Endless wait for Sraboni
May 17, 2012
It looks like an endless wait for Sraboni Biswas, Bangladesh’s taekwondo queen, who is training day in and day out to realise her Olympics dream, but still facing some kind of uncertainty.
Sraboni is one of the five athletes Bangladesh is looking to send to London to participate in the Olympic Games but while four others have already received their wildcards, the 23-year-old Read more
Siddik lifts title with ease
May 11, 2012
Country’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman clinched the title of the bti International Golf Championship with ease after he finished with a total score of 13-under-par 275 at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Thursday.
Siddik started the fourth and final day of the Tk 15 lakh event with a handy lead of five strokes and he extended his lead with some brilliant shots as he finished 11 strokes ahead of the second-place Read more
Siddik inches closer to victory
May 10, 2012
Country’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman inched towards victory in the bti International Golf Championship as he consolidated his position at the top with a total score of eight-under-par 208 on Wednesday.
Siddik repeated his performance of the previous day as he stroked five birdies against two bogeys to end the third day of the four-day event on three-under-par 69 that saw him extend his lead at Read more
Siddik takes big lead in bti golf
May 9, 2012
Bangladesh’s icon golfer Siddikur Rahman maintained his professional approach to come back from second spot to take a sizeable lead in the bti International Golf Championship at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Tuesday.
Siddik, ranked eighth in the Asian Order of Merit list, prior to the tournament said that he will take this opportunity to increase the level of his game and make use of the practice for the Read more
Siddik moves further ahead
April 29, 2012
Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh made a giant leap on the leaderboard in the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea with a three-under-par 69 at the Blackstone Resort in Seoul on Saturday.
Siddik, who was languishing at the 29th place after the second round, fired six birdies against two bogies to move up to 18th position with an overall score of four-under-par 212 in the Read more
Another narrow miss for Siddikur
April 2, 2012
It was yet another case of ‘so close, yet so far’ for Bangladesh’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman as he narrowly missed out on his second Asian Tour title yesterday. The 27-year old golfer finished two shots off the eventual winner to take a share of the second position at the Panasonic Open in New Delhi Yesterday. Siddikur was superb with a four-under-par last round at the Delhi Golf Club as he aggregated Read more
Siddikur slips
April 1, 2012
Still all to play for in Rd 4
Siddikur Rahman slipped to a share of the fourth position with a one-over-par 73 in the third round of the Panasonic Open India on Saturday. The overnight leader returned with three bogeys against two birdies at the Delhi Golf Course to foil some of the good work from the day before when he played a five-under.
However, the 27-year-old is still very much in contention for his second-ever Asian Read more
Hungry for more
October 6, 2011
Siddikur Rahman rose to stardom when he became the first Bangladeshi golfer to win an Asian Tour event (Brunei Open in August 2010). Since then, he has been there or thereabouts amongst the top Asians wherever he played, even though he hasn’t managed to win another tour event. Hungry for more success, Siddikur now feels that the time is nigh that he wins another tournament which will also gain Read more
Siddik decries visa woes
September 13, 2011
Persistent visa problems have left Bangladesh’s golfing icon Siddikur Rahman’s schedules in total disarray as he is facing uncertainty over his participation in many tournaments.
Siddik left Dhaka on Monday to participate in the $7,50,000 Macau Open, to be held at the former Portuguese colony from September 15 to 18. After the tournament, he will be heading for Read more
Siddik finishes 5th in Selangor
July 24, 2011
Siddikur Rahman secured a fifth place finish at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters in Malaysia with a score of four-under-par 68 in the final round on Saturday. In doing so, the Bangladeshi golfer earned $13,320 (Tk 10 lakh approx) in prize money.
Siddik began his round promisingly with a birdie on the opening hole before a bogey on the very next Read more
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