Noor spins U-23 to easy victory

BCBpresident Nazmul Hassan (L) handing over the player of the match trophy to Bangladesh Under 23 leg-spinner Noor Hossain after the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup 2013 Group B match against hosts Singapore at the Kallang ground yesterday (Source: BCB)

Leg spinner Noor Hossain’s four-wicket haul gave Bangladesh U-23 a winning start to their ACC Emerging Teams Cup campaign after they beat hosts Singapore by eight wickets at Kallang ground yesterday.
The hosts were bundled out for a paltry 121 runs after opting to bat first. Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam pinned de Lange in front of the stumps to get the first break through in the 7th over after which they never looked back. Noor joined the party and wrecked through the opposition batting as the leggy ended up claiming four wickets for just 25 runs.
Bangladesh lost Rony Talukdar (6) early, but Soumya Sarkar and Mithun Ali maintained their dominance with a superb second wicket partnership of 95 runs.
Mithun was out on 43, but Soumya held his nerve to remain not out on 65 and carry Bangladesh to 122-2 in 26.4 overs.

Author: MUK

Bolt thunders to third world 200m title

Usain Bolt underlined his amazing sprinting prowess on Saturday by powering to a third successive world 200m title. (AFP)

Usain Bolt underlined his amazing sprinting prowess on Saturday by powering to a third successive world 200m title at the World Athletics Championships for his seventh world gold medal. The 26-year-old Jamaican destroyed the field to finish in 19.66 seconds, teammate Warren Weir claiming silver in a personal best of 19.79sec and American Curtis Mitchell taking bronze in 20.04. It was Bolt's seventh world gold medal after winning the 100 and 200m at the Berlin worlds in 2009, the 200m in Daegu in 2011, the 100m in Moscow on Sunday and golds as part of the winning Jamaican 4x100m relay squads in both 2009 and 2011.

Brazil great Cafu helps slum kids chase their dreams

Source: AFP,SAO PAULO

In a Sao Paulo shantytown, hundreds of children are chasing dreams of football glory thanks to a foundation set up by Cafu, a two-time world champion with Brazil's national squad. It is midday Saturday in Jardim Irene, one of the city's poorest and most violent favelas, where Marcos Evangelista de Moraes -- better known as Cafu -- was born and grew up. After a stellar career notably with Sao Paulo, Roma and Milan, Cafu, the only man to have played in three straight World Cup finals, set up the foundation as a way to give back to his community. Every year, the academy welcomes around 750 children, aged between three and 17, using football as a vehicle to promote social integration and teach good citizenship. From its two-story building, children are heard shouting and kicking balls as they learn the fundamentals of football, a national passion in a country which has won five world titles and prepares to host the 2014 World Cup.