T&T Club leapfrogged to the fourth position in the Bashundhara Senior Division Football League with a 2-0 win over bottom-side Purbachal Parishad at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Ismail put T&T ahead in the 17th minute while Arman sealed the game in the
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Sagar keeps lead intact
FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar maintained his solo lead in the Mercantile Bank 36th National Chess Champion-ship at close of the sixth round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room yesterday. Sagar secured maximum six points after he got walkover against Mahtabuddin Ahmed Robin in his sixth round
Sadharan Bima outplays Wari
Sadharan Bima thumped Wari Club 3-0 in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday. Turjo gave Bima an early lead when he converted a penalty corner in the second minute. Proshanto doubled the margin
Bangladesh amass 301
Bangladesh middle order batsmen improved drastically putting behind their dismal performance against Sussex to throw a stiff challenge to the English county club Middlesex in the second and last warm up match at Lord’s on
Three teams vie for Bangladesh League slot
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, Uttar Baridhara Club and Bangladesh Boys’ Club want to play in the Bangladesh League next season and they have already submitted applications for the enrolment of their clubs to the Bangladesh Football
Massive win for Mariner
Mainul Islam recorded a brilliant hat-trick as Mariner Young’s Club outclassed Bangladesh Sporting Club by eight goals to nil in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League at the Moulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on
Sagar takes solo lead
FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar took a solo lead in the Mercantile Bank 36th National Championship. Sagar earned full four points after 4th round games at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room on Monday. Four players are sharing 2nd position with three points each. They are: GM Reefat Bin Sattar,
Sr Div soccer
Victoria Sporting Club posted their fifth victory in the Bashundhara Senior Division Football League with a 2-0 win over last year’s runners-up Sunrise SC at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Ashraf gave Victoria a 29th minute lead before Raju sealed the fate of the game eight minutes from
Mohammedan win a goal fest
Title contenders Mohammedan came from behind to overcome the first barrier in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League as they beat Sonali Bank 7-5 in an entertaining encounter yesterday. The lively second half saw Mohammedan’s Musa Miah and Rana Jubair of Sonali Bank slot home a
Sagar, Parag share lead in chess
FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag were sharing lead in the points table with maximum 3 points each after 3rd round games of the Mercantile Bank 36th National Championship-2010 at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room on Sunday. GM Reefat Bin Sattar earned two points out of 2 games. In the
TT League from July 17
The Dhaka Metropolis Table Tennis League will get underway on July 17 at the newly-built Wooden Floor Gymnasium adjacent to the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The league will comprise Senior and First Divisions and women’s event, said a press release
Tigers in disarray
Bangladesh got off to a really bad start to their one-day tour with a terrible performance against Sussex yesterday. The Tigers went down by a whopping 149 runs at the county ground in Hove after Sussex made 253 from 47.5 overs. Rokibul Hasan made 23 while Jahurul Islam, opening with Tamim Iqbal,
Abbas shapes Abahani’s big win
Abahani Limited downed Ajax Sporting Club by 7-1 in the Green Delta insurance Premier Division Hockey League at the Moulana Bhasani Hokey Stadium on Saturday. The winners led the first half by four goals to nil. Pakistani recruit Sohail Abbas was among the top of the scorers netting three goals. Pushkar Khisha scored two goals ... Read more
Four players share lead in chess
Four players were sharing lead in the points table with maximum 2 points each after 2nd round games of the Mercantile Bank 36th National Chess Championship at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room on Saturday. They were: GM Reefat Bin Sattar, FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and
‘I haven’t felt this sad since I stopped playing football,’ Maradona
FIFA World Cup In a press conference, Argentine team’s coach Diego Maradona stated that “it’s not time to discuss his future as coach,” but hinted however, that “whoever came next had to follow his footsteps.” “I have to think about what my next move is going to be,” he said, clearly distraught by Germany’s
World media compliment Maradona: ‘your team has been the joy of this tournament’
The sports sections of British newspaper The Guardian and US newspaper The New York Times were all about Argentina’s football team coach Diego Maradona. He is on the forecast-spotlight and his performance as the team mastermind was the core of the analyses. According to the British article, “his renaissance as Argentina’s head coach is the ... Read more
Purbachal, Agrani get first points
After five consecutive defeats, both Agrani Bank and Purbachal Parishad played out a goalless draw in the Bashundhara Senior Division Football League at the Birsreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur
Rana hattrick gives Police first win
Rana Das slammed a hattrick as promotee Police AC tasted their first victory in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League with a 4-0 defeat over Wari Club at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium
Chapal off to Australia
Hockey coach Barkatullah Chapal leaves here for Australia today to take part in development coaches’ programme. The programme, conducted by Hockey Victoria, will be held in Victoria province from July 5 to 14 and
Fifa WC quarterfinals set for today
FIFA World Cup In the Friday’s first match, Brazil will play the Netherlands at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Some are calling this game worthy of a World Cup final. Both teams seem to be in top form before the game. The Dutch have won all four of their World Cup ... Read more