The Daily Star will take on Destiny while Janakantha takes on Jugantor in the semifinals of the DRU-Rapid Securities Media Football Tournament at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. In the second round matches yesterday, Janakantha defeated Channel I with 1-0 win while Boishakhi TV beat Bhorer Kagoj 3-0 yet failed to make it to the ... Read more
Sports
Open tennis
Sarda Alam and Sathi Sarkar moved to the women’s singles final of the Shahjalal Islami Bank Open Tennis Tournament beating respective opponents in straight sets.Sarda defeated Medha 6-2, 6-1 while Sathi beat Moumita Jannat 6-0, 6-2 to set a date for today’s final. The top seeded men moved to the semifinals with straight sets wins. ... Read more
Kiwis arrive in Dhaka
The New Zealand cricket team arrived in Dhaka last night to play a five-match one-day series against the Tigers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. The Kiwis will play two warm-up matches against a BCB XI on October 1 and October 3 at the BKSP before the start of the five-match series on
Shooters remain gold hope
Hopes of winning a gold medal in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games again revolved round the shooters who expressed their confidence about earning laurels for the country. The shooting federation has also announced prize money of Tk 10 lakh for each gold medal. Shooters and federation officials at a briefing at the National Shooting Complex on ... Read more
BFF decides Asian Games squad
The Bangladesh Football Federation on Tuesday decided a 20-member squad for the Asian Games with Aminul, Enamul and Waly Faisal as senior players on Tuesday. The team was put into the final form after the national team management committee chairman, Badal Roy, had discussed the options with Robert Rubcic, the new Serbian
Welcome gift
Ace shooters Sharmin Akhter Ratna and Syeda Sadia Sultana had wonderful gifts for them on the eve of their departure for the Commonwealth Games. Two local business houses Sheltech Private Limited and Envoy Textiles Limited have come ahead to sponsor the two shooters for next one year. Both shooters were happy with this sponsorship and ... Read more
Asiad cricket teams named
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced the men’s and women’s cricket teams which will participate in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. Former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful will lead the strong Bangladesh men’s team while Salma Khatun will lead the women’s
Kids off to Danone Nations Cup
Khulna and Tangail, champion of Grameen-Danone Nations Cup in 2009 and 2010 respectively, are scheduled to leave here tomorrow for South Africa to take part in the core competition of Danone Nations Cup, which begins in October simultaneously in Pretoria and Johannesburg. Khulna were supposed to take part in the finals last year in Brazil ... Read more
Vintage duo lifts The Daily Star
Mohammad Al Amin set aside his journalistic prowess for a footballing one scoring two goals and setting up another, as The Daily Star thrashed Naya Diganta 3-0 in their second round match of the DRU-Rapid Securities Media football tournament at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. And it wasn’t just the sports boss who mesmerised the ... Read more
Div I table tennis begins
Dhaka Metropolis First Division Table Tennis League got underway yesterday at the Wooden Floor Stadium with eight teams winning their respective matches on the opening day. Promising Junior beat Dhaka Wanderers 3-1 while Bangladesh Boys, Dhaka South East TT Club and Combined SC beat Bangladesh Chemical, Dyane and Lalbagh TT Club respectively, all in
Women’s handball
Abahani Limited scored a 28-7 victory over Arambagh Krira Chakra in the United Oil Women’s Handball League at the Handball Stadium in the city yesterday. The winners led the first half 13-4. The other match between Azad Sporting and Mariner Youngs was disrupted due to
Tamim relaxed after surgery
Opener Tamim Iqbal, who returned from Australia after a successful surgery on his injured wrist, is now a very relaxed man and is hopeful of returning to his international duty soon. Tamim, who will be out of action for at least eight weeks and will miss the impending five-match one-day series against New Zealand, paid ... Read more
Rubcic still crafting starting eleven
Bangladesh national football coach Robert Rubcic professed himself impressed by the calm environment at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan in Savar, but confessed that the players still had a long way to go to impress him at the end of a 12-day training camp at the country’s lone sporting institute. The Croat has reportedly shortlisted ... Read more
Black Caps arrive today
A 15-member New Zealand cricket team, led by all-rounder Daniel Vettori, will reach Dhaka today to play a five-match one-day international series against the hosts starting from October 5. The series, fourth between Bangladesh and New Zealand in the last four years, which originally had two Tests and three-ODIs, will be followed by two
Ashraful to lead BCB XI against Kiwis
Former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful will lead the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in the first warm-up match against New Zealand at the BKSP on October 1, the BCB said on Monday. The BCB announced a 14-memebr squad for the match with top-order batsman Shamsur Rahman named as the vice-captain of the side. The squad included ... Read more
Open Badminton starts today
Advocate Abdur Rob Smrity Summer Open (Rating) Badminton tournament gets underway at the Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur today. Some 133 shuttlers including 13 women will compete in four events — men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles, said organisers at a press conference at the
DRU football
Bhorer Kagoj, Destiny, Channel I and Naya Diganta won their respective first matches in the second round of the DRU-Raid Securities Media Football tournament at Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Bhorer Kagoj defeated Daily Jugantar 1-0, Destiny blanked Daily Shamakal 2-0, Channel I
Metropolis table tennis
The Dhaka Metropolis Table Tennis League begins at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium today with the First Division. Some 18 teams, split into two groups, will take part in the first division as the Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation has temporary brought an electricity line from the volleyball stadium to complete the
Open Tennis
Top seeded players in both men’s and women’s group of the Shahjalal Islami Bank Open Tennis had easy wins to move to the next round of games. Men’s top seed Amol Roy beat Sheikh Hasibul 6-2, 6-2 and second seed Alamgir Hossain blacked Jafar Imam 6-0, 6-0 to book a second round place. Among others, ... Read more
Sakib joins Tigers
Sakib al Hasan is confident to carry on the good form in the upcoming series against New Zealand after joining the practice session of the national team at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Sakib, who had a successful stint in county cricket where he helped his side Worcestershire get promotion to Division One, was holidaying ... Read more