The England-bound national cricketers warmed up well with a comfortable 63-run victory against Maharashtra Cricket Association in the first T20 match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The most encouraging factor for the Tigers, who are scheduled to fly for England on May 23 to take part in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup, ... Read more
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Bashar first at BCB door
Habibul Bashar was the first to come forward to take the opportunity of “amnesty” announced by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for the players who joined the unauthorised Indian Cricket League (ICL). The former national skipper submitted a letter to BCB president Lt Gen Sina Ibn Jamali yesterday mentioning that he wanted to avail the ... Read more
Ashgabat through
Abahani down but not out Ashgabat FC of Turkmenis-tan emerged as the champions of the AFC President’s Cup Group B after playing out a goalless draw with Dhaka Abahani at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. The draw put Ashgabat level with Abahani on four points at the top but the Turkmenistan side won the ... Read more
Mashrafe’s losing debut
Indian Premier League Mashrafe’s losing debut Deccan Chargers climbed one place to third in the Indian Premier League table after a thrilling six-wicket win over struggling Kolkata Knight Riders at Wanderers on Saturday. Kolkata made 160-5 after they lost the toss and were sent in to bat and Deccan reached 166-4 off the last ball ... Read more
Abahani-Ashgabat tussle today
Perfect finishing will be the key in the crucial Group B match of the AFC President’s Cup match between Dhaka Abahani and Ashgabat FC of Turkmenistan at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 6:00pm today. Both the teams had a perfect warm-up for the crunch tie with victories against Sri Lanka Army, the third team of ... Read more
Sakib scoops player of the year award
All-rounder Sakib al Hasan scooped the Garmeenphone-Prothom Alo player of the year award 2008 on Friday for his outstanding performance with bat and ball last year, especially in Test cricket. Sakib was the runaway winner ahead of weightlifter Fahima Akhter Moina and shooter Asif Hossain Khan, who bagged the runner-up awards for winning international
Sakib back to boost Tigers
Sakib al Hasan returned to cricket after a long injury lay-off to inspire the Bangladesh cricket team to a 49-run victory over the Bangladesh A team in the third warm-up match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. Sakib took the ball after the Tigers had suffered two embarrassing defeats to their second fiddles in ... Read more
Ashgabat FC demolish Sri Lanka Army
Ashgabat FC of Turkmenis-tan demolished Sri Lanka Army 5-1 on Thursday to get the ideal warm-up before playing Dhaka Abahani in the AFC President’s Cup Group B deciding match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. The first-half was almost a one way traffic as the tall and physically stronger players of the Turkmenistan side ... Read more
India drubs Bangladesh 11-1
Bangladesh finished seventh in the 8th Asia Cup hockey tournament after a 11-1 defeat against India in the classification match at Wisma Belia Stadium of Kuantan, Malaysia on Thursday. India, which surprisingly failed to make it to the last four, started the game with an aggressive note and swooped on the Bangladesh team from the ... Read more
AFC President’s Cup Football qualifier: Abahani make good start beating Sri Lanka Army in opener
Abahani Limited made a good start in the AFC President’s Cup qualifier beating Sri Lanka Army team by 2-1 goals at the floodlit Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday. The match was locked in 1-1 goals during the first half. National defender Wali Faisal and substitute Shahajuddin Tipu scored one goal each for Abahani Limited ... Read more
Sri Lanka Dev Squad takes 375-run lead dismissing GP-BCB Academy team for 164
Visiting Sri Lanka Development Squad took massive 375-run lead over GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team after dismissing the hosts cheaply for 164 in the first innings on the 3rd day of the 2nd four-day match at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Ruhul Amin Stadium in Chittagong on Tuesday. Replying to Sri Lanka’s huge first innings total ... Read more
Bangladesh suffer 9-0 defeat against South Korea in Asia Cup Hockey
Bangladesh National Hockey team suffered another humiliating 9-0 goals defeat against Asian giant South Korea in their last Pool A match of the 8th Asia Cup Men’s Hockey Tournament in Kuantan Pathang, Malaysia on Tuesday. World number five South Korea dominated the first half 4-0 against the 34th ranking Bangladesh. With the day’s comfortable victory, ... Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo shelves dream move to Madrid
Manchester United will continue to tolerate the diva-like behaviour of Cristiano Ronaldo in the Old Trafford dressing-room next season after it emerged last night that the World Player of the Year is close to dropping his pursuit of a move to Real Madrid for another 12 months. However, United’s players are far more concerned about ... Read more
Abahani take on SL Army today
Dhaka Abahani will be looking to start their AFC President’s Cup campaign with a win when they take on Sri Lanka Army team in the inaugural match of Group B at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 6:00pm today. Sri Lanka Army, playing for the first time in any AFC affiliated competition, however, vowed
We know what you’re doing Buchanan
It was tolerable for the first three games but after the Kolkata Knight Riders ignored Mashrafe Bin Mortaza for the tenth consecutive time, patience is running thin for millions of cricket fans in the country. The Knight Riders turned a million heads when they insisted on landing Mashrafe in their books for an astonishing 600,000 ... Read more
Mohammedan lift Women’s Club Cup
Mohammedan added yet another feather in their cap when the popular club clinched the first-ever Women’s Club Cup cricket title at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The Motijheel outfit kept their cool in the battle of nerves to record a five-wicket win over pre-tournament favourites Bangladesh Ansar and VDP. Mohammedan posted 127 for ... Read more
Brothers claim T20 glory
PCL T20 Chittagong 2009 Brothers claim T20 glory Chamara Kapugedera’s blitzkrieg and yet another captain’s knock from Nafis Iqbal gave Chittagong Brothers Union the glamorous first-ever Habib Group Port-City Cricket League Twenty20 tournament title here at the MA Aziz Stadium yesterday. They defeated Dhaka Sports Club by six wickets in front of a full house ... Read more
Ziaur gem stuns Abahani
Dhaka Sports Club meet BU in final today An astonishing 78 off 31 balls by Ziaur Rahman stunned Chittagong Abahani as Dhaka Sports Club snatched a win from their grasp with three-wicket semi-final victory to reach the final of the Port-city Cricket League at the MA Aziz Stadium on Saturday. In the final, the Dhaka ... Read more
BCB puts BNS saga to rest
Opts for SBNS, Fatullah for WC matches The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday ruled out the chance of holding any World Cup 2011 matches at the Bangabandhu National Stadium and instead chose Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and Fatullah Stadium for the event. The BNS, however, has been retained as the venue for the opening ceremony while ... Read more
Nafis carries BU thru’
PCL T20 Chittagong 2009 Nafis carries BU thru’ Local boy Nafis Iqbal led from the front to steer Brothers Union to the final of the Habib Group PCL Twenty20 tournament in the exciting first semifinal where they beat Dada Warriors by six wickets at the MA Aziz Stadium here yesterday. Batting first, Dada Warriors scored ... Read more