The much talked-about match between arch-rivals Abahani and Mohammedan Sporting Club had an anti-climactic finish with the Dhanmondi outfit recording a 10-wicket victory at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Medium pacer Abul Hasan bowled a fierce spell to take four wickets, including three in
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First win for Doleshwar
Prime Doleshwar registered their first win in the Dhaka Premier League when they shocked Kalabagan KC by four wickets at the Fatullah stadium on Sunday. Bangladesh Biman took a giant leap towards Super League after eking out a 12-run win over Orient SC in another match at the BKSP
Siddik finishes fifth
Siddikur Rahman finished in the fifth position after the end of the final round of the Gujarat Kensville Challenge Golf Tournament on Sunday. Siddik opened his fourth day just as he did in the third round with a bogey but he recovered at the third hole by hitting his first birdie of the day. Although ... Read more
Asif axed from higher training
Commonwealth gold medallist Asif Hossain Khan has been excluded from a four-member squad for the advanced training offered by the International Olympic Council ahead of the 2012 Olympic in London. The executive committee of National Shooting Federation of Bangladesh has picked up promising shooter Saida Sultana, back-in-form Sharmin Akhter, Abdullah Hel Baki and Ramjan Ali ... Read more
Handball teams win in India
Both men’s and women’s handball team of Bangladesh got off to winning start on the opening day of International Friendship Handball Tournament in Haldia in West Bengal state of India yesterday, said a press release from Bangladesh Handball Federation. Men’s team handed a 31-24 defeat to their Nepalese counterparts after leading the first half
Battle royal in doubt
The crucial Dhaka Premier League match between two giants Mohammedan Sporting Club and Abahani, scheduled to be held today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, has become uncertain after a dramatic decision by the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis. In an apparent move to favour Abahani, the CCDM convened an emergency meeting and
Brothers hold table-toppers
Brothers Union have yet to taste a Bangladesh League victory this season as they came back from two goals down to share the points with table-toppers Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra with a 2-2 draw at the Kamalapur stadium on Saturday. The Gopibagh side’s collection is only three points from their four outings, three consecutive
A noble gesture
Sakib al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal on Saturday assured Mizanur Rahman of financial help when the right-side paralysed student met them at the Mirpur academy and asked him to contact them on January 19. Mizanur, a second year student of political science department at the Victoria University, was afflicted with typhoid one year ago which ... Read more
Siddikur slides
Siddikur Rahman slid to a joint fourth position at the end of the third round of the Gujarat Kensville Challenge with a one-over-par score at the Kensville Golf Club in Ahmedabad yesterday. This comes on the back of a two-over-par score in the previous round after his brilliant first round score of 5-under-par 67
Shock defeat for Mohammedan
Last edition’s runners-up Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club suffered a shock 0-2 defeat to Rahmatganj MFS in their fourth Bangladesh League match at the Kamalapur stadium on Friday. Their first league defeat of the season meant Mohammedan are now in danger of losing out their top position to Sheikh Russell, who have equal nine points with ... Read more
Gazi confirm super league
Gazi Tank Cricketers joined giants Abahani and Mohamme-dan SC in the Super League of Dhaka Premier Cricket with a thumping nine-wicket victory over Orient SC in the ninth round match on Friday. With this win Gazi Tanks took their tally to 14 points, just two points behind leaders Abahani and one adrift of Mohammedan means ... Read more
Siddikur loses lead
Siddikur Rahman relinquished his lead in the inaugural Gujarat Kensville Challenge to India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar after a dismal second round yesterday. Siddikur followed up his superb first round effort of 67 with a two over par 74 to trail Bhullar by one shot as they headed for the third round
Biggies roll on in chill
Popular outfits Abahani and Mohammedan braved the chilly weather to win their respective ninth round matches of the Premier Cricket League at different venues yesterday. The foggy weather enforced curtailed-overs affairs in all three matches and it was Shamsur Rahman who hogged the spotlight on the day by hitting a hundred to guide Mohammedan to ... Read more
Holders earn full points
Holders Dhaka Abahani rallied from one goal down to beat hosts Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club 2-1 in the Bangladesh League at the Cox’s Bazar stadium on Thursday. With this win Abahani moved up to third in the league standings on seven points, while Chittagong Mohammedan are languishing in eighth position with three points they earned ... Read more
Nishchintapur lift title
Nishchintapur Registered Non-Government Primary School of Sylhet division emerged as the champions of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup National Primary School Football Tournament overcoming Dhaka Division’s Isdair Govt Primary School 4-2 in penalty shootout at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Earlier, the stipulated 50-minute time ended in a 1-1 draw and the 20 minutes added-on
Siddik takes early lead
Siddikur Rahman took the early honours in the Gujarat Kensville Golf Challenge, which got under way at the Kensville Golf & Country Club in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday. Siddik ended the first day with (-5) under par in the 200,000 euro Challenge tournament, one of the major tournaments in India, according to Major (retd) Anisul ... Read more
College Rugby
Mirpur Commerce College defeated Dr Shahidullah College 7-3 in the opening match of the Diamond Melamine College Rugby Championship at the Notre Dame College ground on Thursday. In the day’s another match, hosts Notre Dame College thumped St Joseph’s Secondary School and College 12-5 at the same venue. Earlier, Bangladesh Rugby Association president Mohammed Shah ... Read more
School title goes to A Latif
A Latif Charitable School clinched the Dhaka Metropolitan School Football Championship title with a 3-1 penalty shootout win over Dhaka Residential Model in the final at the Kamalapur stadium on Wednesday. The 60-minute regulation time ended goalless. Latif School, the only unbeaten side in the competition, dominated their opponents throughout
BCB strikes deal with IBBL
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited signed a deal worth Tk 10 crore with the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday for beautification of Dhaka city ahead of the upcoming World Cup. As part of the agreement, the IBBL and the BCB will work together to decorate certain roads of the city with lights, balloons, light-emitting diode (LED) ... Read more
Beximco sponsors Tigers in WC
The Beximco Group struck a deal worth Tk 3.5 crore with the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday to sponsor the national cricket team in the forthcoming World Cup. Beximco replaced Grameenphone as the official sponsor of the Tigers. Grameenphone had had to pull out from the World Cup because of a conflict of interest with ... Read more