Bangladesh suffered a morale-shattering 7-5 defeat against Chinese Taipei in the Robi Asian Games hockey qualifiers at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka on Monday. Bangladesh took a 2-0 lead within seven minutes of play after Kamruzzaman and Krishna Kumar had scored on five and seven minutes
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Jahirul, Ashraful lift Bangladesh
Makeshift opener Jahirul Islam cracked an unbeaten century while former skipper Mohammad Ashraful missed it as Bangladesh reached 269-2 at tea on the second day of their opening first-class match on England tour at the Kennington Oval in London on Monday. Replying to Surrey’s 318-7 declared the tourists were in danger of an embarrassment in ... Read more
Abahani to start campaign with Nepal’s New Road
AFC President’s Cup kicks off tomorrow Local favourites Dhaka Abahani Limited will start their AFC President’s Cup football campaign tomorrow with facing New Road Team of Nepal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 7pm. Like previous year, Bangladesh professional league champions Abahani Limited have been given the
Hosts start in style
Bangladesh made an auspicious start in the Robi Asian Games Qualifying Hockey when the hosts crushed Thailand by 8-1 goals in their first match at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Sunday. Chayan was the key player for the massive victory against the opponents who scored five goals with
Abahani warm up well
Defending champions Dhaka Abahani moved closer to retaining their title of the Citycell Bangladesh League after flaying Brothers Union 4-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Ghanaian forward Sheriff Deen Mohammed scored a brace while Enamul and Abul scored one goal apiece for the sky-blue
Bangladesh eye galloping start
Bangladesh hope to start with a bang in the Robi Asian Games Hockey Qualifiers when they play their opening match against Thailand at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium at 2:00pm today. Bangladesh had thrashed Thailand 13-0 in the Asian Cup in Chennai in 2007, but coach Rach Gerhard Peter and skipper Moshiur Rahman Biplob ... Read more
Arambagh earn three valuable points
Riding on two second-half strikes from Soubair Mohammed and Alfaz Arambagh KS registered an important 2-1 victory over Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the lone match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Muktijoddha dominated the opening minutes but faded away with time while Arambagh were
Chumki dethrones Beauty
Azharul new king of track Shamsunnahar Chumki dethroned Najmunnahar Beauty as the fastest female sprinter of the country after long seven years on the final day of the two-day Walton 35th National Athletics at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Azharul Islam emerged as the new star of the track winning both the 100 and ... Read more
Learn football the Barcelona way
Some 30 local football coaches and around 200 children will get a chance to learn the game the FC Barcelona way in a three-day long coaching clinic that began in Dhaka on Thursday. YKK Bangladesh Private Limited, a subsidiary of Japanese multi-national company, YKK Asia Limited, has organised the programme as part of its corporate ... Read more
Batting let Tigers down
Bangladesh’s self-des-tructive batsmen muffed up a wonderful opportunity provided by the bowlers as they bowed out of the World Twenty20 after conceding a 27-run defeat against Australia in their final Group A match at Kensington Oval in Barbados last night. On a lively wicket that produced bounce and spin, the Bangladesh bowlers gave a genuine ... Read more
Sajib sets record in long jump
National Athletics gets underway Sajib Hossain of the BKSP set a national record in long jump clearing 2:11-metre on the first day of the Walton 35th National Athletics at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Khalilur Rahman, however, stole the limelight as the newcomer clinched the 200 metre sprint
Miller, Ingram destroy hosts
Colin Ingram and Dave Miller smashed centuries as South Africa A team recorded a massive 203-run win over Bangladesh A team in the opening match of the tri-series one-day tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. Put in to bat first, the tourists had run amok to compile a mammoth 368-5 in their stipulated ... Read more
Asian Games hockey qualifiers from Friday
The Robi Asian Games hockey qualifiers will with Oman taking on Hong Kong in the first of the day-three matches at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium on Friday. The inauguration ceremony of the seven-team meet will, however, be held today at the venue. The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, will open the tournament as
Liza champion
Shamima Akhter Liza picked up her second national women’s crown in style yesterday, staying undefeated in the Arlin Developer 31st National Women’s Chess Championship in her hometown Narayanganj. The Women’s FIDE Master earned 10.5 points from eleven games after she beat Rajshahi’s Protiva Talukdar in
World Twenty20 Cricket : Bangladesh take on Australia today
Bangladesh will take on Australia today in their last Group A match of the World Twenty20 Cricket in Barbados. The game begins at 7.30 PM BST (Bangladesh Standard Time). Earlier, Bangladesh lost to Pakistan by 21 runs in their first Group A match in Saint Lucia on
No trouble for Abahani
Bangladesh League No trouble for Abahani Mercurial striker Enamul Haque slammed the league’s ninth hattrick to power holders Abahani to another easy 4-0 win over Chittagong Mohammedan SC in their Bangladesh League home match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Apart from Enamul’s treble, winger Zahed Parvez Chowdhury netted the other in a one-way affair
Pakistan beat Tigers by 21 runs
Pakistan survived a Mohammad Ashraful scare to begin the defence of their world title at St Lucia with a 21-run win over Bangladesh. Pakistan 172 for 3 (Butt 73, Akmal 73) beat Bangladesh 151 for 7 (Ashraful 65, Sami 3-29) by 21 runs, Cricinfo reports. Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt had laid the foundations with ... Read more
Bangladesh face Pakistan today
ICC World Twenty20 Cricket Bangladesh face Pakistan today Bangladesh Cricket team will face reigning champions Pakistan Cricket team today in their first Group A match of the World Twenty20 Cricket at the Saint Lucia in West Indies. The Twenty20 Cricket match starts at 11.30 PM BST (Bangladesh Standard Time). The other team of the
Unstoppable Abahani
Holders Dhaka Abahani took a giant step towards retaining their Bangladesh League title with a 5-1 hammering of Rahmatganj at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. In-form forward Enamul scored a brace to join Emily and team-mate Sheriff Deen Mohammed at the top of the scorers’ list with 14 goals. With this win, Abahani maintained ... Read more
Talent-hunt in swimming
Bangladesh Swimming Federation, with financial assistance from Australian Sports Commission, will start a talent-hunt programme in 16 districts on the last week of June. The Australian Sports Commission has recently granted Tk 10 lakh for the swimming federation and the executive committee took this decision on