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
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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
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