Football

Bangladesh were eliminated from the 10th SAFF Championship after a 2-1 defeat to Pakistan in their last Group A match at the Halchowk Stadium in Kathmandu on Thursday. Lodewijk de Kruif’s outfit finished with a single point from three group matches, the same return as the Bangladesh side were knocked out at the same

Bangladesh national team coach Lodewijk de Kruif lamented the underperformance of some of his players, which he felt was the reason behind his side’s first-round exit from the 10th SAFF Championship. Bangladesh exited the regional football tournament with just a solitary point from three games, finishing last in Group A behind table-toppers Nepal,

Bangladesh and Pakistan will face off at 3:45pm BST today at the Armed Police Forces Stadium in Kathmandu in their final Group A match at the 10th SAFF Championship, with each team hoping a win will see them through to the semi-finals. Bangladesh and Pakistan are on one point each,

Group A at the SAFF Championship is now wide open, with all four teams in with a chance to qualify for the knockout stages pending the results of the last two matches today. India and hosts Nepal, who face off at 3:45pm BST, have the best chances of advancing to the semi-finals, with four points ... Read more

Defending set-pieces continues to be a major issue for Bangladesh, who have already conceded three goals from such situations in their first two matches at the 10th SAFF Championship. Both of Nepal’s goals in their 2-0 opening match victory over Bangladesh on August 31st were scored from dead-balls. The latest blow came on Tuesday,

Bangladeshi hearts were broken by Indian captain Sunil Chhetri, who converted a free-kick from just outside the box with seconds left to salvage a crucial point for his team in a 1-1 draw at the Halchowak Stadium on Tuesday. The Bangladesh team broke down in tears as an all-but-confirmed victory slipped from their grasp with the ... Read more

Bangladesh national team coach Lodewijk de Kruif blamed the referees’ panel after their second Group A match of the 10th SAFF Championship against India on Tuesday. Dutch coach De Kruif pointed his finger at Sri Lankan referee Crishantha D. Perrera and fourth official Adham Muhammad Tumah Makhadmeh of Jordan,

Maldives captain and prolific forward Ali Ashfaq broke the South Asian Football Federation Championship all-time scoring record, previously held by former India striker IM Vijayan, with a double-hattrick against Sri Lanka on Monday. Ashfaq’s six in Maldives’ 10-0 victory at

The 10th South Asian Football Federation Championship gets under way in Kathmandu on Saturday. New Age will provide spot coverage of the event, with news and insight from Nepal. Holy intervention for hosts The Nepalese national football team visited

Memories of the 2003 SAFF Championship semi-final kept reverberating in the Bangladesh camp ahead today’s crucial match against India today, which will determine the former’s fate in the regional football fiesta. On their way to a historic triumph at home a decade ago, Bangladesh defeated India in the last four before getting the better of Maldives

The poor performance of the Bangladesh national team against Nepal in their opening game of the 10th SAFF Championship on Saturday prompted many near the team to raise questions about the attitude of the footballers. Most of the members of the national side

After a miserable night following their opening match defeat at the SAFF Championship, Bangladesh look ahead to the future, hoping to win their last two matches and book a spot in the semi-finals. Bangladesh were beaten 2-0 by hosts Nepal on Saturday, making their path to the last four tricky. However, coach Lodewijk de Kruif ... Read more

National team striker Shakhawat Hossain Rony aggravated a groin injury during the first match of the SAFF Championship on Saturday against Nepal, further deepening Bangladesh’s injury crisis. Rony joins captain Mamunul Islam, midfielder Sohel Rana and goalkeeper Shahidul Alam on the injury list ahead of the crucial match against India on Tuesday.

National team coach Lodewijk de Kruif wants star forward Zahid Hossain to produce something extraordinary in their crucial Group A match against India at the Halchuk Stadium on Tuesday. Zahid did not play well against Nepal on Saturday during Bangladesh’s 2-0 defeat at the Dasharath Stadium. The Dutchman was not impressed with the performance

Bangladesh’s hope of making it to the semi-final of the SAFF Championship received a major blow after going down against hosts Nepal in a 2-0 defeat in the tournament opener at the Dasharath Rangashala Stadium on Saturday. Bangladesh had also fallen to a defeat in the previous meeting between the two sides at the SAFF Championship ... Read more

Bangladesh coach Lodewijk de Kruif refused to give up hope for a semi-final berth despite his charges were completely outplayed by their Nepalese counterparts on Saturday. Kruif blamed his defence for the debacle in the opening match as they failed to put up any resistance before two Nepalese forwards Anil Gurung and Bharat Khawash scored

Bangladesh will draw inspiration from their success in the AFC Challenge Cup when they begin their SAFF Championship campaign against the spirited home side Nepal at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu today. With India and Pakistan being the other two teams in the group, the match, which will kick off at 6:45pm (Bangladesh Standard ... Read more

Bangladesh national team captain Mamunul Islam is a major injury doubt for the opening game of the 10th SAFF Football Championship against hosts Nepal on Saturday. After a light training session at the Police Headquarters Ground in Kathmandu on Thursday, midfielder Mamunul informed reporters that he might be unavailable

New Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino has dedicated the club’s Supercopa win to his predecessor in the job, Tito Vilanova, reports Soccernet. Martino took up the post in late-July after Vilanova was forced to step down due to the health issues which so interrupted the 2012-13 season at the Camp Nou.

Goalkeeper Shahidul Alam Sohel has been ruled out from the national team due to a groin injury, striking a blow to the Bangladesh side just two days before the start of the 10th SAFF Championship in Nepal. National team head coach Lodewijk de Kruif recalled Ziaur Rahman as a replacement for Sohel. Zia reached Kathmandu ... Read more