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
Sports
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
Hosts suffer heavy defeat
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
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