Grameenphone Federation Cup 2010 New force v Old guard Sheikh Jamal face Abahani in opener The second round of the Grameenphone Federation Cup could not have asked for a better start as Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, the new powerhouse of local football boasting as many as sixteen national players, will take on three-time professional football ... Read more
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Rubcic dreams big
Robert Rubcic is expecting positive results in his first test as Bangladesh’s football coach in the upcoming Asian Games Football which starts in the first week of November. Bangladesh will take on Uzbekistan on November 7 in their opening match before taking on United Arab Emirates on November 9 and Hong Kong on the
Div I Kabaddi
Swarnali Sangsad beat Diamond Sporting Club 42-31 in the First Division Kabaddi League at the Kabaddi Stadium yesterday. Swarnali Sangsad led the first half 14-10. In the other match of the day, Dhalpur defeated Institute of Kabaddi 64-45 after leading by
Tigers’ final match not merely formality
Bangladesh, already assured of the series win with a 3-0 lead, will go into the fifth and final one-day international match against New Zealand on Sunday with the prospect moving to the eighth position in the one-day rankings of the International Cricket Council. The Tigers, currently ninth in the ladder, began the series with 53 ... Read more
NZ media take swipe at their cricketers
New Zealand media took a swipe at their cricket team on Friday after they had lost three consecutive matches to Bangladesh in the ongoing five-match one-day series. With the World Cup cricket just five months away, the media urged their fans not to expect anything from the Black Caps, who, according to them, hit their ... Read more
Muktijoddha and Jamal complete Fed Cup line-up
The line-up of the Grameen-phone Federation Cup final round completed on Friday with Muktijoddha Sangsad and newcomer Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club emerging champions in respective groups. Two goals from midfielder Alamgir Kabir Rana helped Muktijoddha to beat Farashganj Sporting Club 3-0 in Group C last match before Sheikh Jamal blanked Aramabagh KC by 2-0 at
Fifteen fail beep test
As many as 15 foreign recruits including Abahani’s long-serving Awudu Ibrahim have been temporarily declared unfit for the upcoming Bangladesh League after they failed to pass the beep test, organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation for the first time since the start of professional football league in 2006. The disqualified foreign footballers will however get ... Read more
Philosophia chess
Fire Service & Civil Defence SC emerged unbeaten champions in the Philosophia Second Division Chess League after the seventh and last round held at the Chess Federation hall-room on Thursday. Fire Service earned 12 points to clinch the title while Toyota Motors finished runners-up following a play-off match against Agrani Bank after both secured 11
Tigers roar like never before
New Zealand were still nine runs short of the target when Williamson heaved Shafiul Islam into the hands of Rokibul Hasan. With the last wicket, on any other day, this would just have been a regulation, if rare, Bangladesh victory. But yesterday, in the fading light at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, this meant ... Read more
Sakib hopes to carry form to World Cup
Bangla-desh skipper Sakib al Hasan hopes to carry their match-winning form to the World Cup next year after leading his side to series victory against New Zealand on Thursday. Sakib turned in a brilliant all-round performance as Bangladesh won the third one-day international by nine runs, taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. ... Read more
We learnt a lesson, says Vettori
New-Zealand captain Daniel Vettori was full of praise for Bangladesh cricket team after they were outplayed and outwitted in three consecutive matches and said they have learnt a lesson from the hosts. ‘I think our batting has let us down in this series, we haven’t been able to put score on the board. We consistently ... Read more
Tamim Wisden Cricketer’s Test Player of 2010
Dashing Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal has been selected as the Wisden Cricketer’s World Test Player-of-the-Year for 2010. Tamim heads a field of exceptional performers, beating England’s outstanding off-spinner Graeme Swann into second place by the narrowest of margins and India’s Virender Sehwag into
Captain soundbites
Following Bangladesh’s series win over New Zealand yesterday, The Daily Star Sport caught up with five Tigers’ ex-captains and asked them to share their views on this historic achievement. This is what they had to say: ROQUIBUL HASSAN As a cricketer I feel proud after such a great achievement. It had been our duty to ... Read more
Wild gesture unusual of Shakib
It was the 39th over of the Bangladesh innings yesterday when a sudden delay did not register with anyone in the press box. But what developed moments later had the potential to temper yesterday’s fantastic achievement. Shakib Al Hasan, eight runs short of his fifth one-day hundred, stopped bowler Daryl Tuffey
History beckons Tigers
Fourth ODI against New Zealand today Bangla-desh face an intriguing prospect of winning their first series against a serious opponents when they take on New Zealand in the fourth one-day international at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. Apart from an under-strength West Indies and lowly Zimbabwe, the Tigers have never won a series against ... Read more
Kiwis keep mum
In an unprecedented step, the visiting New Zealand cricket team avoided the press on Wednesday ahead of today’s fourth one-day international against Bangladesh. New Zealand are under huge pressure to turn things around as they trail Bangladesh 2-0 in the five-match series. It was seen as the lowest point in their cricket history and the ... Read more
New incentives for Tigers
The three overseas coaches of the Bangladesh cricket team have introduced new incentives for players in order to motivate them in the ongoing series against New Zealand, team sources said on Wednesday. Head coach Jamie Siddons, who is mainly looking after the batting, is rewarding the best batsman while Ian Pont and Julien Fountain are ... Read more
TT leagues decided
Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra, Molar TT and Biman Bangladesh won the three table tennis leagues that came to a conclusion yesterday. The women’s crown went to the national airliner after they won six consecutive matches in the competition. Molar TT won the First Division title with 10 points and Biman ended as runners-up with
Jamal blank Fakirerpool
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club got off to a winning start in the Federation Cup football when they blanked Youngmen’s Club Fakirerpool 3-0 at the Kamalapur stadium on Wednesday. In the other match of the day, Bangladesh League outfit Arambagh KC beat BKSP in tie-breaker after stipulated 90 minutes ended in a goalless
Tigers no longer whipping boys
The growing number of match winners in recent times has helped Bangladesh cricketers to shrug off their tag of international whipping boys, a senior cricketer said on Tuesday. Tigers earned the tag of whipping boys when they had been without a win for almost five years after defeating Pakistan in the World Cup in