Thursday, November 28, 2024

A year of wilderness for football

Bangladesh national football team will complete one year without international football — a rare drought for any team in this era of modern football with so many competitions around. The dry spell came after their humiliating 3-1 defeat to Bhutan in the Asian Cup Qualifiers play-off match in Thimpu on October 10, 2016. The defeat ... Read more

BCB boss blasts ‘different’ Mushfiq

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Monday accused Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim of damaging country’s image with his comments in South Africa but refused to confirm his removal from this position. Mushfiq came under fire from many corners after he opted to field first in the both the Test matches against South Africa in ... Read more

Stalemate everywhere in NCL

All four matches of the 19th National Cricket League ended in a draw with rain washing out final’s day’s play in at least one match on Monday. Opener Shamsur Rahman scored 102 off 67 balls to help Dhaka Metro set up 274-run target for Chittagong, but the hosts somehow managed to avoid a defeat,

All set for Asia Cup hockey

All eight participating teams of the 10th Men’s Asia Cup Hockey hoped to produce their best in the tournament, which is scheduled to get underway at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. Eight teams split into two pools will play in the group stage to settle their rankings for the place-deciding matches. XHosts ... Read more

Dispirited Tigers hit rock bottom

Dispirited Bangladesh hit the rock bottom on Sunday as they suffered a crushing innings defeat against South Africa inside three days in the second Test in, Bloemfontein to concede a 2-0 series defeat in the two-Test series. This was Bangladesh’s first innings defeat in almost four years, having suffered the ignominy lastly way back in ... Read more

Coach unhappy with performance

Bangladesh beat Japan in Asia Cup warm-up Bangladesh defeated Japan by 2-1 in their only warm-up match before Asia Cup hockey on Friday, though the performance of the home side in the 40-minute game left their coach Mahbub Harun unhappy. Milon Hossain put Bangladesh ahead in the fifth minute of the game before Ashraful Islam ... Read more

Uncomplaining Mushfiq refuses to quit

Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Sunday that he would not resign from his captaincy despite humiliating innings and 254 runs defeat against South Africa in the second Test in Bloemfontein on Sunday. Mushfiq was highly criticised for his inappropriate decisions throughout the series, especially in both the tosses, where he asked South Africa

All four matches head for draw

All four matches of the National Cricket League fourth round match are heading for a day when two centuries were scored on the third day in separate venues on Sunday. In the rain-hit match Bogra, where rain ate up more than one day’s play take an edge over Sylhet thanks to the fifth first-class century ... Read more

Mushfiq’s time is up as captain?

South African batsmen feasted on Bangladesh’s bowling for nearly two days to amass 573-4 before they declared their first innings of the first Test, but they are not the first team to do it with the Bangladeshi bowlers. Mushfiqur Rahim failed to read the pitch in successive Tests and that also should not be a ... Read more

Ex-footballer Amalesh dies

Member of Swadhin Bangla football team and the assistant football coach of Abahani Limited Amalesh Sen breathed his last at a city hospital around 6:30pm on Saturday. He was 74. He left behind his wife, two sons and hosts of well-wishers to mourn his death. Abahani football team manager Satyajit Das Rupu said

ODI players leave home for SA

Members of Bangladesh one-day international team, led by skipper Mashrafee bin Muratza, left Dhaka on Saturday for three-match series against South Africa, beginning on October 15. Mashrafee was joined by all-rounder Sakib al Hasan, who took a break from the ongoing Test series against South Africa

Bowlers rule the roost

Bowlers dominated the second day of 19th National Cricket League fourth round with off-spinner Iftekhar Sajjad grabbing 5-91 to help Chittagong restrict Dhaka Metro to 369-9 on the second day on Sunday. Resuming on 236-3 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, Metro could add only 133 runs before they were forced to declare ... Read more

AHF sees no problem in security plan

The representative of Asian Hockey Federation on Friday expressed her satisfaction over Bangladesh’s security plan during the forthcoming Asia Cup in Dhaka but insisted that a lot of works was needed to be done to ensure other facilities. Bangladesh will host the tournament from October 11 to 22 featuring eight teams – hosts Bangladesh, India, ... Read more

Tamim all but ruled out for 2nd Test

Bangladesh suffered a huge blow before the second Test against South Africa as their star opener Tamim Iqbal was deemed unfit for the game due to an injury that he aggravated during the first Test. The left-handed batsman pulled his muscles during the three-day practice match at Benoni and was not in best of his ... Read more

Fizz hopes to put it right next time

Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman said on Wednesday that he was hopeful to give a better performance in the pace-friendly Bloemfontein wicket which would host the second Test of the ongoing series against South Africa from Friday. The Tigers suffered a massive 333-run defeat against the hosts in the first Test at Potchefstroom where Bangladesh pacers ... Read more

Saif, Russell share the spoil

Newcomers Saif Sporting Club was held to a 1-1 draw by Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Mohammedan Sporting Club tasted their third win of the league when they beat Arambagh Krira Sangha 3-1 in the second match of the day at the same ... Read more

Nazmul to lead ‘A’ team against Ireland ‘A’

Left-handed batsman Nazmul Hossain Shanto will lead Bangladesh ‘A’ team against Ireland ‘A’ in an unofficial four-day Test match at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, scheduled to start from October 11. The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 13-member squad on Wednesday for the four-day match before the Irish side was scheduled to arrive today to play

Defeated Tigers blame bowlers

Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim criticised his bowlers for letting the team down in the first Test against South Africa that ended with a massive 333-run defeat at Potchefstroom on Monday. The bowlers were unable to produce a single breakthrough on the opening day, which put the Tigers on the back foot at the start ... Read more

Dhaka gears up for Asia Cup

Bangladesh is gearing up for its first continental hockey event in 32 years, the Hero 10th Men’s Asia Cup, which will be held at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium from October 11 to 22. The top eight teams of Asia – South Korea, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Japan, China, Oman and Bangladesh – will participate ... Read more

BCB, NSC still a buddy

No meaningful change made in 2012 constitution The Bangladesh Cricket B oard on Monday all but retained its controversial 2012 constitution in its much-talked about Annual General Meeting, held at a city hotel. Attended by 133 councillors in its first AGM in more than four years,