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
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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
Tigers face SL today
Sri Lanka will be looking to continue their winning run against a resurgent Bangladesh when they face the hosts in the crucial fourth match of the Idea Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. A win will confirm a final slot for Sri Lanka in the three-nation tournament. The match will start at 2:00pm instead ... Read more
Idea Cup Matches will now start at 2:00pm
The remaining matches of the ongoing Idea Cup 2010 involving Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka will start at 2 pm instead of 2:30 pm. The decision has been made in an effort to minimise the impact of the evening dew on games. The three teams and the ICC match referee are agreed over the changed ... Read more
Salahuddin appointed member of FIFA technical committee
The president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Kazi Mohammed Salahuddin was appointed as a member of the FIFA technical and development committee. It’s the first time that a member of the BFF has appointed as a member of the standing committee of FIFA, the highest authority of the ... Read more
Muktijoddha earns first point
Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra earned their first point in the season Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football after a goalless draw with Shuktara Jubo Sangsad at Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Thursday. Muktijoddha players appeared determined to hold off Shuktara Jubo Sangsad in the lone match of the day as the relegation threatened ... Read more
Toss a crucial factor
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan will be hoping to win the toss before they put any kind of pressure on the opponents when they face India in their second match of the Idea Cup tri-series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. And then the all-rounder will desperately try to regain the rhythm of the past ... Read more
Bangladesh eye semifinal
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
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