Sports Correspondent The Super Cup football tournament begins tomorrow at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city with Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra and Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club facing each other in the inaugural match. B. League champion Dhaka Abahani meets Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society in the second match of the opening day. Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) ... Read more
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Manchester United win League Cup final
LONDON : Ben Foster kept Manchester United’s bid for an unprecedented five trophies on track with a man-of-the-match performance in a penalty shoot-out win over Tottenham in the League Cup final here on Sunday. The England goalkeeper produced two crucial saves to deny Tottenham victory in open play, where the teams finished locked at 0-0, ... Read more
BNS to host cricket WC opener
BFF apprehensive Staff Correspondent The state minister for sports, Ahad Ali Sarker, declared on Tuesday that Bangabandhu National Stadium will host the inaugural ceremony of ICC World Cup the 2011 on February 19, sparking a strong repercussion within
Younus hits triple century as Pak-SL Test heads for draw
AFP, Karachi Younus Khan broke several records on his way to a pugnacious maiden triple hundred as the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka headed for a draw here on Tuesday. The 31-year-old Pakistan captain foiled all Sri Lanka’s attempts to take his wicket, finishing with an unbeaten 306 as Pakistan closed the fourth ... Read more
DOHS shock MSC to fly level with Biman
Staff Correspondent Old DOHS and Bangladesh Biman continued their unbeaten run in the Dhaka Premier Cricket League with the defending champions Abahani hot on their heels after playing their respective fourth matches on Wednesday. A fine 96 runs by skipper Mehrab Hossain Jr helped DOHS hand Mohammedan Sporting Club a 38-run defeat while Mashrafee bin ... Read more
Wang advances quarters in Dhaka Bank junior tennis
Sports Correspondent Wang of China reached the quarterfinal of the boys’ singles competition of the Dhaka Bank 23rd Bangladesh International Junior Tennis Championship defeating Indian Sumeet Shinde at Ramna National Tennis Complex, Dhaka on Wednesday. Wang scored a 6-2, 6-2 win over his Indian counterpart in the third round competition to make it to the ... Read more
Bangladesh earns 6-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Women’s
Tri-Nation Cricket UNB, Khulna Bangladesh tasted their first win in the Grameenphone Women’s Tri-Nation Cricket Series beating visiting Sri Lanka by six wickets at Shahid Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium in Khulna Friday. Bangladesh almost made their exit in
Russel stay in hunt
Citycell B League Russel stay in hunt Sports Reporter Alfaz Ahmed missed a penalty but scored from the other to keep Sheikh Russel’s slim hopes alive to finish runners-up in the Citycell B. League with a 1-0 win over Rahmatganj yesterday in the last match of the penultimate round. The missed penalty meant that the ... Read more
Balaji back for India after 4 yrs
Agence France-Presse . Chennai India’s cricket selectors on Friday picked Lakshmipathy Balaji for the New Zealand tour, after a four-year Test absence for the fit-again seamer. Balaji, 27, who last played a Test match in March, 2005 before suffering a career-threatening stress fracture to his back, was named in a 16-man squad for the three-Test ... Read more
Grameenphone Bhatiary Golf Cup 2009 inaugurated
The Grameenphone Bha-tiary Golf Cup 2009 was inaugurated yesterday (Friday) at the Bhatiary Golf and Country Club (BGCC) in Chittagong, said a press realease. Brigadier General A M M Wazed Thakur, ndc, psc Commandant Bangladesh Military Academy and Vice President Administration and Finance Bhatiary Golf and Country Club inaugurate the tournament. Rubaba Dowla, Chief Communications ... Read more
Dubai tri-series cancelled
Afp, Karachi Pakistan cricket received a further blow Friday with the cancellation of a tri-series in Dubai scheduled for late March due to the unavailability of the Sri Lankan team, a top official said. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief operating officer Salim Altaf told AFP that the event would be scrapped. “We have been told ... Read more
Messi steals show as Argentina defeats France
AFP, Marseille Diego Maradona milked the adulation of the home fans beforehand but it was Lionel Messi who stole the show, capping a virtuoso performance with a goal as Argentina beat France 2-0 at Marseille’s Stade Velodrome on Wednesday. Having reminisced earlier in the week about how he almost joined Marseille from Napoli in 1989, ... Read more
Premier Division Cricket League:Old DOHS, CCS, BKSP record wins
Sports Reporter Old DOHS Sports Club, Cricket Coaching School(CCS) and BKSP won their respective matches on Thursday. At the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Old DOHS Sports Club composed a sensational five-run win over Surjo Torun Club. Batting first Old DOHS Sports Club scored 183 for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted ... Read more
Brothers’ 9th victory
Citycell B League Brothers’ 9th victory Sports Reporter Goals in the second half ensured the fourth place for Brothers Union in the Citycell B. League when the giants from Gopibagh blanked Farashganj 2-0 yesterday. Wasim Iqbal’s side also kept their slim hopes for a third place finish alive with their ninth victory in 19 games, ... Read more
Dhaka Bank junior tennis from tomorrow
Sports Correspondent The Dhaka Bank 23rd Bangladesh International Junior Tennis Championship begins tomorrow at Ramna National Tennis Complex in the city. A total of 159 tennis players, including 52 girls, from Europe and Asian countries are taking part in the competition, organized by Bangladesh Tennis Fede-ration (BTF) with the sponsorship of Dhaka Bank Limited. The ... Read more
Premier cricket begins today sans a sponsor
Mohammad Isam If cricket officials of the country were proud of Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Mohammad Ashraful on Friday, they should now be thankful to the duo for bringing some much-needed buzz into this year’s domestic competition and lure a sponsor that they are yet to get for the premier club event. The Premier League ... Read more
Battle of Bollywood
Sports Reporter The phrase ‘when the going gets tough he gets going’ perhaps fits more appropriately for Mashrafe Bin Mortaza. A cricketer with both his knees operated on and has been fighting against freakish injury ever since his Bangladesh debut in 2001 added another daring chapter in his never-say-die career on Friday. He entered the ... Read more
Ashraful retains captaincy
Staff Correspondent Mohammad Ashraful has been retained as the captain of the national cricket team until the West Indies tour in June-July, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Saturday. The BCB was under pressure to replace Ashraful after the 24-year-old right-handed batsman had managed to score only 12 runs in three one-day internationals against Zimbabwe ... Read more
Women’s Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan
Sports Reporter Sri Lanka National Women’s Cricket team beat Pakistan National Women’s Cricket team by three wickets in their ODI match of the Grameenphone Women’s Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra on Saturday. Trailing Pakistan’s 103 off 41.5 overs, Sri Lanka sailed home in 30.4 overs scoring 105 for the loss ... Read more
Satkhira, Khulna reach zonal final in Citycell Women’s Football
UNB, Dhaka Satkhira and Khulna DSAs reached the zonal final of the Citycell Women’s Football Championship on Saturday. The two teams will meet each other in the zonal final today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 3.00 PM. At the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Stadium at Kamalapur, Satkhira DSA drubbed host Dhaka DSA ... Read more