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
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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
29-member hockey squad announced
Bangladesh Hockey Federation declared a 29-member preliminary squad for the upcoming Asian Games yesterday. The players have been asked to report to coaches Gerhard Peter Rach, Barkatullah Chapal, Abdullah Piru tomorrow by 4pm at the federation for the training camp. Selected players are Jahid Hossain, Manwar Hossain Russel, Moshiur Rahman Biplob,
BCB names Fountain as fielding coach
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday formally announced ex-British baseball player Julien Fountain as the new fielding coach for the national side upto the World Cup 2011. The 40-year old, who has been in cricket coaching for nearly two decades, will be arriving in Dhaka on Thursday to start his stint with the Tigers, the BCB ... Read more
BFF resolves clubs’ demands
The professional football clubs demanding the deferment of the upcoming players transfer and a delay to the start of the season are likely to retreat from their stance as the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) promised to provide them more financial benefits than last season. BFF president Kazi Salahuddin had a meeting with the club representatives ... Read more
Siddiqur puts country on golfing map
Siddiqur Rahman became the pride of the nation by winning an Asian Tour professional golf tournament as the first Bangladeshi on Sunday, when he lifted the Brunei Open title in Bandar Seri Begawan. The 26-year-old Siddiqur, who hails from Madaripur, secured his career breakthrough in
Five ODIs in place of two Tests?
The upcoming New Zealand tour to Bangladesh could only have one-day matches due to the upcoming World Cup early next year. The schedule was supposed to have two Tests and a three-match one-day series but it could
Siddikur eyes history
Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman is on the verge of a unique feat as he maintained the third-round lead at the Brunei Open in Bandar Seri Begawan yesterday. The 25-year-old Siddikur, who became a professional golfer in April 2008 after playing the
Kashem Smriti lift Kabaddi title
Kashem Smriti Sangsad emerged champions after defeating Janaprio XI 14-6 in the second phase of Kabaddi Mela held at the district stadium yesterday. They earned only one lona in the final
BFF aims to build strong U-19 eves football team
Bangladesh Football Federation looks forward to forming a strong U-19 women’s football team for the 2011 AFC Under-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers. The residential camp for the meet, scheduled to be held in Dhaka from September
A TT party for kids
The jerseys would have alluded to a football tournament but the kids who turned up on Friday morning with ‘Messi’, ‘Torres’ and ‘Lampard’ on their back were geared up for a different sport altogether. They were students of Siddiqui’s International School and yesterday they entered the
Karpov puts BCF in a quandary
The Bangladesh Chess Federation is seemingly in indecision over whether to accept former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov’s visiting schedule to Bangladesh ahead of the FIDE election to be held in October this year. Russian Grandmaster Karpov is a president candidate of the FIDE election and will
World Cup venue to be named after Muralitharan
The new International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele, Kandy which will be one of the venues to host matches of next year’s cricket world cup will be renamed as the Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium. The Central Provincial Council in Kandy has taken this decision unanimously to
Bangladesh 2nd in Saarc carom
Bangladesh became runners-up in the men’s team event of the 14th Saarc Carom Championship held in Colombo last week. India were the eventual winners. The team was made up of Hafizur Rahman, Humayun Kabir and Mohamma Ali. The other
New Vision emerge champions
New Vision Badminton Academy of Malaysia became champions in Kawasaki Knit Concern-New Vision Badminton tournament as they won both the singles and doubles crown in all-Malaysian finals in Narayanganj yesterday. Malaysian star and former Australian Open Badminton champion Yogendran Krishnan took