The Bangladesh Cricket Board decided to serve a legal notice to the franchises of the Bangladesh Premier League today asking them to pay their franchise fee or face expulsion from the tournament, the BCB officials said on Saturday. The BCB is mulling a similar move over the Game
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Champions League T20 sans Dhaka Gladiators
Two-time Bangladesh Premier League champions Dhaka Gladiators were left out of the Champions League for the second season in a row as the organisers of the private Twenty20 tournament announced the line-up on Friday. Ten teams were divided into two groups with the top
Russell take solo lead as MSC edge past Muktis
Sheikh Russell took solitary lead of the points table in the Bangladesh Premier League with a 2-1 win over bottom-ranked Arambagh while Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited avenged their first-leg defeat with a 1-0 victory against Muktijoddha Sangsad on Wednesday. The tenth win from 14 matches took Russell’s tally
Premier League set for another interval
The ongoing Bangladesh Premier League will undergo an 18-day break from Thursday due to unavailability of grounds, the professional football league committee decided on Tuesday. The two main venues of the top flight – Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) and Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium – will remain
BU, BJMC share the spoils
Brothers Union and Team BJMC played out a 1-1 draw in their Bangladesh Premier League football match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. Nigerian forward Kingsley Chigozie put Brothers Union ahead in 19th minute against the run of play when he darted in the box from the right flank
Abahani salvage draw to stay in race
Abahani salvaged a late draw to keep their hope alive of ensuring their fifth professional league title with a 1-1 draw against their perennial foes Mohammedan Sporting Club in the Bangladesh Premier League on Sunday. Mohammedan’s Ghanaian forward Osei Morison scored a heartbreaking goal against Abahani in the 25th minute but Atikur Rhaman Meshu converted
Sk Jamal edge past Arambagh
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club defeated Arambagh Krira Sangha 2-0 in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Substitute Striker Towhidul Alam Sabuj and Nigerian forward Chibuke Ibeji scored the goals late in the second half to help Jamal earn all three points from the game.
BPL payment fiasco continues
The Bangladesh Premier League continued its downward trend of payment ignominy after the Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh claimed that most of the local players are still to be duly paid. The players were supposed to receive 25 percent of the total amount before the start of the tournament, 25 percent by the time the tournament
Game On misses first deadline
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has the time for Game On Sports Management, the event management company entrusted with the responsibility of running the Bangladesh Premier League, to clear the payments of the tournament’s second edition after the company failed to meet the March 28 deadline, a BCB official said on Wednesday. The BCB is expected to ... Read more
Feni taste second win
Feni Soccer Club registered only their second victory after they dished out a single-goal defeat to Arambagh KS in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League at the Shaheed Salam Stadium in Feni on Friday. Liberian striker Anthony Paul Doe scored the all-important goal in the eighth minute, taking advantage of a defensive mistake as Anthony did ... Read more
Morison salvages draw for MSC
Osei Morison scored a late equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw for Mohammedan SC against Team BJMC in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Nigerian striker Eleta Kinsley put BJMC ahead in the 45th minute which looked like would enough to secure a win for the side before Morison ... Read more
Abahani end Jamal’s unbeaten run
Abahani Limited finally put an end to Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club’s unbeaten run in the league to regain top spot while Sheikh Russell KC were easy winners over Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League on Wednesday. Jamal’s unbeaten run included seven wins and four draws prior to their game against
Jamal regain top spot
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club reclaimed their top spot and Sheikh Russell KC lost the chance to join the league leaders after their contrasting results against Muktijoddha Sangsad KC and Mohammedan SC respectively in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League on Saturday. Jamal registered a comfortable 2-0 win over Muktijoddha while Russell suffered
Abahani reclaim top spot
Lucky Paul entertained a few hundred spectators with his brace to propel Abahani Limited to an easy 2-0 win over Arambagh KS in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Lucky scored the goals either side of halftime to lead Abahani to the top of the league table with 23 points from ... Read more
Abahani take solo lead
Holders Abahani regained the lead in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League by defeating Feni Soccer Club 3-2 at the Bhasa Shaheed Salam Stadium in Feni as the second leg of the league kicked off after an eight-day gap yesterday. Former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, who had the chance to snatch the lead later, had ... Read more
Muktijoddha-Abahani match ends in stalemate
Hosts Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra held defending champions Abahani Limited to a goalless draw in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Gopalganj stadium on Sunday as the reigning champions finished their first-leg affair in third place in the league table. Last season’s runners-up Muktijoddha could not form the best side of the competition,
Rana rescues Sheikh Jamal
An 88th minute strike from substitute striker Sohel Rana salvaged one point for Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club as they held Brothers Union to a 1-1 draw in their Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Sheikh Jamal, the early pace-setters, looked heading for their first defeat of the
Russel win at Feni
Title contenders Sheikh Russel KC toppled Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club to grab the solo lead in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League with a 3-1 win over Feni Soccer Club at the Shaheed Salam Stadium in Feni yesterday. Moroccan midfielder Tareq El Janaby put Sheikh Russel ahead before Sajib levelled
Katich to lead Duranto Rajshahi
Former Australian Test opener Simon Katich will lead Duranto Rajshahi in the second edition of Bangladesh Premier League, the franchise said on Thursday. Katich, who led Perth Scorchers to the Big Bash final this season, will have Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal as his deputy for the tournament
BJMC increase more misery on Arambagh
Team BJMC increased the relegation tension for Arambagh Krira Sangha by beating the bottom-of the-table side 2-0 in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. BJMC took an early lead with their Nigerian midfielder Henry Chindo scoring the first while Guinean midfielder Ismail Bangoura doubled the lead in the dying minutes ... Read more