Having smashed a number of records in his awe-inspiring career, Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar became the first player in the history of the game to cross the 17,000-run mark on Thursday. Tendulkar was chasing the milestone from the onset of the series against Australia and achieved the feat when he, requiring seven runs coming ... Read more
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Abahani begin with bang
Defending champions Dhaka Abahani kicked off their campaign with a facile 3-1 victory over newcomers Biyanibazar SC in the opening match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Ghanaian forward Sheriff Deen Mohammed scored a brace finding the net in either half of the match while in-form midfielder Ujjal netted ... Read more
Citycell Bangladesh League begins today: Abahani Limited take on Beanibazar SC in opener
From The New Nation The country’s professional football league, the Citycell Bangladesh League, begins today (Sunday) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The third version of Citycell Bangladesh League, earlier known as B. League, will start at 5:30 pm with holders Dhaka Abahani Limited taking on Sylhet Beanibazar SC in opener. A record 13 teams, including ... Read more
Maradona refuses to apologize for tirade
BUENOS AIRES–Diego Maradona won’t apologize for a profanity-filled tirade on live TV that prompted a FIFA investigation and could result in a five-game suspension and nearly $20,000 fine for the Argentina coach. Maradona was defiant in a television interview on state-run Canal 7. FIFA opened a disciplinary investigation last week following a 1-0 victory at ... Read more
Injured Mortaza out of Zimbabwe ODIs
Shakib Al Hasan will retain the Bangladesh captaincy for the five-match ODI series against Zimbabwe at home with Mashrafe Mortaza failing to prove his fitness following knee surgery. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced a 14-member squad for the first three ODIs starting October 27 and the most notable inclusion is that of the left-arm ... Read more
Vettori claims hattrick at cricket awards
From stuff.co.nz Daniel Vettori played out another commanding performance at the New Zealand Cricket Awards tonight, claiming a hattrick of leading accolades. The New Zealand captain was predictably crowned player of the year while he was also awarded the Winsor Cup for first class bowling and the JR Reid best allrounder trophy. It was little ... Read more
Seven ODIs are too many: Ponting
From zeenews Mumbai: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels the seven ODIs against India are a case of one too many and the series should have been a best-of-five affair to keep the players motivated. “It (seven-match ODI bilateral series) is probably too many. Five is enough head-to-head in any one series. We all know the ... Read more
Ponting for points system to stop ODI dead rubbers
The reinvention of one-day cricket has been a hot topic of discussion over the past few months and Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain, has joined the debate by calling for a points system to give the format “significant meaning”. Speaking ahead of Australia’s departure for India for a seven-match ODI series, Ponting gave the example ... Read more
Abahani scrape thru’ to semis
Big Boss T20 Premier League 2009 Abahani scrape thru’ to semis Abahani set up an early showdown with bitter rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club after an eventful group stage of the Big Boss Premier T20 League that also offered a surprise package in Khelaghar Samaj Kalyan Samity in the semifinal line-up of the season’s curtain-riser. Abahani ... Read more
Abahani bump Biyanibazar
Dhaka Abahani underlined their title credentials with a convincing 4-1 win over Biyanibazar SC in the second semi-final of the Federation Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday and set up Tuesday’s final showdown with bitter rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club. Abahani were stunned by an early goal but showed their character when it was ... Read more
Argentina classifies for the World Cup
Argentina’s national soccer team won 1-0 against Uruguay in their decisive match at the Centenario stadium, and directly classified for 2010 World Cup. Meanwhile, Chile scored and won 1-0 against Ecuador, result that helped Maradona’s team to classify. Argentina’s Mario Bolatti, who had recently entered to the field scored at 40′ of the second half ... Read more
‘I’m proud of my players,’ Maradona
Argentina’s soccer team coach Diego Maradona said during a press conference after the match that he has a “good memory and now I will remember more than ever. For those who believed in the team, for those who treated me like garbage: we classified for the World Cup.” The coach said he was proud of ... Read more
BFF mulls new academy
Kazi Salahuddin, the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), is contemplating building a Football Academy elsewhere after having scrapped the plan of running a soccer academy in Sylhet. Salahuddin expressed his views after failing to get exclusive rights on the newly-built Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) in the north-east region of the country. “We ... Read more
Amol sails into semifinals
Top seed Amol Roy of Engineers’ Club reached the semifinals of the Anlene National Tennis Tournament without any hiccup as he disposed of Lakshman Lal of the American Club 6-2, 6-2 at the National tennis Complex in Ramna yesterday. He will face Nordic Club’s Alamgir Hossain who the got better of BKSP’s Oamr Faruk 6-2,6-0, ... Read more
Surfing ends in Cox’s Bazar
A two-day long surfing competition ended at Kolatoli beach point at the sea resort town of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday. ‘Surfing the Nation’ an US based organisation, organised the event in association with the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, Surfing Bangladesh and Green World Communication. A total of 22 children took part on the opening day on ... Read more
Fifty-over cricket will hold its own – Ponting
The ICC Champions Trophy has gone a long way to ensuring the continuance of ODIs, the captains of Australia and New Zealand, the two finalists, have said. Since the advent of the Twenty20 game, which has drawn huge crowds around the world, there has been increasing talk of the 50-over format falling away. But Ricky ... Read more
India, Pakistan in different groups for World Cup
India and Pakistan, Australia and South Africa find themselves in different groups for the 2011 World Cup. The groupings for the tournament, to be held on the subcontinent, were approved on the second day of the ICC Board meeting in Johannesburg. The 14 teams have been divided into two groups of seven. At the meeting, ... Read more
Serena poses nude for ESPN, faces possible ban
Tennis ace Serena Williams may face a possible ban from the 2010 Australian Open for posing nude for ESPN magazine and her shocking outburst at the US Open semi finals. Williams is under an International Tennis Federation investigation and faces a ban of up to two grand slams under the sport’s code of conduct. After ... Read more
IPL sources say no ban on Wasim Akram giving commentary: Indian media
Sources from the Indian Premier League have told a TV channel that there is ‘no ban’ on Wasim Akram commentating in India. The clarification comes after reports that emerged in Pakistan that the pacer-turned-commentator had reportedly been denied permission by the Indian government to commentate in the upcoming Champions League tournament. Wasim Akram, the former ... Read more
Ponting eyes Tendulkar’s record
Ricky Ponting, after becoming the third batsman to cross 12,000 runs in one-day cricket, has said he is chasing milestones set by Sachin Tendulkar. Ponting chalked up his 28th ODI century, an unbeaten 111 from 115 balls, to help Australia demolish England and march into the ICC Champions Trophy final. Ponting paid tribute to Tendulkar, ... Read more