Participants of the Pepsi First Ball-er Captain contest were treated to a dinner with the former Bangladesh cricket captain and brand ambassador of Pepsi, Mohammad Ashraful, at a local hotel in the city on Monday night. Apart from Mohammad Ashraful, other distinguished guests present at the dinner were General Manager of
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Reefat, Rajib bounce back
GM Ziaur Rahman dropped point again in the ninth round of the 4th Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess tournament when he drew with GM Vladislav Tkachiev of France at the Gorky Sadan yesterday. Zia, who won his eighth round game after losing two successive matches, has secured 5.5 points while GM Enamul Hossain Rajib and
Ponting quits Twenty20 internationals
Australian captain Ricky Ponting has made the shock move to retire from international Twenty20 cricket, citing his desire to keep playing Test and 50-over internationals as the reason. Cricket Australia revealed he will remain the captain of the Australian Test and one-day sides but will step away from the international T20 scene. A formal decision ... Read more
MSC, Abahani drawn in easier groups
Champs to receive Taka 5 lakh Giants Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club and Dhaka Abahani Limited got easy groups to ride on in the draw of upcoming CityCell Federation Cup which will start from September 10. Reigning champions Dhaka Mohammedan, drawn in Group A, probably would not face any stiff challenge as they got depleted Brothers ... Read more
Dido feels for Argentina
Dido, the Brazilian national football coach of Bangladesh, wished Argentina the best for their remaining matches of the World Cup qualifiers as he felt the absence of Argentina and Lionel Messi will take some gloss off the showpiece
Badal, Hanif head MSC cricket body
Eminent sports organiser Lutfar Rahman Badal named as chairman of the Mohammedan Sporting Club’s cricket committee for the upcoming season. Besides, the country’s one of the vintage clubs – MSC – announced its cricket committee on Saturday. Hanif Bhuiyan was nominated as
MSC to finalise contracts today
Having netted dashing opener Tamim Iqbal a couple of days ago, Mohammedan SC are all set to complete the official contracts with the cricketers at the club premises today. Though the three-day players transfer of the Premier Division Cricket League will take place from September 29, but the Motijheel-based
Eight players win their respective matches in DRU-BKMEA carom competition
Eight players won their individual matches in the Carom competition of DRU-BKMEA Sports Festival at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Sunday. Eight players, who won on the 2nd day of the competition are: Mojibur Rahman (Banglabazar), Moshiur Rahman Khan (Jai Jai Din), Tapan Biswas
Bangladesh GMs Zia, Razib share 2nd slot with 8 other players after 5th round in Kolkata Open
Two Bangladeshi Grandmasters Ziaur Rahman and Enamul Hossain Razib share the 2nd slot with eight other players in the 4th Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament ‘2009 securing 4 points after the 5th round matches in Gorky Sadan, Kolkata on Saturday. Indian GM Sandipan Chanda took solo lead in the meet collecting 4.5 points after ... Read more
Foster blasts five sixes in five balls
Durham v Essex, Pro40, Chester-le-Street Foster blasts five sixes in five balls Essex 279 for 3 (Cook 104*, Foster 83*, Napier 63) beat Durham 276 for 6 (Mustard 102, Blackwell 59) by seven wickets James Foster sent a message to the England selectors about his hitting power when he struck Durham legspinner Scott Borthwick for ... Read more
From B league to Bangladesh league
Bangladesh football will savour a thrilling season with the name of the professional football league changed to Bangladesh League from B League from October 16. Federation Cup the curtain raiser of the season will kick off involving 16 teams to initiate the season-promising continuous football. Bangladesh has never seen a continuous seven-month of football with ... Read more
MSC’s surprise Tamim
Bangladesh national cricket team’s opening batsman Tamim Iqbal made a surprise move to Mohammedan Sporting Club on Saturday breaking verbal commitment to Abahani Limited. It was known that the hard hitting batsman Tamim was offered Taka 15 lakh by Abahani which he was not satisfied with. He made the move to Mohammedan on the assurance ... Read more
Alvaro slates BFF
Abahani’s Argentine trainer Diego Alvaro slammed the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) for delay in finalising the schedules of the season’s curtain-raising tournament, the Federation Cup, as the Dhanmondi-based outfit began their second phase of training yesterday at the Dhaka University ground following a half-a-month conditioning camp at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan. “With less than ... Read more
Federation Cup draw today
The grouping draw ceremony of the Federation Cup Football Tournament-2009 will be held today at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel at 5.30 pm. The 16-team tournament will kick-off September 10 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Last year champions Mohammedan Sporting and runners-up Abahani Limited have already started their preparation for the
DRU-BKMEA carom competition begins
The Carom competition of DRU-BKMEA Sports Festival began on Saturday at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU). Sirajul Islam Bachchu, general secretary of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), formally opened the meet as chief guest. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) media committee member Rezaur Rahman Sinha, former national cricketer Javed Omar Belim, DRU
Razib shares 2nd position with 3 others
GM Enamul Hossain Razib of Destiny 2000 was now sharing second position with 3.5 points along with GM Nigel Short of England, GM Le Quang Liem of Vietnam and GM Safarli Eltaj of Azerbaijan after end of the 4th round games in the 4th Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2009 in Kolkata.
Work of football training centre at Barisal starts in October
Construction of Barisal football training centre under the “Tsunami Fund” will finally get underway from next month. Talking to the reporters at BFF office on Saturday, BFF general secretary Al Musabbir Sadi, said if FIFA completes the signing formalities this month with Modern Engineers, the builders for the project, the construction work of the training
‘I have doubled the challenge’
Sachin Tendulkar said he has more than lived up to the challenge thrown at him by legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev in 1989. The Master Blaster said that he has lived up to the challenge by continuing to play international cricket for two decades. “It was a dream to play for India. On my first tour ... Read more
Shakib goes to Adelaide to receive treatment
Sports Reporter Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan set to leave Dhaka for Adelaide tomorrow (Saturday) morning to have a treatment for his long-standing groin injury. The world number one ODI all-rounder is scheduled to consult with Dr. Steve Saunders for physiotherapy assessment and
Five athletes off to Malaysia for higher training
Sports Reporter Five athletes left Dhaka for Malaysia on Thursday to receive advanced training at the IAAF-High Performance Training Centre as part of the preparation ahead of the 11th SA Games to be held in Bangladesh.