Top seed Amal Ray won the men’s crown in the Shahjalal Islami Bank Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Complex (NTC) in Ramna yesterday. Amal, who was playing for Engineers Club, beat Nordic Club’s Alamgir Hossain 6-1, 6-4. In the women’s singles, Sharda Alam fought hard to beat Sathi Sarkar 6-1, 2-6, 6-3. The ... Read more
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Shakib the main threat: Vettori
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said on Wednesday that they singled out Shakib Al Hasan, the world’s number one all-rounder, as the main threat in next week’s five-match one-day series. And the Kiwis’ skipper believes that the absence of dashing opener Tamim Iqbal, who was ruled out for the series due to a surgery on ... Read more
Golf gears up for Asian tourney
Bangladesh on Wednesday announced to host its first professional golf tournament of Asian circuit, the Grameenphone Bangladesh Masters, in Dhaka from January 26-29, 2011. The announcement came in less than two months after Siddikur Rahman, a former ball boy of the Kurmitola Golf Club course, became the first Bangladeshi to win a professional tournament in ... Read more
Micromax to sponsor Bangldesh, NZ series
Micromax Informatics Limited, an Indian mobile phone company, has come to the rescue of the Bangladesh Cricket Board by agreeing to sponsor the upcoming five-match one-day day series between Bangladesh and New Zealand. The BCB floated a tender seeking a sponsor for the series but received no response from anyone, the chief executive officer of ... Read more
BOA to bid for Asian Beach Games
The Bangladesh Olympic Association has decided to bid for the 2016 Asian Beach Games, The decision was made at an executive committee meeting of the BOA at the BOA House on Wednesday. The BOA has also declared a cash bonanza for the Commonwealth Games-bound athletes with a gold medal winner pocketing Tk 10 lakh. The ... Read more
Contrasting wins for Khulna, Ctg
Khulna and Chittagong won their respective matches of the 4th Women’s National Cricket League at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. The matches were a welcome relief for organisers, after two full days were washed out due to rain. In the day’s first match, Chittagong beat Barisal by four wickets in a
Women’s handball
Azad Sporting Club beat Arambagh Krira Chakra 26-14 in the United Oil Women’s Handball League at the Handball Stadium yesterday. The winners were leading the first half 13-5. Abahani Limited kept their winning streak with a 23-14 win over Dhaka Mariners Club. Meanwhile, Azad Sporting had another win earlier in the day when they beat ... Read more
DRU football
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
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