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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

The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) agreed in principle to host Bangladesh national side in Kuala Lumpur on August 23 after Bangladesh Football Federation requested them to arrange a practice match as part of Bangladesh’s preparation for the SAFF Championship. “At the moment, they (Malaysia) can’t assemble their national team or arrange a top club

Bangladesh’s preparation for the upcoming 10th SAFF Championship received a heavy blow as their friendly matches against Pakistan were cancelled due to a countrywide 48-hour general strike from today. Due to the strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami, the Pakistan Football Federation declined to tour Dhaka for two practice matches slated for August 13 and 16.

The Bangladesh Football Federation will hold a two-day long open trial for the Under-16 squad from today ahead of the AFC U-16 Championship in Kyrgyzstan. Bangladesh will play against Oman, Qatar and hosts Kyrgyzstan with the top team from the September 25-29 qualifying round moving into the final round.

The Pakistan national football team has cancelled this month’s scheduled visit to Dhaka, the Bangladesh Football Federation announced on Sunday. Pakistan were due to arrive in Dhaka on Sunday and play two warm-up matches against a BFF XI and the Bangladesh national team as part of their preparation for next month’s

The Pakistan national team’s first practice match against a Bangladesh Football Federation XI is in doubt due to the general strikes scheduled after Eid-ul-Fitr, a BFF official revealed on Tuesday. Pakistan had been scheduled to play two practice matchesas a part of their preparation for the SAFF Football Championship, starting on

Germany’s interior ministry bowed under increasing pressure on Monday as it published details from a report that shows the extent to which the West German government backed the doping of athletes in the 1970s, reports The Guardian. The move came under swift criticism from the Suddeutsche

Clubs and footballers, who have taken advance payment from one club but decided stay or join in another club, are yet to resolve the matter despite a deadline in this regards ends today. The Bangladesh Football Federation gave the involving clubs and players August 5 deadline, ahead of inter-club players’ transfer, which begins on

Among the eight invites, only Nepal and Kuwait have agreed to send their teams in September’s Bangabandhu Gold Cup, said an official of the Bangladesh Football Federation on Sunday. The BFF invited Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Thailand and Yemen with only Nepal making sure of their involvement in the tournament in the scheduled

The national football team returned to Dhaka on Sunday after their week-long tour of Thailand, where they played two practice matches against the local sides as part of their preparation for September’s SAFF Championship in Nepal. Bangladesh fell to a 2-1 defeat against Thai club Osotspa Saraburi FC in their first

The Bangladesh national football team toiled hard before overcoming the Thailand Under-19 national team 1-0 at the Osotspa Stadium in Thailand on Saturday. Forward Sakhawat Hossain Rony bagged the winning goal in the 73rd minute after coming on as a substitute. Bangladesh took part in two practice matches during their tour of Thailand as part ... Read more

The Bangladesh national football team will face the Thailand Under-16 national side today in their last practice match at the Osotspa Stadium before returning home on Sunday. Before the Thailand tour got underway, the Bangladesh Football Federation had informed the media that the national team would be taking part in a friendly against

Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin expressed his desire to retain the presidency of the South Asian Football Federation for the next four years. Salahuddin was elected unopposed as SAFF president in 2009 and his four-year tenure will come to an end soon with the next presidential election scheduled for

The Bangladesh national team footballers were confident about exhibiting their brand of football in the forthcoming SAFF Football Championship although they admitted it will be a difficult proposition to leapfrog favourite teams like India and Nepal. The national team have been preparing themselves in

The Bangladesh Football Federation and Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited renewed their contract to sponsor the 2013-2014 National School Football Championship at the Islami Bank headquarters at Motijheel on Thursday. Islami Bank has pledged Tk 4 crore – Tk 1 crore less

Bangladesh national football team lost 2-1 to Osotspa Saraburi in the first practice match of their Thailand tour at the Saraburi Central Stadium on Wednesday. Osotspa Saraburi forward Narong scored both the goals for his team, while substitute striker Shakhawat Hossain Rony reduced the margin from the

The Bangladesh Under-16 national football team claimed third place in the 2nd SAFF U-16 Football Championship after pipping Afghanistan 1-0 in the third-place deciding match at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Al-Amin Tushar bagged the all-important goal in the 55th minute. Earlier, hosts Nepal

Bangladeshi football club Team BJMC suffered their second loss in their third match of the King’s Cup at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on Tuesday after going down by 1-0 against Laxmi Bank Three Star Club. Pukar Gahatraj grabbed the winning goal for his side in the 67th minute. Earlier in their opening game, BJMC ... Read more

Bangladesh were handed a potentially tough assignment after the draw ceremony of the 10th SAFF Football Championship in Kathmandu on Tuesday as they were grouped together with hosts Nepal, defending champions India and Pakistan. Bangladesh will face Nepal in group A’s first game on September 1 followed by matches