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Air pollution: Liton wears mask during practice in Delhi
Bangladesh top-order batsman Liton Das was seen wearing a mask during the practice session of touring Bangladesh national cricket team at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Thursday.
Tigers start gearing up in India
Leaving all the off-field controversies behind, Bangladesh national cricket team have started gearing up in India ahead of their three-match T20I and two-match Test series against the hosts.
5 Bangladeshi athletes leave for India
Five Bangladeshi athletes, including a woman, left the capital for India on Thursday to take part in the 35th Indian National Junior (U-20) Athletics Championships’2019 scheduled for November 2-6 at Acharya Nagarjuna University in Andhra Pradesh.
The athletes are Mahfuzur Rahman, Zahir Raihan, Saiful Islam Khan, Rakibul Islam of Bangladesh Navy, and Umme Hafsa Rumki of Bangladesh Jail (Prison Directorate).
The Bangladeshi athletes will participate in the Indian meet under the banner of Dhaka Team to prepare themselves for the ensuing South Asian Games, General Secretary of Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) Advocate Abdur Rakib Montu told UNB on Thursday.
“We are bearing partial expenses of the athletes while Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Jail are sponsoring the air tickets of their respective athletes,” Montufurther said.
Among them, four athletes- Mahfuzur Rahman, Saiful Islam Khan, Zahir Raihan and Umme Hafsa Rumki will represent Bangladesh in the upcoming South Asian (SA) Games scheduled to be held in Nepal from December 1-10.
In the last National Summer Athletics Competition’2019, UmmeHafsaRumki created a new national record in the women’s high jump, jumping 1.68 metres to improvethe previous record of 1.66 metres while MahfuzurRahmanset a new national mark in the men’s high jump,jumping 2.15 metres.
ZahirRaihan clinched the gold medal in men’s 400-m run, Saiful Islam in the men’s 200-m sprint and Rakibul Islam in men’s 800-m run in the summer meet
Liverpool ousts Arsenal 5-4 in shootout after 5-5 draw
After 19 goals on a wild night at Anfield — nine in a penalty shootout — Liverpool ousted Arsenal in the League Cup to reach the quarterfinals.
Benzema leads Madrid to 5-0 win over Leganes
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Napoli draws 2-2 against Atalanta, Juventus beats Genoa 2-1
Atalanta rallied to draw 2-2 at Napoli on Wednesday in an entertaining Serie A match between two of the league's most attack-minded sides.
Cricket Australia has record surplus during "healing" year
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Hamilton on 'good hunting ground' at US Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton has a certain love affair with the rolling hills and scrub land in the heart of Texas.
Friendly Football: Narsingdi Sonali Otit Club beat Duars Veteran Club 1-0
Narsingdi, Oct 30 (UNB) – Narsingdi Sonali Otit Club beat touring Duars Greenland Veteran Club of Jalpaiguri (India) by 1-0 goal in a friendly football match at the Moslehuddin Bhuiyan Stadium here on Wednesday.
We should play well for Shakib: Mushfiqur
Bangladesh stalwart Mushfiqur Rahim has said the Tigers should play well for Shakib Al Hasan, who was handed a two-year ban from cricketing activities by the ICC for not reporting corrupt approaches.