Football

The Bangladesh Football Federation scrapped the Shahid Salam District Stadium in Feni as the Bangladesh Premier League venue on Wednesday after it found no significant improvement to the facilities. The stadium, home of Feni Soccer Club, had been hosting the BPL matches since 2010. Feni, who face relegation with 11 points from 18 matches, played the first

BTV, Maasranga, GTV all given rights The uncertainty over live broadcasting of FIFA World Cup in Bangladesh has been removed, said the officials of the Bangladesh Football Federation, adding that the governing body of world’s football handed the rights jointly to Bangladesh Television, Gazi Television and Maasranga Television. The broadcasting was put into uncertainty after an ... Read more

With two weeks to go to the finals of the soccer World Cup in Brazil, small German start-up company GoalControl has the technology ready make the calls cheered and challenged around the globe: goal or no goal. This year’s World Cup will be the first when ‘goal-line technology’ will be used, years after the concept was ... Read more

With the World Cup football knocking at the door, the football fans across the country are busy collecting their favourite teams’ jerseys and other football souvenirs to join the quadrennial festival. From the street hawkers to the posh shopping malls in the city, businessmen are ready to cash in on the football mania in sports-crazy Bangladesh. The ... Read more

Brothers Union finished the second phase in the Bangladesh Premier League with a comfortable 2-1 win over Team BJMC at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. The sixth win in nine matches of the second phase took Brothers to fourth place in league table with 29 points from 18 matches. Team BJMC, on the other

The 5th Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Gold Cup Football Tournament will start on Friday with the participation of all 17 district teams under the division. The teams will be divided into four groups and the group matches will be played in 14 venues. The tournament will start with Munshiganj hosting the opening group games. The teams will ... Read more

Former Sheikh Russell KC coach Maruful Haque has joined Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club as the technical adviser for the remainder of the season, confirmed the club officials, adding that he will start working in the capacity from today. ‘Maruf is one of the most experienced coaches in Dhaka football and we want to use his vast ... Read more

Paulo Ito, a street artist, painted a mural of a hungry kid crying for food, but the only thing he has on his plate is a soccer balloon, in a school in Sao Paulo on May 10 and a photo of the artwork has since been shared more than 50,000 times on Facebook alone, reports ... Read more

Draw ruled the Bangladesh Premier League matches on Friday as table-toppers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club were held 1-1 by Uttar Baridhara at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. The other two matches of the day between Team BJMC v Chittagong Abahnai and Muktijoddha Sangsad KC v Feni Soccer Club also ende in 1-1 draw. With the

Wahed Ahmed scored a brace as Mohammedan Sporting Club continued their impressive run in the Bangladesh Premier League, edging past Brothers Union 2-1 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Earlier in the opening fixture of the day, Sheikh Russell KC held Abahani Limited to a goalless draw, dealing a major blow to their quest for ... Read more

BFF takes initiative of paying due wages Lodewijk De Kruif, the Dutch coach of Bangladesh national football team, will return to Dhaka at the end of this month after nearly two months’ vacation, said the officials of the Bangladesh Football Federation on Wednesday. De Kruif along with his assistant Rene Koster left Dhaka on April 7. ... Read more

Two relegation sides, Uttar Baridhara and Feni Soccer Club, shared points in the Nitol Tata Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. Uttar Baridahara came from behind to secure a draw as their Kenyan striker Collings Tiego levelled the scoreline in the 76th minute after Akbar Hossain Ridon

Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull as well as singer Claudia Leitte are bringing worlds together just in time for the forthcoming FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil, reports website. With the release of their new video ‘We Are One,’ on Saturday, both brought the Latin flavour they’re best known for, Plus, J Lo brought the sexy ... Read more

BU, Muktis draw 1-1 The top of the table clash in the Bangladesh Premier League between Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Abahani Limited ended in a stalemate at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Thanks to the draw, Jamal remained firmly at the top raising their tally to 38 points from 16 matches, six ahead of ... Read more

Mohammedan Sporting Club earned a hard fought 1-0 win against Chittagong Abahani in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. After their humiliating 3-0 defeat to Sheikh Jamal in the previous game, the black-and-white outfit returned to winning ways against a side who are now at the

Defending champions Sheikh Russell suffered a shock 2-1 defeat against Team BJMC in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. Though a week ago Russell created history by becoming the first Bangladeshi team to qualify for the final round of the AFC Presidents Cup, they have

Bangladesh Football Federation general secretary Abu Nayeem Sohag left Dhaka for the United Kingdom on Thursday to collect the forthcoming FIFA World Cup tickets allotted for the Bangladeshi citizens. The BFF, who received the tickets through courier service in the past, sent its general secretary following a directive from FIFA, according to the official. ‘We were

Abahani Limited posted a comfortable 5-2 victory against Uttar Baridhara in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Thanks to their biggest win in the ongoing campaign, Abahani raised their tally to 31 points from 15 matches, still six points behind the table-toppers Sheikh Jamal DC.

Muktijoddha Sangsad returned to winning ways after two consecutive defeats thrashing Chittagong Abahani 6-0 in their Bangladesh Premier League match at Gopalgonj on Tuesday. Nigerian forwards Sunday Chizuba and Nkwocha Kingsley each struck a hat-trick as Muktijoddha enthralled fans in their first match in makeshift home venue.

Reigning Bangladesh Premier League champions Sheikh Russell KC thumped Ugyen Academy of Bhutan 4-0 in their last group match in Colombo on Sunday to become the first Bangladeshi club to qualify for the AFC President’s Cup final round. Mithun Chowdhury scored a brace to take his tournament tally to four goals while Haitian Pascal Millien