The United Oil Women’s Handball League begins today at the Handball Stadium. Dhaka Mariner Youngs Club take on Jatrabari on the opening day with home minister Sahara Khatun set to declare the nine-team league open. Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF) president AKM Nurul Fazle Bulbul disclosed
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Akbar lands for Abahani today
Iranian coach Ali Akbar is scheduled to arrive here this morning to take charge of three-time Bangladesh League champions Abahani for the upcoming season. Akbar, an AFC instructor and who has experience to guide an Iranian professional football club, is expected to put pen to paper for six
DRU football
Daily Janakantha and Naya Diganta won their respective matches in the DRU-Rapid Securities Media Football Tournament at the Handball Stadium yesterday. Janakantha crushed Radio Today 4-0 while Naya Diganta beat ATN News 2-0. In the day’s other matches, ATN Bangla played out a 1-1 draw against Bhorer Kaghoj while
2nd Councilor Gold Cup
Ward No. 8 beat Ward No. 3 by 4-3 in tiebreaker in the day’s first match of the 2nd Councilor Gold Cup Football tournament at the Rajshahi Stadium yesterday. The match was locked at 1-1 in the regulation time. Suman was adjudged man of the
TT leagues from next week
The Dhaka Metropolis Table Tennis Leagues gets underway on September 28 through the First Division at the newly-build Wooden Floor Gymnasium. The First Division League will feature 18 teams while ten teams will take part in the Senior Division League, which will star on
High promise, little success
BCB president completes one-year in office Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal will complete his first year in the hotseat today that drew mixed reactions from country’s cricket fraternity. Kamal, a ruling party lawmaker and chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the finance ministry, was appointed BCB president on September 23, 2009, nine
Iran thrash hosts
Iran defeated hosts Bangladesh 6-0 with winger Syedeh Tanin scoring a hat-trick to go top of the points table in the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship Group B qualifiers at the Kamalapur stadium on Wednesday. In the first match of the day, India bounced back to the winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Jordan at ... Read more
GP enters football
Grameenphne, the largest cell phone operator of the country, entered into the football arena by buying all the perimeter billboards during the AFC Women’s Championship qualifiers at the Kamalapur Stadium. The billboards were absent on the opening day but Grameenphone erected these around the pitch on the second matchday on
WC opening ceremony in Mirpur?
If you happen to visit the ICC (International Cricket Council) website these days, you will find a glaring error. Under the venue guide for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur is credited to be the ground where the opening ceremony will take place. The website informs: “Established in 2006, the venue was ... Read more
FIFA official happy over U-19 football tourney
Bengt Roland Arnqvist, the Swedish consultant sent by FIFA to observe the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers, expressed his satisfaction with the local arrangements and the standard of the game on Wednesday. Arnqvist was surprised to see Iran and Jordan as well as India displaying a good brand of
2nd Councilor Gold Cup
Ward No. 1 thrashed Ward No. 2 7-0 in the day’s first match of the Second Councilor Gold Cup Football tournament at the Rajshahi Stadium yesterday. Polash and Russel struck hattricks while Rana scored the other goal for the winners. Polash was adjudged man-of-the-match
Tough day for men’s and women’s teams
Bangladesh went down in their opening game of the 39th World Chess Olympiad when they lost to eighth-seeded Bulgaria 3.5-0.5 at Khanty-Mansiysk in Russia yesterday. Only FM Abu Sufian Shakil drew his board against Bulgarian GM Kiril Georgiov while FM Minhazuddin Ahmed, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and Debaraj Chatterjee lost to GM Ivan Cheparinov,
Local surfers hold their own
The 6th International Surfing Championship was held at the Kolatoli point of the tourist city of Cox’s Bazar yesterday. About a hundred surfers took part in the day-long competition. A large number of spectators enjoyed the water sport organised by Surfing Bangladesh and sponsored by Akiz Food and Beverage Limited.
Bad news for cricket fans
Only 6,000-7,000 seats on offer during NZ series If you are planning to go to the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur next month to watch the one-day series between Bangladesh and New Zealand, you better book your tickets early. It is very apparent now that a very small number of spectators can watch the matches ... Read more
Pont finds Ashik, finally
Ian Pont, the English bowling coach of Bangladesh cricketers, after a gap of five years met the boy he thought to be an ideal fast bowler. He first spotted the boy at the MRF Pace Bowling Foundation in Chennai in 2005 and highly rated him. Pont has preserved the picture of the Bangladesh boy and ... Read more
Hosts to look to contain
Smarting from their humiliating 6-1 drubbing at the hands of Jordan, the under-19 girls of Bangladesh are hoping to put up a better show against favourites Iran when they meet in the second match of the AFC Under-19 Women’s qualifiers under the floodlights of Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur
Women’s T20 from Sept 25
Rajshahi take on Khulna in the opening match of the 4th Women’s National Cricket League Twenty20 competition on September 25 at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium. The six-team tournament is being held to facilitate the preparation for the XVI Asian Games in Guangzhou where the Bangladesh team will be participating in the women’s cricket
Iranian Ali Akbar to coach Abahani
Iranian coach Ali Akbar will take over the charge of the Bangladesh League champions Abahani Ltd on Friday while their arch-rivals Dhaka Mohammedan have included two Rwandan midfielders in their fold on Tuesday. Abahani’s manager Satyajit Das Rupu said, ‘We are eagerly waiting for Ali Akbar and he
2nd Councilor Gold Cup
Ward No. 5 and Ward No. 14 won big in Tuesday’s matches of the 2nd Councilor Cup Football tournament at the Rajshahi District Stadium yesterday. Ward no. 14 won 4-0 against Ward No. 21 in the day’s first match with Malek scoring all four goals. Ward No. 5 beat Ward No. 30 6-1 in the ... Read more
BCB sweats to bring Mahmud back
Bangladesh Cricket Board has made allout efforts to change the mind of former national skipper Khaled Mahmud, who was frustrated at having no specific duties to do and resigned from the post of national team assistant coach earlier this month. Newly-appointed chief executive officer Manzur Ahmed spared some time to speak to