|
|
|
|
Sports
 |
B. League
Goalless draw in eventful opener
The B.League got off to a moderate start as Abahani and Muktijoddha showed all the signs of early season fragility to share points in a goalless draw yesterday.
|
|
|
ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Bashar pretty pleased
Habibul Bashar had said before the match that he believed Canada would be a tough opponent but even the Bangladesh captain did not quite anticipate exactly how hard the North Americans would actuallycome
|
|
|
ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
England dark horses
England ski-pper Michael Vaughan be-lieves Eng-land can be a force to be re-ckoned with at the World Cup after their recent one-day renaissance.
|
|
|
It's not cricket at times
Where there's cricket, there's controversy and at the 2003 World Cup the phrase "It's not cricket" vied for attention with on-field contests.
|
 |
Brittle BD A batting
Bangladesh A stumbled in their first innings again against visiting England A with the ball being rolled for only one session on the second day of the four-day match at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra
|
|
|
Sobers to open the World Cup
West Indies legendary all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers will officially open the 2007 World Cup, organisers said on Friday. The 70-year-old Sobers will open the 16-team event in Jamaica on March 11.
|
|
|
Local Snippets
Sohel bowled Rayer Bazar School to a four-wicket victory over Rashid Adarsha High School in the Standard Chartered Young Tigers National School Cricket Tournament at the Kalindi cricket ground.
|
|
|
ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
ICC names WC officials
Four groups of officials, each comprising four umpires and two match referees, will oversee the group stages of the World Cup.
|
|
|
ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Ten Doeschate carries slim Dutch hopes
The slim hopes of any success the Netherlands team has at the World Cup lie firmly in the hands of talented South African all-rounder Ryan Neil ten Doeschate.
|
|
|
ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
England look to Freddie
Most cricket fans, especially when they are young, dream of hitting the world's best bowlers for huge sixes, taking wickets with searingly fast deliveries, holding sharp slip catches, captaining their
|
|
|
ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
From outsider to insider
Kevin Pietersen's ribs, rather than his bat, could have a major impact on England's World Cup campaign.
|
|
|
ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Allan hails Pak removals
Former Australian cricket captain Allan Border on Friday welcomed Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif's withdrawal from the World Cup, saying the tournament could not afford any possible doping scandals.
|
|
|
LFP
Soccer overshadowed by violence
Hooliganism's ugly shadow has put Spain's top of the table clash on Saturday between Barcelona and Sevilla in the shade.
|
|
|
Down The World Cup
1992: The New World Cup
This was the World Cup that thought it was a league. All played all in a qualifying round that went on forever. It format fair, but about as exciting as the Nullarbor Plain.
|
|
|
ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
PCB blasts Speed remarks
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken strong objection to the recent remarks of Malcolm Speed, the International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive, about Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif withregards
|
|
|
Barclays English Premier League
MU face Anfield hurdle
Rio Ferdinand insists nothing can be decided this weekend but it would take a brave man to bet against Manchester United reclaiming the Premiership title if they can beat Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday.
|
|
|
Faruq win enables qualification
Omar Faruq's win in the first match of the day was enough for Bangladesh to reach the qualifying stages of the Junior Davis Cup in the pre-qualifying competition at the Ramna Sports Complex yesterday.
|
|
|
Sonn ICC chief until year 2009
Percy Sonn will continue as president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), extending his term at the helm to three years.
|
 |
Drogba Africa's best footballer
Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba was on Thursday named African Footballer of the Year, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on its website.
|
|
|
Beckham vows to keep fighting
Former England captain David Beckham said in an interview published Friday that he was now an "underdog" but claimed he could still "perform at a high level" for another three or four years.
|
|
|
Ronaldinho tops China poll
Chinese football fans have voted Barcelona's Ronaldinho their favourite foreign footballer, according to a survey released this week. The 2004 and 2005 World Player of the Year won 10.
|
|
|
Youzhny reaches Dubai final
Mikhail Youzhny, one of the three hottest players on the ATP Tour at the moment, continued his career-best start to a season by Friday reaching back-to-back finals.
|
 |
Serie A
Inter not wavering
Inter Milan's record run of 17 consecutive league wins came to an end in midweek, but with a 14-point lead at the top of the table, the runaway Serie A leaders are not panicking.
|
|
|
Gunners on the edge
A season which promised so much for Arsenal is teetering on the brink of disaster ahead of their Premiership meeting with Reading on Saturday.
|
 |
Bundes Liga
Strugglers take on leaders
New Hamburg coach Huub Stevens will be looking to build on his side's return to form as they continue their battle against the team's first relegation in Bundesliga history against leaders Schalke 04.
|
|
|
Premiership eyes HawkEye
The English Premiership will push the game's rulers to follow the example of tennis and introduce HawkEye technology to end uncertainty over goal-line decisions.
|
|
|
Parreira wants Benni back
South African coach Carlos Alberto Parreira expects in-form star striker Benni McCarthy to end his long boycott of the national team after finding his feet in the English Premiership.
|
|
|
Zlatan ends Sweden snub
Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, absent from the Swedish national side in recent months, will be available for selection for their Euro 2008 championships qualifier against Northern Ireland, the Swedish football
|
|
|
Kachkar pens Marseille takeover
Canadian businessman Jack Kachkar said Thursday he has completed the takeover of struggling French footballing giants Marseille after signing the final sale agreement with current owner Robert Louis-Dreyfus.
|
|
|
Eboue handed 3-match ban
Arsenal right-back Emmanuel Eboue was handed a three-match ban by the Football Association (FA) on Thursday after being found guilty of violent conduct.
|
|
|
Passarella given community service
River Plate coach Daniel Passarella has been handed 27 months of community service after being convicted of the illegal importing of a yacht, judiciary sources said Thursday.
|
|
|
Ramos demands serious action
Sevilla coach Juande Ramos said Friday that he was still in shock two days after being knocked unconscious by a bottle thrown from the crowd during a Spanish King's Cup quarterfinal against Real Betis.
|
|
|
Bento dead
Former Portugal goalkeeper Manuel Galrinho Bento, whose international career stretched from 1972 to 1992, died in hospital here on Thursday, local media reported.
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
© thedailystar.net, 2007.
All Rights Reserved. |
|
|
