Friday, 29 Mar, 2024

Sports

What BCB is Up To?

If one is asked what are the achievements of Bangladesh Cricket over the last one year or so. The answer would be successfully staging T20 World Cup and Asia Cup. The other successes some person may like to say getting the position of President ICC for a year which is however rotated

Bangladesh Beat Kuwait by 203 runs

DHAKA: Tigers beat Kuwait by 203 runs in the quarterfinal of the XVII Asian Games cricket match at Yeonhui Cricket Ground on Wednesday.Replying to Tigers’ 224 the Kuwait’s innings packed up by 21 runs off 13 overs. The match started at 11:00am Bangladesh time.Bangladesh set a

S Narine reported for suspect action

DHAKA: Kolkata Knight Riders off spinner Sunil Narine has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action following his side's 36-run win over Dolphins in the Champions League Twenty20 Group A match in Hyderabad, espncricinfo.com reports.  The charge was laid by on-field umpires

Ashraful ban reduced to 5 years

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) reduced three years ban of Mohammad Ashraful from eight-year in corruption in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).The disciplinary panel of the BCB reduced the punishment on Monday, with the last two years suspended.Earlier, the former Bangladesh

Why Bangladesh Desperately Needs Gold?

To boost its sagging morale Bangladesh Cricket team desperately needs to successfully defending the Gold Medal from Incheon, Korea Asian Games. Bangladesh won it in 2010 beating the emerging cricket nation Afghanistan in the last Asian Games held at Guangzhou China. This is one of the

Revamp of BD first-class structure on cards

DHAKA: An overhaul of Bangladesh's domestic first-class structure could be mooted at Tuesday's BCB board meeting, with the region-based National Cricket League (NCL) being replaced by a tournament featuring the six top Dhaka clubs. The primary reason for the move, if it were to be

Rain and Panic Deprived Tigress of Gold

Pakistan 97/6 in 20 overs [ Bismah Maroof 24 , Nain Abidi 18, Marina Iqbal 14 ,Rumana Ahmed 2/13 ] beat Bangladesh 38/9 in 7 overs [ Rumana Ahmed 10 ,Farghana Ahmed 10 ,Nida Dar 2/2 ,Sadiya Yusuf 2/2 ,Sana Mir 2/11] by 4 runs [ D/L target was 43 in 7 overs. Team tigress looked so good so

Bangladesh miss title for 4-run

DHAKA: Pakistan women cricket team defeated Bangladesh women by four runs in the Asian Games women's final at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon on Friday. The tigresses failed to reach 43 runs simple target with 7-over. They scored 38 runs for nine in the required overs.   After a halt

Rains delay Bangladesh batting

DHAKA:  Heavy rains have halted the start of Bangladesh women’s batting in the Asian Games women's final at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon on Friday.Earlier, a fine bowling performance by Bangladeshi women bowlers helped restrict Pakistan Women to 97 for six in 20 overs in the

Pak set 98-run target for Bangladesh

DHAKA: A fine bowling performance by Bangladeshi women bowlers helped restrict Pakistan Women to 97 for six in 20 overs in Asian Games women's final at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon on Friday.Bismah Maroof was the top scorer of Pakistan scoring 24 runs of 27 balls.Bangladesh bowlers

Bangladesh picks up 5 Pak wickets

DHAKA: Pakistan women are facing Bangladesh bowlers in Asian Games women's final at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon on Friday.Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat and scored 86 runs for five in 18-overs.Nida Dar     and    Asmavia Iqbal are at the crease 6 and 2 runs

Pakistan facing Bangladesh bowlers

DHAKA: Pakistan women are facing Bangladesh bowlers in Asian Games women's final at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon on Friday.Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat and scored 19 runs for one in 4.1-overs.Two batswomen Bismah Maroof and Javeria Khan are at the crease 1 and 12 runs

Mushfiq weds Mondi

DHAKA: Bangladesh national cricket team captain Mushfiqur Rahim married Jannatul Kifayet Mondi.The ceremony took place at the Officers’ Club on Bailey Road in city on Thursday night.Close relatives of the newly wed couple’s families attended the program.But all cricket team members

Bangladesh reach Asian Games Final

DHAKA: Bangladesh women reach final of Asian Games beating Sri Lanka by 25-run in Semi Final at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon Thursday. They will face Pakistan in the final.  After winning the toss of 20-over match, Bangladesh Capitan chose to bat first and scored 95 losing four

BD women cricketers reach Asiad semis

DHAKA: Bangladesh women cricket team on Wednesday beat Nepal by 81 runs in the 4th quarter-final and elevated to semi-finals in the 17th Asian Games. Batting first, silver medalist Bangladesh women’s team had accumulated 107 runs by four wickets on the board, southasianmedia.net

Asian Games: Baki finishes 15th

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s famed shooter Abdullah Hel Baki made a miserable early exit from the qualifying round of the Men’s 10-meter Air Rifles in the 17th Asian Games Shooting at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range in Incheon on Tuesday.Baki, who won lone silver medal for

Banglanews beat New Age by 2-0

DHAKA: Country’s largest online news portal banglanews24.com beat New Age by 2-0 goal in the first match of the second day of the Kool-BSJA Media Cup Football Tournament-2014 in the city on Wednesday. The match began at the artificial turf of the Bangladesh Football Federation in the

Mushfiq’s ‘gaye-holud’ Wednesday

DHAKA: Bangladesh cricket team captain Mushfiqur Rahim’s ‘gaye-holud’ (bridal shower) will be held on Wednesday. Sources told banglanews that ‘gaye-holud’ of Mushfiq’s would be, Jannatul Khifayet Mondi, will also be held on the day. Mondi, hailed from Manikganj, is a

Qatar adamant to host 2022 World Cup

DHAKA: Qatar remains adamant to host the 2022 football World Cup despite a Fifa executive committee member suggests that the tournament will have to move because of scorching temperatures. ''The only question now is when, not if,'' Qatar 2022 communications director Nasser Al Khater

Qatar will not host World Cup next

DHAKA: The 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar due to the searing temperatures in the Arabian Peninsula, according to Fifa executive committee member Theo Zwanziger.The former president of the German Football Association (DFB) is of the opinion that no guarantees can be