Ecstasy 6th School Hockey begins
February 26, 2010
Ecstasy 6th School Hockey Competition began yesterday at the Shams-ul-Huda Stadiam in Jessore. Ecstasy has given financial assistance to Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) to run the tournament smoothly.
A total of 31 schools of six divisions will take part in the preliminary phase of the hockey meet for the Under-16 school boys. The primary stage of Read more
Shooting, weightlifting teams for 11th SA Games announced
January 11, 2010
Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) on Sunday officially announced the 25-member shooting and 11-member weightlifting teams for the 11th SA Games.
The weightlifting team comprises eight lifters and three officials while the shooting team has 25 shooters.
Convener of the SA Games media committee Asaduzzaman Noor, MP, Chef de Mission of Read more
Rony might miss Games
January 8, 2010
The Bangladesh Swimming Federation has faced a blow as SA Games gold medallist Shahajan Ali Rony was found suffering from jaundice ahead of the 11th South Asian Games in Bangladesh. The Games is scheduled for January 29 to February 9.
“Rony was feeling bad for a few days in training and on Wednesday he underwent Read more
Ogilvy out to replace Tiger at the top
January 7, 2010
Geoff Ogilvy will kick off the 2010 PGA Tour season in Hawaii believing Tiger Woods’ world number one ranking is up for grabs.
Geoff Ogilvy will kick off the 2010 PGA Tour season in Hawaii tomorrow believing Tiger Woods’ world number one ranking is up for grabs.
With Woods last month announcing he is to take an indefinite leave of absence from golf as he attempts to rescue his marriage following his admission of infidelities, his four-and-a-half-year stranglehold on Read more
Nat’l handball team face Japan University today
January 4, 2010
Bangladesh national team will meet visiting Japan University team in an exhibition handball match today at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium at 8 am.
It will be the third match between the two teams with each team winning a match. The Bangladesh national team is preparing for the participation in the upcoming South Asian Games.
Meanwhile, three-day handball coaches and referees’ training course concluded at Read more
SA Games live on TV
December 30, 2009
Viewers will be able to watch live telecast of all 23 disciplines of the 11th South Asian Games that will be held in Bangladesh from January 29 to February 9 next year.
After a meeting with the high-ups of different TV channels yesterday, Bangladesh Olympic Association’s media committee for the Games distributed disciplines among the state-run television and the Read more
Bangladesh finish at 6th position in Asian Chess
December 29, 2009
Bangladesh Men bagged the sixth position in the Men section of the Asian Team Chess Championship held in Town Hall, Kolkata, India on Monday.
Bangladesh Men earned 8 match points. Men’s team won 4 matches and lost 3 matches out of 7 matches.
7th or last round games were held yesterday and Bangladesh team beat Singapore by 3.5 -.5 Read more
Bank Asia lift title
December 29, 2009
Bank Asia emerged champions in the Rupayan Bankers T-20 Cricket Toirnament defeating Eastern Bank Limited by 84 runs in the final at the Gulshan Youth Club ground.
Faisal Hossain with an unbeaten 85 runs knock, claimed the man of the final award.
Anisur Rahman Sinha, chairman of the bank, in a message highly appreciated the players for wining the title. A Rouf Chowdhury, Read more
Victory Day Hockey
December 21, 2009
Bangladesh Army was held to a 2-2 draw by the spirited Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP) in the Auto Museum Victory Day Hockey Championship at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city on Monday.
With the both sides tied at goalless, Army shot into the lead when Jamal Khan converted a penalty corner on 48 minutes. Sirajul Islam doubled the Army’s advantage with a field goal on Read more
Hockey players make a U-turn
December 18, 2009
The prevailing tension in the hockey arena eased off on Thursday after the national players agreed to join the camp just 12 hours after they had threatened to resign from the national team.
Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) called an emergency meeting to bring them back to the camp and in the early hours of the Thursday, the meeting succeeded in breaking the Read more