Football

King’s cup Abahani face uphill task Abahani Limited will face group A table-toppers Pune FC of India in Bhutan’s King’s Cup today in their last match, needing to win the game by an improbable 5-0 margin in order to progress to the semi-final.The match will kick off at 3:00 pm Bangladesh standard time at the ... Read more

Former national player Kazi Joshimuddin Ahmed Joshi was appointed as the head coach of Mohammedan Sporting Club for the forthcoming 2014-15 football season, said the club on Monday. Joshi, also an ex-player of the club, was apparently rewarded for his recent success with the youth teams of the club. Under Joshi’s supervision, Mohammedan Under-16 and Under-18 teams

King’s Cup Thai club hold Jamal Defending Bangladesh champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club played out a goalless draw with Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima Mazda FC in their second group A match of the Bhutan’ King’s Cup on Sunday. Jamal dominated the match at the Chenglimithang Stadium in Thimphu, but they had to be satisfied with a single ... Read more

Abahani Limited squandered a 2-0 lead to be held for a 2-2 draw by Manang Marsyangdi Club of Nepal in Bhutan’s King’s Cup on Saturday to dash their hopes of qualifying for the semis effectively. Abahani took the two-goal cushion inside 37 minutes at the Chenglimithang Stadium in Thimphu before allowing the Nepalese club to claw ... Read more

The Bangladesh Football Federation has received the green signal from the National Sports Council to host a fund-raising musical concert at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on February 13, officials said on Saturday. The BFF was planning to host the concert for quite some time but had to wait for the NSC nod in the face of ... Read more

Abahani Limited will take on Nepal A-Division League champions Manag Marshyangdi Club today in their third Group B match of the King’s Cup, hoping to keep their semi-final dream alive. The match will start at 7:00pm Bangladesh time at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan. Abahani’s hope to reach the semi-finals received a huge

Saff Woman;s C’Ship Bangladesh heartbroken again Bangladesh were left heartbroken again when they lost 1-0 to Nepal in the semi-final of the 3rd SAFF Women’s Championship at the Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad on Wednesday. A 55-minute penalty from Sajana Rana shattered Bangladesh’s dream of reaching the final for the first time. This was the second time ... Read more

A last-gasp Tshering Wangdi strike condemned Abahani Limited to a 1-0 defeat against Bhutan’s Ugyen Academy in the King’s Cup on Tuesday, leaving the four-time Bangladesh Premier League champions face a battle for a semi-final slot. Wangdi struck four minutes from time at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thumphu to surprise Abahani, who reportedly became the first ... Read more

Renowned sports commentator, footballer and recipient of national sports award Manzur Hasan Mintu died in an Indian hospital on Tuesday. Mintu, 78, was visiting India along with his wife to offer prayer in Ajmeer. The couple reached Jaipur where Mintu collapsed in hotel bathroom and started vomiting, said family. He was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors

After a scrappy 1-0 win in the opening game, Abahani Limited will be hoping to come alive when they take on local side Ugyen Academy in their second King’s Cup match in Thimphu today. Though, the Bangladesh Premier League runners-up had the last laugh over Assam Electricity on Sunday, Abahani struggled to find their full rhythm ... Read more

Saff Women’s C’ship Bangladesh into semis Bangladesh confirmed their semi-final berth in the SAFF Women’s Championship after a convincing 3-1 win over Maldives at the Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad on Monday. Forward Sabina Kathun scored a brace while Maynu Marma was the other scorer for the winners. Maynu put the winners in front in the 18th ... Read more

Abahani Limited kicked-off their campaign in the King’s Cup in Bhutan on a winning note when they beat Assam Electricity Ltd of India 1-0 at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on Sunday. Guinean striker Ismael Bangoura scored the all important goal for the Bangladesh Premier League runners-up in the 20th minute. Abahani take on Ugyen Academy of ... Read more

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club got off to a flying start in Bhutan’s King’s Cup with a thumping 3-0 win over local side Druk United at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on Saturday. Their newly recruited Gambian midfielder Landing Darboe, Nigerian forward Wedson Anselme and Rubel Miah each struck a goal as Jamal overcame freezing temperature and ... Read more

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club begin their campaign in the King’s Cup against Bhutan national league champions Druk United FC at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu today. Bangladesh Premier League champions feared freezing conditions of Thimphu at more than 7600 feet above sea level could be a stumbling block. Coach Maruful Haque

It is rare for a team to score over 500 runs and still lose the game but Zimbabwe are plotting to give Bangladesh exactly the same taste in the third Test at Chittagong. The visitors have reached 113-1 at stumps on the second day, still trailing Bangladesh’s first innings total of 503 runs by 390, ... Read more

The first-ever football academy of the country began its journey in Sylhet on Thursday with an aim to produce the star footballers of the future. Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith inaugurated the academy with a gala ceremony attended by as many as five ministers. It was a double delight for the Bangladesh Football Federation

Reigning Bangladesh Premier League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and runners-up Abahani Limited will leave for Bhutan today to take part in the King’s Cup Football Tournament, beginning on November 15. Both the sides will be participating in the tournament with a hope to reach the final which are also expected to be a great preparation ... Read more

Saff Women’s C’ship Bangladesh face Afghans today Bangladesh will begin their campaign of the third SAFF Women’s Football Championship against Afghanistan at the Jinnah Football Stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan today. The two teams have been drawn in Group A alongside India and the Maldives. ‘My team will try their best to pick up a good ... Read more

Under pressure from world football’s governing body, the Bangladesh Football Federation sets rolling the country’s first-ever football academy in Sylhet today without any long-term plan. A total of 40 students from two different age groups, who are currently in Sylhet to join the academy, face an uncertainty over their academic future as the BFF has no ... Read more

The Bangladesh Football Federation is thinking positively to appoint Slovenian Ermin Siljak as the head coach of the national team on a short-term basis after the second meeting between BFF and Siljak on Tuesday. Earlier, the 41-year old former Slovenian international submitted his curriculum vitae to the BFF president Kazi Salahuddin, who was searching a replacement ... Read more