Football

Cristiano Ronaldo or Franck Ribery can have the Ballon d’Or, Zlatan Ibrahimovic does not need it. The Swedish striker has been in superb form this year for Paris St Germain, scoring eight goals in this season’s Champions League – as many as Real Madrid’s Ronaldo – to help the French side ease into the last 16. The ... Read more

Four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi will travel to his native Argentina on Friday to continue his recuperation from a torn hamstring, his club Barcelona confirmed on Thursday. Messi suffered his third and most serious muscle injury of the season earlier this month in a 4-1 win away to Real Betis and is ... Read more

Two workers were killed Wednesday when a crane collapsed at a stadium set to host next year’s World Cup opener, raising fresh doubts about Brazil’s ability to finish work for the tournament on schedule. Andres Sanchez, operations director at the Arena Corinthians site, said the workers, aged 44 and 42, were crushed to death when a ... Read more

Last year’s runners-up Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will look to secure a semi-final berth in the Federation Cup when they take on Mohammedan Sporting Club in the first quarter-final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. The match will start at 5:00pm which will be broadcast live on state-owned Bangladesh Television. Sheikh Jamal, the best side

The government is all set to break a long tradition by awarding shooter Atiqur Rahman with the National Sports Award despite him already receiving the Swadhinota Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh. Atique is one of the six sports personalities to have received the award for his gold-medal winning feat in the 1991 Commonwealth Games ... Read more

Muktijoddha Sangsad ensured top spot in Group B after eking out a 1-0 win over holders Sheikh Russell KC while Team BJMC also sealed their place as Group C champions after a 2-1 win against Brothers Union in the Federation Cup on Tuesday. Nigerian marksman Eleta Kingsley notched

Abahani Limited got the better of rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club 2-0 and set themselves up for a relatively easy Federation Cup quarter-final after topping Group D at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. The result sends Mohammedan into a tough quarter-final contest against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, who became Group A champions

Officials of both Abahani and Mohammedan admitted after the Group D game at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday that both the teams were looking to avoid Sheikh Jamal in the quarterfinal before their game got underway. The winner of the Group D tie between Abahani and Mohammedan would have avoided a last-eight clash with powerhouses

Muktijoddha Sangsad beat Chittagong Abahani 3-2 and Brothers Union beat Bangladesh Police 2-1 to book their spots in the knock-out stages of the Walton Federation Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Muktijoddha’s Group B victory also put defending champions Sheikh Russell KC, who beat Chittagong Abahani earlier, through to the

Rivals Abahani Ltd and Mohammedan SC meet today in a crucial Walton Federation Cup group match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Both teams, having already sealed quarter-final places courtesy comfortable victories over second-tier Rahmatganj MFS, will be aiming to top

Mohammedan SC increased their confidence level ahead of their match against arch-rivals Abahani Limited on Monday after a resounding 5-2 win over Rahamatganj MFS in the Federation Cup on Saturday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. In the second match of the day at the same venue,

Defending champions Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra failed to capture the imagination of their fans as they opened their Federation Cup campaign with a moderate 1-0 win over newly-promoted Chittagong Abahani on Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Meanwhile in the other game of the day in the

National team coach Lodewijk de Kruif and his assistant Rene Koster met with Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin at his Gulshan residence on Friday and expressed their disappointment at the BFF’s failure to support them in the implementation of their plans. BFF vice-president Tabith Awal was also present at the meeting.

Title-favourites Abahani Limited and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club got off to winning starts in the Federation Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Abahani Limited rode a hat-trick from Ghanaian striker Osei Morrison to cruise to a 3-0 victory against Rahamatganj MFS just 24 hours after

With the 2014 FIFA World Cup less than a year away, soft drinks giant Coca-Cola is about to kick off the fever through their biggest marketing campaign in Bangladesh titled ‘Under the Crown’. Through the promotion, valid from November 1 to December 14, Coca-Cola is giving the country’s football fans an exclusive opportunity to win

The 2013-14 football season will finally get underway today after a four-month gap with the matches of the Federation Cup final round at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. In the first match, Abahani Limited will face Rahmatganj MFS while last year’s runners-up Sheikh Jamal will take on Uttar Baridhara in the other

FIFA’s reported decision to extend the voting for the 2013 Ballon d’Or has been viewed in Spain as a blatant ploy to ensure Cristiano Ronaldo wins the prize, reports ESPN FC. The deadline for coaches and captains of national team and participating journalists to submit their top three choices had been Friday Nov 15,

Bangladesh Police moved to the final round of the upcoming 27th Federation Cup after a 2-0 victory over Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan in the play-off at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. Right-winger Zahirul Islam was the difference between the two sides with a goal and an assist as Bangladesh Police secured the vacant spot in ... Read more

Perennial arch-rivals Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting Club were pitted together in the same group in the draw ceremony of the 26th Federation Cup at the Bangladesh Football Federation House on Sunday. Eight-time champions Abahani and ten-time winners Mohammedan will face off in Group D, which is completed by Rahamatganj, in the

WC Qualifier: France facing exit Ronaldo saves Portugal  Cristiano Ronaldo earned Portugal a 1-0 win in the first leg of their World Cup playoff against Sweden, as France suffered a 2-0 loss versus Ukraine, reports ESPNsoccernet. Ronaldo’s diving header in the 82nd minute was the difference between Portugal and Sweden, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic unable to ... Read more