Visiting Bangladesh Under-19 side are on knife-edge to face a humiliating defeat at the hands of England Under-19 team in the first four-dayer match of the tour at North Marine Road Ground in Scarborough on Wednesday. After facing follow-on, they scored 143 for three on the third day till filing of this report. The Bangladeshi ... Read more
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National Youth (Under-19) Handball begins today
The Konka National Youth (Under-19) Handball Competition begins today at the Chittagong MA Aziz Stadium. Chittagong Divisional Sports Association will arrange the handball meet under auspices of Electra Mart Limited (Konka). A total of 19 teams will take part in the handball competition. They are : Joypurhat District team, Sunamganj District team, Jhalokathi District team, ... Read more
Zia, Reefat key tie today
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman of Biman was going great guns as he maintained his solo lead in the Mercantile Bank 35th National Chess Championship. Zia collected nine points after end of the 9th round games at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room on Wednesday. Zia had a rest day in the 9th round. He will ... Read more
Teletalk cricket
Mohalchhara Aparazita Club registered a 41-run victory over Munigramme Ujjal Smrity Club in the first Teletalk cricket tournament at the Khagrachari Government High School ground yesterday. Mohalchhara were all out for 106 runs in 20.1 over with Biplob making the team highest 49. Rupantor Chakma claimed five wickets for 12 runs while Dabit Chakma picked ... Read more
Ronaldo receives rowdy welcome
MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo received a rapturous welcome from 80,000 Real Madrid fans; an outpouring so exuberant the soccer star had to be hustled away when spectators leaped barriers and took the field. Ronaldo, who joined the famed club following his record transfer from Manchester United, appeared before the capacity crowd at Santiago Bernabeu stadium wearing ... Read more
Tigers warm up well
Bangladeshi batsmen at last shrugged off the lean patch to get back in form and had some useful batting practice ahead of the first Test as the three-dayer warm up game against West Indies A destined to a predictable draw at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on Sunday. Opener Tamim Iqbal starred in the drawn match ... Read more
Cobb flays young Tigers
U-19 Cricket Cobb flays young Tigers England Under-19s made a good start in the first four-dayer against visiting Bangladesh Under-19s at North Marine Road ground in Scarborough yesterday. The home side scored 293 for five in 76.2 overs on the first day till last report was received here last night.
Two silvers for Bangladesh
Bangladesh finished second behind India as usual to earn the silver medals in the Women’s 10 metre Air Rifle team and individual events in the 5th SAF Shooting Championships at the BKSP on Monday. Bangladesh scored 1,177 points, four behind gold medallists India who totaled 1,181. In the individual event of Women’s 10 metre Air ... Read more
Khulna lift Danone Nations Cup
Khulna District Football Association team triumphed the Grameen Danone Under-12 football championship defeating the BFF Development Squad by 2-1 in tri-breaker. By virtue of winning the title, Khulna DFA have earned the right to represent Bangladesh in the Danone World Cup final phase to be held in Brazil. The Khulna booters converted two penalty shots ... Read more
Mirpur Friends Club win handsome in qualifying cricket
Mirpur Friends Club hardly to sweat hard as they recorded a handsome 145 runs win over Nawabganj Cricket Academy in the Third Division Qualifying Cricket League match held at the Jagannath Hall ground here on Monday.
2011 WC will remain in sub-continent, says ICC
July 6 : Pakistan’s intent to seek legal recourse on hosting rights issues may have cast a shadow over the 2011 World Cup but the ICC today made it clear that there was no risk of the event being shifted out of the Indian sub-continent. Pakistan’s share of 14 matches has been allotted to other ... Read more
Tigers handed a tough draw
Bangla-desh were handed a tough draw in the ICC World Twenty20 2010 when they were placed in Group A alongside defending champions Pakistan and Australia, the International Cricket Council said. The ICC completed the draw at St Lucia in West Indies on Saturday. Bangladesh, seeded eighth for the tournament, will begin their campaign against holders ... Read more
Ball kills cricket umpire in Wales
ESPN.com news services SWANSEA, Wales — A cricket umpire has died after being struck on the head by a ball. Alcwyn Jenkins collapsed after the blow, which came from a ball thrown by a fielder during a Welsh cricket league match in Swansea on Saturday. He was 72. “I’m led to believe it was one ... Read more
Tigers start mission WI today
Mashrafee bin Murtaza will make his debut as Bangladesh captain when he will lead the side against West Indies A team in a three-day match starting from today at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. Bangladesh, who will play two Tests and three one-day international matches during their Caribbean tour, reached West Indies on Tuesday and ... Read more
BFF to get artificial turf by November
The installation of artificial turf in the BFF compound at Motijheel under FIFA Goal Project-2 will be completed in November with the laying process starting from mid-August. Italian firm Limonta will provide Tango turf and Bangkok-based Seara Sports Systems will lay it. Davide Bertoli, the export manager of Limonta, Jan van Paridon and Patrick Dean ... Read more
A bad day for Bangladesh at AYG
Bangladesh conceded humiliating defeats in both of their FIBA 3 on 3 Basketball matches of the First Asian Youth Games at the Anglican High School in Singapore on Thursday. Bangladesh suffered 06-33 defeat against United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the morning and 04-33 defeat against Thailand in the
U-19 team play 2-day match in England from today
Visiting Bangladesh Under-19 team will start their England tour with a two-dayer practice match against the England Under-18 team today. Mahmudul Hasan led Under-19 side arrived here on Wednesday to play two four-dayer, five one-dayer and two Twenty20 matches against
Zia atop alone
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman picked up his fourth straight win to take the solo lead in the Mercantile Bank 35th National Chess Championship at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room yesterday. Playing with Black pieces, the country’s number one player adopted the Modern Defence of Tartakower system and eventually earned resignation from Fide Master Taibur ... Read more
Bangladesh advance two steps in FIFA ranking
Bangladesh advanced two steps in the FIFA-Coca Cola World Ranking in the beginning of July. After this move Bangladesh are now on the 169th position from 171st position. With this move, Bangladesh left behind Nepal who are on 173rd position and are on the fifth in context of sub-continental
Siddons hails captaincy move
Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons has hailed the BCB’s move to change the captain of the side and said it was handed to the right person with Mashrafee bin Murtaza replacing Mohammad Ashraful. ‘It’s good for Ash (Ashraful) and tough for Mash (Mashrafee). It’s tough to captain the national team on the world stage. But Mashrafee ... Read more