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
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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
BCB unveils domestic cricket calendar
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday unveiled the new calendar for domestic season starting with the Dhaka Metro Under-18 Academy Tournament on October 1. The different standing committees of he BCB will organise as many as 29 competitions during the long season with the development committee hosting highest 12 tournaments including
BFF to resume Nat’l C’ship
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has decided to resume the National Football Championship in December after a four-year gap as the reshuffled competition committee sat for the first time at the BFF House yesterday. The meeting decided to invite all 64 districts, services teams and public universities in
DRU football
Twelve teams, including The Daily Star, made it to the second round of the DRU-Rapid Securities Media football tournament at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. The twelve teams are — The Daily Star, Bangladesh Pratidin, Jugantor, Bhorer Kagoj, Destiny, Independent, Samakal, Janakantha, Naya Diganta, Boishakhi TV and
Ashraful captain for Asiad?
Mohammad Ashraful is likely to lead the team in the Twenty20 competition of the XVI Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, to be held from November 12 to 27. The Rafiqul Alam-led selection panel already submitted the 15-member squad for board approval and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is likely to announce the
Abahani make good start
Abahani defeated Dhaka Mariner Youngs Club 14-11 in the United Oil Women’s Handball League at the Handball Stadium yesterday. They led the first half 7-5. In the day’s other matches, Madaripur Handball Training Centre crushed Jatrabari 24-9 after
NCL delayed by six days
The National Cricket League has been deferred by six days due to persistent rain and inclement weather across the country. The longer-version will now start from October 4 instead of September 29. “The grounds are not ready to hold the matches due to the rain. It also upset the teams’
Fed Cup with 18 clubs
A total of eighteen teams will participate in the season’s curtain-raising football tournament Federation Cup that starts on October 8. This is due to Bangladesh Army and Wari Club failing to respond to the invitation of Bangladesh Football Federation
Rubcic happy with booters
The one month camp of national footballers for the upcoming Asian Games to be held in November, concluded yesterday at BKSP. The thirty-two players in the camp have been released for their club duties for the Federation Cup which starts on October 8. Robert Rubcic, the newly-appointed Croatian coach of
Chess teams getting better
The Bangladesh men’s and women’s teams both won their respective fifth round games in the open section of the 39th World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia yesterday. The men’s team defeated Malawi 4-0 while the women’s team beat International Committee of Silent Chess (ICSC)
1st Division transfers from Sept 29
The two-day players’ transfer for the Dhaka First Division Cricket League will be held from September 29 to 30. Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) said in a statement: “For the 2010-2011 cricket season the players from First Division Cricket League teams who want to transfer to the Premier League/2nd Division/3rd Division League must acquire ... Read more
Khulna off to winning start
Khulna posted an eight-wicket victory over Rajshahi in the rain-interrupted opening match of the Women’s National Cricket League at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. The T20 match was reduced to a five-over affair where Rajshahi managed 37 runs for five wickets after being sent into
Open tennis from today
The Shahjalal Islami Bank Open Tennis tournament starts today at the National Tennis Court Complex in Ramna. A total of 260 participants from 26 clubs across the country will take part in the nine events of the five-day meet. Secretary of Youth and Sports Mahbub Ahmed will inaugurate the
2nd Councilor Gold Cup
Ward No. 5 defeated Ward No. 13 4-1 in the day’s first match of the 2nd Councilor Gold Cup Football tournament at the Rajshahi Stadium yesterday. Sagar scored two goals while Nasir and Jamil added one each. Riyad netted the lone goal for the losing team. Raju was adjudged man of