South African all-rounder Lance Klusener finally refused to be the Bangladesh cricket team’s new bowling coach. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) spokesperson Jalal Yunus said, “Klusener told us on Monday that he is not coming to Bangladesh.” “Klusener couldn’t convince his wife in this
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Psychologist joins Tigers
Newly-appointed sports psychologist Soumendra Saha has joined the Bangladesh cricket team on Wednesday, hoping to enhance the mental strength of struggling Tigers. Soumendra was accompanied by his wife Srilekha Saha, a doctorate in sports psychology, when he visited the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to see the practice of national players in
Bangladesh get direct entry
AFC Challenge Cup Bangladesh get direct entry The Asian Football Confede-ration (AFC) yesterday revealed the rules and regulations for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup with Bangla-desh playing in the 16-team finals directly. The fourth edition of the Challenge Cup, which is designed for the third-tier nations of the continent, will however have stage qualifiers among ... Read more
Hockey team lose first tie in Germany
Bangladesh hockey players who are touring Germany played their first practice match against a Second Division side on Tuesday after arriving in Bonn the previous day, said a letter sent by coach Gerhard Peter Rach yesterday. Rach, who took 17 of his best players for giving them some experience of the
Aminul cleared for Asiad
Experien-ced goalkeeper Aminul Haque is eligible to play in the Asian Games after the Asian Football Confederation gave him clearance on Wednesday. An e-mail from the AFC stated that Aminul’s one-match suspension, after he was red-carded when playing against Sri Lanka in the AFC Challenge Cup last January, will not be
Online transfer system debuts at BFF
A two-day workshop on FIFA’s electronic transfer matching system got underway at the BFF house today, with the participation of all the professional league clubs. The day also opened the window of the foreign players’ transfer, which will be closed on October 15. Each of the 12 clubs will be eligible to sign five foreigners ... Read more
Klusener unlikely as bowling coach
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) are yet to get any response from Lance Klusener who is supposed to join the national cricket team in the first week of September as a specialist bowling coach. Apparently there is hardly any chance that the BCB could make the deal with the former South Africa all-rounder
Ex-girlfriend says Asif a ‘serial fixer’
Mohammad Asif’s ex-girl friend has launched a scathing attack at the bowler and accused him of being directly involved in match-fixing. As a panelist on a news channel, Asif’s former girl friend Veena Malik accused the fast bowler of being ‘criminal minded’ and a
Imran says any guilty players must face tough punishment
Former cricket captain Imran Khan called for exemplary punishment to be given to any player found guilty of spot fixing during the tour of England. “I think there is a need to send out a message to youngsters…that crime does not pay,” Imran told Geo News on Sunday
Wake-up call for Tigers
The latest match-fixing scandal of Pakistan gripped the Bangladesh cricket team on Sunday as they resumed practice after two days off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The Tigers were also under the scanner just two months ago at the same Lord’s after Sakib al Hasan had confessed a day before their Test match against England ... Read more
Test continues amid ‘fixing claims’
The Test match between England and Pakistan has resumed under a cloud of controversy following allegations that some of the tourists were involved in match-fixing. Mazhar Majeed, a 35-year-old agent, was arrested on Saturday night and four Pakistani players gave statements to the police over claims about the
BFF defers players’ transfer
Bangla-desh Football Federation has finally deferred the starting date of inter-club players’ transfer for the Bangladesh League for one month from September 1 to October 1. The decision was made at a meeting of the BFF’s emergency committee on Saturday. Responding to the appeal by the seven clubs the BFF moved from its previous
Gulshan Club sponsors national hockey players’ tickets
Gulshan Club came forward to provide 18 air tickets for the Germany-bound national hockey players after coach Rach Gerhard Peter failed to arrange the tickets as per his commitment. Rach, the German coach of the national hockey team, was supposed to provide the tickets to the 18 players who will be playing for German second ... Read more
Clubs want BFF to extend transfer date
The seven struggling clubs of Bangladesh League will request the Bangladesh Football Federation to extend the players’ transfer deadline by 25 days allowing them to complete their player registration procedures. Seven clubs – Brothers Union, Rahmatganj MFS, Farashganj SC, Arambagh KS, Chittagong Mohammedan SC, Chittagong Abahani and Feni Soccer Club – earlier informed the
Tigers can surprise everybody
says Fountain Julien Fountain, the newly-appointed fielding coach of Bangladesh, has spent his first week in charge when he attended the practice session of the national cricketers at Mirpur. Fountain shared his first-hand experience in an interview with New Age’s Atif Azam at a city hotel on
Tamim to be cautioned
Opener Tamim Iqbal is going to receive a cautionary letter from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for showing indecent behaviour against a board decision. The young batsman had vehemently reacted when he learned that he has to sit in the economy class for the Australia trip and had been demanding for business class. The dashing
Shakib 3 down Northants
Shakib Al Hasan picked up three wickets as Northamptonshire made slow progress in their County Championship Division Two match against Worcestershire at the County Ground in Northampton yesterday. The hosts were 308 for eight after tea in their first innings on the third day after the second day’s play was completely washed out due to ... Read more
Abahani rope in two Ghanaians
Three times Bangladesh League champions Abahani yesterday flew in two new Ghanaian recruits along with their old Ghanaian stalwarts Awudu Ibrahim and Samad Yousif yesterday ahead of the upcoming season. Striker Twam, who last played in the Oman League and midfielder Yousif Aminu, who plays in the Ghanaian league, will be touring with Abahani to ... Read more
Puma women’s soccer sponsor
Leading sport conglomerate Puma is all set to sponsor the Bangladesh national women’s football team in the upcoming SAFF Women’s Championship in December. “Puma has agreed in principle to sponsor Bangladesh’s women’s football team for the SAFF Women’s Championship. Under the agreement they will provide jerseys, balls, trousers, socks and
Hockey players leave for Germany on Sunday
Eighteen national hockey players and their German coach Rach Gerhard Peter will fly to Germany on Sunday as a part of their preparation for the upcoming 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou in November. Anvir Adil, the co-coordinator of the national hockey team, confirmed obtaining visas of the players on Thursday. ‘All the 18 players obtained ... Read more