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MNA Sports Desk: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced that a Twenty20 cricket tournament comprising teams from the Dhaka Premier League will begin on Feb 25. The tournament will feature local cricketers exclusively. Foreign players will not be allowed to take part. BCB Director Kazi Inam Ahmed made the announcement at a media briefing on Monday. The decision came amid growing calls for a domestic T20 competition outside the Bangladesh Premier League to develop more local talent in the shortest format of the game. The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) had previously expressed a willingness to stage a ...

MNA Education Desk (JnU Correspondent): The prize giving ceremony of the 3rd inter-departmental cricket tournament 2017 was held at the Language Martyr Rafique building premises of Jagannath University (JnU) on Thursday. JnU Chemistry Department bagged the championship trophy while Bangla Department bagged runner-up trophy in the competition. JnU Physical Education Centre organized the ceremony at 1:00pm. JnU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Mijanur Rahman distributed the crests among the winners as Chief Guest. JnU Treasurer Prof Md Salim Bhuiyan and Bangladeshi Cricket player Soumya Sarkar were, among others, present as Special Guests in the ceremony with JnU Sports Sub-committee (cricket) Convener ...

MNA Sports Desk: China will host a yearly international football tournament, with different national teams participating, opening from next year, entertainment and property corporation Dalian Wanda Group said Wednesday. The statement comes as Chinese Companies quick up foreign players and clubs as the country upsurges its effect on the international game. The FIFA-approved ‘China Cup’ will start in January 2017 with a four-game event containing China and three teams from Europe and the Americas, Wanda said in a statement. China presently languishes in 81st place in the FIFA world statuses, just behind Zambia and Jordan, and Wanda said that Chinese ...

MNA Sports Desk: Golfer Siddikur Rahman has become the first ever Bangladeshi to straight succeed for the Olympics Games after strengthening his status as one of the top 60 players for next month’s tournament in Rio de Janeiro. His place was ensured when he ended in 56th place in the rankings list revealed by the International Golf Federation on Monday. Bangladesh is the most crowded country never to have gained an Olympic medal and all previous applicants have had to trust on wildcards delivered by the International Olympic Committee and other global sports bodies. While numerous of the world’s top ...

MNA Sports Desk: France forward Antoine Griezmann has been declared as the Golden Boot winner of Euro 2016. He becomes the UEFA Euro 2016 Player of the Tournament, though the prize is limited solace for Les Bleus’ 1-0 final defeat by Portugal on Sunday night. Griezmann completed the event with the Golden Boot after counting six goals to support France reach the Stade de France final, having scored both goals in the in the semi-final win over Germany as well as netting twice in the comeback 2-1 victory over the Republic of Ireland in the last 16. Griezmann was shamefaced ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh will have to face host England in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament opener on June 1, 2017 at The Oval in the Group A encounter. International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday announced the group seeding and fixture of the one-day-format ICC Champions Trophy where Bangladesh were placed in Group-A along with England, Australia and New Zealand. Event host and 2004 and 2013 finalist England will take on Bangladesh in the tournament opener at The Oval, which will also be the venue for a battle between former champions Sri Lanka and South Africa on 3 June, states ...