To mark the Victory Day, a one-day sports competition with the participation of street children, organised by Population Services and Training Centre, was held yesterday at the ground adjacent to the Kisholoy School in Mohammadpur. The competition got underway through hoisting of the national flag with former
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Ansar, BJMC reach final
Women’s Handball Ansar, BJMC reach final Defending champions Bangladesh Ansar and re-enrolled Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) moved into the final of the Exim Bank 21st National Women’s Handball Championship beating respective rivals in semifinals at the Handball Stadium yesterday. The final be held tomorrow while the losing sides of the semifinals play in the ... Read more
Khaled 4th
Asian Beach Games Khaled 4th Saifullah Khaled finished fourth in bodybuilding event of the 2nd Asian Beach Games in Mascot, Oman after he scored 40 in the final round of 85kg category. Abu Sayeed Mollah became sixth in the 75kg category, said a press release of Bangladesh Olympic Association yesterday
BD win five medals in Goju-Rye karate
Bangladesh has won two silver and three bronze medals in the just concluded 3rd Asian Goju-Rye Karate Championships, which was held in Nepal from December 2 to 4. Raju Rai won silver in -45kg category, Kamrun Nahar also won silver in +60kg weight category while Gobinda Sarkar, Shree Jeet Dutta and Animesh Sarkar won bronze ... Read more
All’s well that ends well
If the 3-1 series win over Zimbabwe was the ideal end to 2010 the Tigers had hoped for, the upshot of this success is far more important as they approach the home stretch of their World Cup preparations. Bangladesh have won nine matches out of 27 ODIs they played this year, including the landmark 4-0 ... Read more
Sakib savours successful year
Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan was pleased to see his side ending the year 2010 on a high after 14 consecutive defeats at home and away in the first seven months. The Tigers played some brilliant cricket in the first few months against some strong opponents but still had to wait until their England tour ... Read more
Hitting sixes easier than taking singles’
Opener Tamim Iqbal gave his home crowd a big cheer when he unleashed on the Zimbabwean bowlers to score a blazing half-century in the fifth and final one-day international in Chittagong on Sunday. Tamim Iqbal’s stylish 95 off 96 balls blew away the chances of Zimbabwe to level the series which also enriched his trophy ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
If it rains, it’s gone If you consider its location among chemical factories in one desolate corner of the city, the smell of fumes in its air, the unfinished eastern galleries and the thick seaside grass, there isn’t much right about the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. But cricket could be played in polluted air, in ... Read more
Bangladesh to host Asia Cup cricket in 2012
Bangladesh will host the Asia Cup Cricket in 2012 from March 1to 11, it was announced by the Asian Cricket Council president, AHM Mustafa Kamal, at a press briefing after a meeting of the ACC executive committee at the Radisson Winter Garden on Sunday. The United Arab Emirates and China also wanted to host the ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Cup facts The Wills World Cup in 1996 was the sixth cricket World Cup and the second to be held in the Indian subcontinent, with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka co-hosting the showpiece event. The tournament’s format was given a makeover and three associate teams (Kenya, U.A.E, Holland) were invited, making a total of twelve ... Read more
Winning start for Nepal
Nepal striker Anulama scored the first hat-trick of the tournament and skipper Jamuna Gurang netted two goal as the Himalayan nation overwhelmed Maldives 6-0 in the opening game of the first ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship at the Cox’s Bazar stadium on Sunday. Nepal started creating chances from the very beginning. Jamuna found Maldives goalkeeper
Siddikur finishes 19th
Bangladesh’s golfing sensation Siddikur Rahman bounced back in the fourth and final round but only to improve his position to finish joint 19th in the 300,000-dollar Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open at the Phokeethra Country Club yesterday. Siddikur finished the round with an inspiring 3-under-par 69 for an overall score of 7-under-par
Tigers unchanged for fifth ODI
Ashraful denied second chance Bangla-desh will field an unchanged squad in the fifth and final one-dayer against Zimbabwe today, looking to clinch their sixth series in six years at home over their African opponents. The Tigers did not lose any series to Zimbabwe on home soil since they came back from two games down to ... Read more
A year to remember
Micromax ODI Cup Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe 2010 A year to remember Shafiul Islam’s entire international career has been within the year 2010. Whether it is the 32 wickets that landed him in No 3 among the wicket-takers this year in one-day cricket or a stunning game-changing catch or even two very expensive spells; it has ... Read more
Women’s C’ship sees light today
SAFF Women’s Football Championship 2010 Women’s C’ship sees light today The curtain of the inaugural SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) Women’s Football Championship opens today at the Cox’s Bazar Stadium with Nepal taking on Maldives in the opening game. All the participating teams — India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Maldives and hosts Bangladesh ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Wills World Cup 1996, India-Pakistan-Srilanka ICC Cricket World Cup History A bittersweet symphony The Wills World Cup in 1996 provided some great entertainment and a fairytale ending with Sri Lanka triumphing. The tournament though, was not free from controversy and planning gaffes, and trouble was on the horizon even before it started. Three weeks before ... Read more
Fourth ODI waterlogged
The fourth match of the five-match one-day series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe was abandoned on Friday without a ball being bowled following an overnight and early morning showers. Though the sun shone brightly at the Chittagong divisional stadium in the afternoon, it was not enough to make the waterlogged ground playable and the match officials ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Wills World Cup 1996, India-Pakistan-Srilanka ICC Cricket World Cup History Warne pulls one out of the hat The baton of cricket’s sole superpower passed from West Indies to Australia when Australia beat the West Indies at home in ’94-’95. A clutch of greats and would-be greats had arrived for Australia, while West Indies lost a ... Read more
BNS gets pass mark from the ICC
ICC’s venue inspection team was happy with the progress of the Bangabandhu National Stadium as they went straight into business after arriving in Dhaka on Friday. The 19-member delegation, headed by ICC event manager Chris Tetley, are looking into cricket operations, commerce, grounds, legal matters, security, broadcast and
Stage set for grand opening
Swedish female football superstar Johanna Frisk will inaugurate the first ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship along with the chairman of FIFA and AFC women’s wing, Worawi Makudi, informed Sirajul Islam Bachchu, the chief of the Bangladesh Football Federation’s women’s wing, at a press conference at the BFF Bhaban on