Bangladesh ‘A’ team will start their campaign against India ‘A’ with the opener of three-match one-day series today amid speculation over participation of skipper Mominul Haque. Speculation is ripe in Dhaka that coach Chandika Hathurusinghe asked the team management to field the left-hander in just one match of the series despite his being the captain.
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Lopez introduced to his charges
A new chapter of the Bangladesh national football team was unfolded on Tuesday when their newly-appointed Italian coach Fabio Lopez was introduced to his charges as the players reported for national team duty. All 41 players from the preliminary squad apart from expatriate Jamal Bhuiyan, and injured Yeasin Khan, Hemanta Vincent Biswas and Shahedul Alam Shahed,
31st Age-Group Swimming : 10 new records on opening day
A total of 10 new national records were set on the opening day of the 31st Mir Akhter Hossain Ltd age-group swimming and diving competition that began at the Syed Nazrul Islam national swimming complex on Tuesday. BKSP clinched 23 gold medals while Bangladesh Ansar got the remaining 13 gold medals from the 36 events that ... Read more
AFC U-16 Qualifiers Begin Today : Hosts hit by age barrier, injury
The Group D campaign of AFC Under-16 Championship qualifying round kicks off today with hosts Bangladesh facing Saudi Arabia at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. United Arab Emirates are the third team of the competition. Bangladesh, champions in recent SAFF Under-16 Championship,
Bangladesh unperturbed by Pak threat
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday said it will not accept any conditions to ensure the participation of Pakistani players in the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 competition. Press Trust of India reported quoting unnamed sources said that the Pakistan Cricket Board will not allow its players in BPL unless Bangladesh agreed to send its ... Read more
Porag wins Tangail int’l chess
Fide master Mehedi Hasan Porag emerged as the unbeaten champion of the Tangail international rating chess tournament at the Bangabandhu Auditorium of Tangail press club on Tuesday. Porag beat Fide Master Debraj Chaterjee in the last of the eight-round championship on Tuesday to finish the tournament with seven points. International master Abu Sufian Shakil
Mushfiq relishes ‘best chance’ to beat Aussies
Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Monday that his team will get no better chance to make their mark against Australia when they take on the side in a two-Test series next month. Australia named a 15-man squad for the series with two uncapped players and a few other greenhorns following the retirement of ... Read more
Lopez given options to choose his squad
Veterans Wali Faisal and Faisal Mahmud, who were out of the national side for a while, were included in the 41-member preliminary squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifying match against Kyrgyzstan. The squad, announced on Monday to provide newly-appointed coach Fabio Lopez an idea about the available options, also had six rookies from different
Salauddin motivates U-16 boys
Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin delivered an inspirational speech on Monday to the Under-16 national football team ahead of their AFC Under-16 Championship qualifiers that starts from Wednesday in Dhaka. The SAFF Under-16 Championship winners Bangladesh will compete with Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates respectively
Sakib, Tamim open to join PSL
Bangladesh’s all-rounder Sakib al Hasan and opener Tamim Iqbal said on Monday that they will be available for the inaugural edition of Pakistan Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament provided there is no objection from Bangladesh Cricket Board. The Pakistan Cricket Board has planned to hold the league from February 4-25 in Qatar with around 25 foreign
Hockey camp postponed for two days
The Bangladesh Hockey Federation on Monday suspended the national team camp for two days after nearly half of the players of 42-man preliminary squad for under-21 AHF Cup and South Asian Games refused to train. A total of 20 hockey players sent a letter to the federation earlier on Sunday saying that they will not attend ... Read more
We have to hold on to our winning habits: Mominul
Bangladesh ‘A’ team is determined not to lose Tigers’ winning habits when they take on India ‘A’ team in the upcoming series, said skipper Mominul Haque on Sunday. Bangladesh ‘A’ team will leave for India today to take part in a series comprises of three one-day matches and two three-day games. Apart of left-arm spinner Saqlain ... Read more
BCB bans Shahadat temporarily
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday suspended national cricketer Shahadat Hossain from all forms of the game as police filed a case on allegations that he and his wife beat their 11-year-old maid, said a BCB official on Sunday. Police are still searching the 29-year-old paceman who went into hiding on last week after the accusation that ... Read more
Visa hassle hinders Streak’s India tour
Bangladesh ‘A’ team’s head coach Heath Streak and physiotherapist Brett Haropp will not travel India with the team due to visa hassle as Indian embassy did not give them a visa, said BCB sources on Sunday. ‘The embassy said that they need to get few more information about them,’ said an official. Assistant coach Jafrul Ehsan will ... Read more
Nat’l athletics ends without any record
The bleak state of country’s athletics was evident as 39th National Athletics Championship was concluded on Saturday without a single new record, leaving very little optimism for medals in the forthcoming South Asian Games. Bangladeshi athletes won only two silver medals and four bronze medals in the last edition of SA Games held in Dhaka in ... Read more
Of promise and despair: Bangladesh’s foreign coaches
With the arrival of Fabio Lopez, the number of foreign football coaches for the Bangladesh national team moved to 17. All of them have come with lots of promise but with a few exception most of them failed to deliver any significant result. As a consequence, many of them had to leave with bitter experiences. The ... Read more
Zia shines in Baku again
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman held Russian Super GM Evgeny Tomashevsky in second successive match of the World Cup chess opening round in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday. Zia played with black against 2758-rated Tomashevsky, the 12th seeded player of the tournament, and secured a draw after 29 moves. The first match between them
Mezbah, Shirin reign supreme
Mezbahuddin Ahmed and Shirin Akter of Bangladesh Navy were crowned country’s fastest man and woman once again when they won their respective 100-metre sprint in the 39th National Athletics in Dhaka on Friday. Mezbah now took the honour to four consecutive meetings starting from Bangladesh Games in 2013. Mezbah clocked 10:60 seconds to beat his
Zia hold Russian Super GM in WC chess
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman remained on course to a second round place in the World Cup Chess when he drew with super Grandmaster Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia in the first game of the opening round in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday. Zia played with white pieces with Queen’s Pawn Opening and secured a draw after the 43rd ... Read more
Win all that matters, says Fabio Lopez
New Bangladesh national football coach Fabio Lopez said he doesn’t mind playing ugly if it takes him to win a match. The Italian explained his football philosophy in an interview with New Age at his hotel on Friday. Here is the excerpts: