Rangpur and Rajshahi Division sealed their places in the final of the eighth Bangladesh Games after seeing off Dhaka Metropolis and Khulna Division respectively in the semi-finals at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra on Thursday. Rajshahi outplayed Khulna by eight wickets while
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Tigers out to restore pride
Bangladesh-Zimbabwe second Test begins today Bangladesh are set to receive a morale boost with the return of Tamim Iqbal against Zimbabwe as they aim to restore some pride in the second Test match beginning in Harare today. Bangladesh were favourites prior to the two-match Test series after their successful campaign in Sri Lanka only to ... Read more
New king, old queen in track
Mezbah Ahmed of BKSP and Nazmunnahar Beauty of BJMC were crowned as the fastest man and woman in the Bangladesh Games after they won their respective 100-metre sprints at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. The athletics discipline concluded with 13 events
Zimbabwe aware of Tigers backlash
Zimbabwe are aware of the possible backlash that they can face against a wounded Bangladesh in the second Test and have taken their preparation for it,’ said skipper Brendan Taylor. The second and final Test of the series begins today at the same ground in Harare, where Zimbabwe humiliated the listless Tigers by 335 runs
Long-awaited hockey gold for Army
Bangladesh Army won the hockey title of the Bangladesh Games after 29 years when they thrashed Faridpur 6-2 in the final at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. BKSP won bronze by defeating Dhaka 2-0 in the third place-deciding match. The Army team, who last won the hockey title in 1984,
Golden comeback for Dolly Akhter
Dolly Akhter came out of retirement to win a gold medal on the final day of swimming discipline in the Bangladesh Games at the National Swimming Complex at Mirpur on Wednesday. Dolly, a veteran of two Olympics, who went into retirement two years was ago, was persuaded by her team Bangladesh Ansar to return to ... Read more
One last hurrah for Sabrina
It was one last hurrah for veteran shooter Sabrina Sultana before her retirement when she won the women’s 50-metre prone in the eighth Bangladesh Games on Wednesday. Sabrina is expected to bring an end to her long career spanning over two decades as a shooter, though her husband Saiful Alam Rinky, himself a veteran shooter,
Ansar put Games into shame
Bangladesh Ansar, a disciplined force, whose main job is to ensure internal security and law enforcement, put the Bangladesh Games into shame when they attacked match officials and left them bloodied after their loss to BJMC in the women’s kabaddi final on Tuesday. The incident, which stunned the Games organisers,
Sadia upsets Ratna in epic battle
Syeda Sadia Sultana made full use of a new ruling to come from behind and claim her first gold medal at the senior level in the 10-metre air rifle shooting event at the eighth Bangladesh Games in Dhaka on Tuesday. The 20-year old shooter from Chittagong
Jewel sets new record
Bangladesh Army’s Jewel Ahmed proved his new training regime paid rich dividends as he rewrote a new national record in the 1500m free-style in the swimming event of the eighth Bangladesh Games at the National Swimming Complex on Tuesday. Two new national records were created on day
Samedul quits swimming
Veteran swimmer Karar Samedul retired from competitive swimming after he participated in the 50m breast-stroke in the eighth Bangladesh Games at the National Swimming Complex in Mirpur on Tuesday. ‘I think it is the right time for me to retire
Ansar sweep all TT golds
Bangladesh Ansar managed all five gold medals in the table tennis event of the eighth Bangladesh Games on Tuesday with Hasib and Shoma taking the men’s and women’s singles respectively. In the last day of this discipline, Shoma of Ansar beat her teammate Rumi by 4-0 in the women’s singles event while Turbina of Rangpur ... Read more
Ansar sweep all TT golds
Bangladesh Ansar managed all five gold medals in the table tennis event of the eighth Bangladesh Games on Tuesday with Hasib and Shoma taking the men’s and women’s singles respectively. In the last day of this discipline, Shoma of Ansar beat her teammate Rumi by 4-0 in the women’s singles event while Turbina of Rangpur ... Read more
Bangladesh U-19 level series
Prodigious young batsman Nazmul Hossain scripted a wonderful hundred to lead Bangladesh Under-19 to a series-leveling 115-run win over their Sri Lankan counterparts in the second youth one-day international at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Tuesday. Nazmul blasted 109 off 131 balls with the help
Dhaka Metro reach semis
Dhaka Metropolis sealed the third semi-final spot in the eighth Bangladesh Games after they prevailed over Chittagong Division by five wickets at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra on Tuesday. Dhaka Metro joined Rangpur and Khulna Division to
Navy keep on ruling the pool
Bangladesh Navy maintained their dominance in the Bangladesh Games swimming as they extended their medals tally with two new national records set by their swimmers on the second day at the National Swimming Complex on Monday. Navy’s Sonia Akter Tumpa clocked 01:12:08 to set
Subarna breaks 200m record
The athletics discipline of the eighth Bangladesh Games witnessed a new national record by BKSP sprinter Zakia Sultana Subarna as she claimed the women’s 200m event in 25.00 seconds at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. Another BSKP faithful, Abu Rayhan clinched the 200m gold
Sajidul, Mominul wait for chances
Pace bowler Sajidul Islam and batsman Mominul Haque are eager to perform as they wait for their chances in the second Test match against Zimbabwe beginning from April 25. Bangladesh were humiliated in the first Test by 335 runs and are looking to change there fortune in order to square the two-match Test series.
Khulna, Rangpur in cricket semis
Khulna Division registered a 36-run victory over Barisal Division in the opening cricket game of the eighth Bangladesh Games to book the first semi-final spot at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra on Monday. In the second game of the day at the same venue,
Two golds each for Army, Ansar in taekwondo
The taekwondo discipline ended on Monday with Bangladesh Ansar and Bangladesh Army winning two gold medals each at the National Sports Council gymnasium. Moslem Mia and Mizanur Rahman of Bangladesh Army grabbed gold medals while Shahnaz Parvin and Sushmita of Bangladesh Ansar clinched