Bangladesh swimmer Mahfuza Khatun Shila continued her superb run of form in the 12th South Asian Games as she clinched her second gold medal in the event’s fourth day yesterday. Following her first gold in the women’s 100m breaststroke category last Sunday, Mahfuza offered another inspiring performance by sealing first spot in the 50m breaststroke category. She took 34.88s to ...
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Disadvantaged children coached by young Tigers
A grup of disadvantaged boys and girls from Dhaka on Monday took part in a special cricket coaching session with Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team who are playing in the ongoing ICC U19 Cricket World Cup. The event was held at Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Academy Ground in Mirpur as part of the ICC Cricket for Good partnership between the International ...
Read More »Mustafiz gets a prestigious IPL deal
As it was speculated, Bangladesh’s bowling sensation Mustafizur Rahman got a prestigious IPL deal even before he completed a year in the international cricket circuit. He was acquired by Sunrisers Hyderabad during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 auction for $208,000 (INR 1.40 crore or BDT 1.62 crore approximately) yesterday. The kind of performance the left arm pacer showed since ...
Read More »India move to under-19 final
India have reached the final of the ICC U-19 World Cup to be played in Dhaka on 14 February. On Tuesday, the junior Indians beat Sri Lanka by 97 runs in the first semi-final the Shere Bangla National Stadium. Strong batting by Anmolpreet Singh and Sarfaraz Khan contributed to India’s win after they posted a good total of 267 runs ...
Read More »England under-19s cricket team visits Underprivileged Children’s Educational Programme (UCEP) to see the impact of UK aid in Bangladesh
Fresh from qualifying for the quarter-finals of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, the England under-19s team visited Mirpur Technical School in Dhaka today (Thursday 4 February) to see how the UK aid funded Underprivileged Children’s Educational Programme (UCEP) has helped thousands of children from some of the poorest communities in Bangladesh to access education, skills training and employment. To ...
Read More »Shanto set historic milestone in Youth ODI cricket
Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket Team vice-captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto laid down a historic milestone as he became the highest run-getter in the history of youth ODIs with 1747 runs, including two centuries and 2 fifties. The middle-order batsman Shanto completed this remarkable job during the Bangladesh vs Scotland Group-A 2nd match of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at Sheikh Kamal ...
Read More »Tigers on quarters after easy win against Scotland
Young tigers have won their second group match quite comfortably by 114 runs against Scotland in the 14th fixture of ICC U19 World Cup today. After a steady start from openers Scotland stumble in their chase of a competitive target of 257 against Bangladesh. Earlier in the day, two hundred-run partnerships from Bangladesh batsmen took the host to 256 for ...
Read More »The Peoples FA Cup – Grassroots football at it’s finest
Emdad Rahman : Team Legend played in The Peoples FA Cup today at The Norwegian Playing Fields at Power League Newham. To be honest we turned up to have a bit of fun and do our bit to promote and support grassroots football. All our team are aged 38-42. Most have grey, receding hairlines and expanding paunches. The game plan ...
Read More »Taslima, Ubayda & Afreen compete at London Junior Weightlifting Series
Emdad Rahman :: This weekend Tower Hamlets’ Oakland’s Weightlifters had the first of a A three-part London Junior Weightlifting Series hosted at Crystal Palace in London saw Oaklands Weightlifters take part at a crucial event hosted by the school. The Oaklands Weightlifters (the Tower Hamlets Youth and Junior Weightlifting Club) fielded 3 athletes; Taslima Begum, Ubayda Choudhury, and Afreen ...
Read More »Bangladesh football to reach int’l level soon: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina eulogised the growing development of Bangladesh football and stated that country’s football would reach at international level soon. “The popularity of football in Bangladesh would be increased across the grassroots through organising such types of tournament. Our boys will also be inspired from it,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stated this while distributing prizes of Bangabandhu Gold ...
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