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
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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
Shakib top ODI wicket-taker
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan finished on top of the one-day international wicket-takers chart with his 46 scalps. The left-arm spinner became the first Bangladeshi to complete the feat after yet another productive year. The wickets came at an average of 26.0 and a strike-rate of 32.4. He took three four-wicket hauls, including his best of 4-33 ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Tigers send India packing The 2007 World Cup was a tournament of upsets. Over the length of the tournament there were three upets, four if Ireland’s Super Eights victory over Test playing Bangladesh is considered. The most important of all these upsets was the one that saw the game’s financial superpower, India, exit the tournament. ... Read more
WC Ticket: One can buy two
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will buy the first World Cup ticket on December 31, a day before the tickets are made available for the public on the New Year’s Day. Each person will be eligible to buy two tickets from different City Bank booths across the country, although the purchaser will not receive the original ... Read more
V-Day tennis
Amol Roy, Ranjan Ram, Alamgir Hossain and Laxman Lal moved into the semifinals of the Runner Group Victory Day Open Tennis Tournament at the Naogaon Tennis Club yesterday. Amol beat Delwar Hossain 6-4, 6-4; Ranjan defeated Anwar Hossain 6-3, 6-3; Alamgir outplayed Rustam Ali 6-3, 6-2 while Laxman Lal overcame Mofazzal Hossain
Big guns win easy
Two contrasting half-countries by Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Yousuf helped Mohammedan SC return to their winning ways after a tie-match as they defeated Surjo Tarun by three wickets in the third round Dhaka Premier League at the BKSP on Friday. In the day’s other matches, Abahani continued their winning streak, convincingly defeating
Another injury scare for Tigers
Bangladesh suffered another injury scare when batsman Junaed Siddique sprained the Achilles tendon of his left foot while batting for his club Surjo Tarun in the Dhaka Premier League against Mohammedan Sporting Club at the BKSP ground on Friday. His injury came in less than a week after paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza injured his knee ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Three in a row The 2007 World Cup was the first to be held in the West Indies. It was a departure of sorts from previous editions. The ten Test nations together with ODI status holder Kenya were joined by qualifiers from the 2005 ICC trophy: Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland, making it the ... Read more
Mahmudullah suspended, Sakib fined
National cricketer Mahmudullah was handed a one-match ban and Sakib al Hasan was fined Tk 10,000 for breaching the code of conduct during their respective Dhaka Premier League matches on Friday. Abahani all-rounder Mahmudullah was suspended after his verbal exchange with Gazi Tanks fielder Sabbir Rahman, who also was handed a one-match ban by the ... Read more
Road show in Panchagarh
In a bid to inspire and connect the country’s people with the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup, a road show titled ‘Catch Bangladesh Catch’ reached Panchagarh yesterday after starting from Dhaka on Monday. A colourful procession with festoons, banners, flags was brought out from Martyrs Memorial premises that ended at Panchagarh Government Auditorium after parading ... Read more