Football

Bangladesh Under-16 women’s national football team will leave for Thailand today to take part in the AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship with only a hope of offering some competitive football against their mighty opponents in the group stage. Bangladeshi girls, who were drawn in Group B alongside reigning championship North Korea, Japan and Australia, will begin ... Read more

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club came from one goal down to secure a 2-1 win over Brothers Union in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. The other match of the day between Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society and Farashganj Sporting Club ended in a 1-1 draw. Brothers Union went ahead

Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup begins today The Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup tournament is all set to get underway today at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong with no clear favourites emerging from among the eight teams in the tournament. Although the second edition has lost a bit of shine in the absence of ... Read more

The eighth round of JB Group Bangladesh Premier League will resume on September 19 after a month gap with seventh round matches to be held in Dhaka before the league move to Sylhet for the next two rounds. Saif Global Sports Limited, who won the organising rights of the ongoing league, decided to run huge promotional activities ... Read more

The Bangladesh Football Federation on Saturday approved three new teams for the forthcoming fourth edition of Bangladesh Championship League including a newly formed Saif Sporting Club. A total of 12 clubs showed their interest to play in country’s second tier professional league but only three clubs — Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club,

When the Bangladesh Football Federation spent thousands of dollars on foreign coaches, it is the low paid local coaches who brought some reasonable success for the country. Golam Rabbani Choton became the latest example of successful local coaches as he helped Bangladesh Under-16 women’s football team qualify for the final round

AFCSensing a failure in the Asian Cup qualifying play-offs, Bangladesh have their back-up plan ready for international football as they have made an entry for the low-level AFC Solidarity Cup in Malaysia in November. The AFC has planned for the Solidarity Cup to give fringe teams of region some international exposures as they are unlikely to ... Read more

The authorities of Koloshindur High School in Mymensingh, on Thursday suspended its physical teacher Jobed Ali after he allegedly assaulted the father of a National Under-16 women footballer. Sabuz Miah, father of U-16 player Taslima, alleged that he was physically assaulted by Jobed after an argument over girls’ participation in National Summer Football Tournament,

A wasteful Bangladesh were held to a goalless draw by Bhutan in their Asian Cup Qualifiers play-off first-leg match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. The hosts could have easily won the game if their forwards did not waste a series of scoring chances. Bangladesh will now have to earn a result in the ... Read more

Bangladesh Under-16 women’s football team ended their AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship Qualifying campaign on a high note when they thrashed United Arab Emirates 4-0 at the Bangabandhu National stadium on Monday. In-form forward Krishna Rani, who ended the campaign as the highest scorer with eight goals, scored a brace while Anuching Mogini

Bangladesh national football team will be keen to wipe off their recent poor memories against Maldives with a better show against a much-improved Bhutan in the first-leg of the Asian Cup Qualifiers Play-Offs at home today. The match will kick-off at 7:00pm and BTV World will live telecast the match from the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Beaten 5-0 ... Read more

Veteran footballers Mamunul Islam and Wali Faisal on Monday announced their retirement from national team hours after their exclusion from the 23-member squad for Asian Cup Qualifiers play-offs against Bhutan. Bangladesh will face Bhutan today in the first-leg of the home-and-away match, which represents their last chance to qualify for the Asian Cup

Bangladesh Under-16 women’s football team sealed their place in the history books after they qualified for the final round of the 2017 AFC Under16 Women’s Championship in China with a 4-2 win over Chinese Taipei on Saturday in Dhaka. This was for the first time that any women’s football team of any category from Bangladesh has ... Read more

An emotional Golam Rabbani Choton gave all the credits to her charges after their historical 4-2 win over Chinese Taipei on Saturday that put them into the final round of the next year’s AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship in China. With the win, the Under-16 girls also became the first women’s football team from Bangladesh that has ... Read more

A highly motivated Bangladesh team will face Chinese Taipei today in the AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers with a place in the final round up from grabs. Bangladesh have so far won their all three matches but still lagged behind Taipei, who are ahead by virtue of a better goal difference as they struck 21 ... Read more

Bangladesh national football team was left heavily demoralised after their 0-5 mauling to Maldives in an international friendly in Male on Thursday night. The defeat came just four days before the country’s Asian Cup Qualifying play-offs first-leg match against Bhutan in Dhaka on September 6.

Bangladesh Under-16 women’s football team coach Golam Rabbani Choton on Thursday hailed the collective effort of his charges that he said spurred them to success in the ongoing AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers. Hosts Bangladesh registered three successive wins in their first three matches of group C to set up a potential group decider against Chinese Taipei

A 29-member Bhutan national football team will arrive here today to take on the hosts in the first-leg of the Asian Cup Qualifiers Play-offs, scheduled on September 6. Following the travel itinerary released by the Bangladesh Football Federation on Thursday, the Bhutanese will make their first training session at the Arms Battalion Police Field today.

Bangladesh Under-16 women’s football team notched up their third successive win in the AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship Qualifying match when they routed Kyrgyzstan 10-0 on Wednesday. Krishna Rani slammed a hat-trick while Anuching Mogini and Samsunnahar, each bagged a brace to help the hosts celebrate a massive win, the biggest for any

The Bangladesh national football team will play a FIFA international friendly today against Maldives at Male as a part of preparation for their Asian Cup Qualifiers play-off against Bhutan. Bangladesh will play against Bhutan on September 6 and October 10 respectively at home and away in pursuit of getting an Asian Cup qualification spot.