The Bangladesh Hockey Federation has decided to give gifts and incentives to national team players during the Asia Cup preparation camp in an effort to raise morale. In addition to the Tk 15000 monthly salary each player is paid, the BHF will award Tk 5000 to three stand-out performers each week during the national camp,
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Wahed brace propels national side
National football team’s Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif was seemingly happy with his forward line but not entirely satisfied with the overall performance of the players, who defeated Team BJMC 3-0 in the latest practice match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Newcomer Wahed Ahmed bagged a brace while veteran
German Reasat arrives today
Expatriate footballer Reasat Khaton will finally arrive in Dhaka today at 5:40pm to join the national team trials, the Bangladesh Football Federation said on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Reasat, a youth product of SC Freiburg, currently plays for German 4th division club VB Cloppenburg. He has also played for KSV Hessen Kassel,
Creative organises football fest
Creative Football School and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology’s Environment Committee jointly organised the Under-12 football festival at the BUET staff quarter field on Wednesday. Creative Football School, run by former national footballers
ICC wants bookie Sajid khan update from BCB
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has requested details about suspected Pakistani bookie Sajid Khan from the detective branch of police after it was instructed to do so by the International Cricket Council, officials said on Tuesday. Sajid was picked up after suspicious activity
Tale of four national strikers
National football team coach Lodewijk de Kruif picked four strikers in Zahid Hasan Ameli, Sakhawat Hossain Rony, Toklis Ahmed and Wahed Ahmed in his 26-member squad for the forthcoming Thailand tour, which gets underway on July 27. Ameli is the most seasoned striker in the squad, already having featured in four SAFF Football Championship
Bangladesh to host Pakistan in August
The Pakistan national football team will arrive in Dhaka on August 11 to take part in two friendly matches against hosts Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Football Federation confirmed on Tuesday. There is a possibility that these two teams could end up in the same group at the 10th SAFF Football Championship after the group drawing ceremony
ICC defends umpires, DRS
The ICC has defended the performance of the umpires and the DRS after criticism following the Trent Bridge Test between England and Australia, whilst also admitting to errors in cases involving Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad. The ICC has taken the unusual step of revealing its
Some cricket at last for Tigers
The national team cricketers will finally return to action today in a practice match between Bangladesh ‘A’ and the Under-23 side at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Three matches, in which all the players in the national camp, including national skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, are expected to feature, were scheduled as part
Hockey friendlies ahead of Asia Cup
The Bangladesh Hockey Federation is planning to organise four practice matches for the national hockey team before the Asia Cup in Malaysia, which is scheduled to get underway on August 24. National team coach Naveed Alam had earlier asked the BHF to organise a few practice matches as a part of his team’s Asia Cup ... Read more
Karanka to leave Real
Aitor Karanka, Jose Mourinho’s assistant manager at Real Madrid, has had his contract rescinded by Los Blancos according to Spanish daily AS. Karanka, who also spent five years at the Santiago Bernabeu as a player, decided not to take up Mourinho’s offer and follow the Portuguese manager to
BCB badly in search of a batting coach
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is in desperate need of a specialist batting coach for the emerging young cricketers and for helping out the national team members when required, said the officials on Monday. The necessity of a specialist batting coach came
ACSU leaves today, report likely in August
A two-member panel of the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit is expected to leave today after completing their latest investigations into alleged match-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League, said officials of the Bangladesh Cricket
Kruif slashes four more
Bangladesh national football team coach Lodewijk de Kruif trimmed down four footballers from the 30-member preliminary squad on Monday as Nahidul Islam, Tapu Barman, Arup Baiddya and Yusuf Sifat failed to make the cut. With the squad now comprising of 26 members,
Bangladesh TT team depart for India today
Bangladesh will participate in the South Asian Junior table tennis championship, which is scheduled to start from July 20 in New Delhi, India. A 12-member national side including nine players will leave Dhaka today. Famous Group of Company will provide
Nat’l Cricket Championship
Jessore and Narayanganj DSAs won their respective group matches in the 33rd National Cricket Championship beating their rivals in two separate venues on Monday. Jessore DSA earned a comfortable 59-run victory over Brahmanbaria DSA in a Group B match
Koster’s final 23 for U-16 Football in Nepal
Dutch assistant coach Rene Koster announced his 23-member Under-16 national football squad ahead of the SAFF Under-16 Football Championship, to be held from July 20-30 in Nepal. Elias Hossain, a member of the Bangladesh Football Federation, was made the team leader while Chhoton, Anwar Parvez and Sukkur Mohammad Totam will assist
Shane puts positive spin on break
National cricket team coach Shane Jurgensen pointed to the positives in the long break between international matches, labeling it an ‘opportunity’ to the media on Sunday, the Tigers’ first day back at the camp. ‘It’s always good to play matches, but there’s also a good
Clubs reject new league dates
The Dhaka Premier League clubs said on Sunday that they are unable to participate in the players’ recruitment programme and the league on the new schedule given to them by the Bangladesh Cricket League. The BCB recently said that the players’ recruitment
BCB, Game On trade claims, blame
Claims and counter claims will be up on the menu during the long-awaited formal meeting between the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the Game On Sports Management on Sunday regarding the payments issue of the Bangladesh Premier League. The lack of professionalism from both ends were exposed