Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, Bangladesh Handball Federation and Bangladesh Squash Rackets Federation with a promise of improved performance announced their squad for the forthcoming 11th SA Games, the biggest sports extravaganza of the sub-continent at the BOA House in the city Wednesday. The eight-nation 12-day sports extravaganza of the region will be held in capital
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NCL starts today with new look
The first round of the 11th National Cricket League (NCL), country’s lone first-class cricket competition, begins today (Thursday) at three separate venues across the country. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided to stage the NCL on a new format. In the first phase six divisional teams will take part on a single league format. Then ... Read more
Badda Ekota SKS win over Dhanmondi Progati Sangha
Badda Ekota Samaj Kalyan Sangha earned a comfortable 70-run victory over Dhanmondi Progati Sangha as Raihan Kabir Mithu emerged with all-round performance in the Metropolis Second Division Cricket League at the City Club ground on Wednesday. Sent into bat first in curtailed 42-over-a-side match due to foggy weather, Badda
Women soccer festival today
German-Bangladesh Under-14 women football festival will be held today at the Dhanmondi Women Sports Complex under the auspices of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). Young female booters drawn from different schools of the city are xpected to take part in the festival from 11 am to
India take on Sri Lanka in final today
After going at each other for the past two months, Sri Lanka and India clash at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today, and if recent encounters are any clue, India are the favourites. That’s not a tag they have ever been comfortable with. Finals of multi-team tournaments have long been India’s dreaded bogie, but against Sri ... Read more
Under-19 team stun Aussies
Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team kept up their good form in New Zealand before starting the International Cricket Council U-19 World Cup as they beat Australia by 20 runs in the warm up match at the Elmwood Park in Christchurch on Tuesday. Batting first after winning the toss, Bangladesh scored a decent total of 230 runs ... Read more
India storms into final
India coasted to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in their second meeting of the Idea Cup tri-nation tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. India’s best fielding performance in ODIs since the Champions Trophy in September last year set up their march to the final by way of a thumping win. It wasn’t ... Read more
Wari Club earn 71-run victory over Sinha Textile
Wari Club earned a comfortable 71-run victory over Sinha Textile in the Metropolis 2nd Division Cricket League at the City Club ground on Sunday. Batting first, Wari Club scored 278 for all in 49.3 overs with Mazharul Islam contributing 49 runs. In reply, Sinha Textile were dismissed for 207 runs in 42.1 overs with Roni ... Read more
Shooting, weightlifting teams for 11th SA Games announced
Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) on Sunday officially announced the 25-member shooting and 11-member weightlifting teams for the 11th SA Games. The weightlifting team comprises eight lifters and three officials while the shooting team has 25 shooters. Convener of the SA Games media committee Asaduzzaman Noor, MP, Chef de Mission of Bangladesh contingent Mizanur Rahman Manu, ... Read more
Shuktara post first victory
Shuktara Jubo Sangsad of Narayanganj tasted the first victory in their 7th match of the Citycell Bangladesh League beating Chittagong Abahani by 1-0 goal at Osmani Stadium in Narayanganj on Sunday. Shuktara, which suffered three defeats and drew thrice in its previous six matches, dominated the most part of the match and scored the only ... Read more
ICC happy with Dhaka’s preparations
The Central Organising Committee for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 hailed Bangladesh people’s enthusiasm for the cricket and have expressed their satisfaction over the progress of the preparations for the mega event to be co-hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. “I’m very much satisfied, as Bangladesh has made a good progress in the ... Read more
India looking for a revenge
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be desperately looking for a victory against Sri Lanka today as a win will put them into the final of the Idea Cup tri-series at the cost of the hosts. India and Sri Lanka are facing off in an ODI for the 21st time in less than 19 months. ... Read more
Top three wins away
Title contenders Abahani, Mohammedan and Sheikh Russel registered facile victories over their respective rivals in away matches of the Citycell Bangladesh League in different venues across the country on Saturday. At the Kamalapur stadium, Dhaka Mohammedan defeated Brothers Union 2-0, Dhaka Abahnai trounced Chittagong Mohammedan 2-0 in Chittagong and Sheikh Russell thrashed Beanibazar
No football for seven weeks
Bangladesh Football Federation decided to suspend the Citycell Bangladesh League for at least seven weeks for the participation of the Under-23 national team in South Asian Games in Bangladesh and the senior teams in the AFC Challenge Cup finals in Sri Lanka. “In a bid to immediately start the U-23 national football team’s camp for ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Trophy unveiling today
The Central Organising Committee of the ICC World Cup will unveil the trophy for the ICC World Cup 2011 today at the Bangabandhu International Convention Center as for the first time it will be on display in Bangladesh. ICC Vice President and Chairman of the Central Organizing Committee (COC) of the ICC Cricket World Cup ... Read more
Sadharan Bima makes flying start
Sadharan Bima Krira Sangstha posted a massive 229-run win over Kakrail Boys Club in the opening match of the second division cricket at Dhaka University ground on Friday. Sadharan Bima riding on a sparkling ton by Naim Sadat, piled up a huge 327 before being all out in 44.2 overs. Naim hammered ten boundaries and ... Read more
Shakib 5th best Test all-rounder
Bangladesh interim captain Shakib Al Hasan has made progress in the ICC Test all-rounders ranking by stepping into the fifth position, said an ICC press release yesterday. Shakib, who is number one in the ODI all-rounders ranking, has now 282 points to topple England’s all-rounder Stuart Broad and grab the fifth position following his brilliant ... Read more
Dhaka MSC play first big match today
The eighth round of the Citycell Bangladesh League starts today after a rest day with three matches taking place in different venues. Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club, who are leading the point table along with the holders Dhaka Limited with 21 points from seven matches, will play their first big match today against Brothers Union at ... Read more
Dhoni dashes Tigers’ hopes
A much-improved batting display was not enough for the Tigers to secure their third success against India as MS Dhoni stood tall with his seventh hundred to shrug off the host’s best score with a six-wicket victory in the Idea Cup tri-nation tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The victory maintained the ... Read more
Tigers prove a point
Barely a month after playing a five-match series in December, many Indians and Sri Lankan thought the participation in the Idea Cup tri-nation one-day tournament was meaningless, but certainly that was not the case for Bangladesh, the other team of the competition. It was an opportunity for them to know how much they have progressed ... Read more