Dhaka – A five-member swimming team comprising of three swimmers and two officials will represent Bangladesh in the 18th FINA World Championship scheduled to be held in Gwangju of South Korea from July 12-28. Of the five member team, two…
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‘Something our sport has never seen’: Serena to Wimbledon SF
Wimbledon, July 9 (AP/UNB) — Slowed by a balky ankle, trailing by a service break in the third set of her Wimbledon quarterfinal, Serena Williams appeared to be in trouble Tuesday against an opponent playing the tournament of her life.…
Olympics Test Event: Ruman Shana to fly for Tokyo Wednesday
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s premier archer Mohammad Ruman Shana will fly for Tokyo early Wednesday to participate in Tokyo 2020 Olympics Test Event which is scheduled to be held at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo from July 12-18. The German…
Dhaka Mariner Youngs’ maintain all-win record
Dhaka – Dhaka Mariner Youngs’ Club maintained their all win record in the Cute Women’s Handball League beating Viqarunnisa Noon Sports Club 37-26 goals at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Monday. They dominated the…
Asian Jr Chess: Noshin Anjum beats Revita Samantha Glo
Dhaka – Bangladeshi WCM Noshin Anjum beat WFM Revita Samantha Glo of Philippines and drew with Derotas Vic Glysen of Philippines in the 7th and 8th round girls group matches of the Asian Junior Chess Championships at Solo in Indonesia…
Women’s Handball: Viqarunnisa Noon SC outplay Jamalpur SA 39-19
Dhaka – Viqarunnisa Noon Sports Club crushed Jamalpur Sports Academy by 39-19 goals in the Cute Women’s Handball League at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Thursday. They led the first half by 21-8 goals.…
World Cup Archery: Shana advances to round of 16 in men’s recurve singles
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s premier archer Mohammad Ruman Shana advanced to the round of 16 in the men’s recurve singles on the 2nd day of ongoing Archery World Cup, Stage-4 at Maifield in Berlin on Wednesday. Shana will now face Brady…
Women’s Handball: Dilkusha SC crushed Quantum Foundation by 52-9 goals
Dhaka – Dilkusha Sporting Club outplayed Quantum Foundation by 52-9 goals in the Cute Women’s Handball League at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Monday. They dominated the first half by 23-4 goals. In the…
Women’s Handball: Arambagh KS upset Viqarunnisa Noon 35-15 goals
Dhaka -Arambagh Krira Sangha upset Viqarunnisa Noon Sports Club by 35-15 goals in the Cute Women’s Handball League at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Sunday. They dominated the first half by 16-9 goals. In…
Women’s Handball: Mariner Youngs’ off to flying start
Dhaka – Dhaka Mariner Youngs’ Club got off to a flying start in the Cute Women’s Handball League’2019 outplaying Dilkusha Sporting Club by 38-19 goals in the opening match at Shaheed (Captain) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium on Saturday.…
Goa GM Chess: Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman finishes 8th
Dhaka – Bangladeshi Grand Master Ziaur Rahman of Saif Sporting Club finished 8th in the 2nd Goa International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2019 (Category ‘A’) held in the Indian tourist town of Goa on Tuesday. He secured 6.5 points after the…
GM Ziaur Rahman beat Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta
Dhaka – Bangladeshi Grand Master Ziaur Rahman (rating 2461) beat his upper ranked Indian Grand Master Abhijeet Gupta (rating 2606) in the 8th round match of the Goa International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament held in Goa on Sunday. GM Zia…
5th Int’l Day of Yoga celebrated at Bangabandhu Stadium
Dhaka, June 21 (UNB) – The 5th International Day of Yoga (IDY) was celebrated by the Indian High Commission here on Friday with around 7000 people doing Yoga together at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen,…
Warsia Khusbu earns gold medal in Asian School Rapid Chess
Dhaka – Bangladesh budding chess player Warsia Khusbu emerged unbeaten champion to earn the gold medal in the Girls Under-7 age group of the Asian School Rapid Chess Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday. Khusbu clinched the title securing…
Int’l Day of Yoga celebrations at BB Nat’l Stadium Friday
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – The Indian High Commission will organise an event at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday to commemorate the International Day of Yoga. The programme will include yoga demonstrations and a mass yoga session from 6am…
2nd Div Hockey: Rayer Bazar beat East End Green 4-0
Dhaka – Rayer Bazar AC beat East End Green Club by 4-0 goals in the day’s lone match of the Metropolis 2nd Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here on Tuesday. Moon struck twice, Arif and Al…
World Archery bronze medalist Shana to be accorded reception Tuesday
Dhaka- Mohammad Ruman Shana, who won Bangladesh’s first-ever bronze medal in the World Archery Championship, will be accorded reception soon after his arrival in Dhaka with Bangladesh team Tuesday morning. Shana also qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 as the…
Ruman Shana to play for bronze medal on Sunday
Dhaka- Mohammad Ruman Shana, who has qualified for the upcoming Olympics as the first Bangladeshi archer, will compete for bronze medal of men’s recurve individual of World Archery Championship on Sunday. He will play against Mauro Nespoli of Italy at…
First Bangladeshi archer qualifies for Olympics
Dhaka – Mohammad Ruman Shana has become the first Bangladeshi archer to qualify for the Olympic games. He achieved the feat by defeating Van Den Berg Sjef of Netherlands by 6-2 set points in the quarterfinal. But Shana lost to…
Ashim, Susmita eliminated from compound men’s singles
Dhaka – Two Bangladeshi archers — Ashim Kumar Das and Susmita Bonik — were eliminated from the compound men’s singles on the 3rd day of the World Archery Championship, a qualifying meet for the Tokyo Olympics 2020, at s-Hertogenbosch in…
Ruman Shana advances to round of 16 in men’s recurve singles
Dhaka – Bangladeshi premier archer Mohammad Roman Shana advanced to the round-16 in the men’s recurve singles on the 2nd day of the World Archery Championship, a qualifying meet for Tokyo Olympics 2020, at the s-Hertogenbosch in Netherlands on Tuesday.…
World Archery: Bangladeshi archers start campaign on Monday
Dhaka – Bangladeshi archers will start their World Archery Championship and OG QT World Ranking competition on Monday with an aim to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics 2020. The competition is scheduled to take place at s-Hertogenbosch in Netherlands…
National Junior Baseball Championship to begin on July 29
Dhaka – The first-ever National Junior Baseball Championship 2019 is going to start on July 29 at Paltan Maidan in the capital. The three-day meet will conclude on July 31, said Bangladesh Baseball-Softball Federation in a statement on Monday. The…
Amateur Int’l Rating Chess: Three players share top slot
Dhaka – Three players secured maximum 4 points each in the ongoing Walton Amateur International Rating Chess Tournament (Open) 2019 at the National Sports Council old building on Friday. They are- CM Subrota Biswas, Jabed Al Azad and Sk Rashedul…
Bangladesh team leave for Netherlands on June 7
Dhaka – A nine-member Bangladesh archery team will leave for the Netherlands to compete in the World Archery Championship, a OG QT World Ranking Event. It is scheduled to take place at s-Hertogenbosch in Netherlands from June 9 to 16.…
Champion, queen, goddess, mother: Serena wins at French Open
Paris, May 28 (AP/UNB) — This was one mistake too far for Serena Williams. Sure, the bad backhand put her behind only 15-30 at the outset of the second set of her opening match at Roland Garros on Monday. What…
Int’l Rating Chess: IM Minhazuddin emerge champions
Dhaka – International Master Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh Navy clinched the Walton International Rating Chess title with one match to spare securing full seven points from seven matches at the Chess Federation hall-room on Monday. CM Sharif Hossain is…
Int’l Rating Chess: Minhaz further consolidates lead
Dhaka – IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh Navy consolidated his lead further with full 6 points defeating CM Subrota Biswas in the sixth round game of the ongoing Walton International Rating Chess Tournament (Open) 2019 held at the Chess…
Hasan Miah of Bangladesh finishes 24th among 56 participants
Dhaka- Bangladeshi athlete Mohammad Hasan Miah finished 24th among 56 athletes in the men’s 100-meter sprint of the Taiwan Athletics Open’ 2019 with a timing of 10:94 seconds at the Taipei city on Saturday. Chun Han Yang of hosts Chinese…
Int’l Rating Chess: Minhaz Uddin takes solo lead after round five
Dhaka- IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh Navy took solo lead with full 5 points beating CM Sharif after the fifth round games of ongoing Walton International Rating Chess Tournament (Open) 2019 held at the Chess Federation hall room in…