The Bang-ladesh Under-19 cricket team will leave for New Zealand tonight with a lofty target of finishing amongst the top four in the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup 2010 that kicks off on January 15. “You can?t go into a mission without setting a target. Our target is to make it to the last ... Read more
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Arambagh, Feni in tame draw
Feni Soccer Club split points with Arambagh KS in a 1-1 draw in the lone match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at Shaheed Salam Stadium in Feni on Wednesday. With the day’s draw, Feni Soccer Club secured eight points while Arambagh KS bagged six points, both playing six matches. In the day’s match, Monu put ... Read more
Samaraweera powers Sri Lanka to win over India
A splendid 105 (not out) by Thilan Samaraweera powered Sri Lanka to earn a nail-biting five-wicket victory over India in their second ODI match of the IDEA Cup Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament at the flood-lit Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday. Samaraweera played 106 balls in his match-winning innings, which was laced with 11 ... Read more
Omari on the treble
Samir Omari struck a hattrick as Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra thrashed Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club 4-1 in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Mohammad Mustafa Sta-dium in Dhaka on Tuesday. Title aspirant Sheikh Russel, which lost its only point when it was held to a 2-2 draw by Arambagh Krira Sangha ... Read more
Lanka tame Tigers
Sri Lanka started the Idea Cup Tri-nation series with a comfortable seven-wicket victory as Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed his first hundred (104) against Bangladesh while skipper Kumar Sangakkara scored 74 to steer their side to the target of 261 in 44.5 overs over hosts Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday. Chasing Bangladesh’s fighting total ... Read more
Mohammedan’s hard-fought win
A second-half strike by prolific striker Zahid Hasan Emeli gave Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club a hard-fought lone goal win over Farashganj Sporting Club in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on monday. Dhaka Mohammedan, which appeared desperate to win first professional football league title, took control ... Read more
Tri-Nation Cricket: Bangladesh plays Sri Lanka in opener
Bangladesh Cricket team led by Shakib Al Hasan will face Sri Lanka led by Kumar Sangakkara today in the opening match of the IDEA Cup Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. The match begins at 2.30 PM BST Bangladesh Standard Time). Kumar Sangakkara will lead the youthful Sri Lanka team ... Read more
Abahani keeps winning
Defending champion Dhaka Abahani maintained its winning streak in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football defeating Rahmat-ganj Muslim Friends Society 3-1 at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Mohammad Mus-tafa Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday. The two-time Bangladesh League champions, who won their all previous six matches, recorded their seventh victory to remain at the top of the ... Read more
Nat’l handball team face Japan University today
Bangladesh national team will meet visiting Japan University team in an exhibition handball match today at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium at 8 am. It will be the third match between the two teams with each team winning a match. The Bangladesh national team is preparing for the participation in the upcoming South Asian Games. ... Read more
Transcom becomes official beverage partner of BCB
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday unveiled Transcom Beverage Limited, the franchise holder of Pepsi, as their official beverage partner for the next two years starting from January 1, 2010. The agreement was signed at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday on the eve of the tri-series that kicks off tomorrow BCB held a ... Read more
Nazmul out, Shahadat in
Pace bowler Nazmul Hossain has suffered a right quadriceps muscle injury during the practice on Saturday. He is likely to be out of action for two weeks. He has been ruled out of the Idea Cup Tri-Nation Cricket Championship, beginning on January 4 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Pace bowler Shahadat Hossain has ... Read more
Khulna women clinch title
Khulna Division emerged champions in the third Women’s National Cricket League with an emphatic 58-run win over Dhaka Division at Khulna Divisional Stadium yesterday. Salma Khatun grabbed three scalps as Dhaka were skittled out for 78 in 42.3 overs chasing a moderate total of 136 made by Khulna, who fell in trouble after opting to ... Read more
Feni Soccer earns second win
Substitute Ashraful Quader Monju’s double strike helped Soccer Club Feni earn their second win in the Citycell Bangladesh League as they recorded a come-from-behind 2-1 win against Muktijoddha Sangsad on Saturday at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamlapur. Shahajuddin Tipu struck the lone goal for Muktijoddha Sangsad, who suffered five straight defeats ... Read more
Tickets at GP outlets
Tickets for the Idea Cup tri-nation tournament involving India, Sri Lanka and hosts Bangladesh will be available at all Grameenphone outlets. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday confirmed it in a press release and they also gave the rates of the tickets for the tri-nation tourney which will kick off with the match between Bangladesh and ... Read more
BCB comes down harsh on CWAB
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday came down heavily on Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) and two national players Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan who raised their voices in favour of the campaign boycotting the National Cricket League (NCL). After an emergency board meeting yesterday, which was called to discuss the crisis over ... Read more
Russel edge Farashganj
Sheikh Russel posted its third successive victory in the Citycell Bangladesh League football when the title aspirant team defeated Farashganj Sporting Club 2-1 at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Mohammad Mustafa Sta-dium in Dhaka on Thursday. Moroccan footballer Samir Omari scored twice as Sheikh Russel earned its fifth win in the league after back-to-back triumphs in the ... Read more
New soccer coach from Serbia
Serbian Zoran Djordevic on Thursday was appointed as the interim coach of the Bangladesh national football team and the U-23 team by the Bangladesh Football Federation. The 57-year-old coach, who visited Dhaka during the SAFF Championship in December, will take over the responsibility from this week. He will guide the U-23 team in the SA ... Read more
Women’s cricket
Rajshahi Division earned the third successive victory in the 3rd Women’s National Cricket League beating Sylhet Division by 103 runs at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Thursday. In the other match of the day, Dhaka Division defeated Barisal Division by eight wickets at the same ground. Winning the toss Rajshahi Division opened ... Read more
Under-16 National School Cricket Tournament
Wills Little Flower School earned an exciting two-run victory over Nawabpur High School in a Dhaka Metro Zone match of the Standard Chartered Young Tigers Under-16 National School Cricket Tournament at the Gulshan Youth Club ground on Thursday. Batting first, Wills Little Flower School amassed 277 runs for all in 48.2 overs with Jawad making
Mohammedan winning
Title contenders Dhaka Moha-mmedan continued their winning spree in the Citycell Bangladesh League edging past Rahmatganj 1-0 amid poor refereeing at the Kamalapur Stadium on Wednesday. It was the sixth successive win for Mohammedan, who lead the points table with maximum 18 points. Dhaka Abahani also have equal 18 points, but Mohammedan remained at the ... Read more