The Bangladesh Olympic Association unveiled the logo and mascot of the 8th Bangladesh Games on Sunday. The Games will be held from April 20 to 28. The mascot of the 2002 Bangladesh Games was `Deer’, but this time the officials chose a ‘Squirrel’ with a games medal around its neck and showing
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Siddik finishes joint 10th in Panasonic Open
Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman capped a fine comeback in round four of the Panasonic India Open in New Delhi on Sunday to finish joint 10th in the leaderboard headed by Australia’s Wade Ormsby. Siddik shot three-under par 69 on the final day of the US$300, 000 event to improve on his third day position of ... Read more
Busy month for Bangladesh age-level teams
The Sri Lankan Under-19 cricket team arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday to play two four-day matches and five one-day internationals against their Bangladeshi counterparts. The first four-dayer between the two South Asian sides will begin on April 11 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. The two teams will then
Countdown for World T20 begins
The countdown for the ICC World Twenty20 2014 began with the unveiling of the trophy and the logo in two separate programmes in Dhaka on Saturday, exactly one year before the tournament kicks off. National skipper Mushfiqur Rahim along with a member of the women’s cricket team Sathira Jessy unveiled the trophy in presence of ... Read more
Alfaz hangs up his boots today
Alfaz Ahmed, the legendary striker of Bangladesh football, has announced his retirement from domestic football, five years after he quit his international career. Alfaz’s retirement from the domestic football circuit brings an end to a golden era of the game as he was regarded as the last star of the golden generation of Bangladesh football.
Russell climb to top spot after BU win
Sheikh Russell moved to top spot in the points table with a 2-1 victory over Brothers Union in the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday after the Bangladesh Premier League resumed after a one and half month break. Sheikh Russell came back from a goal down to stage a comeback
Glittering launch of ICC World T20 logo
Inspired by the unique painted rickshaws, which pack the streets of the Bangladesh cities, the logo for the ICC World Twenty20 2014 was unveiled on a star-studded evening in Dhaka on Saturday. At a glittering gala shown live on television in Bangladesh – and in the presence of the International Cricket Council vice president AHM ... Read more
Siddik slips to 14th place
Siddikur Rahman continued his indifferent form at the Panasonic India Open in New Delhi as he slid to 14th position in the leaderboard after the end of round three on Thursday. The Bangladesh golfer began the day from the seventh position and started well as he hit a birdie in the 1st hole but he ... Read more
Bangladesh storm into U-16 Asian hockey final
The Bangladesh under-16 hockey team continued their sparkling form in the U-16 Hockey Asia Cup in Singapore to reach the final against Pakistan, to be played today. Bangladesh confirmed their place in the final after overcoming Japan 8-5 in the semi-final on Saturday while Pakistan thumped Malaysia 6-0 in the other last-four clash on the ... Read more
Sakib returns to bolster Tigers
Shahriar, Enamul return, Shahadat retained, no room for Naeem All-rounder Sakib al Hasan returned to the field after an injury lay-off to bolster the strength of the national team as the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 15-member Test squad for the forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe scheduled to start from April 17 at Harare. Sakib did ... Read more
Women’s team end T20s with another defeat
The Bangladesh women’s national team provided a better account of themselves although they eventually fell short by 10 runs in the third and final Twenty20 in Vadodara on Friday as the Indian eves made a clean sweep of the three-match T20 International series. In their pursuit of India’s challenging score of 123-9, the Bangladeshi
Bangladesh to play two FIFA friendlies in UK
Bangladesh are all set to play two FIFA friendly matches against India and Pakistan in England in June, said Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin on Friday. Celebrity Management Group, an India-based sports management company, which earlier arranged the Argentina-Nigera friendly in Dhaka, will organise the matches, said Salahuddin.
State of swimming and athletics in dire straits
Athletics and swimming, the two key disciplines of the forthcoming Bangladesh Games, are unlikely to match international standard due to a lack of proper equipment and poor venue management. The Games, scheduled from April 20 to 28, will begin with track and field, breaking a long tradition which saw the events being taken place always ... Read more
Mixed day for Siddik
Bangladesh’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman made an inconsistent start in the Panasonic Open at the Delhi Golf Club in New Delhi as he was jointly sharing the seventh spot with four other golfers after the end of the second round’s play on Friday. Siddik fired one-under-par 71 in the four-day long US$ 300,000 event,
Sajidul eager to make up for lost time
Left-arm paceman Sajidul Islam was a surprise inclusion in the 15-member Test squad announced by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday for the forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe later this month as he was handed a comeback to the national fold after five years. Sajidul made his debut along with opener Tamim Iqbal and Junaed Siddique
Football League resumes today
The Bangladesh Premier League will resume today after a gap of one and a half months with the Independence Cup champions Sheikh Russell facing Brothers Union at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 7:00pm. Russell have a good chance of taking the top position in the points table if they can beat Brothers Union as they have ... Read more
T20 WC ’14 logo launches today
The members of the International Cricket Council and Bangladesh Cricket Board will host a colourful programme today at a city hotel to launch the logo of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 to be hosted in Bangladesh. The one-and-a-half hour programme will have several segments that include music and dance from renowned artists along with a magic ... Read more
Bangladesh crush Kazakhs 26-1 in U-16 Asian hockey
Bangladesh junior hockey team continued their winning run in the U-16 Asia Cup Hockey as they crushed Kazakhstan by 26-1 goals in their third group match held in Singapore on Friday. Apart from Dwin Islam scored five goals, Rezaul Karim Babu, Nayeem Uddin, Ashik Mahmud Sagar netted four goal each while Ashraful Islam
Games preparation yet to gather pace
BOA yet to finalise events, sponsors back out from promise With barely two weeks to go, the preparation for the forthcoming Bangladesh Games is yet to gather any momentum as most works are still confined in the table. The Bangladesh Olympic Association is scheduled to orgnaise the event from April 20 to 28 after more ... Read more
BPL payment fiasco continues
The Bangladesh Premier League continued its downward trend of payment ignominy after the Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh claimed that most of the local players are still to be duly paid. The players were supposed to receive 25 percent of the total amount before the start of the tournament, 25 percent by the time the tournament