Bangladesh U-23 football side played out a goalless draw against Muktijoddha Sangsad in their first practice match ahead of the February-March Olympic pre-qualifiers against Kuwait at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan ground yesterday. However, both sides missed the services of their key players as the U-23 side’s midfielder
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V-Day tennis starts today
The Victory Day Open tennis tournament, sponsored by Runner Group and organised by Bangladesh Tennis Federation (BTF), begins at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna today. Some 224 players are to take part in eight different events — men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles, boys’ U-16, girls’ U-16, boys’ U-12 and the girls’ ... Read more
ITF lifts ban on Bangladesh
The International Tennis Federation has finally lifted the ban it had imposed on the Bangladesh Tennis Federation earlier this year, a senior official of the BTF said on Sunday. Bangladesh has been hosting the ITF Junior Tennis for the last 24 years in Dhaka and gradually expanded it to Rajshahi and BKSP before the ITF ... Read more
Women booters have a surprise
An unlikely visitor at the Cox’s Bazar Stadium turned the first off-day of the SAFF Women’s Football Championship into a temporary uproar and media frenzy. As the players of the four semifinalists along with Maldives were preparing for a football festival organised by FIFA, all the attention suddenly shifted as former president Hussain Mohammad Ershad ... Read more
World Cup road show from today
Festivities for the 2011 World Cup begins today through a road show that will go through all 64 districts across the country. The programme styled “Catch Bangladesh Catch” will start off with a rally from National Eidgah to the Paltan Ground this afternoon at
ICC Cricket world cup history
Cup facts The 1999 World Cup was the seventh World Cup and the fourth to be held in England. This time, Scotland also hosted a few matches. There were twelve teams in the tournament. Three Associate nations were added to the nine Test playing nations, and the twelve were divided into two
Smooth sail for biggies
Ispahani Premier Division Cricket League Smooth sail for biggies There were no hiccups on the opening day of the Premier Division Cricket League as giants Mohammedan, Biman and Abahani posted comfortable victories against their respective rivals at different venues across the country. After a short break the national cricketers got back to their business in ... Read more
Hosts humbled
Safe Women’s Football Championship 2010 Hosts humbled Semifinal line-ups completed The enthusiasm among local people about yesterday’s SAFF Women’s Football Championship matches at the Cox’s Bazaar Stadium was at a low ebb. After a couple of fullhouse crowds, attendance was minimal in the first match between Afghanistan and Maldives which improved to something like a ... Read more
Ansar rule nat’l archery
Bangladesh Ansar were in full control in the different events of the Uttara Bank 4th National Archery Championship at the Army Stadium yesterday. They won in the bamboo bow and recurve bow mixed team events while also picking up gold in the men’s team recurve bow discipline
CC Cricket World Cup History
Tigers’ first roar The 1999 World Cup in the United Kingdom was a happy one for Bangladesh. Not only did they qualify and play their first World Cup, they were also the only non-Test playing Cup debutants to win two matches. Bangladesh’s first victory was against Scotland in the Group B match at Edinburgh on ... Read more
Bangladesh storm into semi-final
Bangladeshi girls confirmed their place in the last four of the first ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship with a 9-0 thrashing of Bhutan in a group A match at the Cox’s Bazar Stadium on Wednesday. Local girl Aungmraching Marma, who had earlier scored twice in a warm-up game against the same opponents, slammed a hat-trick, ... Read more
The brave face of Afghan football
She plays football for the national team, she has a job in the women’s football committee, she is also a university student and a vocal advocate of human rights. Don’t be mistaken, this is not a run-of-the-mill story about a modern day woman of the developed world. It’s the story of a young girl of ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Another SA heartbreak South Africa and Australia faced off in the 1999 World Cup semifinal at Edgbaston on June 17 for what, according to many, was the best one-day match of all time. It was a match coloured by what had gone before and one that was full of drama. South Africa won the toss ... Read more
Rubcic names squad for Olympic pre-qualifiers
National football coach Robert Rubcic on Wednesday named a 26-member preliminary squad for the Olympic pre-qualifiers against Kuwait in February-March next year. The coach along with his deputy Saiful Bari Titu decided the team after two trial matches, participated by 65 young footballers on December
The smaller of big names
Dhaka Premier Cricket League Preview The smaller of big names The Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League is not just about Abahani and Mohammedan and the money they spend, the country’s most popular cricket competition also accommodates diverse teams, some of whom hardly have the club structure these days. A handful of clubs however still follow ... Read more
Treble for Ansar
Bangladesh Ansar emerged champions in the Exim Bank 21st National Women’s Handball Championship with a 22-15 win over Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) in the final at the Handball Sta-dium yesterday. It was a hattrick title for Bangladesh Ansar, who have now won the championship 15 times
National archery on
The Uttara Bank 4th National Archery Championship was inaugurated yesterday at the Army Stadium in Banani with state minister for youth and sports Ahad Ali Sarker declaring the three-day meet open. During the inauguration, the sports minister has promised to give the Bangladesh Archery Federation Tk 2 lakh
Sagar lifts Rating Chess title
FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar emerged champion in the 8th Amritolal Dey International Rating Chess tournament concluded yesterday in Barisal. Sagar earned 8.5 points from nine games as he beat Delwar Hossain in the ninth and final round while Firoz Ahmed became runner-up with seven
Cox’s Bazar stirred up
In a city renowned for it’s leisurely activities, sport is hardly the most visible pastime. Even local sports are an irregular phenomenon and national sports are thought to be a far cry. Hence, when a tournament of regional magnitude comes to town, the interest amongst the locals is almost palpable. One senses the absolute excitement ... Read more
Premier League from Dec 18
The Premier Division Cricket League will now start from December 18 across the country. The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) has fixed the new schedule after discussion with the participating clubs’ representatives yesterday. “Everybody was desperate to start the league and that’s why we have decided to arrange the