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
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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
USA Swimming suspends Phelps for three months
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado : Record-breaking Olympic champion Michael Phelps has been suspended for three months by USA Swimming after a published photograph appeared to show him smoking marijuana. The national governing body of the sport stressed that the punishment was not for a doping violation, but said they wanted to send a “strong message” to ... Read more
Mashrafe now a $6 lakh cricketer
Sports Reporter Mashrafe Bin Mortaza hit an amazing figure when the Kolkata Knight Riders purchased the Bangladesh fast bowler for six-lakh dollars (US) after a sensational bidding in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Goa yesterday. There was more good news for the Tigers as Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful was sold to Mumbai Indians, ... Read more
Unbelievable!
Bishwajit Roy When the news first broke, Mashrafe bin Mortaza’s first reaction was astonishment, which goes to explain his first words. “This is totally unexpected,” said the man who has been dubbed the Narail Express by adulating
MSC clinch T20 title
Biman take third place Staff Correspondent Roqibul Hassan and Dollar Mahmud shared an unbroken 65-run stand off 33 balls to help Mohammedan Sporting Club lift the Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket Tournament title defeating Gazi Tanks by 20 runs at the
Abahani a draw away from title
Staff Correspondent Holders Dhaka Abahani will be looking to wrap up the formalities of retaining their title when they will take on Sheikh Russell in the crucial tie of the Citycell B League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. Abahani need just a draw in the match to retain the title of the country’s professional ... Read more
Bangladesh better now
Grameenphone Women’s Tri-Nation Series Bangladesh better now Ameeruddin Zain Bangladesh women’s cricket team captain Salma Khatun believes that her team has come a long way since the Asia Cup in Colombo last year. “We have played two practice matches prior to the series and I think we are a much improved side now,” said Salma ... Read more
It’s Gazi Tanks v Mohammedan
Premier Twenty20 final today Staff Correspondent Opener Imrul Kayes and seamer Rubel Hossain starred with bat and ball to help newly-promoted Gazi Tanks crush holders Abahani by eight wickets to reach the final of the Premier Twenty20 Tournament on Tuesday. Mohammedan Sporting Club, who defeated Bangladesh Biman by five wickets later in the second semi-final, ... Read more
India take series in style
Afp, Colombo Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralidaran equalled the one-day bowling record before India clinched the series with a crushing 147-run victory in the third match at the R Premadasa Stadium here on Tuesday. The tourists posted a challenging 363-5 following rapidfire centuries from Yuvraj Singh (117) and Virender Sehwag (116) and then dismissed the ... Read more
West Indies-England 1st Test from today
Agence France-Presse . Kingston West Indies have promised to make life tough for England when the sides start a four-Test series today at Sabina Park. England will start the series as the big favourites, having not lost a Test series to the Caribbean side in the last 15 years. That remarkable statistic takes on fuller ... Read more
Nadal floors tearful Federer to clinch Australian Open
MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal reduced Roger Federer to tears as he won a classic Australian Open final to secure his first hard-court Grand Slam title and stop the Swiss equalling the all-time Majors record on Sunday. Nadal, the world number one, miraculously recovered from his five-hour semi-final to take the gripping five-setter 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), ... Read more
Top seed bounced at Aussie Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — Jelena Jankovic went out in the fourth round of the Australian Open on Sunday and No. 3 Dinara Safina was twice a point away from following the top-ranked player to the exit. In consecutive matches at Rod Laver Arena, Frenchwomen took it to the top seeds. Jankovic was ousted by No. 16 ... Read more
Feisty Sugiyama, giantkiller Lu bow out of Aussie Open
MELBOURNE : Fiesty Japanese number one Ai Sugiyama and Taiwanese giantkiller Lu Yen-Hsun bowed out of the Australian Open on Friday, leaving China’s Zheng Jie and Peng Shuai as Asia’s last hopes. Veteran Sugiyama, playing in her 60th Grand Slam, put up a brave fight on centre court against world number one and top seed ... Read more
Tennis: Champ Djokovic through at Aussie Open as violence flares
MELBOURNE: Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived a scare against Bosnian-American Amer Delic as violence flared between rival groups of fans after their match on Friday. Bosnian-born Delic, ranked 127, shocked Djokovic when he took the second set and forced a tense fourth-set tie-break before the Serbian third seed won 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4). Moments ... Read more