Football

IFA Shield final today Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Kolkata Mohammedan will meet each other today at Salt Lake Stadium for the second time in as many weeks and this time the precious IFA Shield trophy is at stake. The final of the world’s fourth-oldest football competition will be shown live in Star Jalsha Movies from ... Read more

National football team’s Dutch head coach Lodewijk de Kruif on Thursday said that he, alongside his assistant Rene Koster want to settle the issue of outstanding wages before they start planning for the international friendly against India scheduled for March 5.  De Kruif informed the media that both he and Koster were still to receive ... Read more

A top official of Indian club Mohun Bagan proposed Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin to organise a tournament in Dhaka featuring the top sides of India and Bangladesh. The official expressed his interest on behalf of Mohun Bagan in light of Bangladeshi top flight club Sheikh Jamal DC’s recent successes in the

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club dashed East Bengal’s hopes of reaching their third consecutive IFA Shield final as the Bangladeshi outfit beat the local giants 3-0 in the first semi-final at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Tuesday. This is the second time a Bangladeshi club has reached the IFA Shield final. Dhaka Mohammedan lost the ... Read more

A confident Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club side will face East Bengal F.C – the most successful Indian club in history – today at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata for a spot in the final of the 119th IFA Shield. The Dhanmondi-based club made it to today’s semi-final after beating Sikkim United and Kolkata powerhouse Mohunbagan F.C ... Read more

Muktijoddha Sangsad progressed to second spot in the Nitol Tata Bangladesh Premier League standings after a resounding 5-0 victory over newly-promoted Uttar Baridhara on Monday at Bangabandhu National Stadium. Mohammed Biplob and Nigerian recruit Nkwocha Kingsley notched a brace each while another Nigerian striker Eleta Kingsley also got his name

Abahani and Usha KC finished as Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League co-champions after Abahani’s 3-0 win over Usha KC at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Sunday. The result left both teams level on 24 points from nine matches and produced league co-champions for the fifth time, after 1990, 1991, 2006 and 2010. The competition

Title aspirants Abahani Limited missed the opportunity to extend their lead at the top after succumbing to a 1-1 draw against second-from-bottom Chittagong Abahani in the Nitol Tata Bangladesh Premier League on Sunday at Bangabandhu National Stadium. The Sky Blues went ahead in the 10th minute

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club made history by beating Calcutta giant Mohunbagan 1-0 in a must-win match to clinch a semi-final spot in the 119th IFA Shield on Saturday. Haitian playmaker Sony Norde scored the winner from a free kick from a tough position as Sheikh Jamal became the first Bangladeshi team to

Mohammedan Sporting Club registered a 3-1 victory over Feni Soccer Club to finish their first phase campaign in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Mohammedan skipper Zahid Hasan Ameli and Wahed Ahmed each scored in the comfortable victory, while Egyptian

Usha Krira Chakra registered another comfortable 4-0 victory over Sadharan Bima while Abahani Limited thrashed Ajax Sporting Club 13-1 in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League on Friday. Mamunur Rahman Chayan and Krishana Kumar scored twice for Usha, while Abahani’s Pakistani forwards Kashif Ali and Abdul Hashim Khan scored three goals each.

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will face local giant Mohunbagan FC today for a semi-final spot in their last group B match at the Yuba Bharati Krirangon, Salt Lake in Calcutta. It is a must-win match for the Dhanmondi club, who have just three points to Mohunbagan’s four. Sheikh Jamal will take the field with a foreign-based

The United States ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena visited the Bangladesh Football Federation house on Friday as the chief guest of the Sports United program closing ceremony. The ambassador was hopeful that the United States would assist in the development of Bangladeshi football in the future. Former US footballers

Both Muktijoddha Sangsad and Feni Soccer Club drew their third consecutive game in the Nitol Tata Bangladesh Premier League as the two sides played out a 1-1 draw at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Courtesy the draw, Muktijoddha now have 12 points from eight matches, the same tally as Sheikh Russell KC but the latter are ... Read more

Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited were held to a 1-1 draw by Brothers Union in the Bangladesh Premier Football League on Tuesday at Bangabandhu National Stadium. The Motijheel-based football giant managed their fifth draw in eight matches, winning only two and also went down to archrivals Abahani Limited.

Two former US national footballers — Tony Sanneh and Linda Hamilton — spent a busy day at the Bangladesh Football Federation astroturf teaching football skills to youth footballers on Tuesday. The two former star footballers arrived in Dhaka on Monday to conduct a football workshop for three days as part of a ‘Cultural Exchange Programme’

Bangladeshi club Sheikh Jamal DC will play their second Group B match today against United Sikkim in the 118th IFA Shield football tournament at Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata. The Dhanmondi-based outfit lost their opening match against Kolkata Mohammedan by 2-0 on Sunday so in order to keep alive their semifinal hope,

Defending champions Sheikh Russell KC drew their third consecutive match in the Bangladesh Premier Football League after their tie with Abahani Limited ended in a stalemate at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. Table-topper Abahani, on the other hand, dropped points for the first time after four successive wins. With 17 points from seven matches, Abahani top

Bangladesh top-flight club Sheikh Jamal DC began their IFA Shield campaign with a 2-1 defeat against Indian side Kolkata Mohammedan SC at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Sunday. Playing their opening match of Group B, Sheikh Jamal went ahead in the 41st minute through a long-range shot from Haitian playmaker Sony Norde.

Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited finally savoured a victory in the Bangladesh Premier Football League after they overcame Chittagong Abahani 2-0 at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Former national midfielder Towhidul Alam opened Mohammedan’s account while captain Zahid Hasan Ameli sealed the 2-0 margin in the second half. Both the goals