Football

National football team’s Dutch head coach Lodewijk De Kruif has whittled down his squad from 27 players to 24, releasing goalkeeper Ziaur Rahman and midfielders Pranatosh and Mezbabul Haque Manik on Monday. Zia, one of four goalkeepers in the squad, had

India made a good start in the 2nd SAFF Under-16 Championship outplaying Sri Lanka by 4-1 goals in a Group B match at the Nepal Army ground in Lagankhel, Kathmandu on Sunday. Bangladesh will start their SAFF Under-16 campaign taking on Sri Lanka in a Group B match on Tuesday (July 23) at the Nepal ... Read more

The professional football clubs agreed to play next season’s Bangladesh Premier League in neutral venues only if the Bangladesh Football Federation provides Tk 10 lakh to each club every season. The professional league committee, though, is yet to finalise the yearly football calendar and decided to meet again on Tuesday, the governing body informed

Coach Lodewijk de Kruif’s national football team played its fifth practice match on Saturday, beating a BFF XI squad 2-1 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium after two goals from Toklis Ahmed. Toklis scored twice via assists from Mobarak Hossain and Zahid Hasan Ameli, but national team conceded late after a lapse in concentration.

Germany boss Joachim Low has hailed Franck Ribery as the best player in the Bundesliga last season, reports goal.com. The Bayern Munich and France winger played an integral role in the Bavarians’ stunning treble success, scoring 11 goals in all competitions and creating a further 22, in what was a remarkable campaign for both the ... Read more

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has warned club captain John Terry he can no longer take his place in the Blues first-team for granted, reports goal.com. The Portuguese has returned to Stamford Bridge for a second spell – following a trophy-laden stint between 2004 and 2007 during which Terry lifted two

Neymar believes that he can form a history-making partnership with Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi, reports goal.com The prospect of Brazil’s Confederations Cup hero linking up with the four-time Ballon d’Or winner has got the entire footballing world talking, with Russia coach Fabio Capello claiming the the pair could make the Blaugrana unbeatable.

Bangladesh U-16 team’s head coach Rene Koster is trying to raise his players’ confidence level and targeting to win the title of the SAFF Under-16 Football Championship, which gets underway today in Nepal. Bangladesh will start their campaign against Sri Lanka

Germany-based expatriate footballer Reasat Khaton arrived in Dhaka on Thursday with a dream to aid the national team in the forthcoming assignment of the SAFF Championship. The 23-year-old German-based midfielder is coming to the capital city for the next two weeks but he ensured that if national team coach Lodewijk de Kruif selects him,

National team coach Lodewijk de Kruif has asked Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin to hire a foreign goalkeeping coach for his team. Salahuddin, however, told reporters that he is yet to respond to De Kruif’s request and that he will address the matter after a discussion with other officials.

Carlos Tevez was the toast of Turin on Wednesday as he immediately opened his goalscoring account for new Juventus in their first pre-season. The hotshot striker was hailed by newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport after he tucked home the second of seven Juve goals against a representative team from

National football team’s Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif was seemingly happy with his forward line but not entirely satisfied with the overall performance of the players, who defeated Team BJMC 3-0 in the latest practice match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Newcomer Wahed Ahmed bagged a brace while veteran

Expatriate footballer Reasat Khaton will finally arrive in Dhaka today at 5:40pm to join the national team trials, the Bangladesh Football Federation said on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Reasat, a youth product of SC Freiburg, currently plays for German 4th division club VB Cloppenburg. He has also played for KSV Hessen Kassel,

Creative Football School and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology’s Environment Committee jointly organised the Under-12 football festival at the BUET staff quarter field on Wednesday. Creative Football School, run by former national footballers

National football team coach Lodewijk de Kruif picked four strikers in Zahid Hasan Ameli, Sakhawat Hossain Rony, Toklis Ahmed and Wahed Ahmed in his 26-member squad for the forthcoming Thailand tour, which gets underway on July 27. Ameli is the most seasoned striker in the squad, already having featured in four SAFF Football Championship

The Pakistan national football team will arrive in Dhaka on August 11 to take part in two friendly matches against hosts Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Football Federation confirmed on Tuesday. There is a possibility that these two teams could end up in the same group at the 10th SAFF Football Championship after the group drawing ceremony

Aitor Karanka, Jose Mourinho’s assistant manager at Real Madrid, has had his contract rescinded by Los Blancos according to Spanish daily AS. Karanka, who also spent five years at the Santiago Bernabeu as a player, decided not to take up Mourinho’s offer and follow the Portuguese manager to

Bangladesh national football team coach Lodewijk de Kruif trimmed down four footballers from the 30-member preliminary squad on Monday as Nahidul Islam, Tapu Barman, Arup Baiddya and Yusuf Sifat failed to make the cut. With the squad now comprising of 26 members,

Dutch assistant coach Rene Koster announced his 23-member Under-16 national football squad ahead of the SAFF Under-16 Football Championship, to be held from July 20-30 in Nepal. Elias Hossain, a member of the Bangladesh Football Federation, was made the team leader while Chhoton, Anwar Parvez and Sukkur Mohammad Totam will assist

The Bangladesh Football Federation is unlikely to grant Arambagh Krira Sangstha’s request to keep the club in the top flight as most of the members of the BFF executive committee are against such a move. Arambagh, who were relegated last season, appealed to the BFF to consider preserving their top flight status.