Four new national records were set on the second day of the Bashundhara 29th National Age Group Swimming Competition at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex at Mirpur on Saturday. Jahidul Islam set the national record in 100m butterfly in the 13-14 age-group category after clocking 1:04:17 minutes to earn a gold medal before ... Read more
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Nat’l Women’s Handball final today
Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation will play Rangamati District in the final match of the Walton Invitational National Women’s Handball Tournament at the Shaheed (Captain) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium onSunday. Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu MP will be the chief guest in the final match and distribute the prizes. Additional Director of
BSJA Media Cup Cricket
The Pran-Frooto BSJA Media Cup Cricket Tournament advanced to the semifinal stage on the 5th day of six-day meet at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Saturday In the semifinals today, Dainik Samakal will face Channel 9 while Kaler Kantho will meet Rising BD, both at 9 am, at the same venue.
Forum smells a rat in BCB election
The divisional and district sports organisers on Friday alleged that government influence was used in selecting the councillors for the forthcoming election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board while the process followed was also flawed. The National Sports Council said on Thursday the BCB election will be held on October 10 to put an end to the ... Read more
Muktis in crisis ahead of premier league
There is major uncertainty surrounding Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra as the football season approaches without an elected body running the Muktijoddha Sangsad. ‘Nothing is final yet. Due to the crisis with the central command election we are little bit on the back-foot about forming the team,’ coach Shafikul Islam Manik
Women’s coach blames captain for SA debacle
Bangladesh women’s national cricket team coach Oshadi Weerasinghe pointed to the form of captain Salma Khatun as a reason for the team’s disastrous performance during its recently concluded tour of South Africa on Friday. The women’s team returned from South Africa on Thursday after failing to register a single win in the three-match ODI series and ... Read more
Siddik qualifies for golf world cup
Golfer Siddikur Rahman has qualified for the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf in Melbourne from November 21-24, 2013 and is set to become the first Bangladeshi to ever play in the prestigious US$8 million event.Siddikur, who is currently playing at the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open in Osaka, was excited by the news. ‘I’m very excited ... Read more
BHF blaming transfer rebels for Asia Cup: Jimmy
Russell Mahmud Jimmy believes that the Bangladesh Hockey Federation fact-finding committee is going to pin the team’s failure at the Asia Cup on him and senior players Zahid Hossain, Emran Hasan Pintu and Kamruzzaman Rana. ‘There have been conversations in the hockey arena which have created disturbances in our family lives. We see that everybody is ... Read more
Long-awaited BCB election on Oct 10
The much-talked about election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board will be held on October 10, the National Sports Council announced on Thursday, putting to an end the long speculation. The announcement of election schedule came within hours after the BCB said it has prepared a draft list of councillors and approved it in its ad ... Read more
MSC collapse leaves DPL wide open
The Dhaka Premier League’s last undefeated team fell on Thursday as Mohammedan SC were beaten by Sheikh Jamal DC to leave the young season wide open after four rounds of matches. Mohammedan SC were on the wrong end of one of the day’s three one-sided affairs, with the perennial powerhouse receiving a 239-run beating at ... Read more
BCB accepts Akram’s resignation
The Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Thursday it accepted the resignation of chief selector Akram Khan, who has recently become a councillor from Chittagong Division and is all set to participate in the forthcoming election. Akram resigned on September 18 to pursue his new ambition that will mark the end of his long professional career – ... Read more
Shahriar, Shahadat snubbed for NZ
The Bangladesh Cricket Board selectors named their 28-man preliminary squad for the upcoming series against New Zealand on Thursday, with Shahriar Nafees and Shahadat Hossain at the top of the list of notable omissions. Both players had been on the original 30-man preliminary squad named on June 11 and had been expected to remain on the ... Read more
Milon wins Bangladesh’s first Islamic games medal
Archer Emdadul Haque Milon picked up Bangladesh’s first medal in the history of the Islamic Solidarity Games when won the silver medal in the 70-metre Olympic recurve event in Indonesia on Thursday. Egypt’s Ahmed Al Imri won the gold medal, besting Milon in the final round. Another Egyptian, Ibrahim Subri, won the bronze medal. Bangladeshi athletes ... Read more
New Age out of BSJA Cricket contention
New Age fell out of contention for a quarterfinal spot at the Frooto BSJA Media Cup Cricket 2013 after losing to Independent by 31 runs at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Batting first, Independent piled up a huge total of 114-1 in their stipulated six overs. New Age’s all-out effort to overhaul the ... Read more
Nat’l Age Group Swimming begins today
Bangladesh Swimming Federation on Thursday signed a sponsorship deal with the Bashundhara Group for the 29th National Age Group Swimming Championships starting today at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex at Mirpur. Bashundhara Group will provide Tk 10 lakh out of an estimated budget of Tk 16 lakh and the federation will provide food, transport ... Read more
Storms over BCB councillorship on
Sports ministry joint-secretary Abdur Rahman named chief election commissioner The National Sports Council on Wednesday formed a three-member election commission with sports ministry joint-secretary Abdur Rahman as its head for the forthcoming election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board as the nomination of the councillors were completed earlier. A senior official at the sports ministry said
Mashrafee out, Sakib in for DPL matches
Mohammedan SC will be without Mashrafee bin Murtaza for their Dhaka Premier League encounter with Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today, while Kalabagan KC should finally have Sakib al Hasan available for their next match. Mashrafee experienced a swelling around his
BCCI bans IPL founder Modi for life
Disgraced Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi was Wednesday banned for life from holding any cricket post, three years after being thrown out of his own popular but tainted Twenty20 league. The general body of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which met in Chennai, accepted the verdict of its disciplinary panel that ... Read more
Open badminton begins Friday
The Summer Open Badminton Tournament will begin on Friday at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium at Paltan. Tournament details were announced by the Bangladesh Badminton Federation, which had earlier signed a Tk 3-lakh deal with Roxy Paints to sponsor the five-day competition, during a press conference at the National Sports Council on Wednesday. Roxy Paints managing director ... Read more
Akram says he resigned before being councillor
Former national captain Akram Khan said on Wednesday that he had submitted his resignation letter as the national chief selector on September 18 before accepting councillorship from the Chittagong division. Akram’s aim is to run as a candidate for the board of directors in the upcoming Bangladesh Cricket Board elections, but he could not do ... Read more