New skipper Mashrafe bin Mortaza hopes to produce improve performance as Bangladesh cricket team leave for Barbados, West Indies on a five weeks tour today. Ace pace bowler Mashrafe replaced Mohammad Ashraful as captain of the national cricket team. His deputy on the tour will be World’s number one-day all rounder Shakib Al Hasan. BCB ... Read more
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BFF, Beximco design biggest ever tourney
Bangabandhu Gold Cup this year The much talked about ‘Ten Crore Taka’ football tournament will be materialised at the end of this year with Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and the Beximco Group jointly organising the Bangabandhu Gold Cup. BFF president Kazi Mohammed Salahuddin, who has been indicating at a mega budget tournament over the last ... Read more
Bangladesh to take part in 4 disciplines: First Asian Youth Games begins today in Singapore
The first Asian Youth Games begins today (Monday) in Singapore at 7 pm local time. A large number of youth athletes from 43 Asian countries will compete in nine disciplines of sports for 90 gold medals at stake. The nine disciplines of sports are — Athletics, Aquatic, Basketball (3 on 3), Bowling, Shooting, Sailing, Beach ... Read more
12 stadiums to be known by its old names
The present government restored the actual names of the sports infrastructures across the country which the previous government removed. The National Sports Council (NSC) in a notification on Sunday circulated names of 12 stadiums around the country. Those are – Jahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (Chittagong Divisional Stadium), Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium (Khulna Divisional Stadium), Shaheed ... Read more
Bangabandhu International Gold Cup Football Tournament in October/November
The Bangabandhu International Gold Cup Football Tournament will be held in October or November. The names of the participating teams and the fixture yet to be finalised. The tournament will be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The budget of the competition has been estimated at Tk ten crore. Two teams from Bangladesh and six ... Read more
Exit Ash, Enter Mash
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is the first paceman in the country to lead the national team as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday appointed him as captain and Shakib Al Hasan as his deputy for the tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe. The 25-year-old cricketer, dubbed as Narail Express, took over the helm as the fifteenth ... Read more
Ready to face the music
Newly appointed Bangladesh captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza said he is ready to do the hard job as a senior cricketer and face the music on a difficult time despite not having enough experience in the position. ‘Definitely it is a great feeling to be the captain of the national side. I agree that this is ... Read more
Nat’l squad for Windies tour named
In order to bring back the Bangladesh cricket on the right way, which currently has been in a tumultuous position aftermath of the just concluded ICC Twenty20 Cricket World, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a new-look team with naming pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortoza as captain replacing Mohammad Ashraful. All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has ... Read more
Shuktara lift Bashundhara Club Cup
June 23: The Shuktara Jubo Sangha lifted title of the Bashundhara Champions Club Cup beating Feni Soccer Club by a solitary goal at Cox’s Bazar Stadium on Tuesday. Sohel netted the all-important goal for the champions. He was later adjudged as the Man of the Match. Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Giashuddin Ahmed distributed prizes among ... Read more
Siddheshwari Girls, Sir John Wilson School reach final in Women’s School Football
Siddheshwari Girl’s High School and Sir John Wilson School advanced to the final of the Citycell Dhaka Metropolis Women’s School Football Championship winning their respective semifinal matches at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. The final match between the two sides will be held on Thursday (June 25) at the same venue at 6 pm. ... Read more
Ash to lose top job
BCB announces team today Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is all set to announce the name of the new captain in place of under-fire Mohammad Ashraful when the Test squad for the tour of West Indies is declared today. It is none other than Ashraful’s long-term deputy Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the 25-year old, dubbed as Narail ... Read more
Hockey team off to Moscow
Bangladesh national hockey team flew to Moscow on Monday to participate in a four-nation invitational hockey tournament, also involving Canada, South Africa and hosts Russia. Bangladesh are playing the tournament as part their preparation for the upcoming SA Games, to be held in Dhaka in January next year. The national hockey team has travelled beyond ... Read more
Shuktara take on Feni today
Club Cup Final Shuktara take on Feni today Shuktara Jubo Sangsad of Narayanganj will lock horns with Feni Soccer Club in the final match of the Bashundhara Champions Club Cup football tournament at the Cox’s Bazar Stadium today. The final match of the country’s first ever district champions club teams will kick-off at 3:15 pm. ... Read more
Thank you Ashraful
ICC World Twenty20 England09 Thank you Ashraful It is high time to seriously consider whether Bangladesh cricket is held hostage by a set of Ashra-FOOLS. And if it is the case then we better immediately send those ‘FOOLS’ to rehabilitation camp at least to stop the emotional bloodshed that was overpowering after Monday night’s stunning ... Read more
Dejected Tigers leave England
Down and out from the ICC World Twenty20, a dejected Bangladesh cricket team left England on Tuesday without their skipper Mohammad Ashraful and coach Jamie Siddons. The International Cricket Council did not want to spend any extra penny for them and asked the team to pack their bags to catch the next available flight after ... Read more
‘Go back Sri Lanka, go home’
British citizens of Tamil origin have demanded Sri Lanka cricket team to be expelled from the ICC World Twnety20 for what they claimed committing a genocide against humanities by their government. The Tamils demanded it while protesting in front of the Trent Bridge cricket ground when Sri Lanka were playing against Australia in their first ... Read more
Symonds let Australia down: Ponting
T20 World Cup Symonds let Australia down: Ponting London: Australian captain Ricky Ponting says allrounder Andrew Symonds let himself and the team down with his latest off-field troubles. Symonds was sent home from the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday for what Cricket Australia described as an alcohol-related breach of team rules and other violations. Ponting ... Read more
Team won’t miss Symonds and neither should cricket fans
You hypocrite. Cast your mind back to the World Cup in South Africa in 2003. The one where Ricky Ponting had begged for your inclusion because he could see the good in you. The one where Shane Warne returned a positive drugs test the morning of the first match against Pakistan. The scandal that left ... Read more
Tigers welcome ICL rebels
It needed only a few phone calls to take India and Ireland out of their minds for some hours. The Indian Cricket League had replaced the two Group A opponents in Bangladesh players’ minds as all the 13 remaining cricketers, who had joined the rebel league for money, have decided to return. The decision of ... Read more
ICL duo seeks BCB amnesty
Banned Indian Cricket League (ICL) duo Mosharraf Hossain and Monjurul Islam have submitted proof of their terminated contracts to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) acting CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury yesterday for availing the amnesty offered by the board. Mosharraf and Monjurul, who played for Dhaka Warriors, turned in copies of e-mails from the organisers of the ... Read more