Football

The Bangladesh Football Federation has demanded Tk 35 crore from the government for each year to to run football smoothly, officials said after a meeting with the state minister for youth and sports, Biren Shikder, on Tuesday. The deputy minister for youth and sports, Arif Khan Joy, also attended the meeting at the office of Biren ... Read more

The newly appointed coach of Sheikh Russell KC, Dragan Gjukanovic, failed to make a winning start as they were held by Chittagong Abahani 1-1 in his first match in charge in the Bangladesh Premier League on Monday. Russell, who won the corresponding fixture in the first phase by 2-1 goals, needed a penalty, converted by Haitian ... Read more

Mohammedan Sporting Club carried the momentum of their Independence Cup in the Bangladesh Premier League edging past Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 1-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. A tenth-minute strike by unmarked Zahid Hasan Ameli helped Mohammedan climb to third position with 17 points from 10 outings. The result took Mohammedan

Last season’s treble winners Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra sacked coach Maruful Haque and his two assistants coaches and replaced him with Montenegrin Dragan Gjukanovic in a dramatic move on Saturday. Russell are struggling to reproduce their last season’s performance and have already been dethroned in Federation Cup and Independence Cup. The 46-year-old coach,

Table-toppers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club kicked off their second phase of the Bangladesh Premier league with a 2-1 win over Chittagong Abahani at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. Defender Nasiruddin Chowdhury proved that a good footballer can play in a striker’s position too. Though starting his career as a striker, Nasir became a defender in

Cristiano Ronaldo has told So Foot Junior of his desire to win the World Cup with Portugal this summer – and believes it is possible with hard work, reports ESPN FC. Ronaldo has won many trophies at club level, claiming the Premier League three times as well as the 2004 FA Cup and 2008 Champions ... Read more

Bale scored a stunning individual goal five minutes from time to win the Copa del Rey for Real Madrid as they overcame Barcelona 2-1 at the Mestalla in Valencia on Wednesday. The Welshman had previously been wayward with a series of efforts on goal, but he finally made his mark as he galloped through on goal ... Read more

Liverpool’s position atop the Premier League table was strengthened on Wednesday when title rivals Manchester City were held to a 2-2 draw at home to bottom club Sunderland. Beaten 3-2 at Liverpool on Sunday, City were bidding to close to within four points of Brendan Rodgers’s side in the first of their two games in ... Read more

Spain on Thursday hailed Gareth Bale’s wonder goal that downed arch rivals Barcelona to win the Copa del Rey final. Spanish newspapers paid homage to Bale’s strength and power while the Welsh winger himself declared that winning the cup was ‘a dream come true’. Madrid daily Marca recreated his 58 metre run at an average speed ... Read more

The venue inspection committee of Bangladesh Football Federation decided to give the clubs outside Dhaka a few more weeks to improve their facilities in order to host the Bangladesh Premier League matches. The inspection committee, led by BFF senior vice-president Abdus Salam Murshedi, visited all three venues – Gopalganj Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium,

Thousands of cheering Real Madrid fans welcomed their team back to the Spanish capital early Thursday after winning the Copa del Rey with a 2-1 victory over arch rivals Barcelona. Supporters, many wrapped in the club’s flag, cheered as the squad arrived at Madrid’s central Cibeles Square, the traditional home for raucous Real Madrid victory celebrations,

Notorious Argentine ‘barras bravas’ football hooligans can travel to the World Cup without intelligence being passed on beforehand to hosts Brazil, a court has ruled. The court in Buenos Aires said that the Argentine government is not allowed to tell another country the personal information about its citizens, a lawyer

Governing body FIFA on Tuesday opened the final sales phase for World Cup tickets and reported 126,837 of 199,519 available for 54 of the 64 matches were snapped up within four hours. Brazilian nationals bagged two thirds of the latest sales, FIFA said, accounting for 80,496 tickets with 46,341 tickets going to fans outside the host ... Read more

Arsenal came from behind to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League as Lukas Podolski’s double inspired a vital 3-1 win over West Ham on Tuesday. Arsene Wenger’s side are in danger of failing to reach Europe’s elite club competition for the first time in 17 years after a miserable run saw ... Read more

Spain, Argentina and Brazil have the most expensive squads of the 32 sides competing in the World Cup in June, Brazilian financial daily Valor reported on Monday. The squad of reigning champions Spain is worth an estimated 486.9 million euros ($674 million), ahead of 474.1 million euros for Argentina and 470.2 million

Mohammedan Sporting Club ruined Feni Soccer Club’s dream of clinching the Independence Cup title with a 5-4 win in tie-breaker at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Feni Soccer’s Gambian forward Kabba Jobe took the first shot for his side in the shoot-out but Mohammedan keeper Mamun Khan made all the difference by producing a

Mohammedan Sporting Club goalkeeper Mamun Khan proved his worth by saving a spot-kick of Feni Soccer’s Gambian marksman Kabba Jobe, helping his side lift the Independence Cup title on Saturday. Mamun presented Mohammedan the title of Super Cup last year by blocking two shots in tie breaker. The efforts pleased Mamun as his stunning save gave

Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited set up a final date with Feni Soccer Club on Saturday after beating archrivals Abahani Limited 1-0 in a high-octane semi-final of the Independence Cup at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. A deflection off Mohammedan skipper Zahid Hasan Ameli in the 32nd minute strike decided the fate of the match,

Following a victory against archrivals Abahani Limited for the very first time in two years, Mohammedan’s Portuguese coach Rui Capella Batista duly gave credit to his players for the memorable win on Wednesday.  The 48-year old Portuguese coach admitted that luck was in their favour and now they were dreaming of clinching the title. ‘All the

Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited reached the semi-finals of the Independence Cup with a 1-0 victory over Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. The Black and White outfit played their best game of the season to beat Muktijoddha, who made the last eight after displaying some tremendous football in the group stage.