AFC U-19 Women’s Football Championship Hosts suffer heavy defeat Hosts Bangladesh and neighbours India made disastrous start in the AFC U-19 Women’s Football Championship when they were thrashed by their middle-eastern counterparts at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Bangladesh were humiliated by Jordan with a 1-6 drubbing, thanks to a hattrick from ... Read more
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2nd Councilor Gold Cup
A flood of goals marked the both matches of the Second Councilor Gold Cup Football tournament at Rajshahi District stadium on Monday. In the City Corporation sponsored tournament, ward no. 27 team defeated ward no. 11 by 7-2 goals in the afternoon while ward 12 no. defeated ward no. 26 by a 8-4 goal margin ... Read more
Pont prompt in his business
Ian Pont, the newly recruited English coach for the pace bowlers of the Bangladesh national cricket team, aims to improve control and variation as he started working with the speedsters for the fist time at the Mirpur indoor stadium on Sunday. Pont, who worked as a fast bowling coach of his former county club Essex ... Read more
Sakib relishes time in county
Former skipper Sakib al Hasan relished his time with the English county side Worcestershire as he returned to home on Sunday and spent few hours at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium with his practising team-mates. ‘I am happy but not satisfied as it could have been much better,’ Sakib told reporters later. The mercurial all-rounder, who ... Read more
U-19 football fiesta begins today
Bangladesh face Jordan in the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers at the Kamalapur stadium today. In the opening match of the four-team event India take on Iran at the same venue. Bangladesh, with only six players from the last SA Games squad, are confident to put up a good show against their opponents who will ... Read more
Mushfiqur doing fine
Mushfiqur Rahim is fast on the mend from a shoulder injury he suffered during training on Friday. National team physio Michael Henry confirmed yesterday that scans on his right shoulder have revealed nothing alarming, but the wicketkeeper would be asked to rest. “We did a scan on him and it showed some inflammation in his ... Read more
Councilor Gold Cup football
Ward No. 13 football team of Rajshahi City Corporation beat Ward No. 16 2-0 in the 2nd Councilor Gold Cup football tournament at the District Stadium on Sunday. Riad and Shimar scored the two goals while Tuhin was adjudged as the man of the match. In another match of the day, Ward No. 22 defeated ... Read more
Ansar lift women’s kabaddi title
Bangladesh Ansar emerged champions in the Meizan National Kabaddi Championship defeating BJMC 18-7 in the final at the Outer Stadium Kabaddi court yesterday. Shahnaz Parvin Maleka of the star-studded Ansar was adjudged the best player of the tournament. Before moving into the final, Ansar easily thrashed Magura 51-11 while BJMC outplayed
India, Jordan arrive here
The under-19 women’s football team of Jordan and India arrived in the city yesterday to take part in the Group B qualifying-1 round matches of the AFC U-19 women’s championship that begins on Monday at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur. Iran, the other participants apart from hosts Bangladesh, will arrive today. India will ... Read more
Women’s kabaddi
Bangladesh Ansar and BJMC reached the semifinals of the Meizan National Women’s Kabaddi Championship by winning their respective matches at the Dhanmondi Sultana Kamal Women’s Sports Complex yesterday. In the day’s matches, BJMC defeated Jamalpur by 37-19 points while Bangladesh Ansar
Pont arrives with a mission
The newly-appointed bowling coach of the Bangladesh cricket team, Ian Pont, arrived on Thursday and took no time to meet his pupils practising at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Pont, the former bowling consultant of county side Northamptonshire, reached Dhaka in the morning and just dropped his luggage at the hotel before rushing to stadium to ... Read more
AFC U-19 Women’s Football Qualifiers from September 20
Bangladesh Football Federation will arrange the AFC Under-19 Football Championship (Qualification Round) in Dhaka from September 20. The five-day long football meet for women will be staged in Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal stadium in Kamalapur. Host Bangladesh, Iran, India and Jordan will participate in the
More officials than athletes!
C’wealth Games More officials than athletes! Ratna to carry flag Sharmin Akhter Ratna, gold medalist in the South Asian Games and Commonwealth Shooting Championship, will carry the national flag during the march past in the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi over October 3-14. The decision was taken yesterday during a meeting between ... Read more
Shakib’s quiet end to county stint
Shakib Al Hasan might have only made 14 in his final county innings of the season but his team Worcestershire set themselves on course for promotion into Division One of the County Championship, beating Sussex by four wickets yesterday. Worcestershire’s promotion would depend on the result of the match between Derbyshire and
National Women’s Kabaddi begins today
The Meizan National Women’s Kabaddi Competition begins today at the Dhanmondi Sultana Kamal Women’s Sports Complex. Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation will arrange the three-day long kabaddi meet under auspices of Bangladesh Edible Oil Limited. Marking the ensuing kabaddi meet, a press conference was held at the Kabaddi Stadium on
Abahani romp to Bordoloi Trophy
A double-strike from Mehdi Hasan Ujjal guided Abahani to the Bordoloi Trophy as the three-time Bangladesh League champions handed an easy 3-0 defeat to Nepal’s Three Star in the final of the 59th edition of the provincial meet in Assam yesterday. Apart from the Ujjal brace, new midfielder Imtiaz Sultan Jitu struck the other to ... Read more
Rajshahi face Sylhet in NCL opener
Holders Rajshahi will face Sylhet at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore in the opening match of the 12th National Cricket League to be held from September 29 to October 2, Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Wednesday. In the other two matches of the opening round, Chittagong will take on Barisal at the
Pleasure in performance
Shakib returns on September 18 Shakib Al Hasan confessed that he had no qualms of being lonely in the West Midlands of England. “I am enjoying my time so much that I don’t feel homesick,” said all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan while talking with the Daily Star Sport over phone yesterday, moments before he left home ... Read more
Tamim ruled out of Kiwi series
Ashraful ommited, Nafees recalled Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal will miss the upcoming ODI series against New Zealand as he underwent a surgery in Australia while former skipper Mohammad Ashraful was left out of the 14-member Bangladesh squad, announced by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday. Opener Shahriar Nafees got a national recall after two ... Read more
Rubcic sees finishing as weakness
Robert Rubcic, the new Croatian football coach, pointed out a lack of finishing and not performing off-the-ball duties well as the major weaknesses of Bangladesh footballers and vowed to work hard on the flaws on Monday. Rubcic, who roamed around the Dhaka city during the three-day vacation on occasion