Bangladesh Ansar managed all five gold medals in the table tennis event of the eighth Bangladesh Games on Tuesday with Hasib and Shoma taking the men’s and women’s singles respectively. In the last day of this discipline, Shoma of Ansar beat her teammate Rumi by 4-0 in the women’s singles event while Turbina of Rangpur ... Read more
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Navy keep on ruling the pool
Bangladesh Navy maintained their dominance in the Bangladesh Games swimming as they extended their medals tally with two new national records set by their swimmers on the second day at the National Swimming Complex on Monday. Navy’s Sonia Akter Tumpa clocked 01:12:08 to set
Subarna breaks 200m record
The athletics discipline of the eighth Bangladesh Games witnessed a new national record by BKSP sprinter Zakia Sultana Subarna as she claimed the women’s 200m event in 25.00 seconds at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. Another BSKP faithful, Abu Rayhan clinched the 200m gold
Rumana rules pool with records
BKSP’s Rumana Akhter stole the show on the opening day of swimming in the Bangladesh Games by setting two new national records at the National Swimming Complex at Mirpur on Sunday. Rumana won the 200 metre butterfly and 400 metre individual medley clocking 2:44:15 and 5:55:20 respectively to create storm in the swimming pool announcing
Ex-athlete Ratan weeps in silence
Athletics, the most electrifying discipline of the eighth Bangladesh Games, will begin today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium but it hardly makes Jahirul Haq Ratan very enthusiastic. Once known as the King of Marathon, Ratan was banned for life by the Bangladesh Athletics Federation due to a scandal at the 2010 South Asian Games in ... Read more
Electricity goes AWOL
Despite a delightful opening ceremony, the second day of the ongoing eighth Bangladesh Games received an unceremonious interruption when the events of taekwondo and table tennis could not be finished in time on Sunday due to load-shedding. Electricity was disrupted several times at the National
Taekwondo gold for Pinky, Fatiha, Marzia
Pinky Khatun, Fatiha Ummun Maisha and Marzia Akter won gold in taekwondo in the Bangladesh Games but they have gone almost unnoticed as the Bangladesh Taekwondo Federation did not even bother to inform the Games authorities about gold-deciding matches. Pinky of Rajshahi DSA beat Sumaiya Imroz of BJMC in
First gold, first controversy
A big question mark arose regarding the first gold medal of the eighth Bangladesh Games in the men’s tennis doubles final won by Amal Roy and Henry Prithul Mandol on Friday. Only the Engineering Recreation Club, represented by Amal, will receive recognition in the official medal tally as Amal is better ranked than Prithul.
Opening ceremony to match SA Games, WC!
The Bangladesh Olympic Association put all its energy to make the opening ceremony of the eighth Bangladesh Games a gala event, as glamorous as the one seen at the 2010 SA Games and 2011 ICC World Cup, said the officials. The much talked-about opening ceremony,
Amal reaches tennis final
Top seed Amal Roy and second seed Alamgir Hossain moved into the singles final of Tennis event of the 8th Bangladesh Games after winning their respective semi-final matches at the National Tennis Complex on Tuesday. The men’s tennis events began early to facilitate
Federations yearn for more money as Games looms
With the eighth Bangladesh Games just 48 hours away, the participating sports federations are busy bickering with the Bangladesh Olympic Association for fund, which they say too inadequate to provide quality food, accommodation, transport to the athletes. The Bangladesh Athletics Federation said it had initially
Swimming goes electronic
The Bangladesh Swimming Federation (BSF) declared that they will organise the swimming events of the forthcoming Bangladesh Games by using the electronic scoreboard, said Rafiz Uddin, general secretary of the BSF on Tuesday. The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) earlier
Opening gala not for common fans!
The common sports lovers will not be able to witness the grand opening ceremony of the upcoming eighth Bangladesh Games which is scheduled to begin on April 20 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. `There are no tickets for the common people.
Injuries to athletes a concern for Games
Traditionally the mother of all disciplines, the track and field, usually starts in the last days of any Games but the upcoming 8th Bangladesh Games will break the ritual and athletics will instead be held from the beginning of the Games. To make matters worse, some star athletes are suffering
BOA left to dry by NSC
The Bangladesh Olympic Association carried out some renovation works with their own funds due to little interest shown by the National Sports Council ahead of the upcoming 8th edition of the Bangladesh Games. The Bangladesh Games will have 31 disciplines,
Games hit by controversy
The upcoming 8th Bangladesh Games was hit by the opening ceremony controversy that forced the ceremonies committee chairman Asaduzzaman Noor to step down from his post in order to avoid further chaos. Asiatic Events, a company of which Noor is
Top athletes lacking preparation
The top athletes of Bangladesh are sceptical about their success in the forthcoming Bangladesh Games as they did not have enough preparation for the formerly quadrennial meet, which will be held this month after a gap of more than a decade. Shooter Sharmin Akhter Ratna, athlete Mohon Khan, swimmer
BD Games preliminary football from April 15
The eighth edition of the Bangladesh Games will officially start from April 20 but the grand occasion will actually get underway from Monday when the preliminary round of football will take place at BKSP. Nine services teams – Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force, Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET),
Bangladesh Games logo, mascot unveiled
The Bangladesh Olympic Association unveiled the logo and mascot of the 8th Bangladesh Games on Sunday. The Games will be held from April 20 to 28. The mascot of the 2002 Bangladesh Games was `Deer’, but this time the officials chose a ‘Squirrel’ with a games medal around its neck and showing
State of swimming and athletics in dire straits
Athletics and swimming, the two key disciplines of the forthcoming Bangladesh Games, are unlikely to match international standard due to a lack of proper equipment and poor venue management. The Games, scheduled from April 20 to 28, will begin with track and field, breaking a long tradition which saw the events being taken place always ... Read more