The planet’s biggest sporting extravaganza, the FIFA World Cup 2010 is around the corner. The month-long tourney starts with the game between hosts South Africa and Mexico at the Soccer City Stadium of Johannesburg on June 11 while the final will be held on July 11 at the same venue. The 64 matches of the ... Read more
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Tangail emerge as champions
Tangail District team emerged as the champions of the Grameen-Danone Nations Cup when they defeated Jhalokathi District team by three goals to nil in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. Mishu of Tangail scored two goals while his teammate Bishwajit netted one. Rabiul of Tangail was the highest scorer of the football ... Read more
The eight first-round groups at the World Cup
World Cup Group A (France, Mexico, South Africa, Uruguay) No host nation has left the World Cup after the first round. South Africa don’t want to set a precedent, but they’re the weakest team in this group. Bafana Bafana surely will get a rise from the local fans and the incessant sound from the blaring ... Read more
Argentine home city’s pride in football star Messi
Not far from the banks of the Parana River on the outskirts of the Argentine port city of Rosario is a small, patchy football pitch, overlooked by decaying tenements. It is the home of a children’s team known as the Grandoli Football Club. The club is run by parents in a rough and tough working-class ... Read more
‘It looked like seventh day track’
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has created a sensation by making back-to-back century in Lord’s and Old Trafford. His style and free flowing scoring have already earned him a comparison with Indian opener Virender Sehwag and West Indies captain Chris Gayle. Tamim spoke to reporters after his 108 off 114 balls in the first innings of ... Read more
Dhaka Rifles Club top of the table
Toufiq, Nadim end with gold Dhaka Rifles Club with four gold medals finished top of the table of the 24th National Shooting Championship that concluded at the National Shooting Complex at Gulshan on Sunday. It was double delight for Toufiq Shahriar and Nadimul Islam as both grabbed gold on the concluding
Tangail meet Jhalakathi in final today
Tangail take on Jhalakathi in the final of the under-12 Grameen Danone Nations Cup Football Tournament today (Monday) at 5.00 pm at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Tangail stormed into the final after two huge wins yesterday.Tangail started the day with a 7-1 thumping of Jessore with Rabiul scoring a hattrick and Mishu bagging a brace. ... Read more
German referee to handle Argentina’s opener
World Cup Wolfgang Stark of Germany has been assigned Argentina’s World Cup opener against Nigeria next Saturday. In the other Group B game, New Zealand’s Michael Hester will referee South Korea v Greece. Uzbek referee Ravshan Irmatov will handle Friday’s opening match between Mexico and South Africa. An international ref since 2003, Irmatov is the ... Read more
Tamim hits another ton
Tamim Iqbal became the first Bangladeshi to score consecutive centuries after he reached the three-figure mark against England on the second day of the second Test at Old Trafford in Manchester yesterday. The left-hander cut off-spinner Graeme Swann to reach the landmark off 100 balls in an innings that
Curtain falls on B-League
The curtain fell on the Citycell Bangladesh League 2009-10 Saturday with Muktijoddha Sangsad playing Syhelt Beani Bazar in the last match at the Sylhet Stadium on Saturday. Muktijoddha Krira Chakra made a happy ending of the league campaign when they came from a goal down to defeat the hosts Sylhet Beani Bazar by
England overcome early scare
With a mixing of pace and spin combination, Bangladeshi bowlers terrorised England top order, yet the hosts were in firm control recovering the early blow to go onto a safe destination. Ian Bell led the charge with patient batting as England were 215 for four on the stroke of tea. Earlier stylish bastman Kevin Pietersen ... Read more
Sabrina regains 10m rifle gold
Sabrina Sultana of Dhaka Rifle Club left behind 11th SA Games gold winner Sharmin Akter Ratna to win women’s 10 meter air rifle gold in the 24th National Shooting Championship at the National Shooting Complex on Friday. She scored 490.5 points to achieve the feat. It was Sabrina’s second goal medal in as many
Tigers play 2nd Test from today
Bangladesh will take inspiration from their good outing at Lord’s when they take on England in the second and final Test at Old Trafford in Manchester from today. The match will be telecast live on Star Cricket and SuperSport 2 from 4:00pm. The Tigers left London with a defeat but Tamim Iqbal’s century and dogged ... Read more
Maradona denies any links with hooligans
Argentina’s football national team coach Diego Maradona gave his first press conference in South African soil, and went straight to the point when asked about the numerous hooligans who happened to travelled in the same flight the players did, by denying any relation. “I have no relation with those characters, plus none of those will ... Read more
MSC end on a high
Dhaka Mohammedan SC achieved a rare feat of finishing unbeaten runners-up in the Bangladesh League when they registered their maiden victory over arch-rivals Dhaka Abahani beating the champions 2-1 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Ace forward Emily and attacking midfielder Mamunul Islam scored one goal apiece for the
30th Nat’l Badminton starts Friday
The Citycell 30th Bangladesh National Badminton Championships, the biggest ever in terms of participating teams, will begin at the Paltan wooden floor gymnasium on Friday. A total of 70 teams, comprising 250 male and more than 50 female shuttlers, have enrolled for the meet and the organisers at a press conference on Wednesday said the ... Read more
Joy calls it a day
Former national skipper Arif Khan Joy hung up his boots after playing his last Bangladesh League match against Mohammedan Sporting Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Joy played for 30 minutes for Abahani before he was replaced by winger Zahed Hasan Chowdhury. Joy, who started his career in PWD in 1993 and played for ... Read more
Dhaka Div emerges champion in divisional karate
Dhaka Division emerged champions in the 4th Electra Divisional Karate Championship securing seven gold medals in the eleven-category meet held on Wednesday at the NSC auditorium in the city. Chittagong Division finished a distant 2nd collecting two gold, four silver and four bronze medals while Rajshahi Division was placed third with two
Inter-College football
Dhaka College and Notre Dame College moved into the quarterfinals of the Inter-College Clear Men Confidence Cup football tournament beating their respective rivals at the Army Stadium in Banani
Abahani, MSC lock horns today
Domestic giants Dhaka Abahani Limited and Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club lock horns today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in their last encounter of the Citycell Bangladesh league when the country gripped by the World Cup fever. The match will kick off at 4pm. Today’s match has only an academic interest as the prime attraction of ... Read more