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
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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
Ethnic violence again mars Australian Open
Agence France-Presse Melbourne: Ethnic violence again marred the Australian Open on Friday when rival Serbian and Bosnian fans hurled chairs and missiles at each other, sparking condemnation from players and police. Some 30 people in their late teens and early 20s were evicted after the clashes, which left one woman injured, following Serbian Novak Djokovic’s ... Read more
Relieved but not resting
Bishwajit Roy It was not a victory to celebrate. It rather came as a relief for Bangla-desh when they handed a six-wicket defeat to Zimbabwe in the second game to square the three-match series 1-1 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Anything other than a victory would not only have awarded the series ... Read more
Both B. League encounters end in draws
bdnews24.com, Dhaka Khulna Abahani Krira Chakra on Wednesday earned the first point after 14 defeats in a row when the hosts held visitors Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club to a goalless draw at Khulna Stadium on Wednesday. Away at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, hosts Chittagong Abahani Limited were also held to a goalless draw by ... Read more
After Murali, it’s Price
Azad Majumder The lack of penetrating bowler at the death coupled with the poor thinking of captain Mohammad Ashraful left Bangladesh in an anguish of conceding a second heartbreaking two-wicket defeat in four days, this time against
Barisal win one-day national league crown despite losing to Dhaka
UNB, Dhaka Barisal Division clinched the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National one-day Cricket League crown despite losing to Dhaka Division by 21 runs in the last round match at the Narayanganj Osmani Stadium in Fatullah on Monday. On completion of the day’s last and 10th round matches, both Barisal and Rajshahi divisions secured equal 14 ... Read more
Captain-fool!
Azad Majumder The decision to give Rubel Hossain the ball during the crucial power play against Sri Lanka had earned the Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful severe criticisms as it cost the team the match and the championship. But Ashraful had at least some point to defend himself after that Tri-nation Cup final as it could ... Read more
Graceful in defeat
Bishwajit Roy “People only remember the wins, not the close matches,” Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful heaved a sigh in disappointment after their heartbreaking two-wicket defeat at the hands of Sri Lankan in the tri-nation