At noon when the media bus started its trip from the Singhalese Sports Club, the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, towards R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, the city streets were almost deserted as Sunday is the weekly holiday in the country. And that was why it took only ten minutes to reach the destination, which ... Read more
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Easy passage for big guns
Fed Cup Draw Held Easy passage for big guns Big-spenders Sheikh Russel KC have been placed in Group A along with ten-time champions Mohammedan SC as the draw of the 24th Federation Cup was held yesterday at the Bangladesh Football Federation. Holders Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, runners-up Team BJMC and title contenders Abahani have avoided ... Read more
BD A suffer 53-run loss
It was a combination of some good left-arm bowling that demolished the Bangladeshi A batting line-up and helped the visiting West Indies High Performance team take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match one-day series. Promising young pacer Sheldon Cotterrell and slow-left arm bowler Verasammy Permaul shared 8 wickets as the visitors bowled the hosts ... Read more
Siddik ends up in 18th place
Country’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman carded a poor six-over-par 78 in the final round as he went 13 places down to finish joint 18th in the Mercuries Taiwan Masters in Taipei on Sunday. Siddik was in a commendable position after round three as he stood 5th in the competition, but lost his way in the ... Read more
BCB looking for women cricketers
The Women’s Wing of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will carry out a registration programme for talented women cricketers. The registration is open to all and will take place on October 2 at the SAHARA-BCB National Cricket Academy Ground in Mirpur from 11am to 3pm. There is
Netrakona win Gold Cup title
Netrokona emerged champions in the Walton Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Gold Cup Football Tournament beating Gopalganj 4-0 in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Toklis scored a hattrick while Ronny netted the other goal for the winning side. Divisional Commissioner of Dhaka AN Shamsuddin Azad Chowdhury distributed prizes
Indo-Pak battle today
The fixity of purpose is often not good enough when India and Pakistan lock horns in any format of the game because it requires more than that. There will likely be no exception to that general rule when the two perennial rivals meet in a crucial Super Eights match of the ICC World Twenty20 at ... Read more
Sheikh Jamal hoping high
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club feels the side is a force to reckon with as the former professional league champions completed their players’ registration formalities at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) headquarters in Motijheel yesterday. The Dhanmondi-based outfit, who emerged champions in their debut season in
BCB extends tender for WI tour
After not having received a suitable offer for its worldwide media rights, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has launched a separate tender for the media rights for the upcoming West Indies tour to Bangladesh, which is scheduled to take place from November 5 to December 11 this year. As per the new deadline set by ... Read more
Siddikur in 5th position
Siddikur Rahman was in joint fifth position after the third round of the Mercuries Taiwan Masters with an aggregate score of one-over-par (217) on Saturday. The 27-year-old golfer posted a one-over-par 73 on the third day in relatively calm conditions at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club after two windy and chilly days when he ... Read more
BD A-WIHP 2nd 1-dayer today
Bangladesh A will be looking to bounce back in the second one-day game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. The home side lost the first 50-over game to the visiting West Indies High Performance squad by 11 runs on Friday after the visitors posted a total of 225. The first game saw good individual performances ... Read more
Shakib rules out knee op
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who was diagnosed with ‘degenerated meniscus’ in his left knee, before the Twenty20 World Cup, has said that he isn’t thinking about going under the knife any time soon. “There hasn’t been any decision made regarding the surgery. I have no such plans as
Siddikur guts out the gust
Siddikur Rahman remained solid in the second round of the Mercuries Taiwan Masters to remain one stroke off the leading pack which features three locals, one Korean and a Filipino. The 27-year old golfer matched his first round score of par (72) to post a par (144) after two days of testing conditions at the ... Read more
Close loss for Bangladesh A
An all-round effort by Carlos Brathwaite gave the visiting West Indies High Perfor-mance side a one-nil lead, in the three-match one-day series, over Bangladesh A, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium yesterday. Brathwaite’s brisk 64 and his two crucial wickets, ensured that the hosts failed to reach
Take a long view
Bangladesh cricket is in a strange place now. The Tigers’ winless exit from the ICC World Twenty20 should not be cause for outrage, neither can it be said that it was expected. If the emotions of a cricket-crazed nation can be pushed aside for a moment, the impression that emerges is that Bangladesh’s World Twenty20 ... Read more
Chess bids for new life
The Bangladesh Chess Federation (BCF) is trying to convince sponsors to sign up again to support the sport following Bangladesh’s ever-best result in the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. Standard Chartered Bank, Mercantile Bank, Dutch-Bangla Bank, United Insurance Company, who have a long association with the chess federation, pulled out their
BD A-WIHP 1st one-dayer today
Fresh from their spin-inspired 52-run victory in the recently concluded four-day match over the touring West Indies High Performance team, Bangladesh A are set to take on the same opponents in the first of three one-dayers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. The second-string Bangladesh side have retained the same squad they named ... Read more
Siddikur’s solid start
Ace Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman got off to a reasonable start in the Mercuries Taiwan Masters at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club yesterday. The 27-year-old golfer, who had missed two cuts in a month alone largely due to bad starts in windy conditions, overcame his demons yesterday to finish the round in joint 13th ... Read more
Sakib holds no grudge against team-mates
Former Bangladesh captain Sakib al Hasan said he has no grudge against his team-mates despite his yet another masterful innings went in vain as Bangladesh could not win the game. Sakib played one of the best innings in the history of ICC World Twenty20 against Pakistan on Tuesday when he hammered 84 off 54 balls, ... Read more
Spinners seal win for ‘A’ team
Bangladesh ‘A’ team Spinners continued their annihilation on the last day of their four-day match against the West Indies High Performance unit to propel the host to a 52-run victory at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. The left-arm duo, Saqlain Sajib and Enamul Haque Jr, shared eight wickets between them