The second WECCA Beach Cricket, hosted by the Weekend Cricket Club Association, will begin on the Cox’s Bazar beach on November 28, the organisers said at a briefing in Dhaka on Tuesday. Thirteen teams, composed of former national players, Premiere League, First Division and amateur cricket players, in the three-day event, jointly sponsored by the ... Read more
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Hard work pays dividends
Micromax ODI CUP – Bangladesh vs New Zealand Hard work pays dividends The Micromax Cup, apparently the largest trophy for a bilateral series, will soon have a permanent place at the heart of the museum at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The foot-long adornment will set the entrance of the Mirpur venue alight due to its ... Read more
It’s party time for Tigers
After two weeks of high-voltage cricket against visiting New Zealand, victorious Bangladeshi cricketers were busy on Monday celebrating their unexpected yet unrivalled 4-0 series sweep. AHM Mustafa Kamal hosted a lunch for the Tigers, who were on cloud nine, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and promised to hand over their winning bonuses at the earliest ... Read more
Abahani survive Jamal scare
Dhaka Abahani survived a scare before securing an 1-1 draw against new powerhouse Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in a group A match of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur Stadium on Monday. Ace forward Enamul put Sheikh Jamal ahead in the 57th minute but Twum Frank levelled the scoreline from a penalty in the ... Read more
Sharif named MSC captain
Midfielder Enamul Huq Sharif was appointed as the captain of the Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Clubs football team on Monday. Mohammedan’s football committee chairman MA Salam unveiled Sharif as the skipper of the team at a ceremony at the club premises. Coach Shafiqul Islam Manik was also present on the
Chronicles of glory
At one point, words just no longer cut it. Over the last fortnight there have been adjectives aplenty to describe Bangladesh’s almost surreal performances against New Zealand. The Tigers have been called “super,” they have been dubbed “sensational” and “sublime,” some have even stretched as far as “magic,” and “magnificent.” In between there have also ... Read more
Tigers paint Kiwis red & green
Micromax ODI CUP – Bangladesh vs New Zealand Tigers paint Kiwis red & green With the series-winning trophy, the man-of-the-series award and two more prizes in the bag, Shakib Al Hasan mentioned that the acquisition of a brand new gift had helped them win the fifth and final one-dayer against New Zealand in such a ... Read more
Vettori devastated
Micromax ODI CUP – Bangladesh vs New Zealand Vettori devastated After a result that would have defied belief before New Zealand’s tour of Bangladesh began a 4-0 whitewash at the hands of unfancied Bangladesh Kiwi skipper Daniel Vettori cut a forlorn figure at yesterday’s post-match press conference. Trailing 3-0 in the series and with only ... Read more
Tigers on a par with WI
Bangladesh have joined the West Indies on 67 ratings points in the Reliance Mobile International Cricket Council ODI Championship after defeating New Zealand 4-0 in the five-match series in Mirpur on Sunday. However, the Tigers are still placed behind the West Indian side when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point. To be precise, ... Read more
Intense battle for curtain raiser
Grameenphone Federation Cup 2010 Intense battle for curtain raiser The phony war of the Grameenphone Federation Cup finished three days ago and now the real battle of the season’s curtain raiser begins today with eight finalists locking horns to determine who is the best of the lot. Bangladesh League champions Abahani face newcomers but star-studded ... Read more
Tigers eye clean sweep
Micromax ODI CUP-Bangladesh vs New Zealand Tigers eye clean sweep Bangladesh today have the golden opportunity to complete the annihilation of New Zealand as they look forward to a 4-0 whitewash in the one-day series. It would be another feather in the already rich cap of the Tigers in this series, as the scoreline would ... Read more
New force v Old guard
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
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