 |
|
| Sections | |
|
|
|
|
Sports
|
|
Board wakes up after Lanka debacle
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) sought an open discussion with the members of the national team after a forgettable performance in Sri Lanka.
|
|
|
Lara World XI Vice-capt
Flintoff to miss warm-up game
A 12-man team, excluding Andrew Flintoff and Daniel Vettori, has been announced for the warm-up game against Victoria at the Junction Oval on Sunday.
|
 |
Laboni sets pool afire
Laboni Akhter Jui hogged the spotlight on the opening day of the Keya Cosmetics 21st National Swimming Competition creating two national records at the Mirpur National Complex yesterday.
|
 |
Army-Dhaka hockey finale
Bangladesh Army and Dhaka reached the final of the ABS Group National Hockey Championship at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday.
|
|
|
Indian women blank Pakistan
Clinch ODI series
India routed Pakistan by eight wickets in the third one-day match here on Saturday, taking the first-ever women's cricket series between the arch-rivals 3-0, with one match still to be played.
|
|
|
CBI turns the tables on 'fixing' hero
Ishwar Singh Redhu, the Delhi inspector who investigated Hansie Cronje, the former South African captain, and broke the match-fixing scandal in 2000, was raided by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI)
|
|
|
Cruciani upset with his stomach
It is clear the government drive against adulterated food has im-proved the health of the masses. But new Bangladesh football coach Diego Andres Cruciani is not one of them.
|
|
|
Banglacat for Munir
National paceman Anwar Hossain Munir finally got a team to play in the forthcoming Corporate Cricket League when he signed for newcomers Banglacat yesterday.
|
|
|
A classic revisited
Every element illustrating the heroism, fascination and moral ambiguity of prize fighting fused in the incandescent world title clash between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in the punishing humidity ofManila
|
|
|
Inter-Varsity Football
IBAIS move into final
IBAIS University reached the final of the Stamford Inter-Private Univer-sity Football Tournament outplaying Northern University by 9-0 in the first semifinal at the Army Stadium yesterday.
|
|
|
"I still feel pain," says Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar said Saturday he was still feeling a bit of pain in his elbow but had been given a green signal by his doctors to play in the Challenger Series after being out of action for four months.
|
|
|
Mourinho taunts Liverpool
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes another draw against Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday would represent a bad result for the Merseyside club.
|
|
|
Premiership
Owen-less Magpies held
Newcastle United have shown how priceless Michael Owen is up front. On Saturday, it proved doubly true in a dour scoreless draw at Portsmouth which the England striker missed through injury.
|
|
|
Rooney will learn: Sven
England coach Sven-Goran Eriks-son believes fiery striker Wayne Rooney will learn from his mistakes and that any attempts to defuse the player's temperament will destroy his impact.
|
|
|
Murray meets Federer in Thai Open final
Teenaged British wild card entry Andy Murray defied all the odds Saturday as he rallied past local hero Paradorn Srichaphan 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 6-2 to set up a miracle final at the 550,000-dollar Thailand
|
|
|
Title race far from over
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that bookmakers who have already paid out on bets that Chelsea will win the league have taken a major gamble.
|
|
|
EAP Cricket Cup
Japan clinch maiden title
Japan claimed their first ICC cricket title with a six-run victory over the Cook Islands in the final of the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Cricket Cup tournament in Vanuatu, the ICC reported Saturday.
|
|
|
Stepanek a step closer
Number three seed Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic could finally win his first career singles title in the final of the Vietnam Open against Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman on Sunday.
|
|
|
FIFA to review smart ball
FIFA will discuss whether an experimental electronic microchip inside soccer balls needs refining before it can be introduced at next year's World Cup in Germany.
|
|
|
2006 WC starts a day earlier
FIFA announced on Friday that the opening ceremony of the 2006 World Cup will be moved forward by a day to June 7 instead of June 8 as originally planned.
|
|
|
A gift from Real to fans
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez inaugurated the club's lavish new training facilities on the edge of the Spanish capital on Friday, and dedicated them to Madrid fans the world over.
|
|
|
HK Sixes
Moin to lead Pakistan
Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan will lead Pakistan in next month's Super Sixes tournament in Hong Kong, Pakistan Cricket Board announced Friday.
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
© thedailystar.net , 2005.
All Rights Reserved. |
|
|
