Football

Poor defending and sloppy goalkeeping cost Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at least one point in their AFC Cup campaign when they suffered a 3-4 defeat to Selangor FA of Malaysia at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. Selangor twice came from behind to seal their first win in the competition as Jamal defender Kesto Kumar ... Read more

Bangladesh national football team will leave Dhaka for Abu Dhabi today to play in a friendly match against United Arab Emirates, scheduled on March 18, six days before their last World Cup qualifying match against Jordan in Amman. Bangladesh, who have lost some of their key players like Mamunul Islam and Zahid Hossain recently due ... Read more

Defending Bangladesh Premier League Champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will get one last chance to keep their AFC Cup round of 16 hopes alive when they take on Selangor FA of Malaysia today in Dhaka. Jamal are yet to earn a point from their first two matches which left the Dhanmondi outfit in a must ... Read more

Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation clinched the National Women’s Football Championship title with a huge 7-1 win over last year’s champions Mymensingh at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Thursday. National striking pair Sabina Khatun and Ishrat Jahan Swapna scored four and three goals respectively for the winners. The girls

Bangladesh national football team coach Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno was not happy with the present situation of the team as he is yet to get his full squad in training for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Jordan. The Spaniard observed his side for the first time in a warm-up match against Abahani Limited on Thursday ... Read more

Bangladesh Premier League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club suffered their second defeat in the AFC Cup when they lost 0-2 to Ceres La Salle of Philippines at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. Spanish forward Adrian Gallardo scored a brace to seal the victory for the visitors, who made a 2-2 draw against Selangor FA ... Read more

Bangladesh Premier League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will be eager to return to winning ways when they take on Ceres La Salle FC of Philippines in their second AFC Cup match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. The Dhanmondi-based outfit suffered a 0-4 away drubbing to Singapore side Tampines Rovers on February 24 in ... Read more

Chittagong Abahani, the port city Bangladesh Premier League outfit, have appointed Slovakian Jozev Pavlik their coach for the forthcoming season, said the club on Friday. The cash-rich club have already formed a strong squad by luring in a group of national players from other clubs, also confirmed the inclusion of Moroccan midfielder Tarik El Janaby

Two others banned for six months The Bangladesh Football Federation on Wednesday suspended national captain Mamunul Islam and winger Zahid Hossain from the national side for a year for breaching the code of conduct. The BFF’s national team committee also imposed a six-month ban on defender Yeasin Khan and midfielder Sohel Rana. The committee also ... Read more

Bangladesh Football Federation on Tuesday announced a 22-member preliminary squad for the forthcoming World Cup qualifier against Jordan, excluding 12 players from the previous squad. Newly-appointed Spanish coach Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno called up two new faces—defender Shakil Ahmed and midfielder Fazle Rabbi – along with nine players

Nepal gave a footballing masterclass as the Himalayan nation romped into the final of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup with a 4-1 win over favourites Maldives in the second semi-final in Dhaka on Tuesday. The Nepalese will now take on Bahrain Under-23 team in the final of the competition on January 22 at the Bangabandhu National ... Read more

Bangladeshi footballers, much-taunted for recent poor showing at international level, have seen their demand dramatically raised at club football hours after they were eliminated from the Bangabadhu gold Cup on Monday. Officials and supporters of different Bangladesh Premier League Clubs staged an ugly tug of war over the last two days to secure

Scoring goals remained Bangladesh’s Achilles’ heel as the hosts bowed out of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup with a 0-1 defeat to the hands of Bahrain Under-23 team in the first semi-final in Dhaka on Monday. Midfielder Ebrahim Alhooti broke the hearts of the hosts by scoring the all important goal in injury time of the ... Read more

Group ‘B’ champions and one of the favourites to lift the title, Maldives take on Nepal in the second semi-final of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup in Dhaka today. The winner of the match will take on Bahrain Under-23, who won the first semi-final against hosts Bangladesh on Monday, in the final of the competition on ... Read more

Bangladesh Under-23 football team will be desperate for their first win in the Bangabandhu Gold Cup when they take on SAFF semi-finalists Maldives in Dhaka today. The SA Games-bound Bangladeshi boys began their campaign with a 1-1 draw against Bahrain Under-23s while the Maldivians are right on top of Group B with

Substitute player Mithun Chowdhury rescued Bangladesh with a 76th-minute strike as hosts held Malaysian XI Felda United by 1-1 in their second Bangabandhu Gold Cup match in Dhaka on Wednesday. After a barren first-half, Muhammad Hadin put the visitors ahead in the 55th minute. The result means, Bangladesh are now sharing

Hosts Bangladesh will look to confirm their semi-final berth in their second match against a Malaysian XI as Bangabandhu Cup returns to Dhaka today after two days of break. Sri Lanka take on Nepal in the other match of the day at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. All eyes will be on the hosts, who began ... Read more

The Bangladesh Football Federation on Monday announced to introduce the cash prize money and trophy made of pure gold for the winners of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup. BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag told reporters that the champions of the ongoing fourth edition will receive a cash prize of $50,000 while the runners-up

SAFF Suzuki Cup semi-finalists Maldives kicked-off their Bangabandhu Gold Cup campaign with a thrilling 3-2 win over Cambodia at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore on Monday. Forward Hassan Naiz bagged a brace while Easa Ismail scored the other goal for the winners. Vanderth Son and Dina Tit pulled two goals back for Cambodia.

Bangladesh take on Sri Lanka in Bangabandhu Gold Cup opener today Hosts Bangladesh will be eager to wipe off their recent SAFF Suzuki Cup debacle as they open their Bangabandhu Gold Cup campaign against Sri Lanka at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore today. Even though Bangladesh have better records, Sri Lanka will take the ... Read more