The Bangladesh Cricket Board will not take any responsibility over the payment of players in the Dhaka Premier League, an official said on Thursday, raising fears of further chaos in local cricket. The BCB had been expected to provide the players with some assurances over payment, if not any formal guarantees, as it did during ... Read more
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Bangladesh face Japan in playoff
The Bangladesh national hockey team faces off against Japan at the Men’s Hockey Asia Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia today for the right to play in Saturday’s fifth-place playoff. Coach Naveed Alam went into the tournament targeting fifth or sixth place, which would grant his team an automatic spot in the next Asia Cup. Bangladesh can ... Read more
Saqlain invited to help West Indies spinners
Former Pakistan offspinner Saqlain Mushtaq will conduct a three-week spin-bowling clinic for a select group of current and emerging West Indies spinners, including three women cricketers, from September 3. Saqlain was invited to conduct the clinic on the suggestion of West Indies coach, Ottis Gibson in a bid to better the skills of players who ... Read more
Andhra Pradesh seal Walton kabaddi title
Andhra Pradesh pipped West Bengal to the title in the Walton International Invitational Women’s Kabaddi tournament with an exciting 25-25 win at the Kabaddi Stadium on Thursday. West Bengal led the first half by 16-11 points but Andhra Pradesh came back in the second half with some inspired display to clinch the crown.
Tata dedicates win to Tito
New Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino has dedicated the club’s Supercopa win to his predecessor in the job, Tito Vilanova, reports Soccernet. Martino took up the post in late-July after Vilanova was forced to step down due to the health issues which so interrupted the 2012-13 season at the Camp Nou.
Baines not asked for move: Martinez
Roberto Martinez insists that Leighton Baines has not asked to leave Everton—but has refused to comment on reports that Manchester United have made a fresh bid for both the left-back and Marouane Fellaini, reports Soccernet. United are believed to have made a new combined offer of £38 million for Baines and Fellaini, having had a ... Read more
DPL under scanner more than ever
The forthcoming Dhaka Premier League will be under more scrutiny than ever in the aftermath of the recent match-fixing scandal that has rocked Bangladesh’s cricket, said the officials of Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday. The DPL is widely blamed for match-fixing in local cricket, though it has hardly any link with international betting syndicate which mainly lures ... Read more
Ashraful in UK for legal advice
Embattled former national captain Mohammad Ashraful has left for the United Kingdom to seek advice from a lawyer familiar with match-fixing related charges, sources close to the player confirmed on Wednesday. Ashraful, one of the nine individuals charged by the ICC for match-fixing in the 2013 edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, has already confessed
Injured Sohel ruled out of SAFF C’ship
Goalkeeper Shahidul Alam Sohel has been ruled out from the national team due to a groin injury, striking a blow to the Bangladesh side just two days before the start of the 10th SAFF Championship in Nepal. National team head coach Lodewijk de Kruif recalled Ziaur Rahman as a replacement for Sohel. Zia reached Kathmandu ... Read more
India thrash Bangladesh in Asia Cup
India defenders VR Raghunath and Rupinder Pal Singh shared seven goals between them to rack up a 9-1 win over hapless Bangladesh on Wednesday, setting up a semi-final against hosts Malaysia in the 9th Asia Cup in Ipoh. Both the Indian defenders converted three penalty corners
Teams expect wide-open DPL
The forthcoming Dhaka Premier League should be wide open, with several teams having near-equal chances of winning after players were transferred through the newly-introduced system, according to a number of team officials. This contrasts the lead-in to last season, when it was not too difficult to predict that eventual champions Victoria Sporting Club would
Bangladesh humbled by Oman at Asia Cup
Bangladesh remained winless at the Hockey Asia Cup after falling 4-2 to tournament debutants Oman at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia, on Monday. The result comes as a blow to 31st-ranked Bangladesh, who had targeted this fixture as an opportunity to come away from the tournament with a victory,
Sakib unsure over DPL pay structure
All-rounder Sakib al Hasan on Monday said that he has no regrets representing lowly-ranked Kalabagan Krira Chakra in the upcoming Dhaka Premier League but insisted he had every reason to believe that payments will be not cleared on time. Sakib arrived from the West Indies via London after
ICC deadline for BPL fixing appeal ends today
Dhaka Gladiators owner Salim Chowdhury is expected to plead not guilty before the ICC Anti Corruption and Security Unit today after he was charged with match-fixing related offence during the second edition Bangladesh Premier League The ICC gave 14 days to the nine individuals charged with offenses related to the match-fixing and the deadline ends ... Read more
Mamunul boost for Bangladesh
The Bangladesh national team received a boost in their quest for the upcoming 10th SAFF Football Championship as injured captain Mamunul Islam underwent a light training session on Monday. After arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal a day earlier, Bangladesh went through their first practice session at the Army Sports Training Facility under Dutch head coach
Airtel top group at corporate soccer
A hat-trick from HSBC’s Parvez helped the banking giants cruise past Metlife Alico 5-2 on day four of the 8th Ascent Corporate 5-A-Side Indoor Soccer tournament on Monday. A goal from Kabir and a Metlife own-goal accounted for the rest of HSBC’s scoring, while Sadi and Jahangir scored for the insurance providers. The second match ... Read more
Forum pledges unity
Forum, a representative group of the district and divisional sports organisers, pledged their unity ahead of the Bangladesh Cricket Board election that is expected to take place sometime in September and October. In a press release given out on Monday, Forum general secretary Ashikur Rahman Miku claimed that the group was in harmony irrespective of ... Read more
Andhra Pradesh beat BJMC in Int’l kabaddi
Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) conceded their first defeat in the Walton Refrigerator International Invitational Women’s Kabaddi Tournament to Andhra Pradesh by 12-22 points at the Dhaka Kabaddi Stadium on Monday. In the day’s other matches, BJMC defeated Nepal by 15-8 points, Andhra Pradesh beat Assam by 25-17 points while West Bengal outplayed
Top clubs snub Sakib in shock transfer
Leading all-rounder Sakib al Hasan was snubbed by at least four teams before being picked by lowly Kalabagan Krira Chakra in a surprise Dhaka Premier League player transfers held at a city hotel on Sunday. Sakib was expected to be the apple cart in the newly-introduced complicated transfer system that saw a club team’s pecking ... Read more
‘Sakib happy to play for Kalabagan’
Kalabagan Krira Chakra wasted little time in finding out Sakib al Hasan’s frame of mind after they landed the prized all-rounder for their club in the surprise Dhaka Premier League players’ transfer on Sunday. ‘I just called Sakib in London and he seemed perfectly alright,’ club official Reaz Ahmed Babu said during a break in ... Read more