Bangladesh Women’s national cricket team will fly for Ireland tonight and their skipper Salma Khatun expressed her confidence of doing well in the tri-nation ODI and Twenty20 tournament involving the host and Pakistan. ‘I think we will put up a good show as our team is more balanced than before,’ Salma
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End of a supreme carnival
London Olympic 2012 End of a supreme carnival At the end of a long, raucous night, it was inevitably the words of Lord Sebastian Coe that best summed up the last sixteen days of whirlwind madness in London. “When our time came, we did it right,” said Coe in his short and sweet speech towards ... Read more
Shakib, Nasir and Sunny nominated
ICC Awards Shakib, Nasir and Sunny nominated Bangladesh premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been nominated in the long-list of the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the year for the ICC Awards, which takes place on 15 September in Colombo. The 9th annual LG ICC Awards took into account the players’ performances over the period ... Read more
Ctg Kings looking to form stronger team in BPL
Bangladesh Premier League franchise Chittagong Kings and Radio Amaar hosted an iftar party at a local hotel in the city on Sunday. The iftar was graced by Chittagong Kings’ local players from the inaugural edition of the BPL including captain and Bangladesh team vice-captain Mahmudullah Ryad and his national team mates Ziaur Rahman and
Blake to carry Bolt legacy
In the run-up to the London Olympics Glen Mills faced one sweet problem on whether to pursue Usain Bolt for further glory or prepare Yohan Blake to break the final barrier. Now the Games is over and Mills, the coach of Racers Track Club in Jamaica, where both Bolt and Blake train, can happily look ... Read more
Jamaica’s win cements Bolt’s Games
If Beijing belonged to Michael Phelps, London belongs to Usain Bolt. The fastest man on earth completed a unique, unprecedented triple double after running anchor as Jamaica crushed the world record to win the men’s 4X100 metres relay at the Olympic Stadium in London on
2012 ‘off-the-chain’
London Olympics 2012 2012 ‘off-the-chain’ If there ever was a one-word summary to describe the 30th Olympiad in London, the USA athlete DeeDee Trotter found it during one of many press conferences at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday. “Off-the-chain,” said Trotter and the whole room burst out laughing. “And that is putting it mildly,” she ... Read more
A question and grim reality
The American journalist was clearly irritated by the presence of so many Bangladeshi newsmen at the press conference after almost every athletics event at London. He had no clue as to why a country would be so highly represented despite them having no stake in any of the events. Spurred on by the question from ... Read more
Pybus satisfied with Europe outcome
Bangladesh coach Richard Pybus is confident that the national cricket team is shaping up well ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 as the players are more or less settled in the side with several T20 matches under their belt after their tour of Europe. ‘What is important for us is that we have got a ... Read more
U-19s lose badly
Just a day after making a flying start to the U-19 World Cup with a 25-run win over Sri Lanka, the Bangladesh U-19s were brought down to earth by a massive 135-run defeat by favourites South Africa. Despite winning the first match batting first at the same Allan Border Field in Brisbane, Bangladesh skipper Anamul ... Read more
Barnes blames players’ fitness, skill for debacle
Bangladesh ‘A’ team coach Stuart Barnes pointed out that fitness and skill-level of the players were not up to the mark in order to be successful and was the reason for their dismal performance in the Shafi Dharashah tournament in India. The second-string Bangladesh side started off the four-day competition on a positive
Tamim shines in SLPL
Bangladeshi opener Tamim Iqbal’s blistering knock of unbeaten 93 gave his franchise Wayamba United a flying start in the Sri Lankan Premier League as they earned a comprehensive nine-wicket win against Uthura Rudras on Sunday. The dashing left-hander, Tamim, clobbered seven fours and six sixes in his 61-ball
Women’s cricket team to tour Ireland
All-rounder Salma Khatun will lead the Bangladesh women’s cricket team on their tour of Ireland as the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 15-member squad on Sunday. Salma will have Ayasha Rahman Shuktara as her deputy during the tour where they will participate in a tri-nation one-day international and Twenty20 international series featuring the
Gold eludes Brazil again
London Olympics 2012 Gold eludes Brazil again Romario couldn’t do it, Bebeto couldn’t do it, Rivaldo couldn’t do it, Ronaldinho couldn’t do it. Neither could Brazil’s latest poster boy Neymar. The weight of history proved far too much for Mano Menezes’s young Selecao and their dreams of Olympic gold crumpled to dust on the picture-perfect ... Read more
Curtain drops on Olympics tonight
After two weeks of frantic excitement, on and off the field dramas, a loud cheer from the fans and birth of many new champions, the London Olympics comes to an end tonight with a dazzling closing ceremony. The cauldron of the Games will be formally extinguished sometime in zero hour in London to signal the ... Read more
Bangladesh U-19 shock Sri Lanka in opener
Anamul ton sets up Jr Tigers win Skipper Anamul Haque cracked a century as Bangladesh trounced Sri Lanka by 25 runs to begin their ICC Under-19 World Cup campaign in style at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane on Saturday. Anamul made 101 from 127 balls to guide Bangladesh to 249-7 in their allotted 50 ... Read more
Tigers begin their camp today
The Bangladesh national cricket team will start their preparation camp ahead of the West Indies tour, followed by the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 to be played in Sri Lanka, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Coach Richard Pybus will have 15 cricketers of the 19-member squad in the camp
‘Tell all, I am a living legend’
It had everything in it – the wit, the fun, the acting. Usain Bolt made his every single comment worth of a report for the world media. But the one comment that was going to make the best report was not a part of his press conference. The long, entertaining press conference had just ended and ... Read more
What next for Bolt?
With his journey towards becoming a legend now complete, Usain Bolt has loads of time to live happily with his laurels and try something new that he has long been yearning for. Dozens of suggestion came for him during his post-race press conference that is sure to confuse Bolt, who once intended to join the ... Read more
Running his father’s dream
It’s easy to lose the spotlight to someone like Usain Bolt. But on Thursday night, a 23-year old Kenyan Maasai ensured that his name would resonate through the history of middle-distance running and be spoken of in educated quarters in the same breath as that of the more illustrious Bolt. The story of David Rudisha’s ... Read more