Dhaka Metropoli-tan School Football tournament began on Wednesday at the Kamalapur stadium with the participation of 41 schools from the capital. Saint Joseph’s High School defeated Senapalli High School in the inaugural match 4-3 in tie-breaker after the stipulated time ended at 1-1. Sadman and
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Arman thumps Wanderers
A brutal unbeaten century by Arman Haider gave Brothers Union an eight-wicket win over Dhaka Wanderers Club in the First Division Cricket League at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday. The right-hander smashed 104 off only 55 balls with the help of thirteen boundaries and four sixes as Brothers, who have already earned the right to ... Read more
Border Guard retains kabaddi title
Border Guard of Bangladesh defended their National Kabaddi Championship title when they handed a 19-16 defeat to Bangladesh Police at the Kabaddi Stadium yesterday. The winners led the first half by 11-9 points. This was Border Guard’s eighth national title in a row and 20th overall in the history of the championship, since it began ... Read more
V-Day hockey
Bangladesh Army edged out Bangladesh Air Force 2-1 in their match of the Dhaka Bank Victory Day Hockey Compe-tition at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday. Hamid and Enamul scored for the winners while Dinse Ali scored the consolation goal for the losing side. In the other match of the day, Baikali Sangha of Rajshahi ... Read more
1,300 tickets unaccounted for in BCB breakdown
The local organising committee for the World Cup 2011 made public the breakdown for tickets on Tuesday, but still about 1, 300 tickets for each game to be held in Dhaka remained unaccounted for. The breakdown was given after a controversy, triggered by a statement of GS Hasan Tamim, a local committee member responsible for ... Read more
Hard fought win for MSC
Dhaka Mohammedan SC overcame a 10-man Chittagong Abahani by a single goal margin in their first match of the Grameenphone Bangladesh League 2010 at the Kamalapur Stadium on Tuesday. The black-and-white’s Rwandan forward Habumugisha Ismail scored the all-important goal in their 1–0 triumph to earn full three points for his
Victoria, Surjo Tarun, CCS wins
Rajin Saleh’s dashing unbeaten half century steered Surja Tarun to an effortless seven-wicket win against Prime Doleshwar in the Dhaka Premier League in Rajshahi on Tuesday. CCS, riding on Mahmudaul Hasan’s half century won by 33 runs against Kalabagan KC in BKSP and in the other match of the day, Victoria won by four wickets ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Nazir & Hall’s best shows The 2007 cricket World Cup held for the first time in the West Indies was the biggest event in terms of teams participating. In addition to the ten Test nations and one-day status holders Kenya, five associate nations took part. The sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four ... Read more
Nat’l kabaddi
Border Guards Bangladesh and Bangladesh Police will meet in the final of the National Kabaddi Championship as they won their respective semifinals at the Kabaddi Stadium in Paltan yesterday. Border Guards beat Dhaka 42-22 while Police outplayed Tangail 32-14. Earlier, Border Guards had defeated Khulna 36-24 while Police beat Rajshahi 46-26 to move
Dhaka school soccer from today
Ashiyan City Dhaka Metropolis School Football tournament gets underway today at Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium with Sena Palli High School taking on St Joseph High School. Some forty-one Dhaka schools, split into four venues, will play the knockout matches and two teams from each venue will advance into the round robin
Siddikur to begin 2011 with home pro-tournament
Golfing maestro Siddikur Rahman, after a successful professional year, will begin 2011 at home with a professional golf tournament, organised by the Bangladesh Professional Golfers’ Association at the Kurmitola Golf Club, beginning on January 2. Siddikur, who turned professional in 2007, participated in 16 pro-tournaments in Bangladesh. In 2009, he took part in all of ... Read more
V-Day Tennis
Double for Ishita Ishita Afroze of BKSP claimed a double as she won both the women’s and the girls’ singles titles in the Runner Group Victory Day Tennis Cham-pionship at the Naogaon Tennis Club yesterday. Ishita beat Sathi Sarker of National Tennis Complex 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 to take the women’s title and later triumphed in ... Read more
Sheikh Jamal dominate in draw
Grameenphone Bangladesh League 2010 Sheikh Jamal dominate in draw Three-time champions Abahani survived scares throughout the game to play out a goalless draw against newcomers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the inaugural match of this season’s Bangladesh League at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Star-studded Sheikh Jamal, without their Serbian coach Zoran ... Read more
Batsmen rule the roost
Batsman ruled the roost as three centuries were scored in the fourth round of the Dhaka Premier League on Monday with Gazi Tank Cricketers shocking reigning runners-up Bangladesh Biman by five wickets. Shahriar Nafees inspired Gazi to this startling win with an unbeaten 114 in Rajshahi while Rony Talukder hammered 154 runs to lead Abahani ... Read more
BCB puts naming captain on hold
The Bangladesh Cricket Board delayed the naming of the captain and vice-captain of the national team for the World Cup 2011 for a few more days as the Board of Directors failed to reach a consensus on the issue in their meeting on Monday. ‘We have got a few names for captain and vice-captain and ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Woolmer death casts a shadow The 2007 event in West Indies was undoubtedly the worst World Cup from the organisers’ standpoint. It was a tournament sodden with controversy, with the ICC taking most of the joy out of cricket in the Caribbean through high ticket prices, banning of musical instruments and kowtowing to sponsors to ... Read more
Trick or treat?
In a stunning disclosure, the Local Organising Committee of the World Cup 2011 said on Sunday they will put only two-thirds of the total tickets of each venue on sale and the rest will be taken by the International Cricket Council. ‘We will sell some 15,000 tickets for the matches to be held in Dhaka ... Read more
Bangladesh League set for crunch opener
Bangladesh League, the lone professional football league in the country, kicks off today with defending champions Dhaka Abahani facing newcomers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at the Kamalapur stadium. Abahani met Sheikh Jamal only once in the Federation Cup final in October this year which the three-time Bangladesh League champions won by 5-3 goals after extra
Sakib expected to be named WC captain today
Sakib al Hasan is expected to be confirmed as the Bangladesh captain for the upcoming World Cup today during an extra-ordinary meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Sakib has become an automatic choice for the captaincy after the latest injury to Mashrafee bin Murtaza, who had the backing of many BCB directors for the prestigious ... Read more
BU bow down, finally
Brazilian striker Everton fails beep test Bangladesh League club Brothers Union, who earlier refused to send their players for beep test, at last participated in the trial at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday after a lot of fuss. Beep test is a fitness test, which is mandatory for all the overseas players in order ... Read more