Three participants confirmed their place in the quarter-finals of the men’s singles in the Sony National Tennis Championship at the Ramna Tennis Complex on Tuesday. Top seeded Amol Roy defeated Khandakar Mamun 6-3, 6-4, Lakhsman Lal beat Mizanur Rahman 7-6, 6-0 and Delwar Hossaing overcame Henry Prethul 4-6, 7-6, 5-0 to move to the quarter-finals. ... Read more
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Australia’s Hussey & Hauritz out of World Cup
MIKE Hussey and Nathan Hauritz are out of this month’s cricket World Cup after selectors decided they were too much of an injury risk. They will be replaced by South Australian batsman Callum Ferguson and spin bolter Jason Krejza in the 15-man squad which is aiming for Australia’s fourth successive World Cup
Cultivating a winning habit
For Mohammad Ashraful, the moment when everything started to change is very clearly etched in memory. It was a cool January day in 2009 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur and Bangladesh was up in a tough match against the visiting Sri Lankan side. Aided by two marvellous spells of fast bowling from Mashrafe ... Read more
Tigers move to No. 8
With the 2011 World Cup only eleven days away, the confidence levels of fans and players alike will have been boosted by Bangladesh’s recent elevation to number eight in the pecking order of ODI cricket. The Tigers’ ODI team have overtaken the West Indies, whose 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Sri Lankans in ... Read more
Ansar reign in TT
Bangladesh Ansar lifted titles in both men’s and women’s team events of the AB Bank 31st National Table Tennis Championship in Chittagong yesterday. Men’s team crushed Feni DSA in straight 3-0 sets while women’s team also followed their footsteps by defeating Biman in 3-0 sets
Sony nat’l tennis
Six players moved confirmed their quarterfinal berths in the men’s singles of the Sony National Tennis Competition at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna yesterday. Among the six pre-quarterfinals, the match between Anwar Hossain and Biplob Ram was the most entertaining lasting four hours where Anwar had the last laugh. Anwar bounced back from
Siddons not interested in ‘unfit’ Mashrafee
The return of paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza to competitive cricket hardly impressed coach Jamie Siddons despite the injury-prone bowler performing decently in his comeback match for Abahani in the Dhaka Premier League on Saturday. Mashrafee bowled all 10 overs of his quota to return with a wicket conceding 55 runs and
Siddik clinches title
Siddikur Rahman’s remarkable performance won him the title of the Grameenphone Bangladesh Masters after conclusion of the final day’s play at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Sunday. Siddik completed an incredible wire-to-wire triumph to collect $13,125 (Tk 93 lakh) from the first ever Asian Development Tour tournament in
Opening ceremony tickets from Feb 10
The tickets for the ICC World Cup 2011 opening ceremony will go on sale from February 10 at different branches of Dhaka Bank, Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Sunday. Around 10,000 tickets for the opening ceremony will be sold through the bank while the rest 15,000 will be distributed among the ... Read more
Shakib champions Think Wise
Bangladesh cricket captain and Think Wise Champion Shakib Al Hasan said it becomes his duty to inform the youth about the horrors of HIV and AIDs and to make others informed about the human rights the afflicted people are entitled to. “I have recently joined Think Wise Campaign as a part of my social responsibility. ... Read more
Rahmatganj, Brothers win away
Rahmatganj MFS and Brothers Union won their away matches of the Grameenphone Bangladesh League beating respective rivals at different venues yesterday. A first-half goal from Idris Kasirye helped Rahmatganj edge past neighbouring Farashganj SC to maintain their third position with 13 points from seven matches, one point less
Messi hat-trick puts Barça 10 points clear
Lionel Messi’s brilliant hat-trick fired Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Atlético Madrid that set a record for consecutive La Liga victories of 16 and stretched their lead over Real Madrid at the top to 10 points. The Argentine World Player of the Year struck twice in 12 first-half minutes and again in the 79th ... Read more
Mini World Cup begins
Mirpur Bangla School and College beat Scholastica in the opening match of the Mini Cricket World Cup, a tournament for the different schools of Dhaka and Chittagong, at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday. In the other matches, Dhaka Ideal School, Willes Little Flower School and Rayer Bazar High School won their respective
17th time for Abahani
Abahani regained the most coveted domestic title despite losing the prestige battle against their traditional rivals Mohammedan by just one wicket in the exciting last round match of the Premier Cricket Super League at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium yesterday. Young paceman Abul Hasan’s brilliant bowling of 6 for 31 and the presence of the
Mashrafee happy at return
Out-of-favour paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza returned to competitive cricket with a decent performance with the ball during the Dhaka Premier League title deciding match between Abahani and Mohammedan SC at the Fatullah stadium on Saturday. Mashrafee, playing for Abahani, claimed a wicket for 55 runs in his 10 overs and also took
Easy wins for Russell, Jamal
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra got easy win in their respective seventh round matches of the Bangladesh League on Saturday. Sheikh Jamal beat hosts Chittagong Mohammedan SC 2-0 at the Cox’s Bazar stadium to take their tally to 14 points. National striker Emily ended his goal draught in the league when ... Read more
Spin is king
There is little doubt that the effort of the spinners was the key behind the Tigers success in the last two series against New Zealand and Zimbabwe. The slow bowlers took 56 wickets amongst them in the last eight matches; a statistic, which clearly shows how heavily the Bangladesh team are dependant on them. Nobody ... Read more
Title to be decided today
Mashrafee expected to play for Abahani The title of Dhaka Premier League will be decided today when the last round of Super League will be held with arch-rivals Abahani and Mohammedan Sporting Club facing off at the Fatullah stadium. Abahani will take their fourth title in five seasons if they can beat Mohammedan as they ... Read more
Rubel aims to be among top three
Pacer Rubel Hossain has set himself a target to be among the best three bowlers at the upcoming World Cup as the Bangladesh national team finished their three-day preparation camp in Chittagong on Friday. Rubel, who injured his right-hand index finger while trying to catch a ball coming from Tamim’s bat during practice at the ... Read more
Good luck Tigers
Another World Cup is round the corner and it is another exciting occasion for me. I was the captain of Bangladesh in their first two ICC trophies in 1979 and 1982 and at that time our only aim was to play the World Cup. We were close in ’82 when we reached the semi-final. But ... Read more