsea at the end of last season.
Holders Russell off to flying start
Defending champions Sheikh Russell KC made a flying start in the opening match of the seventh edition of the Bangladesh Premier Football League, crushing promoted side Uttar Baridhara 4-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. National forward Mithun Chowdhury netted a hat-trick while Jamaican recruit Ricardo Cousins grabbed the other goal in a
V-Day T20s resume in Dhaka today
Last-place Abahani Limited take on Mohammedan Sporting Club as the ongoing Amber Victory Day Twenty20 Cup resumes today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. The game, which is scheduled to start at 1:00pm and will be televised live on Bangladesh Television, is a do-or-die affair for Abahani, as a loss
Fahad draws in World Youth Chess
FM Fahad Rahman drew his ninth-round game against India’s Khushagra Mohan at the World Youth Chess Championship in Al-Ain, UAE on Thursday. With the draw he has 6.5 points and stands in 17th position among more than 200 participants in the Open Under-10 classic category. Fahad was due to
BKSP win V-Day gymnastics
BKSP have clinched the day-long Victory-day Gymnastics Championship 2013 held at the National Sports Council Gymnasium on Friday. They finished on the top of the medals tally with 33 medals, including 11 golds. Links and Build Limited were just behind them with 8 medals, including 2 golds. Md Isad Hossain of Links and Build Ltd won ... Read more
Al Amin, Sakib steal the show
A hostile spell of pace bowling from UCB-BCB XI seamer Al-Amin Hossain and a mesmerising all-round performance by Prime Bank’s Sakib al Hasan inspired their sides to victories at the Amber Victory Day Twenty20 Cup in Sylhet on Thursday. Al-Amin scalped 5-17 in four overs – with all of his five wickets coming in one over ... Read more
Al Amin latest to create history
The UCB-BCB XI’s Al-Amin Hossain on Thursday became the latest Bangladeshi cricketer to make history in an eventful 2013, taking five wickets in an over against Abahani Limited at the Victory Day Twenty20 Cup in Sylhet. Al-Amin took the ball for the final over of Abahani’s innings and dismissed Mehedi Maruf with the first ball after ... Read more
Competition wide open as league kicks off today
The seventh edition of the Bangladesh Premier Football League kicks off today with defending champions Sheikh Russell Krira facing Uttar Baridhara in the opening match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. the competition wide open thanks to six equally competitive teams who all have the capacity to win the title. Russell will take to field knowing that their
BCB prepares for crunch ACC meeting
Bangladesh will go into the Asian Cricket Council meeting in Colombo fully prepared, knowing that if they are unable to convince the teams that the security situation is under control it could cost the country the forthcoming Asia Cup and the ICC World Twenty20. Asian Cricket Council chief executive officer