The Bangladesh Football Federation is still uncertain of national custodian Aminul Haque could play in the Asian Games football. The custodian was sent off in the 37th minute of the AFC Challenge Cup match against Sri Lanka on February 20 in Sri Lanka
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Tamim accepts economy class air ticket
Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal has finally agreed to travel to Australia for the treatment of his wrist injury in the economy class after repeated attempts by Bangladesh Cricket Board officials and his family. Tamim earlier refused to accept an economy class ticket and said he would go to Australia on personal expenses unless he could ... Read more
Nat’l pool announced
Twenty-two national cricketers have been bracketed in the national pool for this season’s Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday made the announcement, stating that the group comprises of players who have played for the Tigers between January 1 and July 31 this
Aminul, Momin share lead
FM Khondoker Aminul Islam of Titas and Abdul Momin of Sirajganj are now in joint lead in the points table with 7 each after the 8th round of the Federation Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament at the federation hallroom yesterday. Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin of Titas and Farhadur Imam of I2 Soft Solution are in 2nd
Manik appointed football coach of MSC for next two years
Shafiqul Islam Manik returned to his old hunting ground after a gap of three years as the AFC-A license coach was appointed yesterday as the head coach of Mohammedan Sporting Club for the next two years. Manik, who was nominated by the football committee on Thursday, was finally approved by the ad-hoc committee convener
BCB approves two foreigners rule
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has approved the participation of two foreign players in a match for the upcoming Premier Division Cricket League. The board of directors took the decision in a meeting on Sunday where they decided to allow registration of a maximum of five foreign
Magic Messi wins Super Cup for Barca
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to lead Barcelona to a 4-0 victory over Sevilla and a 5-3 aggregate win in the Spanish Super Cup. The Argentine forward had a quiet World Cup in South Africa but looked more comfortable back among his club mates at the
A pleasing day on the filed
The long run-up to the 2011 World Cup began yesterday with the national cricketers having a long slog in the nets as well as in the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium outfield. One would be tempted to go the distance and call it the perfect start as Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s men were given a thorough workout, having ... Read more
Siddons turns focus on individual skills
Improvement of individual skills has now become a top priority as Bangladesh began their practice with the World Cup cricket in their mind at the Sher-a-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Coach Jamie Siddons divided the 26 players of the preliminary squad into four groups with one group called for net practice while the others were ... Read more
‘I’ll give you blood, you give me performance’
The newly-appointed fielding coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team Julien Fountain urged the cricketers to put the maximum efforts in order to elevate their performances. ‘I will give you blood, sweat and tears and in return you give performance,’ said Fountain who got himself introduced to the members of the preliminary squad for the ... Read more
Rach pens new deal
Rach Gerhard Peter, the German coach of the national hockey team, pledged higher training facilities for the national players during their stay in Germany. Rach, who signed a four-month deal with the Bangladesh Hockey Federation on a monthly salary of $3000, clarified his position regarding the European tour at a press conference at the federation
Mahmud to continue as asstt coach
Former skipper Khaled Mahmud will continue as the assistant coach of the national cricket team despite two recent high-profile appointments, said a senior official of Bangladesh Cricket Board. The fate of Mahmud was hanging in the balance after the BCB appointed South African Lance Klusener and ex-British baseball player Julien Fountain respectively as the bowling ... Read more
Players up for Germany tour
National hockey players are optimistic about their Germany tour as a part of their preparation for the upcoming Asian Games as the players of the preliminary squad reported to assistant coach Barkatullah Chapal at the Bangladesh Hockey Federation yesterday. Of the 29-member squad, some 18 players are supposed to the leave for Germany in
14 warm-up games ahead of 2011 WC
The ICC has announced the schedule for the warm-up games ahead of World Cup 2011. The 14 teams in the fray will play two games each, from Feb 12 to 18. The tournament gets underway on Feb 19. The warm-up fixtures will be played across the three host countries with Bangalore, Chennai, Chittagong, Colombo, Dhaka, ... Read more
Manik set for MSC coach role
Shafiqul Islam Manik is all set to return to his old outfit when the football committee of Mohammedan Sporting Club proposed him as coach for the upcoming season. “The meeting has proposed to appoint Manik as a coach and the proposal has been sent to the convener for the final decision,” said Sayeed Hasan Kanon, ... Read more
Nazimuddin back after 2 years
BCB announces provisional squad for NZ series Nazimuddin has been recalled to the national fold when Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 26-member provisional squad for the upcoming five-match one-day series against New Zealand at home. The right-hander had started with lot of promise but soon jeopardised his international career by joining the banned Indian ... Read more
Fountain rushes into business
Julien Fountain, the new fielding coach of Bangladesh cricket team, arrived in Dhaka on Thursday and made no delay in working out his plan with head coach Jamie Siddons. Hours after his arrival, Fountain went to the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and met the acting chief executive of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Nizamuddin Chowdhury, to complete
Tigers take on Canada, Pakistan in warm-ups
Bangladesh will take on Canada and Pakistan in their two warm-up games ahead of the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The Tigers will take on the North Americans in Chittagong on February 12 and Pakistan in Dhaka on February 15. England will take on Canada, also in Dhaka on February 16 while England also play
Shakib six-for destroys Surrey
Shakib Al Hasan’s six-wicket haul powered Worcestershire to their fifth win in the County Championship Division Two competition as they recorded a massive 238-run win over Surrey at the County Ground in New Road yesterday. Requiring 369 runs in the second innings to win the match, Surrey were already in
Tamim among ICC’s top sixteen
A gleeful Tamim Iqbal said yesterday that he had always wanted to win an ICC Award after he was nominated among sixteen top international cricketers for the Test Player of the Year category in the top cricketing awards. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the different nominations for the annual honour for the best players ... Read more