Football

Lack of technique was the main reason behind the defeat against Japan Under-21 team, admitted Bangladesh national team interim coach Saiful Bari Titu on Thursday. ‘Players of the Japan team are superior to us in many contexts,’ Titu admitted after the 3-0 defeat at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. ‘They grew up as a footballer

Bangladesh face Japan Under-21 in friendly match at BNS today Bangladesh national football team will face Japan Under-21 team in a friendly match today, hoping to gain some experiences before January’s Bangabandhu Cup football. The match, which will be held at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu National Stadium, will start at 5:00pm and will be broadcasted live by ... Read more

Naib Subedar Azad Singh of Indian army travelled 45.64km to break the Guinness World Record of travelling the farthest distance balancing a football on the head. The earlier record had seen Bangladesh’s Abdul Halim covering 15.2km distance balancing a football on the head at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on

The Japan Under-21 national team comprised with 35 members is due to arrive in Dhaka today to take part in a single friendly football match against the Bangladesh National team. The friendly football match will be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on December 18. The Japanese team, who beat Thailand 2-0 in a friendly

The Bangladesh Football Federation has proposed the name of reigning Bangladesh Premier League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club for the friendly match against Korean top tier club Busan I’Park, said an official on Sunday. Korea Football Association has expressed their interest to arrange a friendly match between Busan I’Park, a K-League Classic 1st division club, and

Bangladesh are looking to appoint a foreign coach for national football team before the Bangabandhu Cup in January, the Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin said on Saturday. The BFF made its intention clear after interim coach Saiful Bari Titu expressed his inability to continue during a meeting with Salahuddin at his office on Saturday. Salahuddin told

The South Asian Football Federation is all set to transfer its secretariat in Dhaka from New Delhi after incumbent general secretary Alberto Colaco submitted his resignation recently. FIFA on November 27 slapped a three-year ban on Colaco for taking bribe during 2009 FIFA executive committee election. Bangladesh Football Federation president

Korea Football Association has expressed their interest to arrange a friendly match between Busan I’Park, a K-League Classic 1st division club and Bangladesh national team or a top club in Bangladesh. KFA sent an e-mail to the Bangladesh Football Federation on December 8 asking them the availability of national team or a top premier league club, ... Read more

Bangladesh will go into their friendly against Japan Under-21 team this week with a defensive mindset, coach Saiful Bari Titu said on Friday. Japan is sending a strong team to face Bangladesh in December 18 friendly, which is also the home side’s last chance to test their skills before the Bangabandhu Gold Cup starts in January. Though ... Read more

The Asian Football Confederation has finalised its revised international structure this week, creating a window of opportunity for Bangladesh to get more exposures, said an official of the Bangladesh Football Federation on Thursday. BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag told reporters that the AFC has relayed the message to them on Thursday. ‘It is really a great ... Read more

The 2013 Bangladesh Premier League champions, Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra, have been drawn against Tajikistan’s Khayr Vahdat FK in the 2015 AFC Cup play-off, scheduled to be played in Tajikistan on February 10. If Russell win the match, they will take on Lebanese FA Cup champions Salam Zgharta on February 17 in Lebanon. Russell were given an ... Read more

Noakhali district became champions in the Chittagong Divisional Commissioner Cup Gold Cup Football Tournament that ended at Shaheed Bhulu Stadium in Noakhali on Thursday. Noakhali beat Rangamati 5-3 in penalty shootout in the final stipulated 90 minutes ended goalless. Additional Divisional Commissioner of Chittagong,

The Bangladesh Football Federation has extended the inter-club local players’ transfer window for nearly a month following a request from the Premier League clubs. The transfer window was supposed to be closed on December 11 but BFF’s Professional Football League Committee on Wednesday said it will not close on January 7.

Bangladesh national football team started their training camp on Monday for their friendly match against Japan Under-21 scheduled on December18, with also keeping an eye on Bangabadhu Gold Cup. All 23 members of the squad reported to coach Saiful Bari Titu except captain Mamunul Islam and Denmark-based midfielder Jamal Bhuiyan at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on

The Bangladesh Football Federation on Saturday announced a 23-member preliminary squad for the friendly against Japan U-21 team, scheduled to be held on December 18 in Dhaka. Striker Shakhawat Hossain Rony and defender Atiqur Rahman Meshu were recalled into the side while winger Yousuf Sifat and midfielder Atiqur Rahman Fahad,

Bangladesh are all set to host the Group E matches of the AFC Under-23 Championship qualifiers from March 27 to 31, said officials of the Bangladesh Football Federation on Thursday. The draw ceremony of the tournament held on Thursday at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur where Bangladesh were drawn in Group E along with Asian ... Read more

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club clinched the Bhutan’s King’s Cup title with a narrow 1-0 win over Indian side Pune FC in the final at the Chanlamithang Stadium, Thimpu on Tuesday. Defender Yeasin Khan scored the all important goal in the 25th minute to confirm the second ever international silverware for his club. The trophy also erased the ... Read more

Bangladesh champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club came from behind to beat defending champions Manang Marshyangdi Club of Nepal 2-1 to reach the final in Bhutan’s King’s Cup on Saturday. Jamal trailed MMC until the 84th minute before Shakhwat Hossain Rony brought the scoreline level and send the game into extra-time when Landing Darboe of Gambia struck ... Read more

Defending Bangladesh Premier League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club thrashed Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan FC 5-3 to seal the semi-final berth in Bhutan’s King’s Cup on Thursday. Jamal became champions in their group thanks to the big win at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu and will now face Manang Marshyangdi Club of Nepal in the first ... Read more

King’s Cup Pune ensure Abahani exit Abahani completed their miserable performance in Bhutan’s King’s Cup when they suffered a 0-2 defeat to I-League side Pune FC in their last-group match to be eliminated from the group phase on Tuesday. Abahani’s second defeat in four matches meant Manang Marshyangdi Club of Nepal emerged as group runners-up to ... Read more