2nd Councilor Gold Cup

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com FIFA president Gianni Infantino said that he will join the youth festival set to be held in Bangladesh in January next year. Infantino accepted an invitation extended by interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, who briefed him on the festival’s goals and sought his support in bringing renowned women’s football ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Neymar will be out of action for four to six weeks due to a hamstring injury just two weeks after returning to action for Al-Hilal.. The injury has been identified as hamstring tear, which will require time for recovery. The Brazilian star was sidelined for a year by an anterior cruciate ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Emiliano Martinez has been called back by Argentina for this month’s World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru after serving a two-match ban. The Aston Villa goalkeeper missed matches against Venezuela and Bolivia in October due to a two-match suspension. He was penalised by CONMEBOL for inappropriate behaviour, including making an ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Monika Chakma and Ritu Porna Chakma scored a goal apiece as Bangladesh silenced a capacity crowd at the Kathmandu’s Dasharath Rangasala Stadium with a 2-1 win against Nepal, retaining the SAFF Women’s Championship title they had first won two years ago at the same venue. After intense first half action ended ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Tabith Mohammad Awal has been elected as the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation for the next four years following a landslide victory in the BFF polls on Saturday. The two-time former BFF vice-president, a politician and businessman, Tabith secured 123 votes against five secured by the other contestant at this ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Andrés Iniesta, who scored Spain’s World Cup-winning goal in 2010 and was one of the key players who made Barcelona’s tiki-taka thrive for so long, announced his retirement from soccer on Tuesday. The 40-year-old Iniesta ended a 22-year career that also included two European Championship titles and four Champions Leagues trophies. ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Argentina and Brazil won their 2024 Futsal World Cup semifinal matches and will face off in the tournament’s final on October 6. The highly-anticipated match will kick off in Tashkent at 9:00pm Bangladesh time. La Albiceleste beat France 3-2 with goals from Kevin Arrieta (2) and Claudino. It will be the ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has been left out of France’s squad for their upcoming Nations League fixtures later this month. The 25-year-old suffered a thigh injury during Real Madrid’s 3-2 victory at home to Alaves in La Liga on September 24 and missed the match at Atletico Madrid the following ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Former bureaucrat Mejbah Uddin Ahmed has been appointed as the chief election commissioner for the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) elections for the fifth consecutive time, as the BFF executive committee today approved a three-member election commission to conduct the upcoming October 26 polls. Mejbah, a former government secretary, has also carried ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com An Argentine court on Tuesday authorized the transfer of football legend Diego Maradona’s remains, at his daughters’ request, from a cemetery to a mausoleum to be built for him in central Buenos Aires. Maradona died in November 2020, aged 60, while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, and after ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Lautaro Martínez scored an extra-time winner as Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 to win a record 16th Copa América title at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday. The Albiceleste needed a late extra-time goal from substitute, Lautaro Martinez to seal the victory at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. Martínez, who is the tournament’s top ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Toffee, the country’s largest digital entertainment platform, is live streaming the Copa América 2024 tournament. Following the success of the exclusive digital streaming of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Toffee is now bringing football enthusiasts closer to the action of the much-awaited Copa América 2024. Football fans across Bangladesh can ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Colombia secured their place in the 2024 CONMEBOL Copa America final by defeating Uruguay 1-0 on Wednesday, courtesy of a first-half header from midfielder Jefferson Lerma. The decisive goal came in a semifinal clash held at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the US. Colombia’s victory sets up ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Cristiano Ronaldo led Forbes’ list of highest-paid athletes for the fourth time in his career, whilst Spanish golfer Jon Rahm moved to second place following his remarkable transition to Saudi-backed LIV Golf. Ronaldo clinched the title of the world’s highest-paid athlete after his transfer to the Saudi Arabian team Al Nassr, ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Kylian Mbappe announces his departure from Paris Saint-Germain, signaling a probable move to Real Madrid. Fans express mixed emotions as the French superstar bids farewell to PSG after seven years. Negotiations between clubs continue amid speculation. Mbappe’s exit marks the end of an era for PSG, with fans eagerly awaiting his ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh national women’s football team clinched their two-match FIFA international series against Singapore in style when they crushed the visitors 8-0 in their second and final match at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Monday. Tahura Khatun, Ritu Porna Chakma both scored a brace while Sanjida Akter, Sabina ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The legendary Brazilian Ronaldinho Gaucho spent a busy twelve hours in Dhaka yesterday en route to Dubai. He had arrived in Kolkata two days earlier, where he had attended several events. Brazilian footballer who won the World Cup arrived in Dhaka around 3:45 p.m. and left the Bangladeshi capital in the ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com At the age of just 32, Eden Hazard has announced his retirement from football. The former Chelsea and Real Madrid forward, known for his exceptional dribbling skills and goal-scoring prowess, has called time on a career that spanned over 16 years and more than 700 matches. “You must listen to yourself ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Brazilian World Cup winner soccer legend Ronaldinho will visit Dhaka on 18 October. This star footballer is visiting Kolkata and Dhaka on the invitation of Indian sports entrepreneur Shatdru Dutta Initiative. Creation World and Off Track Events and Advertising are implementing the entire event in Bangladesh. This Brazilian superstar will return ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh Sports Press Association honoured three organisers by handing over the Kaysar Sinha awards in a function held at the Bangabandhu Military Museum auditorium in the city on Friday. Abahani Limited founding general secretary Harunur Rashid was awarded as the best organiser, while former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Kamal Zialu ... Read more