The local cricketers were back in business after spending much of their time without any cricketing activities as the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s high-performance unit began its fitness camp at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday. On the first day only 22 cricketers reported from the 32-member
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Abahani begin AFC campaign today
Abahani Limited will launch their AFC President’s Cup qualifying campaign today when they face Laxmi Bank Three Star club of Nepal at the Dasarath Stadium, Katmandu, Nepal. Abahani have a good chance to qualify in the final round for the first time as the top two teams will get the opportunity to the final round ... Read more
Sakib and Zimbabwe fined
Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan was fined 75 per cent of his match fee for showing serious dissent at an umpire’s decision during the second one-day international against Zimbabwe on Sunday. Sakib was found to have breached Article 2.2.1 of ICC code of conduct after the charge had been laid by the on-field umpires Owen ... Read more
Bangladesh beat IFA XI 4-1
Bangladesh women’s football team beat India Football Association XI 4-1 in their second exhibition match at the Kalyani Football Stadium in Kolkata on Monday. Aungrma Ching Marma and Sabina Khatun scored two goals each to help Bangladesh lead the first half 4-0 before an own goal by Laboni at the fag end of
Tigers tamed as hosts level series
Zimbabwe bounced back in three-match one-day series against Bangladesh with an empathic six-wicket win in the second game as a heroic innings by Abdur Razzak went in vain at the Queens Sports Club at Bulawayo on Sunday. Razzak scored his maiden ODI half-century off just 21 balls,
Razzak achieves an unlikely feat
Abdur Razzak registered his name in the record books for an unexpected feat by sharing the achievement of hitting the quickest fifty by a Bangladeshi in a one-day international alongside Mohammad Ashraful after his heroics in the second ODI against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on Sunday. Coming in to bat at number nine with his side struggling ... Read more
India unaware of UK friendlies
India have no idea about their proposed international friendly matches against Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Fulham Football Club ground in the UK next month, according to a report of the Press Trust of India on Sunday. The friendly matches have already created a buzz in the Bangladesh
No Super Cup this season
The international friendly matches of the Bangladesh national team forced the Bangladesh Football Federation to shift the upcoming Super Cup to November, said a top official on Sunday. The Super Cup, which attracted huge attention during the inaugural edition in 2008 for its Tk 1 crore prize money, was last held in 2011. The third ... Read more
Sabina steers Bangladesh to victory
The Bangladesh national women’s football team romped to a resounding 6-1 win over Indian Football Association XI in an international friendly at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Sunday courtesy of a Sabina Khatun hat-trick. Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited striker Sabina scored
Tigers looking to wrap up series
A confident-looking Tigers will be eyeing to wrap up the three-match ODI series when they take on hosts Zimbabwe in the second one-dayer today at the Queen’s Sports Club in Bulawayo. Bangladesh have been on the ascendency and have gone from strength to strength since their first Test defeat by a massive 335 runs as ... Read more
Zia’s persistence pays off
Burly Bangladesh all-rounder Ziaur Rahman is garnering the benefits of continued perseverance. Not deemed good enough for selection for five long years, Zia is currently cashing in on his rich vein of form albeit not with the bat but with his gentle array of medium-fast bowling. The 26-year-old lad from Khulna, who made his bow in Tests ... Read more
BCB runs out of election deadline
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is running out of time to avoid a sanction by the International Cricket Council, who set a deadline for an elected body by June 2013. In the ICC’s annual general meeting in 2011, it was agreed that all member boards will have an independent elected body by June 2012. A further ... Read more
BHF in talks with GP over sponsorship
The Bangladesh Hockey Federation is in talks with leading cellular operator Grameenphone to have it as the permanent sponsor of the national team, Khawaja Rahamatullah, general secretary of the BHF said on Saturday. The BHF submitted a proposal to Grameenphone for
Beach Volleyball Course to begin in city
VCP Bangladesh Beach Volleyball Grassroots Course will begin on Monday in the city. Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) vice president Mijanur Rahman Manu is expected to inaugurate the course as chief guest at the BOA Auditorium at 11 am. A total of 35 trainees from different associations,
Zia bowls Tigers to victory
Medium pacer Ziaur Rahman picked up his maiden five-wicket haul to lead Bangladesh to a crushing 121-run win over Zimbabwe in the first one-day international of the three-match series at Bulawayo’s Queens Sports Club on Friday. Zia, playing only his second ODI, claimed 5-30 to wreak
Star Cricket Club begin its journey
Star Cricket Club Limited has begun its journey with the hope of producing future cricketers and creating playing opportunities for the talented ones, it was announced at a programme on Friday at the Shahjahanpur Railway High School field. Among the guests present in the inauguration ceremony
Arambagh relegated after three decades
Arambagh Krira Sangha were relegated from the top tier of Bangladesh football for the first time in more than three decades after they were thrashed 3-2 by Team BJMC in their final game of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. In order to avoid relegation, a victory was the only ... Read more
Rafiqul awaits justice
More than a week has passed since the shameful act in the kabaddi court left the umpires and referees bloodied, but neither Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation nor the Bangladesh Olympic Association is yet to launch any formal investigation let alone punish the culprits. After the women’s final of the eighth Bangladesh Games kabaddi on April 24,
Starc Ashes warning for England
Australia paceman Mitchell Starc is well on his way back to fitness and has warned England not to write off the tourists’ chances of wrenching back the Ashes in July and August. The tall left-armer, who left Australia’s calamitous tour of India early to have surgery on his ankle, is expected to play a key ... Read more
Russell clinch maiden league title
heikh Russell Krira Chakra clinched their maiden Bangladesh Premier League title with a game in hand when they beat Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited 2-1 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. The win, their 11th in the league, gave Russell