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
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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
Rio wins host bid; Chicago was first out
COPENHAGEN–Finally, South America gets an Olympics. The 2016 Games are going to Rio de Janeiro. In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend. Chicago was knocked out in the first round — ... Read more
Tamim calls for spirit
Almost all the excitement of the inter-club cricketers transfer was virtually buried much before the start of the official bourse after all the big clubs ensured their targeted players. However there was no shortage of enthusiasm among the supporters on the second day of the transfer when title contenders Mohammedan SC turned up yesterday to ... Read more
Akram to join KKR camp in Gurgaon
Former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram will join the Kolkata Knight Riders’ camp, which begins in Gurgaon October 1. “He will join the KKR camp at Gurgaon to oversee the proceedings,” former KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly said at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday. However, as Akram will be busy doing commentary for the ongoing Champions trophy, ... Read more
Kamal BCB’s new boss
The government on Wednesday appointed AHM Mustafa Kamal as the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) putting an end to speculations where he was a front-runner for the hot seat. Keeping in mind the 2011 World Cup, in which Bangladesh is a co-host, the present government had been searching for a suitable candidate for ... Read more
Del Potro returns to Argentina
US Open Champion, Juan Martín del Potro, arrived to Ministro Pistarini International airport in Ezeiza at 10.25 and was welcomed by hundreds of fans and close to 50 journalists. The reigning champ will head to his home town Tandil -500 kilometers from Buenos Aires City- where he will be rallied around the city on a ... Read more
Siddons to stay until WC
Mashrafee retained as captain, BCB gives green light for day-night Test The Bangladesh Cricket Board has decided to extend the contract of Australian cricket coach Jamie Siddons until the World Cup 2011. The decision was made at a meeting of its Board of Directors on Wednesday. The BCB directors have given their president Lt General ... Read more
Fed Cup begins today
Reigning champions Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club faces newcomer Feni Soccer Club in the inaugural match of the Citycell Federation Cup, the curtain raiser tournament of the season at the Bangabandhu national Stadium at 4:00pm today. In the other match of the day, Brothers Union take on BKSP at the Army Stadium. The black-and-white outfit, as ... Read more