Football

Bangladesh Football Federation on Sunday deferred the seventh round of Bangladesh Premier League to September 19 from September 8 following a demand of participating clubs. The league, which remained suspended from August 19 to facilitate a camp of the national team ahead of its Asian Cup Qualifier Play-offs against Bhutan,

A motivated Bangladesh Under-16 women’s team is ready to repeat their brilliant performance when they take on Singapore today in their second AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The match will kick off at 6:00pm and Bangladesh Television World will telecast it live. Bangladesh thrashed Iran, group C favourites, on

Hosts Bangladesh made a flying start to their AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers with a thumping 3-0 win over Group C favourites Iran at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Marzia Khatun, Moushumi Jahan and Tohura Khatun scored one goal apiece for the girls in Red and Green which also boosted their confidence to qualify ... Read more

The commitment and professionalism of national footballers were called into question once again after five of them recently joined an inter-service match without permission from their coach. Bangladesh Football Federation released Mamunul Islam, Rayhan Hasan, Sohel Rana, Jewel Rana, Shahidul Alam Sohel to play for Bangladesh Navy, raising doubts

The qualifying round of the AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship Group C matches gets underway today with hosts Bangladesh facing Iran at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. A total of 22 teams split into four groups will take part in the qualifiers with four top teams joining the four semi-finalists of the last edition in the next ... Read more

The new technical and strategic director of Bangladesh Football Federation, Paul Smalley, said on Monday that improving the technical nuances of the local coaches will be his initial priority. The Englishman, who signed a two-year contract with the federation, spoke during a ceremony at the BFF house where he and national team’s new Belgian coach

Sheikh Russell KC will be desperate to put aside their awful domestic form when they take on Tatung FC of Chinese Taipei in their opening Group C match of the AFC Cup Play-Off Qualifiers in Bhutan today. The match will start at 6:00pm Bangladesh Standard Time. Russell, who are languishing at the bottom of

Bangladesh national football team will resume their preparation camp for the Asian Cup qualifiers Play-offs against Bhutan under the tutelage of its Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. On the same day, the 43-year Belgian will also sign a three-month long contract with the Bangladesh Football Federation. The two-leg

National team head coach Tom Saintfiet picked six new faces as the Bangladesh Football Federation announced a 33-member preliminary squad for the forthcoming Asian Cup qualifiers play-offs against Bhutan. Saintfiet, who took charge of the national side on July 11, was given a 32-member list by BFF for week long training and he excluded 12 ... Read more

The sixth round of Bangladesh Premier League concluded on Saturday with four teams sharing the top spot of the points table with 12 points each as Abahani Limited joined three others after their 2-0 win over Arambagh Krira Sangha. Abahani joined with Muktijoddha Sangshad KC, Rahmatganj MFS and Sheikh Jamal DC while Chittagong Abahani are just

Rahmatganj MFS, who barely avoided relegation last season, continued to defy the odds as they moved to joint top of the Bangladesh Premier League table with a 2-0 win over cash-rich Chittagong Abahani in Dhaka on Friday. Earlier in the first match of the day, Feni Soccer Club tasted their second victory in the league when ... Read more

The fifth round of the JB Group Bangladesh Premier League ended with title contender Abahani Limited playing out a 1-1 draw against Brothers Union at the Shaheed Muktijoddha Rafikuddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Wednesday. After a barren first half, Nigerian forward Nkwocha Kingsley put Brothers ahead in the 54th minute before Abahani’s British

Bangladesh national football team’s Belgian coach Tom Sainfiet will return today to take charge of the team ahead of their forthcoming Asian Cup Qualifying play-offs against Bhutan, ending all speculations regarding his future. Saintfiet left Dhaka on July 31 without signing his contract which raised some doubts about his intention. The 41-year old Belgian,

Muktijoddha Sangshad Krira Chakra continued their unbeaten streak in the Bangladesh Premier League with a 2-2 draw against Mohammedan Sporting Club in Mymensingh on Saturday. Both Towhidul Alam Sabuz and Towhidul Alam Towhid scored a brace for Mohammedan and Muktijoddha respectively. With the draw, Muktijoddha moved

Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society joined to the top spot of the JB Group Bangladesh Premier League with Muktijoddha Sangshad KC, Chittagong Abahani and Abahani Limited when they handed a 2-0 defeat to Uttar Baridhara at the Rafikuddin Bhuiyan Stadium, Mymensingh on Wednesday. Congolese forward Siyo Zunapio put Rahmatganj ahead from

Promoted Arambagh Krira Sangha held Brothers Union to a 2-2 draw in their Bangladesh Premier League match at Rafikuddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Tuesday. With the second draw in four matches, Arambagh remained in seventh position of the points table with five points while Brothers were second from bottom with

Both Abahani Limited and Muktijoddha Sangshad Krira Chakra squandered an opportunity to take a solo lead in the Bangladesh Premier League when they shared one point each with a 1-1 draw at the Rafikuddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh. Nigerian forward Sunday Chizoba put Abahani ahead with a neat header in the first half before Muktijoddha defender

Mohammedan Sporting Club’s winless run continued in the JB Group Bangladesh Premier League as they were held to a 1-1 draw with Team BJMC at the Rafikuddin Bhuiyan Stadium, Mymensingh on Sunday. Towhidul Alam Sabuz put Mohammedan ahead in the added time of the first half before Moklesur Rahman Mukul squared the margin in the ... Read more

Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra’s fall from grace continued as the last edition’s runners-up lost their fourth consecutive match of the league, this time 0-2 to Feni Soccer Club in Mynensingh on Saturday. Ghanaian forward Tuam Frank put Feni Soccer ahead in the first-half before his striking partner Chowmrin Rakhain netted the other one nine minutes ... Read more

The Chittagong phase and the third round of the Bangladesh Premier League came to an end on Wednesday with Muktijoddha Sangshad Krira Chakra and Arambagh Krira Sangha both winning their respective matches at the MA Aziz Stadium. In the first match of the day, Federation Cup finalists Arambagh came from behind to beat Uttar Baridhara 2-1while