Mehedi Hasan and Sadaf Sarkar struck a brilliantly paced century as Agrani Bank Cricket Club thrashed City Club by 69 runs in the First Division Cricket League at Dhaka University ground on Thursday. Mehedi struck a blockbuster unbeaten 158 off 155 clattering 14 fours and eight huge sixes, while Sadaf Sarkar blasted an unbeaten 134 ... Read more
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BHF X1 drub Army by 7-1 goals to play final with BKSP tomorrow
Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) Eleven outplayed Bangladesh Army by 7-1 goals in the last league match of the Auto Museum Victory Day Hockey Tournament at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. With the day’s creditable victory, national star-studded BHF Eleven smartly reached the final of the five-team meet with all-win record and will ... Read more
Bangladesh lose to Indonesia in Asian Chess
Bangladesh men’s team lost their second round match of the Asian Team Chess Championship by 0.5-3.5 points against Indonesia that was held in Kolkata on Wednesday. Only Grand Master Niaz Murshed drew with IM Purnama Tirta Chandra of Indonesia. GM Ziaur Rahman lost against GM Susanto Megaranto, FM Mohammad Abdul Malek lost against Novita Anjas ... Read more
V-Day tennis
All the seeded players, except for Biplob Ram, won their respective matches of the second round of the Victory Day Tennis Championship 2009 at the National tennis Complex in Ramna yesterday. Men’s top seed Amol Roy got made easy work of Hasibul Haque finishing the match 6-1, 6-2, while second seed Ranjan Ram got rid ... Read more
Mohammedan lifts title after 8 seasons
Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club emerged champion in the Ispahani Tea Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League defeating arch rival Dhaka Abahani by three wickets in the last Super League match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Batting first, Abahani scored a challenging 273 for nine in its stipulated 50 overs, Mohammedan batsmen showed great determination ... Read more
Pilot the ultimate hero
Mohammedan skipper Khaled Mashud Pilot thanked his luck after he sealed a last-ball thriller to help his side regain the Dhaka Primer League title with a Three-wicket win against Abahani. Mashud came to the crease only to face the last ball in which Mohammedan needed a boundary to win the match and the trophy. Mashud ... Read more
League moved to Kamalapur Stadium
The Citycell Bangladesh League resumes today (Tuesday) after a day’s break at the new venue Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Stadium at Kalamalur. All the 13 participating clubs agreed to play the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Kamalapur stadium in the best interest of football. The decision was made at a meeting of the ... Read more
Biman finish as runners-up in Premier Division Cricket League
Bangladesh Biman became runners-up in the Ispahani Tea Premier Division Cricket League by defeating CCS by six wickets at the Fatullah stadium on Monday. Both Biman and Abahani, who lost to Mohammedan the same day, finished their campaign with 25 points but Biman clinched the second spot on the head to head results. Batting first, ... Read more
Victory Day Hockey
Bangladesh Army was held to a 2-2 draw by the spirited Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP) in the Auto Museum Victory Day Hockey Championship at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city on Monday. With the both sides tied at goalless, Army shot into the lead when Jamal Khan converted a penalty corner on ... Read more
Unwise BFF
The Bangladesh Football Federation’s notion that the stadium will be full of spectators if the Bangladesh League matches are played at 6:00pm was proved wrong again as the ticket sales did not cross the thousand mark on Saturday. The poor ticket sales clearly show the picture that the new kick-off time has not changed anything. ... Read more
Enamul keeps Abahani going
Enamul’s first-half strike helped Defending champions Dhaka Abahani to keep the winning spree in the Citycell Bangladesh League as they beat Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra by a lone-goal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. The victory saw the holders Abahani remained on the top of the point table with 12 points from four wins ... Read more
Sheikh Russel down Ctg Abahani 2-0 in Bangladesh League
Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra defeated Chittagong Abahani 2-0 in their Citycell Bangladesh League clash at the MA Aziz Stadium yesterday. Sheikh Russel dominated the game and scored two from the handful of chances they got, one from penalty in the first half of the match. However, the penalty created controversy and resentment among the Abahani ... Read more
Surjotorun dumps Khelaghar by 64 runs
Surjotorun Club scored an emphatic 64-run victory against Khelaghar SKS in Ispahani Tea Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. Asked to bat first, Surjotorun accumulated 211 for eight in its stipulated 50 overs with national ace opening batsman Junaid Siddique hitting the topscore with a splendid 57. ... Read more
Bangladesh Biman clinches Dutch-Bangla Bank First Division Chess League title
Bangladesh Biman clinched the Dutch-Bangla Bank Metropolis First Division Chess League title beating Titas Club by 6-2 points in a title deciding play-off match at the Chess Federation on Saturday. It was the 14th crown for national flag carrier Biman in the Metropolis First Division Chess League. Both the Bangladesh Biman and Titas Club earned ... Read more
Abahani, Mohammedan set for super finale
Abahani Limited and Mohammedans Sporting Club brought up the huge exciting finishing of the Ispahani Tea Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League when the both archrivals won their respective matches of the super league phase on Friday to set a must win platform for them to clinch the title in the last round. The two traditional ... Read more
Abahani take on Muktijoddha
Citycell Bangladesh League resumes today The local football arena will be abuzz again after a one-and-half month break when the Citycell Bangladesh League returns to action today. Defending champions and current joint leaders in the table Dhaka Abahani will take on Muktijoddha Sangsad at the Bangabandhu National Stadium while Chittagong Abahani will take on Sheikh ... Read more
MSC chasing Irfan Pathan for last match
Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan is likely to be seen in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League in the last round’s crucial game between Mohammedans Sporting Club and Abahani Limited on December 21. In a bid to retain the title after eight years Mohammedans are currently chasing behind the all-rounder, who is now out of the ... Read more
Uttara SC beats Eskaton SS by 47 runs in 1st Div Cricket
Uttara Sporting Club registered a 47-run victory against Eskaton Sabuj Sangha in the First Division Super League match at BKSP yesterday. Put to bat first Uttara SC scored 212 for 9 in the stipulated 50 overs with Nantu Kumar scoring 61 runs while Shafiqul Alam 38. Mustafizur Rahman Faisdal took four wickets for 22 runs ... Read more
GP extends sponsorship of nat’l cricket teams
Leading cellular phone operator of the country Grameenphone Limited (GP) retained the national cricket team’s sponsorship rights for the next two years at a cost of record Tk 10 crore, this was announced on Thursday. One of the significant changes in the new deal is that this time the national women’s cricket team has also ... Read more
Orient snatch thrilling win
Orient Sporting Club secured an exciting one-wicket victory over City Club in the First Division Cricket Super League match at BKSP yesterday. Rezwan Kabir hit 89 off 88 balls as City Club scored 230 for seven in 42 overs and in reply, Orient reached the target with 234 for nine in 41.4 overs thanks to ... Read more