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
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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
Players ignore BCB ultimatum
The crisis over the National Cricket League has deepened further as no players responded to the ultimatum of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday. The BCB on Tuesday had issued the ultimatum asking the players to join practice for their respective divisional sides by July 30 and warned that failing to do will be deemed ... Read more
BCB announces details of programme of Tri-Nation and Test series
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the details of Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka Tri-Nation ODI competition and India’s Tour of Bangladesh 2010. Itinerary: Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka Tri-Nation ODI competition Date Details Venue 01 Jan – Fri Sri Lanka Team Arrives/Rest & Practice SBNCS
SA Games live on TV
Viewers will be able to watch live telecast of all 23 disciplines of the 11th South Asian Games that will be held in Bangladesh from January 29 to February 9 next year. After a meeting with the high-ups of different TV channels yesterday, Bangladesh Olympic Association’s media committee for the Games distributed disciplines among the ... Read more
Women’s cricket
Rajshahi continued their excellent run in the Women’s National Cricket League with a resounding eight-wicket victory over Barisal at the Khulna University Ground yesterday. The losing team had decided to bat first, but like a pack of cards they were skittled out for 59 runs in 35.2 overs. More than half of those runs came ... Read more
School cricket
Parerhat RL High School of Pirojpur, Rahmatullah Model High School of Dhaka and GK Pilot High School won their respective matches in the Standard Chartered Young Tigers U-16 National Cricket Tournament yesterday. At Pirojpur Stadium, Parerhat RL High beat Hularhat High School by 116 runs. Batting first, Parerhat scored 214 before being all out in ... Read more
BCB tough on boycott threat
The Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh is adamant about boycotting the ensuing National Cricket League unless its demands for increased match fees are met but the Bangladesh Cricket Board has refused to bow down. The BCB has taken a hard line and asked the players to join their respective divisional teams by today or face ... Read more
Bangladesh placed in Group A in SAG football
Bangladesh football team will find Maldives and Nepal in its Group A rivals in the impending 11th South Asian Games (SAG). The draw of the football competitions of the SAG took place at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city on Tuesday. Senior Vice President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Abdus Salam Murshedi, Vice Presidents ... Read more