Dutch head coach Lodewijk De Kruif has cut his 33-member preliminary squad down to 30 members ahead of naming his 23-member squad for the Thailand tour, scheduled for the last week of July. Midfielders Arman Aziz and Shahedul Alam Shahed, and defender Uttam Kumar Banik were ruled out of the national team camp. Another camp ... Read more
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Athletes return empty-handed from Asian Track and Field
The training and development committee of the Bangladesh Olympic Association will meet on Saturday to discuss the shabby performance of the five athletes at the Asian Track and Field event in Pune, India, informed a BOA official. Sprinters Mezbah Ahmed, Abu Raihan, Nazmunnahar Beauty,
Badgering hockey clubs meet today
The six clubs currently boycotting hockey activities, including Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited and Mariner Young’s Club, will meet today at the Mohammedan Sporting Club tent to discuss the current situation in the country’s hockey set-up. The National Sports Council officially declared
Chelsea beat PSG in AIUB football final
Chelsea (FASS) beat PSG (MBA) 4-1 in the final of the AIUB Champions League 2013 Football Tournament to become the champions on Tuesday. The 32-team tournament took place at the Banani Club ground in Dhaka from July 1-9 and pitted students, faculty and officers from different departments
2nd Div Chess
Golden Chess Club took the solo lead in Philosophia 2nd Division Chess League securing full eight points after the 4th round matches held at the Chess Federation hall-room on Thursday. Debadas Biswas Smrity Sangsad and Rajshahi Daba Unayan Sangstha are in the 2nd slot jointly securing six match points each.
Mourinho eyes impact from new signings
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes summer signings Andre Schurrle and Marco van Ginkel are ready to make an instant impact when the Premier League season gets underway next month, reports Soccernet. After Mourinho started his second spell as Blues boss
Pep wanted Neymar at Bayern: Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has confirmed that Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola had wanted to bring Neymar to the club, reports Soccernet. The Bayern chief executive told Sport Bild that club officials had instead decided to opt for Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze after the difficulties
Mkhitaryan dazzles on debut
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Borussia Dortmund’s record signing, scored one goal and set up another during his first 45 minutes for the club as Dortmund beat FC Basel 3-1 in a friendly on Wednesday, reports Soccernet. Mkhitaryan, 24, joined Dortmund from Shakhtar
Sammer hails Guardiola relationship
Bayern Munich sporting director Matthias Sammer has said his working relationship with new coach Pep Guardiola is ‘wonderful’ and urged the club to embrace his ideas, reports Soccernet. Sammer said any changes made by Guardiola would not be sweeping, explaining that the coach had a very clear philosophy.
Barca win La Liga fair play award
Spanish Football Presentation has presented FC Barcelona with the Fair Play Award 2012-13, reports the club website. Barça topped the table with 74 points, well clear of Valladolid (88 points) and Real Sociedad (102). The award uses a points system based on cards and
NCL future looks bleak
Whenever Bangladesh lose a Test match badly, one chorus is common – we must put emphasis on longer version cricket. The captain sings the same song at the post-match press conference, former cricketers join him in television talk-shows and the Bangladesh Cricket Board officials nod positively.
DPL talks stalled over club grants
The fate of the Dhaka Premier League was plunged into further doubt after some clubs expressed their unwillingness to discuss the bylaws unless the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed its annual grants to them. The bylaws of the league were supposed to be
School hockey championship set for Feb ‘14
The Bangladesh Hockey Federation signed a deal worth Tk 2 crore with the First Security Islami Bank to organise the National School Hockey Championship next year. After the national hockey team enjoyed some international success at the beginning of the year, the sport has received a lot of attention from the sponsors. Earlier,
Wahed brace delights Kruif
Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif was satisfied after his charges defeated Team BJMC 2-0 in the first practice match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Promising marksman Wahed Ahmed scored both the goals. The young striker impressed the Dutch coach,
Women’s Club Cricket
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club earned an emphatic 147-run win over Victoria SC in the Women’s Club Cup Cricket at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. In the day’s other match, Gulshan Youth Club outclassed Rising Girls Cricket Academy by nine wickets at the City Club ground in Mirpur.
2nd Div Chess
Debadas Biswas Smrity Sangsad and Golden Chess Club are jointly leading the Philosophia 2nd Division Chess League securing six points each after the 3rd round matches held at the Chess Federation hall room on Wednesday.
Bayern-Dortmund row simmers on
The dispute between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund continued to simmer as Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told his Dortmund counterparts not to ‘preach water and drink wine instead’, reports Soccernet. And with pre-season in Germany fully under way,
Summer transfer window extended
The Premier League has confirmed to ESPN that the summer transfer window will be extended to Monday, September 2, this year, as August 31 falls on a Saturday, reports Soccernet. As yet there is no decision on what time the window will close in England, with the cut-off time in the past being at close-of-business ... Read more
American boy finds place in Nat’l trial
Another expatriate footballer, Farhan Karim Khan, has joined the national camp on Tuesday to represent Bangladesh in the SAFF Football Championship, following Denmark-based midfielder Jamal Bhuiyan and Australia-based midfielder Anando Rahman. Tabith Awual, vice-president of the Bangladesh Football
Football friendlies against Pakistan?
Pakistan has expressed its willingness to play two friendly matches against Bangladesh in Dhaka and has requested the Bangladesh Football Federation to find a window, officials said on Tuesday. The BFF said that it has given a positive reply to its Pakistan counterpart and indicated that the matches might be held in August, after Eid-ul-Fitr.