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SA Games kicks off

The 11th South Asian Games got underway with a dazzling opening ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday with thousand of athletes and performers taking part in the three-and-a-half hour programme.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared the 12-day regional sports extravaganza open. Bangladesh had hosted the event in 1985 and 1993.
The colourful opening ceremony started with [...]

India 1-0 ahead in Idea Test series

Despite Mushfiqur Rahim’s crowd-pleasing maiden test century, Tigers could not escape defeat against the number one ranked Test team in the ICC ranking, as India won the first Test of the Idea Cup series by 113 runs on Thursday.
India picked wickets at regular intervals on the final day and eventually sealed a 113-run victory over [...]

Shakib is The Captain for tri-nation series

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced the 15-member team for the tri-nation one-day series.
Shakib Al Hasan will lead the team as Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is yet to fully fit to play the competitive match.
Two ICL returnees — Shahriar Nafees and Aftab Ahmed — remain in the final squad while pacer Shafiul Islam was the [...]

U-16 cricket from tomorrow

The Standard Chartered Young Tigers Under-16 National Cricket tournament will get underway tomorrow with the same old promise of making it a real breeding ground for young talents.
BKSP will take on Dhaka Ideal School in the opening match at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium.
The number of participating schools has been increased this year as a total [...]

Citycell Bangladesh League Abahani thrash Arambagh

Defending champions Abahani Limited maintained their hundred percent record in the Bangladesh League with a thumping 4-0 victory over Arambagh Krira Shangha at the Birshreshtha Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday.
Country’s premier marksman Enamul Haque started and finished the onslaught with Mohammad Sujan and Awudu Ibrahim chipping in-between with a goal apiece to script [...]

Abahani, Mohammedan set for super finale

It is all set for a humdinger of a final round in this season’s Premier Cricket League as traditional rivals Abahani and Mohammedan will face off in the final round for the title. Both sides won their penultimate round games yesterday to set up this fantastic finale.
Left-arm spinner Saqlain Sajib’s five-for gave leaders Mohammedan a [...]

19 national hockey players resign

Nineteen members of the national hockey team tendered their resignation yesterday in protest against the discriminating behaviour by German coach Gerhard Peter Rach.
The surprise mass resignation was submitted immediately after the Victory Day match between the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) XI comprising national players and Bangladesh police.
The resignation one and a half months ahead of [...]

Bangabandhu SAFF Championship

Two goals from striker Anil Gurung helped Nepal finish their final group match of the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship with a 3-0 win over Afghanistan at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.

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