Football

When the football clubs all over the world demand that their players should not be over-burdened with national team duties, the newly-crowned Independence Cup champions Chittagong Abahani took an opposite path. The club on Wednesday demanded that the Bangladesh Football Federation should drop Sattyajit Das Rupu from national team manager post fearing

Chittagong Abahani created history by lifting the Independence Cup title after beating Abahani Limited 2-0 in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. It was the first major trophy for the Chittagong outfit in the domestic arena after their debut in the professional football since 2006. Chittagong’s Haitian forward

The Bangladesh Football Federation on Saturday decided to bring back Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif for the national team ahead of the Asian Cup play-offs against Tajikistan. Kruif is expected to arrive in next week for the home and away matches respectably scheduled on June 2 and 7. Kruif had earlier left in September after ... Read more

Chittagong Abahani remained on course for their maiden Independence Cup title after securing a dramatic 4-2 penalty shoot-out victory over Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra in the second semi-final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Though the country’s new footballing powerhouse lifted the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Championship last year,

Kazi Salahuddin, who got his third team as Bangladesh Football Federation president, promised to make a combined effort involving district and club to help the game improve in Bangladesh. Salahuddin emerged clear winner over his rival Kamrul Ashraf Khan Poton in BFF polls on Saturday to take the office for another four years. Before the ... Read more

Kazi Salahuddin has been re-elected as president of the Bangladesh Football Federation for the third consecutive time after defeating Kamrul Ashraf Khan Poton by 33 votes in the BFF elections at the Radisson Blu Water Garden on Saturday. A record was set as all 134 delegates cast their votes to elect 21-member executive committee where ... Read more

Leg-spinner Jubair Hossain put up an impressive all-round performance to help Abahani Limited register a two-wicket win over Brothers Union in the Dhaka Premier League on Saturday. Jubair scored an unbeaten 10-ball 19 along with his 4-44 to pave the way for the title aspirants as they reached 248-8 in 49.5 overs after restricting Brothers ... Read more

Bangladesh Under-14 women’s football team stormed into the final of the AFC U-14 Girls’ Regional Championship after a huge 9-1 win against hosts Tajikistan in the semi-final at the Aviator Stadium in Dushanbe on Saturday. Tohura Khatun and Monica both scored hat-tricks for the reigning champions while Anuching Mogini scored a brace and Akhi Akter ... Read more

The audit report of Bangladesh Football Federation for the year 2015 was approved at its Annual General Meeting at a city hotel on Saturday. The estimated budget for the year 2016 was also approved at the AGM. The total income of BFF in 2015 was around Tk 31 crore while the expenditure was

The much-talked Bangladesh Football Federation elections will be held today at the Radisson Water Garden Hotel with a total of 134 delegates choosing the 21-member executive committee from 46 candidates. The elections turned out to be a tough contest for incumbent BFF president Kazi Salahuddin, who is seeking his third term after eight years at ... Read more

Defending joint-champions Mohammedan Sporting Club stormed into the semi-finals of the Club Cup Hockey tournament with a crushing 7-1 win over Sonali Bank Recreation Centre at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Friday. It was Mohammedan’s third successive win in the tournament, which put the Black and White outfits in the last four

Bangladesh Under-14 women’s football team thrashed Nepal 9-0 to book their place in the semi-finals of the AFC U-14 Girls Regional Championship in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Thursday. Forwards Anuching Mogini and Marzia each struck a hat-trick for Bangladesh while Tahura Khatun scored a brace. Sajeda Khatun netted the other goal.

Incumbent Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin-led combined panel on Wednesday was forced to postpone their scheduled panel introduction ceremony after a city hotel authority refused to provide them security. The postponement came amid allegations of intimidation, threat to the delegates, who will vote for 20 BFF posts on April 30.

Bangladesh Under-14 women’s football team will look forward to secure their semi-final berth of the AFC Girls’ Regional Championship when they take on last edition’s runners-up Nepal at the Aviator Stadium in Dushanbe, Tajikistan today. A draw against Nepal will be enough for Bangladesh to book their place in the last four of the competition ... Read more

Mohammedan Sporting Club began their Dhaka Premier League campaign in style as they defeated Brothers Union by 78 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Half-centuries from Upal Tharanga, Mushfiqur Rahim and Nazmul Hossain Milon helped Mohammedan put a commendable 285-6 on the board and later

The Bachao Football group, which threw a challenge to the incumbent president Kazi Salahuddin-led panel in the forthcoming elections of Bangladesh Football Federation, promised to develop the game at district level if they are elected. The panel announced their 14-point plan of action at a city hotel ahead of April 30 election, without putting too ... Read more

Abahani Limited moved into the semi-finals of the Independence Cup with a 1-0 win over Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra in their last Group B match at the Banganbandhu National Stadium on Saturday. A 72nd minute strike from substitute winger Jewel Rana was enough for the Sky Blues to give them a much relieved win. With ... Read more

Kazi Salahuddin-led combined panel on Friday released their manifesto for the forthcoming elections of the Bangladesh Football Federation emphasising on the importance of spreading football across the country. During Salahuddin’s tenure as the BFF president for the last eight years, the combined panel was mostly focused on Dhaka-based football.

Chittagong Abahani qualified for the semi-finals along with Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club from Group A of the Independence Cup after a 1-1 draw at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. Nigerian forward Emeka Darlington put Jamal ahead in the 19th minute of the game before his compatriot Alison Udoka levelled the margin in the second ... Read more

Reigning champions Mohammedan Sporting Club’s dreams of reaching a semi-final place in the Independence Cup were dashed when they lost to Brothers Union 2-3 in their last group match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. With the loss, Mohammedan were ruled out of the competition with six points from five matches while Brothers also ... Read more