Football

Bangladesh golfer Jamal Hossain Mollah ended his McLeod Russell Tour Championship campaign in joint-12th place after the final round concluded in Kolkata, India on Sunday. Jamal, who occupied joint-10th position after the third round’s play on Saturday, could only finish in joint-12th after hitting one-under-par 71 in

The upcoming scheduled matches of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League have been postponed indefinitely due to a shortage of security personnel, the Bangladesh Football Federation announced in a press release on Sunday. The press release said that the league will remain suspended indefinitely until further decisions are made. BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club registered a facile 3-1 win against promoted Chittagong Abahani in their opening match of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Nigerian marksman Emeka Darlington scored a brace after Jamal’s acting captain Nasir Chowdhury had opened the account for the winners. Ahsanul Haque Milon

Bangladeshi golfer Jamal Hossain Mollah moved to the top 10 after the third round of the McLeod Russell Tour Championship in Calcutta, India on Saturday. Jamal, who finished the second round in 15th position, ended round three playing a two-under-par and he is now joint-10th alongside 18 other competitors.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes says the Real Madrid star would score 120 goals a season if he played for Barcelona after being quizzed on the goalscoring exploits of Lionel Messi, reports goal.com. The Portuguese has scored 69 goals in 2013 – a tally superior than any other player on the planet and 24 more than ... Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo says he would be happy to work with former Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho again in the future, reports goal.com. The relationship between the pair was reportedly a distant one by the time Mourinho left the Santiago Bernabeu for Chelsea at the end of last season.

Defending champions Sheikh Russell KC made a flying start in the opening match of the seventh edition of the Bangladesh Premier Football League, crushing promoted side Uttar Baridhara 4-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. National forward Mithun Chowdhury netted a hat-trick while Jamaican recruit Ricardo Cousins grabbed the other goal in a

The seventh edition of the Bangladesh Premier Football League kicks off today with defending champions Sheikh Russell Krira facing Uttar Baridhara in the opening match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. the competition wide open thanks to six equally competitive teams who all have the capacity to win the title. Russell will take to field knowing that their

The Bangladesh Football Federation on Monday formed a three-member committee to evaluate 19 development coaches, whose contracts will run out on December 31. BFF technical director Bayejid Jubayer Nipu and two senior coaches, Saiful Bari Titu and Maruful Haque, were given the responsibility

The Bangladesh Football Federation on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Sports Council for the instalment of an artificial turf at the Birsreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur. As per the MoU, the Mostafa Kamal Stadium was leased to the BFF by the NSC for 10 years although FIFA instructions suggest the

Abahani Limited’s Iranian coach Ali Akbar Parmoslemi said his first task will be to lift the morale of the side after they registered yet another failure in the season’s curtain-raising tournament, the Federation Cup. Parmoslemi joined Abahani on Sunday, taking over from Amalesh Sen, who guided the side to the Federation Cup semi-final after the club ... Read more

The Bangladesh Football Federation is yet to find a sponsor for the seventh edition of the domestic football league, which is scheduled to get underway from December 27. Grameenphone, who sponsored the last two seasons of the top flight, has not renewed their contract due to the current political situation that has

East End Club will face PWD Sporting Club today in the opening match of the Kool Second Division Football League at the Bir Sreshtho Shahid Sipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalpur. 15 clubs will participate in the league, with the four top teams gaining promotion to the First Division League next year and bottom two ... Read more

Bangladesh Football Federation President Kazi Salahuddin hopes to capitalise on the interest of thousands of football lovers during the FIFA World Cup trophy’s stay in Bangladesh. Players from the national football team also said that seeing the trophy had increased their motivation to perform well in the future.

Mismanagement marked the end of the FIFA World Cup trophy display that enthralled thousands of spectators during its three-day stay in Bangladesh capital Dhaka. A huge number of fans returned with broken hearts on Thursday, the final day of its tour, as the organisers finished the display programme at 2:15pm

Thousands of football fans ignored the political turmoil to gather at hotel Radisson Water Garden on Wednesday to get a glimpse of the FIFA World Cup trophy, which has been put on display by the Bangladesh Football Federation. The BFF brought the trophy in association with Coca Cola, a co-sponsor of the World Cup, on Tuesday ... Read more

The FIFA World Cup trophy arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday as a part of its 88-country tour ahead of 2014 tournament in Brazil. FIFA officials arrived with the trophy on Tuesday at 12:30pm. BFF president Kazi Salahuddin received the party at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The trophy was taken to the Bangabhaban, where President Abdul Hamid

Today, the original FIFA World Cup Trophy made by solid 18-caret gold is being expected to touch down Bangladesh when it arrive at the Shahjalal International Airport at 2:30pm from United Arab Emirates. A 21-member organising committee, led by the BFF president Kazi Mohammed Salahuddin and the chairman of the committee Salam Murshedi

The Bangladesh Football Federation held a rally on Sunday to kick off the celebration of the arrival of the FIFA World Cup trophy which is due this week. BFF president Kazi Salahuddin led the rally that started from the Bangladesh Football Federation House and ended at the Bangabandhu

Abahani Limited’s newly-recruited Iranian coach Akbar Ali will arrive in Dhaka on December 20 to take charge of the Dhanmondi-based club ahead of the seventh edition of the domestic football league, scheduled to get underway from December 27. Abahani, who were ousted by Sheikh Jamal