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
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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
Three teams lead the Dutch Bangla Bank Chess League
Three teams were sharing lead in the points table of the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2009. The trio earned 14 match points out of eight matches at the end of the 9th round games at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room on Thursday. They were Biman Bangladesh, Titas Club and I2 Soft Solution
Sangakkara annouced as new Kings XI captain
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has been made the new captain of the Kings XI Punjab replacing Yuvraj Singh who’s position had been in jeopardy for a few weeks. When the news was announced by the Kings XI it came as no surprise that Yuvraj had been relived of the captaincy. Reports have emerged during ... Read more
Bangladesh moves into semifinal
Bangladesh reached the semifinal of the Bangabandhu 6th SAFF Championship as the Group B champions beating Sri Lanka in their last group match by 2-1 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. The hosts Bangladesh started the match with a bang producing a flurry of attacks and got the breakthrough in the seventh minute with ... Read more
Pakistan crush Bhutan 7-0
Striker Arif Mahmood showed a fine marksmanship to slam hattrick, as Pakistan thrashed Bhutan by a record 7-0 in their last group match of Bangabandhu SAFF Championship on Tuesday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Pakistan, who began their campaign with a solitary goal defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka despite playing a better football ... Read more
SL first to reach semis
Kasun slams first hat-trick Kasun Jayasuriya scored the first hat-trick of the tournament and Ediri Channa netted two goals as Sri Lanka swamped a hapless Bhutan 6-0 in a Group B match of the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship at the BNS on Sunday. With the second consecutive win Sri Lanka confirmed their semi-final berth with last ... Read more
Bangladesh, Pakistan share points
Bangladesh ended their group-round campaign against Pakistan in the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship with a struggling goalless draw at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan, in their effort to book the place in the second round, were more impressive then their previous games against Sri Lanka in terms of attacking attitude. On the other hand, ... Read more
Victoria send Gazi packing
Mohammad Sharif’s splendid all-round show ousted star-studded Gazi Tank from the race as Victoria Sporting Club booked a super league place in the Ispahani Tea Premier Division Cricket League with an 11-run victory at BKSP yesterday. Batting at number eight Sharif a 63-ball 71 that contained seven fours and a six as Victoria posted 222 ... Read more