Sports Reporter National cricket captain Mohammad Ashraful signed for his third club in as many years when the country’s premier batsman joined Premier League newcomers Gazi Tank yesterday. The three-day cricketers’ transfers for the Premier and First Division cricket leagues concluded with Gazi
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Magical Mendis
Grameenphone Test Series,Bangladesh-Srilanka Magical Mendis Sports Reporter Ajantha Mendis contributed with three wickets as Sri Lanka demolished Zimbabwe by 130 runs in the second match of the Grameenphone tri-nation tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in
Messi rescues Barca
LFP Messi rescues Barca Lionel Messi scored a thunderous 84th-minute winner as leaders Barcelona came back to overcome bottom side Osasuna 3-2 on Sunday and restore their 12-point cushion over second-placed
Dhaka Abahani continues to win in B. League
Sports Correspondent Dhaka Abahani posted its 10th win, third in succession, in the Citycell 2nd B. League football championship when the holders defeated Chittagong Abahani by a solitary goal at MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong on Monday. Dhaka Abahani played better and dominated the most part of the game, however, it had to wait 45 minutes ... Read more
GM Niaz Murshed, Debaraj Chatterjee take joint lead in the Parsvnath Int Chess
UNB, Dhaka Two Bangladeshi players–Grand Master Niaz Murshed and Debaraj Chatterjee–are jointly leading the 7th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament with 79 other players securing full 2 points after the 2nd round matches held in the Indian capital New Delhi on Sunday. Two other Bangladeshi players, Mohammad Ali earned 1.5 points and FM Mohammad Javed ... Read more
Safina wins opening match at Sydney
AP, Sydney Second-seeded Dinara Safina continued her tuneup for the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-1 win Monday over Sorana Cirstea of Romania at the Sydney International. Playing her first WTA tournament of the year after teaming with her brother, Marat Safin, to represent Russia at the Hopman Cup last week, Safina took advantage of ... Read more
Mahela not taking Zimbabwe lightly
Grameenphone Test Series, Bangladesh-Srilanka Mahela not taking Zimbabwe lightly Sports Reporter “If anything goes wrong against Zimbabwe, you guys will have a lot to write about,” joked Mahela Jayawardene yesterday. It would be a surprise to hear the Sri Lankan captain speak in such a cynical manner ahead of their match against lowly Zimbabwe in ... Read more
Barisal equal with Rajshahi
Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League Barisal equal with Rajshahi Sports Reporter Barisal repeated their success against Rajshahi to share the lead in the National Cricket League when they won the second-leg one-day match at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium yesterday. It was however a day for out-of-favour Nafis Iqbal who smashed an unbeaten hundred ... Read more
Results of School Kabaddi
Sports Reprter Bhasha Shaheed Abdul Jabbar Ansar &VDP School and College of Gazipur, Palsha Ideal Secondary School of Mymensingh, Gorihar Al Arabia Dhakhil Madrasa of Rajshahi, Banagram Secondary School of Jessore won their respective matches of the Standard Chartered National School Kabaddi Competition on Sunday. In the day’s first match, Bhasha Shaheed Abdul Jabbar Ansar ... Read more
Ashraful fails, Mashrafee sails for Tigers
Azad Majumder. Chittagong An extraordinary effort by Mashrafee bin Murtaza saved Bangladesh from following on in the second Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday, but that hardly came as a consolation as a huge defeat is still on cards unless the hosts make a significant turnaround. Blame again shifted on Mohammad Ashraful, the Bangladesh captain, ... Read more
Brothers now second
Citycell B League Brothers now second Our Correspondent, Chittagong Two goals from striker Henry Quae fired Brothers Union into second position of the Citycell B. League after a 2-1 win over Chittagong Abahani at the MA Aziz Stadium yesterday. The victory took Brothers to 25 points from 12 matches, a single point behind defending champions ... Read more
Tigers mull strategy against Murali, Mendis
Azad Majumder . Chittagong Anyone who has never watched the Bangladesh cricket team batting in the nets would take Ashraful Hossain as just another net bowler, who was invited to assist the national players in their practice. But to Mohammad Ashraful and his team-mates the 18-year-old Chittagong boy was just not an
Tigers mull strategy against Murali, Mendis
Azad Majumder . Chittagong Anyone who has never watched the Bangladesh cricket team batting in the nets would take Ashraful Hossain as just another net bowler, who was invited to assist the national players in their practice. But to Mohammad Ashraful and his team-mates the 18-year-old Chittagong boy was just not an
Dhaka Abahani retains solo lead: Arambagh draw with Muktijoddha Sangsad
UNB, Dhaka Holders Dhaka Abahani maintained their solo lead in the Citycell 2nd B. League with a 1-0 win over Chittagong Mohammedan SC at the Chittagong Stadium on Friday. With this result, Dhaka Abahani increased their tally to 26 points, while Chittagong Mohammedan remained at 17 points, both playing 12 matches. In the day’s match, ... Read more
Good starts for Ctg, Barisal, Sylhet
Staff Correspondent Chittagong, Barisal and Sylhet registered victories over Dhaka, Rajshahi and Khulna in a low scoring opening round of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea National Cricket League one-dayers at different venues across the country on Thursday. Chittagong v Dhaka At the BKSP, Chittagong opted to bowl first and bowled Dhaka out for 173 in 47.2 ... Read more
Johnson leads Farashganj to 3-1 win over Rahmatganj
Sports Correspondent Farashganj Sporting Club registered its fourth victory in the Citycell 2nd B. League football championship when it inflicted a 3-1 defeat on Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city on Thursday. Kabir Hossain pulled off the first breakthrough for Farash-ganj scoring from spot after 19 minutes to put the ... Read more
Jayawardene praises brave Bangladesh
Azad Majumder Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene praised Bangladesh for their brave fight in the first Test and said he wasn’t surprised at all the way the hosts batted to score 413 runs in the fourth innings. Here are the excerpts from Jayawardene’s post-match press conference. Did he get scared at any stage? No, I ... Read more
Ashraful gets it right
Sports Reporter It is always worth watching Mohammad Ashraful bat but he is so inconsistent that one cannot even recall the last time he had a good effort. The 24-year-old Bangladesh skipper returned among runs in style with a hundred but the problem was that it took too many innings in the middle to see ... Read more
Brazilian Dido new national coach
Sports Reporter The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) ended the year 2008 on a high, announcing on the New Year’s Eve the arrival of a Brazilian coach for the national team. Edson ‘Dido’ Silva, former footballer of Brazilian giants Flamengo (1979-81) and Santos FC (1983-84), will take over from February as Head Coach, confirmed BFF vice-president ... Read more
Sakib rattles Sri Lanka on Day One
Azad Majumder Left-arm spinner Sakib al Hasan claimed three wickets as Bangladesh left Sri Lanka stuttering at 172 for six before bad light stopped play early on the opening day of the first Test on Friday. After scalping Kumara Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, the two most experienced batsmen in the Sri Lankan line-up, Sakib removed ... Read more