The Berger Six Seasons Grand Masters Chess, seen as a warm-up tournament for the Asian Games-bound Bangladesh chess players, will begin at the Uttara Club on Sunday. The tournament will pit three grandmasters Ziaur Rahman and Niaz Murshed of Bangladesh and Vakhodiv Tair of Uzbekistan. Minhazuddin Ahmed, Abu Sufian Shakil and Mehedi Hasan Parag, the ... Read more
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MoneyGram likely to sell WC tickets
Money-Gram Internation-al, a global leader in money transfers, is likely to sell the ticket for the Bangladesh part of the World Cup 2011, officials of the local organising committee said on Wednesday. ‘The International Cricket Council wants us to sell the tickets through any of its sponsors. MoneyGram is one of the options we are ... Read more
Siddikur’s foray with the best
Country’s first professional golfer Siddikur Rahman will rub shoulders with the game’s elite when he takes part in the PGA Tour-sanctioned CIMB Asia Pacific Classic in Kuala Lumpur from today. Siddikur qualified for this tournament after earning a place in the Asian Tour Order of Merit. He is currently number nine in that
Titu, Nipu vie for BFF technical director post
Saiful Bari Titu and Bayezid Alam Zobayer Nipu have been shortlisted for the new technical director of Bangladesh Football Federation, officials said. A strong selection panel comprising a number of experienced names will interview the two candidates to replace former footballer Shahidur Rahman Chowdhury Shantoo
Shape of players worries Rubcic
Footballers will get only four days for preparation before leaving for China on November 5 to take part in the Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou. The 16th Asian Games is scheduled for November 12 to 27 but the event of football gets underway on November 7 and Bangladesh will take on Uzbekistan on ... Read more
Clubs’ Tiger hunting over
Inter-club player transfers begins on Nov 6 With the inter-club player transfers for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League looming closer, almost all 22 players of national pool have finalised their clubs, said the players and club officials. Former skipper Mohammad Ashraful is the latest player to confirm his side, changing his destination from Mohammedan SC ... Read more
Div I cricket
Esktaon Sabuj Sangha crushed Motijheel T&T Club by a massive 155 runs in the First Division Cricket League at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday. Batting first, Eskaton made 263-7 with Mostafiz scoring 56. Later, he took four wickets as the Motijheel outfit were bowled out for 108
Beach cricket starts today
Second Wecca Beach Cricket starts today at the at the sea-side city of Cox’s Bazar with some 300 cricketers including former national stars Akram Khan, Khaled Mahmud, Khaled Mshud, Minhazul Abedin, and Naimur Rahman participating. This tournament is being organised with the dual target of making beach cricket popular
Women’s college handball
Viqarunnissa Noon School & College and Siddheswari Girls’ College moved into the final of 13th Delta Life Women’s College Handball Tournament winning their respective semifinals at the Handball Stadium yesterday. In the first semifinal, Viqarunnissa beat Eden Girls’ College senior team 15-8. The winners
Jamal scrape into final
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club reached the final of the Grameenphone Federation Cup with a luck-favoured 1-0 win over Muktijoddha at the Kamalapur stadium on Tuesday. Sheikh Jamal will face Dhaka Abahani in the final on Saturday. Muktijoddha wasted three clear chances while Sheikh Jamal scored in one of the two
Roqibul, Naeem shine on batsmen’s day
Roqibul Hassan and Naeem Islam scored centuries for their respective teams Barisal and Rajshahi to lead them to second consecutive win in the National Cricket League one-day version on Tuesday. On a day dominated by batsman, former skipper Mohammad Ashraful also strengthened his stake for a return to the national side with an unbeaten half-century ... Read more
Nat’l swimming from tomorrow
The Walton 24th National Swimming Championship gets underway tomorrow at the National Swimming Complex in Mirpur. Some 437 swimmers including 82 female competitors will take part in the meet. The swimmers will compete in 38 gold (19 each for both male and female) events. Besides,
Div-I cricket
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi, Uttara Sporting, Agrani Bank, Young Pegasus and North Bengal Cricket Academy won their respective matches on the first day of the First Division Cricket League yesterday. Favourites Sheikh Jamal (134/10) narrowly managed to beat Bangladesh Boys 124/10) by 10 runs at BKSP. Nayeem Islam took five wickets for 24 runs, but in ... Read more
Women’s college handball
Viqarunnissa Noon School & College, and Eden Girls College Senior & Junior teams moved into the semifinals of 13th Delta Life Women’s College Handball Tournament winning their respective quarterfinal matches at the Handball Stadium yesterday. Viquarunnisa thrashed Ispahani Girls College 20-1 in the first quarter. Pinky scored eight
Jitu fires Abahani to final
Dhaka Abahani reached the final of the Federation Cup for a record fifteen times defeating Brothers Union by a solitary goal in the first semi-final at the Kamalapur stadium on Monday. Midfielder Imtiaz Sultan Jitu netted the all important goal in the 45th minute of the match. Abahani will face the winners of today’s second ... Read more
Jamal-Muktijoddha second semi today
New powerhouse Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club face a revitalised Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the second semi-final of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur stadium at 5:00pm today. The semi-final will be an ‘acid test’ for Sheikh Jamal who arrived in the local football arena with the best team on papers. Making the final in ... Read more
Selectors call 20 for Zim series
The national selectors announced a 20-member preliminary squad on Monday for the one-day series against Zimbabwe in December this year. Chief selector Rafiqul Alam said that they picked the squad keeping the World Cup in mind. Former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful, who was dropped for the recently concluded
NCL 2nd round today
Favourites Rajshahi will face Chittagong in the second round of the National Cricket League one-day version at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Star-studded Dhaka will take on Sylhet at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi while Khulna will meet Barisal at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra in the other two matches of the
Sakib officially best of all Tigers
Sakib al Hasan has made big jump in the latest ICC ranking for one-day batsmen, moving 15 places up from his previous ranking to be placed at 26th, the International Cricket Council said on Monday. The latest ranking made him the highest ranked Bangladeshi batsman, bowler and all-rounder, a feat rarely achieved by any cricketer ... Read more
Abahani, BU first semi today
Dhaka Abahani will face Brothers Union in the first semi-final of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur stadium at 5:00pm today. The match will be transmitted live in BTV. Brothers Union have displayed a good brand of football thanks to their overseas players’ performances. They arguably have the most attractive set of foreign recruits ... Read more