Riding on three Africans, Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club bounced back to winning ways smartly with a 4-1 victory over Aramabagh Krira Sangha in the Grameenphone Bangladesh League at the Kamalapur Stadium on Friday. Emeka Christian of Nigeria and his two African compatriots Emeka Lucky and
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Siddik maintains his lead
Siddikur Rahman continued his stellar performance to maintain his number one position on the leaderboard after the second day of the Grammenphone Bangladesh Masters at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Friday. Siddik posted seven under par in the second round with his flawless play, his cumulative total after two days is (-13) under par with ... Read more
Sony National Tennis kicks off
The Sony National Tennis Tournament, organized by the Bangladesh Tennis Federation and sponsored by Rangs Electronics, started at the National Tennis Complex on Friday. Army Chief General Md Abdul Mubeen, President of Bangladesh Olympic Association inaugurated the tournament as the chief guest. Aktar Hussain, chairman and managing director of
WC trophy takes a trip in city
Cricket fans in Dhaka had their first glimpse of the ICC World Cup 2011 trophy, the game’s ultimate prize, when it was paraded in different parts of city on Thursday. Hero Honda, a global partner of the ICC, hosted a series of progammes with the trophy, which arrived in Dhaka a day earlier amid tight ... Read more
Fountain tweaking Tigers’ fielding
It has often been said that a good fielding team adds runs to the total. This means that, for instance, when defending a score of 220 a fielding side, by being alert to every run-saving opportunity, can actually make the batting side feel that the total they are pursuing is, say, 20 runs higher. This ... Read more
Muktis, Abahani share points
Muktis, Abahani share points Leaders Muktijoddha Sangsad and holders Abahani shared honours in their first meeting of the season when they played out a goalless draw in the Grameenphone Bangladesh League match at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. The first draw in seven matches meant Muktijoddha still led the 12-team table with ... Read more
Tamim hungry for century
When Tamim Iqbal is on song, the Bangladeshi fans hardly have any chance to be disappointed. Expectations run very high whenever the Chittagong lad gets going but the irony is that despite his master blaster reputation Tamim has never scored a century in his own ground. Before the beginning of his practice session on Thursday ... Read more
Siddik takes early lead
Siddikur Rahman took charge of the leaderboard and finished at number one position after the first day of the Grameenphone Bangladesh Masters at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Thursday. Siddik, the first Bangladeshi player to win an Asian Tour event, led the home charge by taking the early lead as his compatriots Mohammad Matin and ... Read more
Nat’l tennis Start today
Amol Roy and Sarda Alam are top seeded in the men’s and women’s singles events when Sony National Tennis competition gets underway at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna today. The tournament is being sponsored by Rangs Electronics Ltd and organised by Bangladesh Tennis Federation. The sponsor will cover all the estimated budget of Tk ... Read more
JU bird fair on Feb 4
A daylong annual bird fair will be held on the Zahir Raihan Auditorium premises of Jahangirnagar University on Friday. The department of zoology, the Wildlife Rescue Centre, Arannayk and the Bangladesh Bird Club are jointly organising the fair to raise awareness of safety for birds and maintenance of
WC trophy in town
The trophy of the World Cup 2011 arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday and will remain here until the opening ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on February 17. The Bangladesh Cricket Board, the Local Organising Committee and the ICC sponsors have planned a massive promotional campaign with the trophy beginning today with a
Tigers’ training at Chittagong gets underway
The Bangladesh cricket team began a three-day long practice camp in Chittagong on Wednesday ahead of the World Cup 2011, which gets under way with the opening ceremony in Dhaka on February 17. The training camp at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, however, raised quite a few eyebrows as the Bangladesh Cricket Board is scheduled ... Read more
Abahani to the fore
Abahani bounced back strongly and brightened their chances of regaining the Premier Cricket League title when they beat Old DOHS by 39 runs in the penultimate Super League match at BKSP yesterday. Although the popular Dhanmondi side did their part by winning the match with apparent ease, they were done the most-needed favour by Cricket ... Read more
The Iceman
It is sheer bad luck for Bangladesh football that it lost Sakib al Hasan to cricket despite the stage was set for him to become a footballer. His father Khondoker Masroor Reza, who was an eminent footballer in his home town Magura, played football at the divisional level and a cousin Mehedi Hasan Ujjal went ... Read more
Delwar becomes runner-up
Delwar Hossain became runner-up in the ITF Asian U-14 Tennis Championship at theTeinbow Tennis Centre, Yangon, on Wednesday, which rewarded him with a place in the ITF team. The team, comprised of three boys and three girls, will now participate in another ITF Under-14 Asian Championship, to be held in March this year. Delwar, who ... Read more
Amigos Street Cricket champs
Amigos became champions of the Polar Street Cricket tournament yesterday at the Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club ground. They defeated Cricket Kids in the final by 10 runs. Rubaiyat Haque was awarded the man of the match for picking up two wickets for the Amigos. Former national skipper Shafiqul Haq handed over the trophy to the ... Read more
Afridi praises Misbah, bowlers after tight finish
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi once again singled out his bowlers after their thrilling two-wicket win over New Zealand in the fourth one-day international in Napier. Pakistan, losing the toss and fielding first, sliced through the top half of the Kiwi batting lineup inside 25 overs to set the tone for the match, with left-arm pacer ... Read more
Spectacular WC opening planned
The World Cup Opening Committee promises to stage a grand 135-minute spellbinding show for the VVIP guests and fans to spark the opening of the World Cup Cricket Championship on February 17 here at Bangabandhu National Stadium. The spectacular show is expected to begin at 5.50 pm. Prior to the main event, a pre-show
Decorations two days before WC
Dhaka Mayor Sadeque Hossain exchanged views with Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president AHM Mustafa Kamal on the progress of work which the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has taken up in collaboration with the BCB at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNS) in Mirpur yesterday. The renovation and repair of streets and upgradation of drainage system, which ... Read more
GP Masters from tomorrow
The Asian Development Tour comes to Bangladesh for the first time with the tee off od the Grameenphone Bangladesh Masters 2011 at the Kurmitola Golf Club tomorrow. Bangladesh’s golfing sensation Siddikur Rahman is the favourite for the event where some 94 golfers including 42 from Bangladesh and the rest from 15 other nations namely — ... Read more