Mohammedan are tagged as the favourites in the final of the Citycell Federation Cup when the defending champions take on archrivals Abahani in their season's first meeting at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today.
A century, a hat-trick and an upset marked the third round of the Premier Twenty20 League as Mohammedan SC and Khelaghar SKS took a giant leap towards the semi-finals after winning their third consecutive matches on Friday.
Italy scraped a draw against the Republic of Ireland to join Germany, Denmark and Serbia as the latest teams to secure 2010 World Cup places on a drama-laden penultimate batch of qualifiers on Saturday.
Flamboyant national opener Tamim Iqbal struck a blistering 60 to give defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club an easy ride over Victoria Sporting Club at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. His knock also ensured a kick-start to the Big Boss Premier T20 League that saw six matches being played at three different venues.
Pakistan cricket captain Younus Khan offered to resign on Tuesday in protest at a meeting called to investigate the team's defeats by Australia and New Zealand in the recent Champions Trophy. The 31-year-old said he was appalled and disappointed at being summoned by the Pakistan National Assembly's committee on sports.
The two-day match between BCB Under-19 and England Under-19 that was scheduled to start at the Fatullah Stadium on Monday has been called off due to unplayable ground conditions.
The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis has taken all-out efforts to make the upcoming Premier League Twenty20 Tournament a colourful event despite a controversy over the fixtures. Defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club raised a question on the neutrality of the body as well as the Bangladesh Cricket Board after they were given only one day-night match while their arch-rivals Abahani and promoted Kalabagan got two each.
Argentina scraped into the World Cup with a 1-0 win over Uruguay as Diego Maradona finally celebrated mission accomplished after a stumbling, lacklustre qualifying campaign. The two-time champions needed a goal by substitute Mario Bolatti on Wednesday six minutes from time to earn the three points and secure the fourth and final qualifying spot from South America. Brazil, Chile and Paraguay had already made sure of their places in the finals.
Martin Palermo's goal two minutes into second-half stoppage time lifted Argentina past doormat Peru 2-1 in World Cup qualifying Saturday, rescuing the South Africa dreams of Diego Maradona's side. After being booed off the field following a goal-less first half and looking undone after Peru equalized in the final seconds of regulation time, Argentina is now the team to beat for the last automatic World Cup spot in South America.
The players and the organisers defied heavy rain to complete Bangladesh’s first ever beach cricket tournament – the GP-WECCA Beach Cricket 2009 – in the beach resort town of Cox’s Bazar on Friday.
