Abahani-Doleshwar match shifted to BKSP from Mirpur The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis on Wednesday revised the fixture of Dhaka Premier League match between Abahani Limited and Prime Doleshwar, which raised quite a few eyebrows. The ninth round match between Abahani and Doleshwar was scheduled to be held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday ... Read more
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Kruif rues players’ concentration level
Bangladesh national team coach Lodewijk de Kruif on Wednesday pointed out that the inability of the players to concentrate for the 90 minutes of a game is the main reason behind the national team’s recent failures. Bangladesh conceded a lot of goals from set-pieces and corners in the dying moments of the game in recent ... Read more
Mariner hold Abahani
Joint reigning champions Abahani Limited held to a 3-3 draw by Mariner Young’s Club in their fourth Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League match at the Moulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. The Dhanmondi-based side deposited a two-goal lead after conceding two late goals within last seven minutes and squandered a bright
Shahadat feels new beginning
Pace bowler Shahadat Hossain said on Wednesday that he felt like making a new beginning of his career when he returned to competitive cricket coming out from the temporary ban of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. He picked the important wicket of Saeed Anwar jr in his six overs that cost him 49 runs to make ... Read more
Doleshwar regain top spot in DPL
Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club kept their winning run in the Dhaka Premier League as they beat Kalabagan Cricket Academy by 49 runs in Duckworth/Lewis method on Tuesday to reach the top of the points table. In the rain-affected match at Fatullah, Doleshwar reached 287-6 before KCA, who are right at the bottom of the table ... Read more
Salahuddin frets over nat’l academy future
Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin on Tuesday expressed his concern over the future of National Football Academy in Sylhet as government refused to extend the lease period. The BFF set up the academy at BKSP after the National Sports Council NSC allocated it for five years in December 2011. With the lease period set ... Read more
Rain keeps Abahani, MSC wait
Rain forced two Dhaka Premier League matches on Tuesday to enter into the reserve day as Abahani Limited’s encounter with Gazi Group Cricket and Mohammedan Sporting Club’s match with Prime Bank Cricket Club could not be completed due to heavy downpour. Prime Bank were 41-1 in 6.2 overs after dismissing MSC for 224 runs in ... Read more
Shahadat back in competitive cricket
Paceman Shahadat Hossain was left waiting by rain to prove his mettle in a competitive match as he returned back to cricket coming out from the temporary ban of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday. Shahadat was serving the ban of BCB as he was found guilty of abusing a child that he employed, caused ... Read more
Taskin on the right path!
Pace bowler Taskin Ahmed, suspended for illegal bowling action by International Cricket Council, is making progress in the right direction contrary to the common observation, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board officials on Saturday. Taskin is currently playing in the Dhaka Premier League for Abahani Limited as well as completing his rehabilitation programme chalked by
Baki, Shovon hit career best in Germany
Bangladeshi shooters Abdullah Hel Baki and Shovon Chowdhury recorded their career best scores but still finished 28th and 61st respectively in the 10-metre Air Rifle event of the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany on Saturday. Their records were also not enough to qualify for the final round of the competition. Baki, the 2014 Glasgow ... Read more
Usha continue their winning spree
Usha Krira Chakra notched up their third win of the Premier Hockey League when they thrashed a strong Mariner Young’s Club 4-1 at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Saturday. Though the joint defending champions, Usha, dominated the game throughout, Mariner wasted at least four scoring chances in the either half of the games. ... Read more
Abahani wait on Sakib to solve crisis
Struggling Dhaka Premier League outfit Abahani Limited were desperately looking for all-rounder Sakib al Hasan to bail them out from their current precarious situation. Sakib is presently involved in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament with the Kolkata Knight Riders but could be available for them from May 24 should everything
Usha’s five Pak players arrive
A full-strength Usha Krira Chakra will take on Mariner Young’s Club in a crucial Premier Hockey League match today with their five Pakistani recruits finally joined the side. Usha were given green signal by the Special Branch of Police on Monday to bring their five Pakistani players after some serious scrutiny that delayed their visa ... Read more
Kruif reduces squad to 30
National team head coach Lodewijk de Kruif on Friday cut his preliminary squad to 30 from 36 ahead of Bangladesh’s Asian Cup Play-off qualifiers against Tajikistan on June 2 and 7. Left-back Atiqur Rahman Meshu left the camp few days ago with an Achilles injury in his right foot while Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society forward ... Read more
Sevilla fight back to retain Europa League
Sevilla conjured up a dazzling comeback to clinch a record third successive Europa League title on Wednesday, flooring Liverpool with a 3-1 victory that showed why the Spanish side have become masters of Europe’s second-tier competition. Sevilla captain Coke lifted the trophy at Basel’s St Jakob-Park having been the architect of their heroics, scoring twice ... Read more
Hat-trick hero Sharif gives Gazi edge
Mohammad Sharif grabbed the first hat-trick of the season as Gazi Group took the edge in the rain-hit Dhaka Premier League match against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in Mirpur on Wednesday. The match went into the reserve day as rain-intervened at least three times at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium making it impossible for the official ... Read more
Team-mates’ hara-kiri deny Masakadza
Kalabagan Krira Chakra faced a remarkable collapse to lose against Brothers Union by nine runs in their Dhaka Premier League match on Wednesday at BKSP. Chasing Brothers’ 262, Kalabagan were on 238-3 after the end of 45 overs before they lose their last seven wickets for just 15 runs to be dismissed for 253 in ... Read more
Indians encroach Pakistanis’ habitat
Gone are the days when the Dhaka Premier League was known as a common habitat for some of the modest Pakistani cricketers, who would find it as a happy hunting ground. They were replaced by a group of Indian journeymen in the ongoing campaign as teams preferred them over cricketers from other countries for some ... Read more
Siddik back in frame for Rio Olympics
Siddikur Rahman was back in contention of qualifying for the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after the ace Bangladeshi golfer returned back to top-60 place of Olympic rankings on Tuesday. Siddik is now in 54th position in the Olympics rankings after finishing second in the tri-sanctioned AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open on Sunday. Despite ... Read more
Kruif vows to bring back glory
Bangladesh national football team’s Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif has promised to bring back his side to the wining ways after some dreadful performances in recent months. Kruif resumed his duty as national coach of Bangladesh on Tuesday for a short tenure of one month ahead of their Asian Cup Play-off qualifiers against Tajikistan on ... Read more