Dhaka Abahani Limited reached the finals of the Grameenphone Super Cup when they came from lagging behind twice to snatch the victory, eliminating Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra 5-4 in a tie-breaker in the second semifinal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. The two soccer powerhouses of the country produced two goals each during the ... Read more
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Law’s opening chapter
The only Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe will mark Stuart Law’s beginning as head coach of the Tigers. The debut for the 42-year-old Australian comes at an interesting phase for Bangladesh cricket, especially after a World Cup campaign that flattered to deceive and a four-year period under Jamie Siddons where some of the national cricketers ... Read more
Sabbatical v exile
Bangladesh-Zimbabwe Test Starts Today Bangladesh have the chance to crash Zimbabwe’s party when the home side play their first Test match since 2005, six years after their self-imposed suspension from the game’s elite. The game begins at 10:00am local time today on a wicket that, according to those who have seen it up close, is ... Read more
MSC storm into final
Nigerian striker Sunday Chizoba slammed a hat-trick to guide Mohammedan Sporting Club into the final of the Grameenphone Super Cup with a pulsating 4-2 win over Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. Sunday struck twice in the first half to give Mohammedan a 2-0 lead at the interval before guest
Tigers eager to be Test-ed
A day after their demoralising four-wicket loss in the only practice match, the Tigers were keen to find avenues that could swiftly take them away from their plight. Chief among the problems faced is the belief among the batsmen after two rather poor efforts. In the first innings, the Tigers lasted 60.1 overs where most ... Read more
MSC look to catch Jamal off-guard
Grameenphone Super Cup MSC look to catch Jamal off-guard Mohammedan Sporting Club will be aiming to earn at least some silverware this season through reaching the final of the Grameenphone Super Cup as the defending champions face off Bangladesh League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the first semifinal of the season’s ending tournament at ... Read more
Tigers suffer shock defeat
Bangladesh’s preparations for the one-off Test match against Zimbabwe hit a snag after the Tigers succumbed to a four-wicket defeat in the three-day warm-up match against the Zimbabwe Board XI in Harare on Monday. Defending a target of 223, Shafiul Islam and Nazmul Hossain picked up early wickets to reduce the
Sneijder’s options open
Wesley Sneijder on Sunday kept the door open to a possible £35 million switch to Manchester United. The Inter Milan midfielder has been strongly linked with a move to the Premier League champions, and speculation continued this weekend despite recent comments from United boss Sir Alex Ferguson that the club would make no further signings ... Read more
Singapore-Malaysia Football Rivalry Turns Ugly Online
Singapore’s World Cup qualifying tie against Malaysia concluded four days ago, but an online war is still being waged by football fans from both sides. The latest salvo was fired yesterday by hackers, who replaced the homepage of the Singapore Cars Online Web site with an image of Malaysian striker Safee Sali. They also left ... Read more
Zim’s gateway to cricket
The venue for the practice match between Bangladesh and the Zimbabwe XI is the Interfin Bank High Performance Centre, more popularly known as the Academy. Alistair Campbell, the former Zimbabwe captain, is now the chairman of the cricket committee at Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) and is the brains behind this remodelled centre after it was burned ... Read more
Batting falters once again
Tigers’ 3-Day Warm-up Match Batting falters once again The Bangladesh batsmen are running out of time to prepare themselves for the one-off Test from August 4. On the second day of the Tigers’ lone three-day practice match, Imrul Kayes, Junaed Siddiqui and Shahriar Nafees all fell within an hour after Zimbabwe XI were shot out ... Read more
Mushfique saves Tigers blushes
A resilient knock of 64 by Mushfiqur Rahim gave some respectability to Bangladesh’s innings as they were all out for 188 in their first inning against Zimbabwe Board XI in Harare on Saturday. Mushfique’s knock came after a familiar top-order batting collapse saw Bangladesh reeling at 35 for five after skipper Sakib al Hasan won ... Read more
Bangladesh best in South Asia
Bangladesh delivered the best performance among all the South Asian countries who all bowed out in the second round of World Cup pre-qualifiers. The SAFF semi-finalists are the only nation in the region to post a win in the second round, though it came a little too late as they lost 4-2 on aggregate to
Tired Tigers aim for match practice
Bangladesh are hoping for an out-and-out practice game when they take on the Zimbabwean XI at the Academy Ground in Harare from today. The three-day game would be an essential exercise ahead of the one-off Test for a team that is out of international cricket for almost four months and out of touch with Test ... Read more
The longest journey
Shakib Al Hasan, clad in the Tigers’ new tracksuit, walked out of the team hotel yesterday morning and sat in the sun-drenched driveway. “So this was the cold everyone was talking about,” he said with a wry smile. Some of the other members of the team followed the captain out to see the near-perfect weather ... Read more
Too good, but too late
Bangladesh Win World Cup Pre-Qualifier 2nd-Leg 2-0 Too good, but too late So the World Cup dream of Bangladesh is over. But not before the boys of Nikola Ilievski put up a show that was spectacularly daring. The only thing missing was perhaps the belief that they could overturn Lebanon’s impressive 4-0 home leg advantage. ... Read more
Tamim gets a chance to hit three successive tons
Tamim Iqbal might have missed the golden opportunity to score 1000 runs in Test cricket as first Bangladeshi batsman in 2010 but another record beckons the country’s swashbuckling opener. When the one-off Test against Zimbabwe will begin on August 4, Tamim, arguably the best opener Bangladesh has ever produced will get the chance to hit ... Read more
Tigers’ travel hassle
The Bangladesh cricket team ran into some complications on their journey to Zimbabwe for a Test and five-ODI tour in Doha yesterday. After their long stopover in Doha the Tigers and the accompanying journalists were denied passage to Johannesburg because they were without South African transit visas, the possession of which is a new regulation ... Read more
Zimbabwe-bound Tigers upbeat
The Bangladesh cricket team left Dhaka yesterday for Zimbabwe with the hope of continuing their recent supremacy over the hosts. Prior to their departure captain Shakib Al Hasan and his deputy Tamim Iqbal told reporters at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport that they were looking forward to playing their best cricket during the
Manchester City grab striker Aguero for ‘record’ 35 m pounds
Aguero is expected to hold talks with Manchester City over a five-year contract to be worth around 150,000 pounds a week. City beat off bids by Real Madrid and Juventus to lure Aguero away from Atletico and thus making him the most expensive signing in the club’s history, eclipsing the 32.5 million pounds paid for ... Read more