Agrani Bank, Bangladesh Boys and Khelaghar Samaj Kalyan Samity won their respective matches of the First Division Cricket League yesterday. Agrani Bank beat Young Pegasus by 68 runs at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, courtesy of a century from Raisul Islam. Raisul scored 104 runs off 115 deliveries with two sixes and
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Zia takes solo lead
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman took solo lead in the Berger Six Seasons Grandmasters Chess Tournament with maximum two points at close of the second round at the Tulip Lounge of Uttara Club yesterday. FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar and Indian FM Sayantan Das jointly followed the leader with 1.5 points each
Tiger Woods loses golf top spot to Lee Westwood
England’s Lee Westwood became world number one golfer for the first time, ending American Tiger Woods’s 281-week reign at the top of the sport. German Martin Kaymer needed a top-two finish at Valderrama to become number one himself but ended Sunday’s fourth round seven over – well off the lead. Kaymer fired a final-round 75 ... Read more
Siddik scales new height
Bangladesh’s first professional golfer Siddikur Rahman missed a top-10 finish by a whisker and was placed 11th jointly with three other players in the CIMB-Asian Pacific Classic in Malaysia that ended on Sunday. The commendable performance earned Siddik $1,21,250 (approximately Tk 85 lakh), inarguably the highest earning by any Bangladeshi individual from any single sporting
Ansar emerge champs
Bangladesh Ansar became champions in the Walton 24th National Swimming Competition after clinching 18 gold medals in the four-day meet. Ansar added another five golds to their tally on the concluding day on Sunday. Bangladesh Army finished second with 12 golds while Bangladesh Navy secured third
DCC to sponsor pioneer football
Dhaka City Corporation agreed to sponsor the Pioneer Football League for the next 10 years and signed a deal with the Bangladesh Football Federation at the BFF House on Sunday. DCC mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka handed over a cheque for Tk 25 lakh to BFF president Kazi Salahuddin during the deal signing ceremony. The DCC ... Read more
Inter-Private Univ football from Tuesday
The Mentors Inter-Private University Football Tournament, organised by Auritro and assisted by the Bangladesh Football Federation, kicks off at the Kamalapur stadium on Tuesday. In the opening match of the 10- team meet, Northern University take on University of Liberal Arts. The teams splitting into three groups – four in Group A and three each ... Read more
Abahani beat Sheikh Jamal to lift title
Abahani emerged champions of the season’s curtain-raising Grameenphone Federation Cup when they beat Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club 5-3 after extra-time in a thrilling encounter at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium yesterday. Abahani rode on their Ghanaian contingent with striker Awudu Ibrahim leading the way with
Ramblers clinch title
Ramblers clinched the title of the AB Bank-CityCell WECCA Beach Cricket beating Cricketeers by three wickets in the final on the concluding of the three-day fun cricket in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday. Former national skipper Naimur Rahman Durjoy scored a blazing 35 off only eight balls that included five sixes to take the game away ... Read more
Abahani face Jamal in crunch final today
Dhaka Abahani will be eying their first Federation Cup title in 10 years when they lock horns with newcomers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the final of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur stadium at 5:00pm today. The sky-blue outfit, who won their last title in 2000, will take the trophy for the eighth
Ton-up Mahmudullah ends Rajshahi’s winning streak
Mahmudullah Riyad scored a brilliant century to propel Dhaka a two-wicket victory, ending the unbeaten run of Rajshahi in the third round of the National Cricket League one-day version on Friday. The only day to stake their claim for the national team, especially for the middle-order batsmen before the national training camp starts, Mohammad Ashraful ... Read more
Siddik sees both sides of the coin in CIMB
Siddikur Rahman, the first ever professional golfer of Bangladesh, enjoyed a mixed day playing in the PGA sanctioned CIMB-Asia Pacific Classic Tour in Malaysia and making his mark among the best of the bests. Siddik finished the day with 68 strokes (-3), one stroke better than his 1st round game and stands at 21st position ... Read more
Sonia sets three more records
Sonia Akhter, the talented swimmer of Bangladesh Ansar, continued to rule the pool for the second consecutive day setting another three national marks in the Walton 24th National Swimming at the National Swimming Complex on Friday. Sonia wiped out her own record of 1:13.85 seconds in the 100 metre butterfly by finishing
Div I cricket
Favourites Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club outplayed Young Pegasus by 5 wickets in their First Division Cricket League clash at the Dhaka University Ground yesterday. Batting first, Young Pegasus put on 173 runs before being bowled out in the 44th over. Sheikh Jamal lost only five of their wickets to overhaul the target within 39 overs, ... Read more
Maradona turns 50 today
Former Bangladesh football star Sabbir will cut the cake to mark Argentine legend Diego Maradona’s 50th birthday at the Dhaka reporters’ unity today. Fans of Maradona are free to attend the celebration. Meanwhile, Diego Maradona has revealed his desire to manage in the English Premier League. He told Sky Sports News: “Yes, I would like ... Read more
WECCA Beach Cricket
Commonwealth Cricket Club registered a facile five-wicket victory over Renegades in the AB Bank-Citycell WECCA Beach Cricket in Cox’s Bazar on Friday. Opting to bat first, Renegades posted a fighting 75 runs for two wickets with Ujjal scoring 31 hitting five sixes from eight deliveries while Moni remained not out on 30. Shafil the Commonwealth ... Read more
Siddikur starts steadily
Siddikur Rahman finished level on seventh place alongside two-time US Open champion Retief Goosen, and ahead of Robert Allenby in the PGA Tour-sanctioned CIMB Asia Pacific Classic in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Bangladesh’s first and only professional golfer hit three birdies and a single bogey in his first round effort, scoring 69 and ending with two under ... Read more
NCL third round today
Under-performing Tigers will have one last chance to prove themselves for a spot in the national team when the third round of the National Cricket League one-day version will be played today. The players of the 20-member preliminary squad for the five-match one-day series against Zimbabwe will not be allowed to play any more game ... Read more
Sobura, Sonia set new nat’l records
Experienced swimmer Sobura Khatun and rising star Sonia Akhter of Bangladesh Ansar ruled the pool setting two new national records each on the first day of the Walton 24th National Swimming Championships at the National Swimming Complex on Thursday. Mahfizur Rahman of Bangladesh Army also set a new national mark in his favourite 50 metre
Viqarunnissa clinch handball title
Viqarunnissa Noon School and College emerged champions in the 13th Delta Life Women’s College Handball defeating Siddheshwari College by 4-2 goals in a keenly-contested final at the Paltan handball stadium on Thursday. Viqarunnissa led the first half 2-0 and added another two in the second. Bitasta and Dina scored a brace each for the winners ... Read more