Dhaka – Leonine Chess Club took solo lead with maximum 14 points beating Basir Memorial Chess Club by 3-1 game points after the seventh round games of ongoing Marcel Air Conditioner 1st Division Chess League’2019 held at the Chess Federation…
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Gibbs wins 5th NASCAR title in season
Joe Gibbs won the first race, the last race and more than a dozen in between. His most dominating season in 28 years as a NASCAR team owner culminated with his fifth Cup Series championship. This one had to be…
First Akash Cup Golf tournament ends
Jashore – The First Akash Cup Golf Tournament concluded on Saturday (Nov 16) at the Jashore Golf and Country Club. Seventy golfers took part in four categories – Gents, Ladies, Juniors and Sub-Juniors – at the three-day competition. GOC of…
BPL Draft: Mashrafe in Dhaka Platoon, Mushfiqur in Khulna
Dhaka — Top Bangladeshi cricketers got their teams in the players’ draft ahead of Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Dhaka Platoon picked Mashrafe Bin Mortaza while Khulna Tigers went for Musfiqur Rahim and Chattogram Challenger selected Mahmudullah Riyad. The draft…
Italy beats Bosnia 3-0 for record 10th straight win
Zenica (AP/UNB) — Italy set a national record for consecutive wins after beating Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-0 in a European Championship qualifier on Friday. Italy’s 10th successive victory eclipsed the Azzurri’s record of nine in 1938-39 under Vittorio Pozzo, who also led…
Bangla Tigers suffer 6-wicket against Deccan Gladiators
Dhaka – Bangla Tigers, a Bangladeshi-owned franchise team, conceded six-wicket defeat in the maiden 8-team Abu Dhabi T10 League losing to Deccan Gladiators by six wickets in the 2nd last ball thriller at the Zayed Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Sent…
Bangabandhu BPL’s logo unveiled
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday evening unveiled the logo of the special edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) which is rebranded for a single edition in the name of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.…
BFF budget for next fiscal clocks Tk 41.6 crore
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Football Federation’s budget for the next fiscal will be Tk 41.6 crore (Tk 416 million) and it has approved all its expenditure for the last three years from 2017 to 2019. The disclosures came during the…
Wheelchair cricket
Abdus Sattar Dulal In Bangladesh persons with different types of disability run wheelchairs crickets that not just sports of disabled persons.
Emerging Cricket: Bangladesh to play India Saturday
Dhaka – Hosts Bangladesh will take on India in their 2nd match of Group A of the eight-nation ACC Emerging Teams Cup’2019 on Saturday at BKSP ground-3 in Savar. In the day’s other matches, Sri Lanka will take on Pakistan…
National booters return home Friday
Dhaka – A 31-member Bangladesh National Football team returned Dhaka on Friday after playing their away match of the joint qualification round for FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asia Cup 2023 against Oman at the Seeb Sports Stadium in…
National Youth Archery from Saturday
Dhaka – The 3rd National Youth Archery Championship’2019 will begin from Saturday at Archery Training Center Shahid Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium in Tongi under the auspices of Bangladesh Archery Federation (BAF). A total of 103 young archers form ten teams…
BFF to hold much-awaited AGM on Saturday
Dhaka – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will hold the much-awaited Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday at Sarah Resort in Gazipur.
NCL final round begins Saturday
Dhaka — The sixth and final round of the National Cricket League (NCL), the most prestigious first-class cricket event of Bangladesh, will start on Saturday (November 16).
India complete day-1 on high note as BD bundle out for 150
Dhaka — Hosts India completed day-1 of the ICC World Test Championship on high note after Bangladesh suffered a horrible batting collapse to bundle out cheaply for 150 run in Holkar Cricket Stadium in the Indian city of Indore on…
Bangladesh make flying start beating Hong Kong by 9 wkts
Dhaka – Hosts Bangladesh made a flying start in the eight-nation ACC Emerging Teams Cup’2019 beating Hong Kong by nine wickets in one of the four opening day’s matches at BKSP ground-4 in Savar on Thursday. In the other opening…
13 killed in multiple-vehicle crash in southwest Nigeria
At least 13 people were killed and 10 others injured on Wednesday when a speeding truck suffered a tyre burst along a busy highway in southwest Nigeria, an official said Thursday. Clement Oladele, commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps…
Nepal emerge champions with all-win record
Dhaka – Nepal clinched the five-nation first Bangamata Asian Senior Women’s Central Zone International Volleyball title with all-win record beating the Maldives by straight 3-0 sets in the final at the Shaheed Suhrawardi National Indoor Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.…
Panasonic Open: Siddikur shares 11th slot after first round
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s premier golfer and two-time Asian Tour winner Siddikur Rahman shared the 11th slot with eight other golfers in the Panasonic Open (Golf) carding three-under par 69 after the first round in Gurgaon, India on Thursday. The last-time…
ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup begins on Thursday
Dhaka – The eight-nation ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup’2019 begins on Thursday (Nov 14) at four different venues in Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka and Savar with hosts Bangladesh taking on Hong Kong in one of the four opening day’s matches at…
Bernardo Silva banned by FA over tweet to Man City teammate
London (AP/UNB) — Bernardo Silva will miss Manchester City’s trip to Chelsea after being banned for one game for posting a tweet which compared teammate Benjamin Mendy to the character on a packet of Conguitos chocolates. The midfielder admitted to…
Bangladesh to play hosts Oman on Thursday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will play Oman on Thursday in their fixture of the joint qualification round for the FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asia Cup 2023 (November 14) at the Seeb Sports Stadium in Al Seeb city of Oman.…
Bangladesh eliminated after 2nd defeat
Dhaka – Hosts Bangladesh were eliminated from the first Bangamata Asian Senior Women’s Central Zone International Volleyball Championship after conceding 2nd defeat losing to Nepal by 0-3 sets (7-25, 6-25, 6-25 points) in their 3rd match at Shaheed Suhrawardy National…
ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup begins on Thursday
Dhaka – The eight-nation ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup’2019 will begin on Thursday (Nov 14) at three different venues in Cox’s Bazar, Savar and Mirpur. Bangladesh have been placed in Group B along with runners-up India, Hong Kong and Nepal…
Sheikh Russel Int’l Club Cup Tennis begins Wednesday in Khulna
Khulna – The maiden Sheikh Russel International Club Cup Tennis Tournament’2019, jointly organised by Khulna District Administration and Khulna Officers Club, begins on Wednesday at Circuit House tennis court here. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the six-day meet through…
Mustafizur’s good show just around the corner: Domingo
Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo said he believes the underperforming pacer Mustafizur Rahman is close to delivering a good show with the ball.
Pran-DRU Media Cricket begins on Thursday
Dhaka – The Pran-DRU Media Cricket Tournament, organized by Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU), begins Thursday (Nov 14) morning at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium here. Forty four teams, split into eight groups, will compete in the week long meet on…
Youth ODIs: Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 5 wkts in 2nd match
Dhaka- Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team took a 1-0 lead in the five-match Youth ODI series against Sri Lanka beating the tourists by 5 wickets in the 2nd match at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Monday. The first game…
Bangladesh makes flying start beating Afghanistan 84-11
Dhaka – Bangladesh Junior Kabaddi team got off a flying start in the First Junior Kabaddi World Cup’2019 beating Afghanistan by 84-11 points in a Group C match at Kish Island National Stadium in Iran on Monday.
Bangladesh Badminton team to fly for Nepal on Tuesday
Dhaka – A 10-member Bangladesh Badminton team including eight shuttlers and two officials will fly for Nepal Tuesday morning to participate in the first Yonex Sunrise Nepal International Challenge’2019 The competition will be held from November 13 to 17 at…