Mohammedan Sporting Club came from two goals down to beat Muktijoddha Sangsad 3-2 in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Chittagong Abahani sealed their first win of the league in the other match of the day when they edged Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society thanks to an 18-minute strike of Sumon ... Read more
Football
Kruif returns for WC qualifiers
Dutchman Lodewijk de Kruif arrived Dhaka on Wednesday to take charge of the national football team for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers, which is set to get underway from June 11. Kruif is expected to supervise the team in the first two matches, respectively against Kirgizstan and Tajikistan on June 11 and 16. The Bangladesh Football Federation ... Read more
Enamul, Sabuz in preliminary WC squad
Experienced forwards Enamul Haque and Towhidul Alam Sabuz are set to make a return to the national fold after a long gap, officials of the Bangladesh Football Federation said on Tuesday. Both Enamul and Sabuz have been drafted in the Bangladesh preliminary squad for the World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers that is to be submitted ... Read more
BKSP clinch Nat’l youth hockey title
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan clinched the Agrani Bank 25th National Youth Hockey title with a thumping 6-0 win over Dhaka DSA in the final at Moulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Monday. Arshad Hossian struck twice while Raju Ahmed, Mohammad Mohsin, Mahbub Hossain, Fazle Hossain Rabbi scored one each for the winners. Earlier in the morning, Rajshahi
Jamal edge past Russell
Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club extended their lead at the top of the Bangladesh Premier League points table after a narrow 1-0 win over Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. With the match beginning with one-minute silence for Nepal earthquake victims, Gambian midfielder Landing Darboe struck the
BAF evacuates 49 Bangladeshis from Nepal
Bangladesh Air Force has evacuated 49 Bangladeshis including a 25-member Bangladesh football team from the earthquake affected Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Sunday night. On arrival with a BAF transport craft at Base Bangabandhu at Kurmitola, the returned passengers — some of them were holidaymakers and some were travelling for official purpose — said that now they
Relief as U-14 girls return from Nepal
Bangladesh Under-14 Girls’ football team returned home safely from earthquake-hit Nepal on Sunday by a special flight of Bangladesh Air Force. Bangladesh team was scheduled to play hosts Nepal in the final of the AFC Under-14 Girls’ Regional Championship at Dasarath Stadium of Kathmandu on Saturday. But the game was suspended due to earthshaking disaster four hours ... Read more
Ansar & VDP win Pioneer League title
Bangladesh Ansar & VDP came from behind to beat Tangail Football Academy 3-2 to clinch the title of Pioneer Football League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. All five goals were scored in the second period of the game, thanks to Shamim, Rayhan and Jewel scoring one goal each for the victors after Arif and ... Read more
Walson quadruple stuns Muktis
A sublime quadruple from Haitian forward Augustine Walson gave Brothers Union a dazzling 5-2 win over Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. While in the second match of the day, two dying moment goals from Zahid Hossain and Zahid Hasan Ameli gave Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra
BD girls reach AFC U-14 final
Bangladesh Under-14 women’s team reached to the AFC U-14 Girls Regional Championship final with a 2-0 win against Iran in the second semifinal at the Dasarath Stadium in Kathmandu in Nepal on Friday. Krishna Rani put Bangladesh ahead in the 23rd minute before Marzia sealed the victory in the 62nd minute. This was the first time Bangladesh ... Read more
Jamal continue winning run
Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club came from behind to beat Team BJMC 2-1 sealing their fifth consecutive win in the Bangladesh Premier league at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. BJMC took the lead with their captain Samson Iliasu but Jamal’s two in-form foreign forwards, Haitian Wedson Anselme and Nigerian Emeka Darlington, turned
Sabina returns from Maldives
Bangladesh’s star footballer Sabina Khatun returned home on Tuesday after a memorable debut season with the Police Club of Maldives. Sabina became the first Bangladeshi female footballer to play in an overseas football league and she made it memorably by scoring 37 goals in just six matches including an astonishing 16-goal in one match. Sabina, who left ... Read more
Brothers stun Mohammedan
Mohammedan Sporting Club suffered their second consecutive loss in the Bangladesh Premier League when they were defeated 1-0 by Brothers Union at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. The Black and Whites, who lost to Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra by same margin in their previous game, were helpless against the consistent pressure from Brothers’ foreign
Muktis move atop with Russell win
Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra sealed their fourth consecutive win in the Bangladesh Premier League after defeating Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra 2-1 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. With the win Muktijoddha are now sharing the top spot of the points table with defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, who also won their first
Thumping win for Jamal
Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club continued their brilliant form in the Bangladesh Premier League as they claimed a thumping 4-0 win over Chittagong Abahani at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Jamal’s two foreign forwards Haitian Wedson Anselme and Nigerian Emeka Darlington carried their fine form to score a brace each.
B’desh WC home qualifiers schedule finalised
The Bangladesh Football Federation on Saturday finalised the schedule of the upcoming World Cup 2018 qualifying round home matches against Bangladesh’s four Group B opponents. All of the games will be played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Bangladesh will start their qualification campaign against Kyrgyzstan on June 11 before facing Tajikistan
Russell edge past Mohammedan
Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra continued their winning run in the Bangladesh Premier League with a narrow 1-0 win over fallen giants Mohammedan Sporting Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. In the other match of the day at the same venue, Brothers Union tasted their first win of the league by defeating Farashganj Sporting ... Read more
Camara breaks Abahani hearts
Senegal forward Camara Sarba broke the hearts of Abahani Limited by scoring a 95th minute winner to propel Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra to the semi-finals of the Federation Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. Last edition’s runners-up Muktijoddha will now take on Mohammedan Sporting Club in the second semi-final on March 2. Though Abahani
Jamal into semis after shoot-out thriller
Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club escaped narrowly at Federation Cup after a 5-4 victory in the sudden death against Brothers Union in the first quarter-final on Tuesday. 120-minute including 30 minutes extra-time ended 2-2 so that the game rolled onto the tiebreaker where Brothers’ sixth penalty taker, Habib Mia missed his chance to seal the ... Read more
Jamal storm into Fed Cup quarters
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club dashed Team BJMC with a huge 7-0 defeat to advance to the quarterfinal of the Federation Cup as Group A champions at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. The reigning champions faced no pressure to manage the win despite their coach Maruful Haque rested four main players. Maruf observed his side bench by ... Read more