Football

Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain both gained convincing victories on Wednesday in their respective Champions League quarter-final first leg matches to give themselves the upper hand ahead of next week’s second legs. Real, who have reached the semi-finals in the past three seasons, avenged in part last season’s semi-finals defeat to Borussia Dortmund by

Feni Soccer Club knocked defending champions Sheikh Russell out in the quarter-finals of the Independence Cup as the outsiders beat them 4-3 in penalties at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. The match went to the tiebreaker with the scores level at 2-2 after regulation and extra time, and Feni Soccer Club registered the victory after ... Read more

The Bangladesh Football Federation is set to begin a talent-hunt programme across the country under the supervision of national team coach Lodewijk de Kruif, said an official on Sunday. A meeting of the BFF’s development committee, held at BFF house, decided that they will start the programme in seven different divisions from

Mohammedan SC progressed to the quarterfinal of the Independence Cup football tournament along with archrivals Abahani Limited from Group 3 after the former defeated Arambagh KS 4-1 at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. Mohammedan skipper Zahid Hasan Ameli notched a brace while Nigerian midfielder Damien Chigozie and Touhidul Alam Sobuj

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti is determined that his side bounce back straight away from their dramatic 4-3 defeat to Barcelona when they travel to Sevilla today. Los Blancos were knocked off top spot in La Liga by Atletico Madrid after losing for the first time in 31 games in all competitions. Atletico lead due

Sheikh Jamal DC set a new record for the biggest margin of victory in their last game of the first phase of the Bangladesh Premier Football League as they routed Uttar Baridhara 8-0 at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Sheikh Jamal’s attacking duo Emeka Darlington and Wedson Anselme scored seven goals between themselves while skipper Mamunul ... Read more

Robin van Persie scored a hat-trick as Manchester United kept their season alive by storming back to beat Olympiakos 3-0 and reach the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday. United were left on the brink of elimination after losing the first leg of the last 16 tie 2-0, but on a stirring night at Old Trafford ... Read more

The Bangladesh football team returned home on Friday in a jubilant frame of mind as they were received by officials of football’s governing body with flower garlands. The national footballers arrived in Dhaka from Goa, India where they took part in a FIFA international friendly against the hosts. Bangladesh

Bangladesh seemed poised to claim a maiden victory against hosts India in a FIFA Friendly, but Indian skipper Sunil Chhetri again broke the hearts of Bangladeshi football fans with his stoppage time equalizer as the South Asian rivals drew 2-2 at the Pandit Jawhar Lal Neheru Stadium on Wednesday. Just as he did at the SAFF ... Read more

Kazi Salahuddin was unanimously re-elected president of the South Asian Football Federation for another four years at the SAFF annual general meeting in Dhaka on Wednesday. With no other candidates running for the president’s post to oppose Bangladesh Football Federation president Salahuddin in the lead-up to the election,

The Bangladesh national football team returns to action after six months, taking on India today at 6:30pm in a FIFA Friendly at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa. The match will be televised live on Ten Action. Ranked 164th in the world, the Bangladesh

The Bangladesh football team departed Dhaka on Sunday afternoon with the dream of beating India in the FIFA international friendly on Wednesday in Goa. Bangladesh will draw confidence from Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, who exhibited impressive performances in the recently concluded IFA Shield in Kolkata.

Bangladesh’s Dutch head coach Lodewijk de Kruif on Monday announced a 28-member preliminary squad for the forthcoming FIFA friendly game against India. The Dutch coach picked five new footballers — Sheikh Jamal defender Didarul Haque, Brothers Union midfielders Rubel Miah and Jewel Rana,

Bangladesh Football Federation general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag on Sunday said that Kazi Salahuddin is expected to remain in his post of South Asian Football Federation president as he is the lone candidate. ‘BFF president Kazi Salahuddin put forward his nomination paper with the support of four countries – Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bhutan and Nepal. No ... Read more

IFA Shield runners up Sheikh Jamal DC were held by Team BJMC 2-2 in the Bangladesh Premier League at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. The Dhanmondi-based side failed to display their dazzling array of football and had to be satisfied with the share of points for the second consecutive game

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club players are likely to benefit from their performance in the IFA Shield as coach Lodewijk de Kruif considers including many of them in his preliminary squad for a FIFA friendly against India next month. De Kruif has almost finalised his squad, which could feature as many as 12 players from Jamal, who ... Read more

The Bangladesh football team will go into their FIFA international friendly against India, scheduled for March 5 in Goa, with just a day’s preparation. Keeping the friendly match in mind, the Bangladesh Football Federation’s professional football league committee rescheduled three matches of

Sheikh Jamal’s Nigerian coach Joseph Afusi on Monday claimed that his side lost the just-concluded IFA Shield final to Indian club Kolkata Mohammedan due to bad luck. The Dhanmondi-based club returned to Dhaka from Kolkata, India on Monday after taking part in the 118th edition of the IFA Shield, the fourth

Bangladesh national team midfielder Shohel Rana may be playing in England soon, his club Sheikh Jamal DC’s Nigerian coach Joseph Afusi said on Monday. Afusi has been in contact with some English clubs who have shown an interest in Shohel, and he said that Shohel will get a call from an English club

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club failed to make history as they narrowly lost the IFA Shield final in the tie-breaker against Kolkata Mohammedan at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday. Haitian playmaker Sony Norde gave Sheikh Jamal the lead but veteran Indian defender Mehrazuddin equalised for the home side. After some late drama,