Dhaka Residential Model School and A Latif Charitable School moved into the semifinal of the Ashyian City Dhaka Metropolis School Football Tournament beating their respective rivals at the Abahani ground in Dhanmondi yesterday. Dhaka Residential posted a single-goal win over St Joseph High School with Jalal scoring
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CCS clip Biman’s wings
Cricket Coaching School (CCS) stunned Bangladesh Biman by nine runs in a low-scoring thriller, although the big guns had easier outings during yesterday’s Premier League games across the city. Defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club beat Old DOHS by 66 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium with their English import Moeen Ali hitting his first ton, ... Read more
Queues for tickets get smaller
Queues for World Cup Cricket match tickets at the branches of the City and the Agrani Bank are getting smaller as most of the most-sought-after gallery and club house tickets for matches in demand have been sold out in three days till Tuesday. Cricket fans standing in queues alleged they were being offered only high-priced ... Read more
Rahmatganj, Feni Soccer share points
Rahmatganj MFS came from a goal down to secure a 1-1 draw against Feni Soccer Club in their Grameenphone Bangladesh League match at the Kamalapur stadium on Tuesday. The result however gave Feni Soccer their first point in the league as they lost to Chittagong Mohammedan in their opening game. Rahmatganj, who defeated Arambagh KC ... Read more
School Football
Dhaka Residential Model School and A. Latif Charitable School won their respective second round group-A matches in the Dhaka Metropolitan School Football Championship at the Dhaka Abahani Limited ground on Tuesday. In the day’s first match, Rimu scored the all important goal in the 35th minute for Dhaka Residential Model School to guide his side ... Read more
Shakhawat on top of leader board in BTI open golf
Two contrasting performances put Shakhawat Hossain on top of the leader board at the BTI Golf Championship in the Kurmitola Golf Club after the end of the third day on Tuesday. Shakhawat, who shared the leader board with Siddikur Rahman after the second round, took full control of the leader board with (-11) under par ... Read more
Fans wait in endless pain
Thousands of desperate cricket fans were still waiting in front of different City Bank and Agrani Bank branches countrywide for a ticket of the World Cup matches amid endless pain. Some of them have already completed their 48 hours of waiting under the open sky and still did not gain entrance to the bank. The ... Read more
MSC earn full points
Last season’s runners-up Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club earned full points edging Farashganj Sporting Club 1-0 in their second Bangladesh League outing at the Kamalapur stadium on Monday. Away at the Cox’s Bazar stadium, visiting Sheikh Russell KC recorded a
Sohel outshines Siddik in round two
Shakhawat Hossain Sohel came from behind to score (-8) under par and share the honours with ace golfer Siddikur Rahman after the second round of the BTI Golf Championship at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Monday. Shakhawat ended the second round with (-3) under par with 69 shots, one less than his more illustrious rival ... Read more
Metropolitan School Football
AK International High School, Siddheshwari Boys’ High School, A Latif Charitable School and Dhaka Residential Model School won their respective matches in the Ashian City Dhaka Metropolitan School Football Tournament on Monday. At the Rahmatganj MFS ground, AK International High School rode on two goals from Sohag to beat Islambagh Ashraf Ali High School. Siddheshwari ... Read more
Victory Day Hockey
BKSP and Bangladesh Army confirmed their semi-final berths in the Victory Day Hockey Championship as the group A champions and runners-up with 12 and 9 points respectively while Sonali Bank and Mukta Bihanga advanced to the round of four from the other group. Earlier, Sonali Bank crushed Armanitola 14-0 in their last group match at ... Read more
Joy for some, pain for many
Thousands of people were seen waiting in the queues in front of different braches of The City Bank and Agrani Bank for the last two days for the coveted Word Cup tickets. Gopal Bhoumik, who hails from Barisal, was the first to get the e-voucher for his ticket from the City Bank’s Banani branch, one ... Read more
Abahani beat Ctg namesake
A first-half strike from Ntim Twum Frank gave holders Abahani their first win in the Bangladesh League when they handed a lone-goal defeat to their Chittagong namesakes in their second match at Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. The Ghanaian midfielder struck the decider in the 45th minute in a dull, one-sided affair in ... Read more
Siddik dominates Day One
Siddikur Rahman dominated the first day of the BTI Golf Championship as expected as he led the pack at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Sunday. Siddik ended the day with (-6) under par with 66 shots on a 72-shot course, he displayed his superb talent as he hit eight birdies at the holes 3, 4, ... Read more
BAF bow out with win
Bangladesh Air Force finished their Dhaka Bank Victory Hockey Tournament on a winning note after thrashing Barnak Samaj 7-0 in their last group match at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday. Their first victory in four matches, however, could not lift them to the last four and they had to be content to finish third in ... Read more
School Football
Eight matches of the Dhaka Metropolitan School Football tournament were played at four different city venues on Sunday. Hosts BAF Shaheen School overpowered Rajuk Uttara Model School 7-1 in the first match at the BAF Shaheen College ground while Agargaon Model High School beat BAF Shaheen English Medium School 3-2 in penalty shootout after the ... Read more
BCB only complicated ticket issue
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday came up with a new breakdown of World Cup tickets, which indicates that the number of tickets for public consumption might be lesser than what was anticipated earlier. The tickets of the World Cup will go on sale from today at 80 booths of two banks – The City ... Read more
Fans go crazy for WC tickets
Cricket lovers flocked to the entrances of “The City Bank” for the tickets of the World Cup Cricket Saturday evening though the sale of tickets was scheduled to start from 10:00am on Sunday. All the premises of the branches of the bank declared earlier as ticket outlets saw hundreds of people taking position at the ... Read more
Bangladeshi spirit excites captains
With the World Cup 2011 tickets for the matches in Bangladesh going on sale across the country today the World Cup captains have hailed the passion of the local fans and the unique atmosphere for playing cricket in this part of the world. Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan said the home fans are an integral ... Read more
Riding on a lenient law
The domestic cricket continued to lose its discipline as yet another unsavoury incident marred a Premier League match on Friday. Surjo Tarun’s Rajin Saleh and Asif Hossain of Orient Sporting Club were handed one-match suspensions each after they were involved in an ugly scuffle at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in