Jamal end season on a high

The curtain of the eighth Bangladesh Premier League fell on Saturday with champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club defeating Abahnai Limited by 2-1 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Jamal came from a goal behind to earn all three points and amassed 51 points from their slotted 20 matches. Nasirul Islam Nasir put Abahani ahead

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MSC stay in runners-up race

Mohammedan SC kept their hopes alive to secure the runners-up spot of the Bangladesh Premier League with a 1-0 win over Rahmatganj MFS at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday.
Sheikh Russell KC on the other hand, squandered a great opportunity to seal the second position with a game in hand after playing a goalless draw

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Farashganj lose again

Farashganj Sporting Club continued their bizarre run in the Bangladesh Premier League when they lost to Feni Soccer 2-4 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday.
With Thursday’s loss, the old Dhaka outfit remained the only club in the league yet to taste a win. This was Farashganj’s 10th defeat in 15 matches which kept

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BNS bears the marks of mayhem

The Bangabandhu National Stadium was massively damages after a fight between the law enforcement agencies and the activists of Hefajat-e-Islam on Sunday evening.
It was alleged that a good number of Hefajat members entered the big bowl by smashing the north gate and shattered many structures along with the press box,

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BNS, Fatullah get pass mark from Argentine delegates

Bangabandhu National Stadium and Fatullah stadium got a pass mark from the visiting Argentine inspection team as the match and practice venues respectively for the September 6 international friendly between Argentina and Nigeria.
A three-member high-profile delegation from Argentina, headed by assistant coach

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Bangladesh daring to hope

Despite an emphatic 3-0 win over Pakistan in the first leg of the World Cup pre-qualifiers, the Bangladesh booters kept their feet firmly on the ground before flying to Pakistan early today morning to play their second leg match at Lahore on July 3.
Only a draw, even a loss by less than a 3-0 margin against Pakistan will propel Bangladesh into

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Bangladesh drown Pakistan in rain

In the end it was a combination of the driving monsoon deluge, a stop-start playing surface and a bit of luck that saw Bangladesh ease to an emphatic 3-0 win over rivals Pakistan in their 2014 World Cup pre-qualifier first leg at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
In Bangladesh’s most important game for some time, the rain that the rival coach Tariq Lutfi

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Bangladesh’s World Cup at BNS today

Bangladesh will go into their most high-profile game for some time looking to keep up their unbeaten record of the last five meetings against rivals Pakistan, when the sides meet today in the first-leg of the World Cup Pre-Qualifiers at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
The World Cup in Brazil in 2014 is still about three years and a few hundred qualifying matches

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Enchantment at Bangabandhu

The Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) has a special place in the hearts of Bangladeshis, as it is where Bangladesh took its first tentative steps in top flight cricket. It had faded a bit when cricket was transferred to the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in 2005, but all the passion came roaring back as the revamped venue hosted the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup

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Rickshaws bring them luck!

Hundreds performed in the gala opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, but fourteen, were simply exceptional for their roles in the show as they entered the field with 14 captains of participating nations on their rickshaws after the welcome song performed by singers Arnob, Mila, Balam, Elita, Hridoy Khan, Kona and Tipu

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