Football

India defenders VR Raghunath and Rupinder Pal Singh shared seven goals between them to rack up a 9-1 win over hapless Bangladesh on Wednesday, setting up a semi-final against hosts Malaysia in the 9th Asia Cup in Ipoh. Both the Indian defenders converted three penalty corners

The Bangladesh national team received a boost in their quest for the upcoming 10th SAFF Football Championship as injured captain Mamunul Islam underwent a light training session on Monday. After arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal a day earlier, Bangladesh went through their first practice session at the Army Sports Training Facility under Dutch head coach

The Bangladesh national football team arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal on Sunday with hopes of winning the upcoming SAFF Championship, a Bangladesh Football Federation official said. De Kruif’s boys will take part in their first training session today ahead of their opening match against hosts Nepal on August 31.

Bangladesh will leave for Nepal today without naming squad Head coach Lodewijk de Kruif is yet to announce his final 20-member squad as the Bangladesh national team will leave Dhaka today with 21 players ahead of the 10th SAFF Football Championship in Nepal. With the regional football competition slated to kick off on August 31, ... Read more

After the conclusion of the one and a half month training camp for the 10th SAFF Championship which will kick off on August 31, weary footballers are gradually recovering from fatigue. The footballers earlier requested national team head coach Lodewijk de Kruif to give them a proper recovery period and the Dutch coach complied by

More then 600 footballers participated in the Under-19 national football team trial on Friday, ahead of the forthcoming qualifying round for the 2014 AFC Under-19 Championship. On the first day of the trial at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dutch youth coach Rene Koster narrowed the field down to 150 outfield players,

With eight days remaining the SAFF Championship national team head coach Lodewijk De Kruif is still undecided about his 20-member squad as he keep on experimenting with his options. Kruif picked midfielder Monayem Kham Raju on Thursday and axed two defenders – Kesto Kumar and Yamin Munna – before he lately added

It’s not often that one gets to mingle with a former legendary Manchester United player. In Bangladesh, it has happened only once before, when Bryan Robson and Dwight Yorke were here in 2012. Now it was Denis Joseph Irwin’s turn to grace the football-mad country with his presence. Courtesy of Airtel Bangladesh Limited, a scouting

Players who received money from more than one club before the open of the inter-club players transfer window will be punished by the Bangladesh Football Federation, a top official said after the professional league committee meeting on Wednesday. The committee decided to put the punishment terms

Nine days before the start of the SAFF Football Championship, the Bangladesh national football team suffered a morale-shattering 2-1 defeat to Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Sheikh Jamal, who began their pre-season preparation camp just three days ago, dominated proceedings throughout the entire

Dutch influence in Bangladesh football is gradually increasing as two Dutch coaches and several Dutch players are in line to serve Abahani Limited in the upcoming season. Four Dutchmen are currently employed by the Bangladesh Football Federation for the national side – head coach Lodewijk de Kruif, assistant coach Rene Koster,

National team’s Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif kept his cards close to his chest as he refused to disclose his plans and strategy to the media ahead of the SAFF Football Championship. As per the wish of the Dutch coach, the Bangladesh Football Federation will organise another closed-door warm-up match between the national

Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif is in two minds over his 20-member final squad for the SAFF Championship after seeing the performance of some fringe players in a closed-door warm-up match on Saturday, officials said. De Kruif was supposed to finalise his squad after

After a lot of off-the-field drama, the Bangladesh Cricket Board shifted its focus to on-field activities by resuming the national team’s practice today ahead of the home series against New Zealand in October. The BCB was busy in the last few days with the implementation of a pathway to complete the long overdue election process ... Read more

With 12 days to go before the SAFF Championship, Bangladesh national team coach Lodewijk de Kruif watched his team beat a Bangladesh Football Federation XI by a 1-0 score in a closed-door practice game at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Substitute midfielder Mithun Chowdhury scored the winning goal

The footballers are passing anxious moments before the announcement of the final squad, which will be declared anytime soon by national team’s Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif for the forthcoming SAFF Football Championship. A 24-member squad, along with Denmark-based Jamal Bhuiyan and newly included young

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will begin their preparation for the upcoming season from tomorrow as Nigerian coach Jeseph Afusi, Argentine trainer Ariel Coleman and Haitian striker Sony Norde have already arrived in Dhaka along with two more foreign booters yesterday. Dazzling striker Sony Norde, who played a key role in Sheikh Russel KC’s treble-winning

The Bangladesh Football Federation has decided to postpone the beginning of the inter-club local players’ transfer window, which was scheduled to open today, until Wednesday. The BFF said that they postponed the transfer window because the executive committee has yet to approve league by-laws, but a source confirmed

A day after his national football team’s disappointing display in their practice match on Tuesday, coach Lodewijk De Kruif blamed fatigue and said he needs to recharge his team. The Dutch coach also criticised the Bangladesh Football Federation for its failure to arrange his family’s accommodation in due time and reacted angrily to

The national football team responded to head coach Lodewijk de Kruif’s return beating a BFF XI 2-1 in a practice match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. The Dutchman re-joined the national camp after an eight-day vacation in the Netherlands. Zahid Hossain and Wali Faisal sealed the win for the national side by converting