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Dhaka – Bangladesh National Basketball team will fly for Singapore on Friday (October 18) to play some preparatory matches with Singapore National team as well as to participate in training session under an experience coach there. Bangladesh team will tour Singapore as part of their preparation for the ensuing 13th South Asian Games scheduled to be held in Nepal during ... Read More »

Dhaka – Both the Bangladeshi players lost their first round matches in the World Junior (Under-20) Chess Championships in Delhi on Tuesday. Swarnavo Choudhury of Bangladesh lost to FM Dobrovoljc Vid of Slovenia while WFM Noshin Anjum lost to WIM Aakanksha Hagawane of India in the first round games of the World Junior (Under-20) Chess Championships-2019, Open & Girls sections. ... Read More »

Dhaka – Syed Mamun of BSS clinched table tennis singles title of the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) sports festival, arranged on the occasion of the club’s 65th Founding Anniversary at the club premises on Monday. Tariqul Islam Masum of Channel i finished runner-up while SK Enamul Haque of Daily Star became 3rd in the singles event. Earlier, Secretary General of ... Read More »

Biles wins beam gold to become most decorated gymnast in World Champs history Simone Biles became the most decorated gymnast in World Championships history with two more golds on Sunday. Read More »

Dhaka- Special Chess Competition for visually impaired people orgnised by Bangladesh Chess Federation (BCF) and sponsored by Walton Group will start at the BCF hall-room on Monday. Some 55 visually impaired players are going to take part in the open section while 23 women chess players from different districts, universities and colleges of Dhaka will also participate in the competitionExecutive ... Read More »

Tokyo, Oct 13 (AP/UNB) — A third Rugby World Cup game in Japan was cancelled before organizers decided it was safe enough for the tournament host to play Scotland at Yokohama on Sunday, a night after a deadly typhoon devastated parts of Japan. Read More »

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday that the league is still expecting them to play as scheduled this week, even while the rift between the league and Chinese officials continued in ways that clearly suggested the two planned games in Shanghai and Shenzhen were anything but guaranteed. Read More »

Stuttgart, Oct 9 (AP/UNB) — Simone Biles won a record 21st medal at the world gymnastics championships on Tuesday as the United States retained its women’s team all-around title. Read More »

TOKYO (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league is not apologizing for Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s since-deleted tweet showing support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, even after China’s state broadcaster canceled plans to show a pair of preseason games in that country later this week. Silver, speaking Tuesday at a news conference in Tokyo before a ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh Air Force and Bangladesh Navy made good start in the super league of the 16th Premier Division Kabaddi that began on Monday at the Kabaddi Stadium here. Read More »

DOHA, Oct 7, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Exit Usain Bolt, enter the United States. Read More »

Dhaka  –Bangladesh’s premier golfer Siddikur Rahman finished tied for 5th with three others players in the Mercuries Taiwan Masters carding total four-under par (70+71+68+75) 284 after the 4th and final round of the meet at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club on Sunday. Two-time Asian Tour title winner Siddikur, who shared 4th place jointly with Viraj Madappa of India carding ... Read More »

Olympic champion Simone Biles, performing two new ultra-difficult elements, spurred the US team to lead the women’s qualification at the 2019 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships here on Friday. Read More »

Melbourne, Oct 6 (AP/UNB) — Interim champion Israel Adesanya has dethroned UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker with a stunning knockout in the second round of their highly anticipated 185-pound unification bout which headlined UFC 243 at Melbourne’s Docklands Stadium on Saturday. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh’s premier golfer Siddikur Rahman advanced to the 4th slot jointly with Viraj Madappa of India carding total seven-under par (70, 71, 68) 209 after the 3rd round matches of the $9,00,000 Mercuries Taiwan Masters at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club on Saturday. The two-time Asian Tour winner Siddikur Rahman carded with five birdies against one bogey ... Read More »

Dhaka – Three services teams—Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, and Bangladesh Air Force -–won their respective matches in the 16th Premier Division Kabaddi League at the Kabaddi Stadium here on Saturday. Bangladesh Army beat Dhaka Wanderers Club by 48-23 points, Bangladesh Navy outplayed Fire Service by 28-17 points while Bangladesh Air Force defeated Azad Sporting Club by 39-24 points.UNB Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh Ansar and VDP accorded a reception to the country’s celebrated archer Mohammad Ruman Shana at the Ansars headquarters in Khilgaon area in the city on Monday for his brilliant performance in the Asia Cup-World Ranking Archery Tournament (Stage-3) in the Philippines on Sept 13. Director-General of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Major General Kazi Sharif Kaikobad greeted Shana ... Read More »

Dhaka – Saint Gregory’s High School crushed Dhanmondi Tutorials by 31-1 goals in a boys group match of the Polar Ice Cream 26th School Handball Tournament at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Sunday. The winners lead first half by 17-0 goals.In the day’s other boys’ group matches, Ideal School & College beat Motijheel Govt. ... Read More »

Dhaka – Six players shared the top slot in the Marcel Refrigerator 39th National Women Chess Championship securing full three points after the 3rd round matches held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room on Saturday. The leaders are: defending women’s champion WIM Rani Hamid of Bangladesh Ansar& VDP, WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin, WCM Sharmin Samiha Simmi, Jannatul Ferdous, Afrin Jahan ... Read More »

Dhaka – Six players shared the top slot in the Marcel Refrigerator 39th National Women Chess Championship securing full three points after the 3rd round matches held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room on Saturday. The leaders are: defending women’s champion WIM Rani Hamid of Bangladesh Ansar& VDP, WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin, WCM Sharmin Samiha Simmi, Jannatul Ferdous, Afrin Jahan ... Read More »

Juba (Xinhua/UNB) — A group of rugby enthusiasts in South Sudan have embarked on a mission to train young people on how to play the game in a bid to build the country’s first national rugby team. Emmanuel Lopia, Secretary-General of the South Sudan Rugby Union, a body yet to be officially registered by the South Sudanese government, said they ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh’s premier archer Ruman Shana finished top in the men’s recurve singles in the ranking round of the Modhumoti Bank Bangladesh Cup Archery (Stage-3) at the Shaheed Ahsanullah Master Stadium in Tongi on Thursday. Read More »

Dhaka- Bangladesh Archery team accorded warm reception soon after their arrival at the Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport in Dhaka Monday noon after performing a brilliant show in the just concluded Asia Cup-World Ranking Archery Tournament (Stage-3) in the Clark City of the Philippines. Bangladeshi celebrated archer Mohammad Ruman Shana clinched gold medal in the recurve men’s singles of the ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladeshi celebrated archer Mohammad Ruman Shana clinched the first-ever gold medal in ther ecurve men’s singles of the Asia Cup-World Ranking Archery Tournament (Stage-3) beating Shi Zhenqi of China by 7-3 set points in the final at Clark City of the Philippines on Friday. This is the 3rdindividual international gold medal for meritorious archer Ruman Shana, who earlier ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) on Thursday announced a short list of nominees for their sports awards for the year of 2018. Read More »

Dhaka, Sept 11  –Bangladeshi celebrated archer Mohammad Rumon Shana advanced to the recurve men’s singles final of the Asia Cup-World Ranking Archery Tournament beating Ta La of China by 6-4 set points in the semifinal in the Clark city of Philippines on Wednesday. Ruman Shana will play final against Shi Zhengi of China on Friday (Sept 13) at 12:25 pm ... Read More »

Dhaka –BKSP dominated the pool after the 2nd day of the three-day Saif Powertec 33rd National Age Group Swimming and Diving Competition at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in Mirpur on Wednesday. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladeshi archer Mohammad Ruman Shana clinched silver in the qualification round of men’s Recurve singles at the ongoing Asia Cup-World Ranking Archery Tournament (Stage-3) at the Clark City in Philippines on Tuesday. Shana scored 671 to finish 2nd in the qualifiers among 38 archers and reached the round 16 of eliminators. Among others, Tamimul Islam scored 644 to ... Read More »

Dhaka  – Bangladesh Women’s Juniors Hockey team registered their first win in an international match on Tuesday when they beat Sri Lanka by 2-0 goals in Singapore. The teams faced each other in the six-nation Women’s Juniors (U-21) AHF Cup Hockey Qualifiers. Ritu Khanom opened the score for Bangladesh in the 27th minute scoring from a penalty corner. Tarin Khushi doubled ... Read More »

Serena Williams has another shot at winning a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title after demolishing Elina Svitolina to reach the US Open final. Read More »