Dhaka – CM Manon Reja Neer of Bangladesh finished runner-up in the 28th The Telegraph School’s Chess Championship 2019 securing 7.5 points after the 9th and last round matches held in Kolkata, India on Wednesday. Kazi Zarin Tasnim became 17th…
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Ruman Shana eliminated from men’s recurve singles semifinal
Dhaka – Bangladeshi celebrated archer Ruman Shana, who qualified for Tokyo Olympics 2020, miserably made his early exist from his favorite men’s recurve singles of the Teer 11th National Archery Championship losing to Sakib Mollah in the Archery Training Centre…
Navy to play Sonali Bank in final on Thursday
Dhaka – Bangladesh Navy will play Sonali Bank in the final of Walton Refrigerator Victory Day Hockey Tournament on Thursday at 6 pm at Maulana Bhasaani National Hockey Stadium here. State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russel MP…
Bangladesh Police emerge unbeaten champions
Dhaka – Bangladesh Police emerged unbeaten champions in the Walton Refrigerator Premier Division Chess League securing 22 points after the 9th and final round at the NSC Tower auditorium here on Tuesday. Last year champions Saif Sporting Club finished as…
Lakshya Sen of India clinches men’s singles title
Dhaka – Indian celebrated shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched the men’s singles title of Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge Badminton Tournament beating Leonong Zun Hau of Malaysia by 22-20, 21-18 sets in the final at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium here on…
Champions Saif SC, Police maintain lead after round 8
Dhaka – Defending champions Saif Sporting Club and Bangladesh Police maintained their joint lead in the Walton Refrigerator Premier Division Chess League securing 16 points each after the 8th round at the NSC Tower auditorium here on Saturday. Uttara Central…
Sports journalist Arnab Majumder passes away
Dhaka — Sports journalist Arnab Majumder Dipayan died on Friday afternoon at the age of 27.
Saif SC , Bangladesh Police maintain their lead
Dhaka – Defending champions Saif Sporting Club and Bangladesh Police maintained their lead in the Walton Refrigerator Premier Division Chess League securing 10 points each after the 5th round matches at the NSC Tower Auditorium here on Wednesday. Bangladesh Navy…
Gold-winning archers to get warm reception upon return
Dhaka – Bangladesh Archery team, which earned a rare feat of bagging all the 10 gold medals in archery of the seven-nation 13th South Asian Games in Nepal, will be accorded a grand reception at the airport on Wednesday evening.…
Gourab reaches 2nd round of men’s singles
Dhaka – Gourab Singha reached the 2nd round of the men’s singles beating Hossain Jayan of Maldives by 20-22, 21-13, 21-11 points in the 19-nation Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge Badminton that began at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium here on…
World Anti-Doping Agency imposes 4-year ban on Russia
The Russian flag and national anthem were banned from next year’s Tokyo Olympics and other major sports events for four years on Monday. Russia’s hosting of world championships in Olympic sports also face being stripped after the World Anti-Doping Agency…
SA Games: Bangladesh win 18 gold
The Bangladeshi contingent at the ongoing South Asian Games have secured a record18 gold medals in an edition of the regional games held outside the country. The archers created history securing all 10 gold medals in the archery discipline on…
Bangladesh clinch record 19 gold medals; all 10 in archery
Dhaka – Bangladesh made the record of achieving most gold medals in a South Asian Games securing 19 gold medals in the ongoing 13th SA Games in Nepal, featuring all the 10 gold medals in archery. Celebrated archer Mohammad Ruman…
All-rounders hold the key for Rajshahi Royals in BPL
Dhaka — Former English cricketer Owais Shah believes Rajshahi Royals can do well in the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) starting from December 11, if their all-rounders come up with expected efforts. The 41-year-old former cricketer is all set to…
Bangladesh create history securing 14 golds
Dhaka- The Bangladeshi contingent at the ongoing 13th South Asian Games has already created history securing a record haul of gold medals for the country in an edition of the regional games held outside Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s haul was buoyed by…
Fatema secures first gold in fencing for Bangladesh
Dhaka – Fencer Fatema Mujib secured the first gold medal for Bangladesh in women’s sabre individual of fencing discipline in the 13th South Asian Games at Kirtipur Covered Hall in Nepal Capital Kathmandu on Saturday. Bangladeshi weightlifters Mabia Aktar Simanta…
SA Games: Bangladeshi archers reach finals in all 10 events
Dhaka – Bangladesh archers brightened their chances to earn more gold medals in the ongoing 13th South Asian Games as they reached the finals of all the 10 events of Archery at Pokhara Stadium in Nepal on Saturday. In the…
13th SA Games: Weightlifting, fencing bring more glory for Bangladesh
Dhaka – After a three-day drought, Bangladeshi athletes earned three more gold medals — two in weightlifting and one in fencing — on the 7th day of the 10-day seven-nation 13th Asian Games in Nepal on Saturday. Famed lifters Mabia…
Ardina Ferdous clinches silver in 10-m air pistol shooting
Dhaka – Bangladeshi shooter Ardina Ferdous clinched silver medal scoring 234.6 points in the women’s 10-metre air pistol shooting in the 13th South Asian Games at Satdobato Shooting Range in Nepalese city Lalitpur on Friday. Shri Nivetha Parmanathan of India…
Bangladeshi archers shine on opening day
Dhaka – Bangladeshi celebrated archer Mohammad Ruman Shana finished top scoring 686 in the men’s recurve singles ranking round on the first day of archery discipline of the 13th South Asian Games at Pokhara Stadium in Nepal on Friday. Another…
Golfers Farhad, Jakia clinch silver medals for Bangladesh
Dhaka – Bangladeshi Golfer Md Farhad clinched silver medal for Bangladesh in boys individual event on the last day of golf discipline in the 13th South Asian Games at Gokarna Forest Golf Course in Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Friday. Golfer…
Mohima Akter Mou clinches bronze on the opening day
Dhaka – Bangladeshi fencer Mohima Akter Mou clinched bronze medal in women’s foil individual of fencing discipline in the 13th South Asian Games at Kirtipur Covered Hall in Nepal Capital Kathmandu on Friday. Mou shared the event’s bronze medal with…
Weightlifters Sathy, Shakayet clinch silver medals for BD
Dhaka – Bangladeshi weightlifter Rokeya Sultana Sathy clinched silver medal lifting total of 155 kgs in the women’s senior -71 kgs of weightlifting competition of 13th South Asian Games in the Nepalese tourist town of Pokhara on Friday. Bangladeshi weightlifter…
Bangladesh beat hosts Nepal in opener
Dhaka – Bangladesh Men’s Basketball team started their 13th South Asian Games Basketball mission beating hosts Nepal by 67-61 points in the opening match at the Tripureshwor Cover Hall in Kathmandu on Thursday. Bangladesh will play their 2nd match against…
Lifter Fullpoti Chakma clinches silver on opening day
Dhaka – Bangladeshi Weightlifter Fullpoti Chakma clinched the first silver medal weightlifting competition of 13th South Asian Games on the opening day of the competition in Nepalese tourist town of Pokhara on Thursday. Fullpoti Chakma clinched the silver made in…
Gold-winning athlete Priya hospitalised with head injury
Dhaka – Bangladeshi karateka Marjan Akter Priya, who won the gold medal in the women’s 55-kg weight category of kumite in the ongoing 13th South Asian Games on Tuesday, was hospitalised after suffering a head injury in the team event…
Bangladesh clinches silver medal losing to India 9-16
Dhaka – Bangladesh team finished runners-up to clinch the silver medal in the Men’s Kho Kho competition of the 13th South Asian Games losing to India by 9-16 points in the final at Kritipur in Nepal on Wednesday. Bangladesh smartly…
Athletes bring three more gold medals for Bangladesh
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s athletes clinched three more gold medals in kumite events of karate of the 13th South Asia Games on the 3rd day of the 10-day seven-nation regional meet at the Karate Hall of Satdobato Sports Complex in Lalitpur,…
Bangladesh beaten handily by Sri Lanka in fight for bronze
Dhaka – Bangladesh finished outside of the medals in the men’s volleyball competition of the 13th South Asian Games, after being beaten comfortably by Sri Lanka in the playoff for bronze at Tripureshwor Covered Hall in Kathmandu on Monday. Fierce…
Bangladesh clinches one-gold, 12 bronze medals on Monday
Dhaka – Bangladesh clinched one gold and twelve bronze medals on the 2nd day of the 13th South Asian Games from two disciplines of sports –Taekwondo and Karate– held at Satdobata Sports Complex in Nepal till 9:15 pm on Monday.…