Tuesday, November 19, 2024

GM chess

GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman is once again in solo lead of the Berger Grandmasters Chess tournament with 5.5 points after end of the eighth round at the Tulip Lounge of Uttara Club yesterday. FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar of Destiny 2000 is in second position with five points while GM Niaz Murshed and FM Abu ... Read more

Wining start for New Age

New Age made a winning start in the Pepsi DRU Media Cricket defeating Jai Jai Din by 40 runs at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Saturday. Opting to bat first, New Age compiled 99/0 in the stipulated six overs and later restricted their opponents to 49/2. Raihan Mahmood of New Age was adjudged as ... Read more

Ctg sign off in style

Dhaka, Barisal, Rajshahi, Khulna in second phase Dhaka and Barisal maintained their lead in the points table of the Nation Cricket League after winning their respective matches while Chittagong signed off their campaign with a thumping 121-run victory over Sylhet in the fifth and final round of the first phase on Friday. Paceman Mahbubul Alam ... Read more

Little drama as cricketers’ transfer begins today

The inter-club transfer of players for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League will begin today without much hype or drama, as was the case earlier, with all the star players almost certain of their destination. Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak was the last among the national players to confirm his side with him moving to Surjo Tarun ... Read more

Easy wins for Partex, Rupali

Partex rode on Niaz Morshed’s all-round display as they strolled to an eight-wicket victory over Kathalbagan in the First Division Cricket League at the Dhaka University ground yesterday. Niaz picked up three wickets first as Kathalbagan were bowled out for 164 runs in 50 overs. Then, Niaz’s bat did the talking as Partex blazed to ... Read more

GM chess

GM Ziaur Rahman and FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar maintained joint lead in the Berger Six Seasons Grandmasters Chess tournament at the close of seventh round at Tulip Lounge of the Uttara Club yesterday. Both Zia and Sagar have 4.5 points as Zia drew with IM Sahaj Grover and Sagar drew with FM Yee Soon Wei. ... Read more

NTF kids tennis

Asar, Masfia and Ruzaina were among eight winners in the 2nd National Tennis Federation Kids tennis competition at the Ramna courts yesterday. The tournament was aimed to bring out the best of the young talents who are in training at the National Tennis Complex

Bangladesh dream of second round

16th Asian Games – Guangzhou2010 Bangladesh dream of second round With only a four-day preparation and despite an unsatisfactory record against their scheduled opponents, the Bangladesh U23 football team is dreaming big and hoping for qualification for the second round of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. The desire of playing the 16-team second round ... Read more

Tigers get over injury problems

Bangladesh can realistically hope to face Zimbabwe with their full strength as all the injured players are on their way to recovery, phyiso Michael Henry said on Thursday. The Tigers heaved a sigh of relief when they saw fast bowler and regular captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza bowling in the nets for the first time since ... Read more

World Cup countdown starts on Nov 19

Bangladesh will begin the countdown for the World Cup 2011 from the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on November 19, said an official on Thursday. The countdown will begin at 12:00 midnight, exactly 100 days before the opening match between Bangladesh and India at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on

Inter-Private Univ football

Independent University blanked University of Liberal Arts 2-0 in the Mentors’ Inter-Private University Football Tournament at the Kamalapur stadium on Thursday. Hashmi broke the deadlock in the 35th minute while Hameem made it 2-0 on the hour mark. In the other match of the day, Northern University and IUBAT shared the spoils in

GM chess

GM Ziaur Rahman lost his solo lead in the Berger Six Seasons Grandmasters Chess Tourna-ment when he drew against Uzbek GM Vakhidov Tair in the sixth round at the Tulip Lounge of Uttara Club yesterday. Zia now shares the lead with FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, who beat Indian FM Sayantan Das to join Zia with ... Read more

Easy win for Sheikh Jamal

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club crushed North Bengal Cricket Academy by eight wickets in the First Division Cricket League at the Dhaka University ground yesterday. Batting first, North Bengal were bowled out for 115 runs with Taijul taking 4 wickets and Rubaiyat picking up two scalps

Dav pleased with Tigers

Former Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore said he was delighted when the Tigers handed New Zealand a 4-0 whitewash last month. “It just goes to show how much they have improved. Bangladesh played really well. I would say that they are progressing in the right direction,” said the man who was the

Footballers leave for Guangzhou

Asian Games bound-Bangladesh U-23 football team aimed for a better performance than the previous edition in 2006 on the eve of their departure for Guangzhou on Wednesday night. Bangladesh took part in the Asian Games football for the first time in 1978 in Bangkok and apart from 1994 and 1998 Games they participated in all ... Read more

GM chess

GM Ziaur Rahman and GM Niaz Murshed of Biman both lost their fifth round games of the Berger Six Seasons Grandmasters Chess Tournament at the Tulip Lounge of Uttara Club yesterday. Zia lost to Yee Soon Wei of Brunei while Niaz lost against FM Sayatan Das from India. Zia played with black in Sicilian Defence ... Read more

Fans will have to wait a little longer for tickets

With the 2011 ICC World Cup knocking at the door, country’s cricket lovers’ inquisitiveness about how they can buy a ticket has reached a high pitch. The common query among the cricket mad people of the country is when the tickets will be put on sale. And where they can buy them? But until this ... Read more

Too many players with little hopes

Bangladesh has little hopes for a medal in the Asian Games, scheduled for November 12–27, except in the disciplines of cricket and golf but the country is sending players for 17 disciplines, the highest-ever in a meet outside the sub-continent. A 218-member contingent of 152 players and 66 officials is going to attend the 16th

Barisal’s unbeaten run ends

The unbeaten run of Barisal in the National Cricket League one-day version ended on Tuesday when they lost to Dhaka by 34 runs in the fourth round at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Rajshahi returned to winning ways after a third round loss as they handed a humiliating 10-wicket defeat to Sylhet, tournament’s punching bag, who ... Read more

Whatmore arrives today

Dav Whatmore, the former national cricket coach, is due to arrive in Dhaka today for the first time since his departure on May 2007. Whatmore, currently working as a coach of the Cricket Association of Bengal, will take over the responsibilities of the touring CAB U-17 side, who are currently playing a series against their