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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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BJMC win Dhaka zone final Team BJMC emerged as the champion of the KFC National Women’s Football of Dhaka zone with a 12-0 thrashing of Narshingdi in the zonal final held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. National team forward Sabina Khatun scored nine goals in the 13th, 17th, 24th, 31st, 41st, 62nd, 66th, 69th and 78th minute while Suraiya, Rikta and Bithi netted the other three goals for the victors. –RM
Chennai Super Kings continued with their winning ways in Pepsi IPL 2014 by beating the Rajasthan Royals by five wickets in a last-over finish at Ranchi. Initially, led by Dwayne Smith’s initial boost and Faf du Plessis’ innings-stabilising knock, CSK were taken across the line by the ever-dependable MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja while chasing the 149-run target. Earlier, RR elected to bat first upon winning the toss. Skipper Shane Watson and Ankit Sharma opened the innings for the hosts. This combination worked out for RR as they gave the team a steady start. They took the score to the 50-run mark in the seventh over. However, R Ashwin finally got rid of Ankit Sharma (30) in the eighth over with the RR score on 60. And while Watson brought up his half-century, Ajinkya Rahane (4) – the new man in – could not make a substantial contribution to the total; he was run-out in the 11th over.
Efimova gets a 16-month doping ban Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova was banned for 16 months on Tuesday for failing a drugs test, Russian media reported. The international swimming federation (FINA) doping panel had provisonally suspended Efimova in January after samples she provided in an out-of-competition control last October showed the presence of a prohibited anabolic steroid. The FINA ban runs until February 28, 2015, and all of Efimova’s results from October 31, 2013 onwards, including the 200m breaststroke world record she set at the European short course championships at Herning, Denmark, in December, have been cancelled. Efimova was reported to have accepted she was in breach of the doping code violation but presented a detailed defence and insisted she had not intended to enhance her performance. Anatoly Zhuravlev, head coach of Russia’s national swimming team, said he was satisfied with the verdict and had expected a harsher penalty. –AFP
Court told Pistorius has ‘anxiety disorder’ Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial resumed Monday with a psychiatrist telling the court the sprinter had an “anxiety disorder,” as the defence began to wrap up its case. Opening the eighth and perhaps final week of evidence, defence lawyer Barry Roux called a forensic psychiatrist to testify on Pistorius’s feelings of vulnerability, a factor that may have caused him to believe his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was an intruder when he shot her dead on Valentine’s Day last year. “It is my opinion, my lady, that Mr Pistorius has an anxiety disorder,” said Meryll Vorster, recounting stressful factors in the Paralympic gold medallist’s life. Vorster, who also interviewed Pistorius’s close family and friends to compile her report, said the athlete’s disorder began when his parents encouraged the double-amputee to be normal. “Over time this could result in anxiety,” she said. The Pistorius children were not “soothed” by their mother, Sheila, who slept with a firearm under her pillow and “abused alcohol intermittently,” continued the psychiatrist. –AFP
Hodgson gives Cole glimmer of WC hope England manager Roy Hodgson suggested on Monday that Ashley Cole could be asked to make an international comeback in case of a pre-World Cup injury to rival left-back Leighton Baines. Cole, 33, retired from international football on Sunday after being informed by Hodgson that he did not feature in his 23-man squad for the World Cup in Brazil, which was unveiled in Luton on Monday. Chelsea defender Cole, England’s most-capped full-back with 107 caps, has lost his place in the starting XI to Everton’s Baines this season. But rather than include Cole as back-up, Hodgson decided to hand an opportunity to 18-year-old Southampton defender Luke Shaw, who is reportedly the subject of a £27 million ($45.5 million, 33.1 million euros) bid from Manchester United. As Cole was not named on Hodgson’s seven-man standby list, he could only be brought into the squad if one of England’s players suffered an injury after Hodgson presents his final squad list to FIFA on June 2. –AFP
BRIEF SCORE Rajasthan Royals 148/8 in 20 overs (Watson 51, M Sharma 3-31) Chennai Super Kings 149/5 in 19.4 overs (Smith 44, Ankit 2-20) Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets Dhaka Tribune celebrate their Sony Expo 2014 football title at the handball stadium yesterday
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Dhaka Tribune win Sony Expo 2014 Dhaka Tribune, coincidentally handed the tag of Spain, replicated the FIFA World Cup 2010 by emerging as the undefeated champions of the Sony Expo 2014 five-a-side football tournament defeating Bangla Trac 2-1 in a thrilling final at the National Handball Stadium yesterday. Exhibiting exactitude passing, a solid midfield unit and neat defensive displays, Dhaka Tribune not only claimed the tournament but also won hearts of the neutral spectators who had thronged to the stadium. The title win was reminiscent of the
8th Ascent Corporate five-a-side Soccer Cup final last year when the Tribe, playing in the tournament for the first time, overcame five-time champions Beximco Pharma by the same margin. Skipper Reazur Rahman Rohan had grabbed both the goals against Beximco but this time Fazley Rabbi Moon netted a brace, scoring in either side of each half to seal victory. The day-long competition made it a tough day for both the finalists who had been on the field since morning and had to play group matches, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals on the same day. A total of 12 teams were handed the tag of 12 countries who
will all take part in the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil and Dhaka Tribune was under pressure from the outset when they were given the Spain card in the lottery. Wearing the jerseys of defending World Cup champions Spain’s traditional red and gold outline, Dhaka Tribune kicked off the campaign with a comfortable 4-2 victory over Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) and then outplayed Pharmacia Ltd 2-0 in their next group match. The Tribe produced the tournament’s biggest margin of victory in the quarterfinals crushing Singapore Airlines 8-1 with Monu blasting a superb hattrick.
The semifinal was a hotly-contested one as the Tribe came from behind to pip Eastern Bank Limited 2-1 thanks to Rohan’s sensational brace, one of them arriving at the dying stages of the game. In the other semifinal, Bangla Trac edged past White Products Limited (WPL) 1-0. Bangla Trac, representing Mexico, hadn’t conceded a single goal throughout the tournament before the final and it took Moon just three minutes to break the deadlock before adding another in the second half. Monu was the tournament’s highest scorer with seven goals while Ferdous of EBL was adjudged player of the tournament. l
Watson (51) perished in the 13th over, when Mohit Sharma bowled him out. A short while later, Karun Nair (8) was also bowled out; Samuel Badree claimed his scalp to leave RR on 114 for four. Steve Smith (9) and James Faulkner (1), whose heroics saw their team through a couple of nights ago against RCB, failed to make a big impact with the bat today. While the former was cleaned up by Mohit Sharma, the latter suffered the same fate against Ravindra Jadeja a few balls later. In response, CSK’s trusted opening pair of Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum started in an aggressive manner. They added 20 runs in quick time, before Ankit Sharma got rid of McCullum (6) in the third over. Suresh Raina (2) came to bat at one-down, but even he was dismissed by Ankit Sharma, leaving CSK on 41 for two in 4.2 overs. l
Carberry gets England recall Djokovic makes winning return ENGLAND ODI SQUAD Michael Carberry was recalled to limited overs duty by England on Tuesday after being named in both the Twenty20 and one-day international squads to play Sri Lanka. England’s 13-man Twenty20 squad, captained by Middlesex batsman Eoin Morgan in the absence of the injured Stuart Broad for a lone match against World Twenty20 champions Sri Lanka at The Oval next week, also sees experienced stroke-player Ian Bell return to the format while the big-hitting Michael Lumb has been dropped. Meanwhile left-arm seamer Harry Gurney, who made his ODI debut in a rainmarred win against Scotland in Aberdeen last week that was reduced to 20 overs per
Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), James Anderson (Lancashire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire/wkt), Michael Carberry (Hampshire), Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), James Tredwell (Kent), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire) side, and fit-again Yorkshire all-rounder Tim Bresnan are in both squads. Ashes opener Carberry made no secret of his anger at being dropped from the ODI series in Australia -- which England lost 4-1 after their 5-0 Test drubbing -- having performed creditably in the same format against the team’s oldest international rivals on home soil. l
Novak Djokovic made a winning return nearly a month after suffering a wrist injury, starting the Rome Masters on a rainy Tuesday with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat of Radek Stepanek. The second-round victory after a bye was the first match for the world number two Serb since losing a Monte Carlo semi-final on April 19 to Roger Federer while suffering with his right wrist problem. Djokovic, a two-time champion at the Foro Italico, was to have played last week in Madrid but held off. He won in Rome with new coach Boris Becker looking on. The Serb, who is competing in Rome for an eighth straight year, won his 25th
match here against five defeats. Three of his losses have come against Nadal, the top seed bidding for an eighth trophy in the capital. The end against Stepanek was a struggle, comprising four consecutive breaks of serve before Djokovic took victory with a service return winner out wide after 97 minutes. Roger Federer will be back on court eight days after the birth of his twin boys Leo and Lenny as he competes due to some fortunate timing in the birth of his second set of twins. “Since they were born last Tuesday, that gave me a better chance of playing Rome,” said the Monte Carlo finalist, who plays on Wednesday against France’s Jeremy Chardy. “I didn’t want too much of a break.
“It doesn’t matter if I play five matches or one match here. As long as I feel the pulse of things on the tour. “Of course I hope to win my firstround match, but at the moment I have totally different priorities.” Federer has lost three Rome finals, all three to Spanirds and the last two two (2006, 2013) to Nadal. The top-seeded Spaniard is preparing to face one of the biggest annual changes on the clay when he starts three days after winning another Madrid title. “Yes it’s a big change (from Madrid altitude to sea-level Rome), but when you are winning it is a lot easier,” said the holder. “You always need time to adjust. l
ENJOYING THE DT ANNIVERSARY PARTY
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(Anti-clockwise from right) BCB directors Jalal Yunus and Ahmed Sajjadul Alam share a light moment with Kazi Inam Ahmed, BFF vice president Tabith Awal is all smiles with Kazi Nabil Ahmed and Kazi Anis Ahmed, Sheikh Jamal coach Josef Afusi and trainer Ariel Coleman enjoy the procedure, renowned football coaches Maruful Haque and Saiful Bari Titu enjoy the time at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel yesterday NASHIRUL ISLAM AND MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU