Bangladesh Football Federation vice-presidents Badal Roy and Kazi Nabil Ahmed swapped their positions in the two important standing committees as the newly-elected body of BFF took charge through a meeting on Saturday. Badal Roy, who was the chairman of the national team management committee last
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Sakib the only shining light in KKR defeat
Bangladeshi all-rounder Sakib al Hasan was the only successful bowler for Kolkata Knight Riders on a day that saw Rohit Sharma’s blistering knock of 109 get his side Mumbai Indians a 27-run victory at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. After sitting out the last seven matches, which they won, the world number one
Brothers ride on Kingsley treble
Kingsley Chigozie scored a hat-trick as Brothers Union registered a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Arambagh Krira Sangha in the Bangladesh Premier League on Saturday. Arambagh were 2-0 up within three minutes after kick-off thanks to their Liberian striker Benjamin Cooper’s double strike before Brothers Union’s Kingsley came into the scene after
MU unveil new home kit
Manchester United have unveiled their new “gingham” home kit for the 2012/13 season and, as expected, the top part of it was a shirt. But according to people, it’s a shirt that looks like a tablecloth or a tea towel. Nike’s press release
Pybus gives green signal to BCB
Former Pakistani coach Richard Pybus is almost certain to replace Australian Stuart Law as the head coach of the Bangladesh national team after he was satisfied with the available facilities and a fruitful discussion with the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday. The Englishman arrived in the capital on Thursday evening to hold talks with the
Zimbabwe in June, Ireland in July
The Tigers have good news in the form of on-field action next month and in July as they have received positive feedbacks from both Zimbabwe Cricket and Cricket Ireland. They go into the training camp from May 16 to prepare for what looks like a tri-series against Zimbabwe and South Africa that starts in Harare ... Read more
Sachin Tendulkar features on Time magazine cover
Sachin Tendulkar’s super-human feats have earned him the title of “The God of Cricket” from his fans around the world. Time magazine’s latest issue – which is scheduled to go on the stands on May 11, 2012 – features him on the cover with the same title. This is the second time he would feature ... Read more
Pybus arrives for interview
Newell, Greatbatch also on Tigers coaches’ shortlist The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has narrowed down the national team head coach’s shortlist to three candidates, and is likely to make their choice very shortly as one of the front-runners arrived here last night. Richard Pybus, the English coach who is based in South Africa, is in ... Read more
Siddik lifts title with ease
Country’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman clinched the title of the bti International Golf Championship with ease after he finished with a total score of 13-under-par 275 at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Thursday. Siddik started the fourth and final day of the Tk 15 lakh event with a handy lead of five strokes and he ... Read more
Farashganj stun Muktis
Farashganj Sporting Club’s new recruit Henry Chindo scored the winner to help his team come out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 win over title contenders Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the Bangladesh Premier League on Thursday. Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club came from behind to draw
Nasir finally gets Candian visa
Bangladesh’s all-rounder Nasir Hossain was finally granted a Canadian visa under special arrangement to play in an exhibition match in Toronto on Saturday. Earlier, the Canadian High Commission in Dhaka had denied Nasir the visa he sought to play the KAT ROSE Twenty20 Cricket All-Star Exhibition match for the Asia XI against International XI at
Tigers’ camp next week
Rubel flying to South Africa for treatment The conditioning camp for the national cricketers will start sometime during the next week as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is desperately trying to arrange some international matches before the Tigers’ next scheduled assignment — the ICC Twenty20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka in September. ... Read more
Deadline over, BPL franchises yet to pay dues
Most of the franchises of the Bangladesh Premier League are yet to submit their overseas players’ payment sheets to the governing council despite the deadline ended on Wednesday. The BPL authority asked for the sheets after many foreign players had complained that they did not receive their full payment, which tainted Bangladesh’s image
Siddik inches closer to victory
Country’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman inched towards victory in the bti International Golf Championship as he consolidated his position at the top with a total score of eight-under-par 208 on Wednesday. Siddik repeated his performance of the previous day as he stroked five birdies against two bogeys to end the third day of the four-day event ... Read more
Siddik takes big lead in bti golf
Bangladesh’s icon golfer Siddikur Rahman maintained his professional approach to come back from second spot to take a sizeable lead in the bti International Golf Championship at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Tuesday. Siddik, ranked eighth in the Asian Order of Merit list, prior to the tournament said that he will take this opportunity to ... Read more
Shakib home for a break
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan arrived in Dhaka yesterday from India to take advantage of the two-day break from the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). The former Tigers skipper has been suffering from mild fever but he was hopeful that he can fly to India as per schedule on May 11 to join his franchise ... Read more
Khulna set to be new Test venue
Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna could become the seventh Test venue of Bangladesh when the country hosts West Indies in November, said officials of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday. BCB took an initiative to hold a Test match and an one-day international as the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong is all set ... Read more
Nasir denied Canada visa
Exhibition T20 Nasir denied Canada visa Bangladesh all-rounder Nasir Hossain cannot go to Canada due to visa complications. Nasir was scheduled to fly out for Canada tomorrow to play a T20 exhibition match between Asia XI and Rest of the World XI to be held in Toronto on May 12, but he didn’t get the ... Read more
New Tigers coach likely this month
No sooner had Stuart Law departed yesterday, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) intensified its search for the new head coach. Law’s replacement could be named as early as this month with the major candidates being asked to come to the BCB headquarters and give their interviews. In previous times the BCB had to look for ... Read more
BPL franchises say ‘no’ to icons
The Bangladesh Premier League franchises raised a common voice to scrap the icon player system and to halve the limit of the foreign players’ wages from the next edition of tournament. They raised the demand during a meeting with BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal last week as they felt the prevailing system sometimes could cause ... Read more