Gerhard Peter Rach, Bangladesh’s temperamental hockey coach, blasted the hockey federation branding it ‘old town mafia’ for its mismanagement in his Asian Games report to the Bangladesh Olympic Association. In the report, the German claimed that he was not responsible for the debacle in the Guangzhou Asiad saying that he was not a part of ... Read more
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Yuree breaks world record
Martial arts grandmaster and security management expert Dr. Mak Yuree has set a new world record by breaking two baseball bats with a single shin kick in the biggest martial arts exhibition in Great Britain on November 14. He was presented with the official World Record Certificate on November 14 in presence of
Siddons wants Tigers to give best
Bangladesh need to give their best if they want to beat Zimbabwe in the impending five-match one-day international series, warned coach Jaime Siddons on Monday. ‘Zimbabwe came here to play good cricket and they are an improving team. We’ve to be at our best and ensure that we maintain rhythm,’ Siddons said at the
Zimbabwe lose tour opener
The Bangladesh Cricket Board XI gave Zimbabwe a lesson of what they should expect in the five-match series winning the lone warm-up match by 29 runs at the BKSP on Monday. Young leg-spinner Nur Hossain produced a magic spell and 20-year-old BKSP boy Asif Ahmed, an off-spinner with high promise, aided him with 2-22 as ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
New stars galore World Cups often work as a process of regeneration as new upstarts start to take centre stage and old hands move to the side, leaving their final marks on public memory by performing in a global event. So it was with the 1987 World Cup, where a lot of champion cricketers took ... Read more
U-17 booters falter in qtrs
Bangladesh U-17 football team’s impressive run in the 51st Subrata Mukherjee Cup ended in the quarterfinals when they suffered a 5-4 defeat to Army Boys in tiebreaker at the Ambedkar Stadium in Indian capital of Delhi yesterday. The game rolled into shootout after the regulation time produced no goal. Bangladesh’s
Ansars top table again
National Cycling Ansars top table again Bangladesh Ansar and VDP defied the challenge of the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) to finish on top of the 34th NCC Bank National Cycling Cham-pionships at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. BJMC threatened to topple the three-time top-finishers on the first day of their return to the sport ... Read more
Shakib joins anti AIDS campaign
Bangladesh cricket’s most popular face Shakib Al Hasan yesterday joined an elite group of cricketers from around the world as the International Cricket Council (ICC) appointed him the Think Wise campaign spokesperson for Bangladesh. The campaign aims at raising awareness about HIV and AIDs in order to make a positive impact
Sangakkara back on top
Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lanka captain, has reclaimed the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for batsmen, ending Sachin Tendulkar’s short-lived stay at the head of the table. Sangakkara’s performance in the first two Tests of the ongoing series against West Indies coincided with Tendulkar’s modest returns against New Zealand, leading to
Sakib retained as captain
Mashrafee, Tamim, Ashraful return for Zimbabwe series The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday put to rest all the speculations over the captaincy of the national side when it retained all-rounder Sakib al Hasan for the prestigious post for next month’s one-day international series against Zimbabwe. The BCB named a 15-member squad for the five-match series ... Read more
Zimbabwe look to end Tigers’ winning run
Coach Allan Butcher feels Zimbabwe have a good chance to put a brake on Bangladesh’s winning spree in the upcoming five-match one-day series beginning on December 1. Bangladesh, who never lost a series to Zimbabwe at home in the last five years, will begin the series as the firm favourites having beaten a full-strength
ICC Cricket world cup history
Aussies open Cup account The 1987 World Cup was the first to be held outside England, co-hosted by India and Pakistan. The teams were the same as in 1983, and the format was also the same; eight teams in two groups of four, with teams playing each other twice, and the top two to progress ... Read more
Sakib did not want it!
Sakib al Hasan said he took over the captaincy for the Zimbabwe series very reluctantly as he was not mentally prepared for the job. ‘I did not want to be captain until the World Cup. It was just my personal choice, nothing else. I was not prepared for the job in
Ex-skippers lay stress on div cricket
Divisional cricket should get the focus if the Bangladesh Cricket Board wants to take the game forward, suggested former national captains during a meeting with chief executive officer Manzur Ahmed on Sunday. Manzur, who took over the charge in September, invited the former skippers for an introductory meeting where various issues involving Bangladesh cricket came up ... Read more
A ground of hope
‘Ground Olympian’, the highest playing ground of the country on top of a mountain in Lama, Bandarban, was formally opened to local students on Friday. Abdullah Abu Sayeed, founder of Biswa Sahitya Kendra, formally opened the ground that has been developed by Quantum Foundation
U-17 booters in quarters
Bangladesh under-17 footballers moved into the quarterfinals of the 51st Subrata Mukherjee Cup beating their Nepalese counterparts 4-3 in tiebreaker at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi yesterday. The regulation time had ended goalless. The BFF Under-17 will face Army Boys School of India in the quarterfinals today
DIV I cricket
Partex Sporting Club and Eskaton Sabuj Sangha notched up 6-wicket victories against their respective opponents in the First Division Cricket League yesterday. At the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, Partex bowled City Club out for 190 runs in 49.2 overs. Sadaf Sarker (86) was the only notable scorer in the
Zim play underdogs card
Bangladesh will feel the pinch as the expectation from them is too high, Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura said on Saturday, conceding that they will start the five-match one-day series as clear underdogs. Zimbabwe did not win any series in Bangladesh in the last five years despite retaining almost the same squad that they sent in ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Cup facts Eight teams participated in the 1983 World Cup, the third consecutive cricket World Cup to be hosted in England, and the third overall. The participating teams were India, West Indies, England, Pakistan, New Zealand, Australia, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka
Sakib hails heroes
Sakib al Hasan, the number one all-rounder in the one-day ranking, hailed the first ever Asian Games gold medal winning cricket team for their brilliant achievement. Bangladesh has shown promises but was never able to win a gold medal in any discipline despite being regular participants since the Tehran Games in