GrameenPhone Corporate Lea-gue ARAF crowned champs
ARAF Appa-rels clinched the first-ever GrameenPhone Corporate Cricket Lea-gue title when the little known garment house handed favourites Bashundhara Group a five-wicket defeat in the Cup final at the
Calypso Cocktail
For Abdur Razzak Raj, it was a far from disappointing experience touring the Caribbean despite the fact that he never played a game.
Dwayne up close Dwayne Romel Smith is a man who rekindles the joy of calypso philosophy in a modern day West Indies squad. Whatever he does on the field has a touch of fun and adventure.
Zim series off
Only ODIs instead
Zimbabwe's two-Test series against world champions Australia was called off on Friday, just 24 hours before it was due to start.
Cairns has six-appeal
New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns smashed the world record for Test match sixes on Friday in his final appearance at Lord's during the second day of the first test against England.
Rakib takes solo lead
International Master Abdullah Al-Rakib took solo lead in the Leonine second Grand Master chess tournament at the NSC conference room yesterday.
Rakib earned 3.
Sher-e-Bangla Cup Noakhali blank Chuadanga
Noakhali got off to a flying start in the Sher-e-Bangla Cup 22nd National Football Championship when the defending champions blanked Chuadanga 3-0 in the opening match of the final round in Natore yesterday.
Zafar Imam laid to rest
The late secretary general of Bangladesh Olympic Association and eminent sports organiser Zafar Imam was laid to rest at the Banani Graveyard yesterday.
Centenary honours shared
France and Brazil drew 0-0 in the FIFA Centenary match at the Stade de France nearly six years after the teams contested the 1998 World Cup final won by the hosts.
Eng openers defy NZ
Openers Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss took England to 136 without loss in reply to New Zealand's first innings 386 at tea on the second day of the first Test at Lord's on Friday.
Aussie thumbs-up
The Australian cricket community welcomed the scrapping of the two-Test series with Zimbabwe but expressed fears that it could further damage the struggling sport in the African country.
The ugly Kiwi
New Zealand opener Mark Richardson, who reinvented himself as an international opener after an unsuccessful career as a left-arm spinner, freely confessed on Thursday he was not the world's most exciting
Becks stays in Spain
England captain David Beckham says he plans to stay at Real Madrid and his wife and children will move to Spain, quashing speculation about their future.
FA Cup final today
Millwall will pull off one of the greatest upsets in FA Cup final history if they beat Manchester United in Cardiff on Saturday.
Real sign Samuel
Real Madrid have agreed a five-year deal with Argentine defender Walter Samuel, the Primera Liga club said on its website on Thursday.
Samuel is set to join the Spanish giants on July 1 from AS Roma.
Magura cricket
A brilliant century by Asad guided Saifur Rahman Smriti Sangsad to a 191-run victory over Jagarani Krira Chakra in the final of the Abdul Latif Smriti cricket tournament at the Mithun-Musa-Kajal playground
