The Bangladesh national football team had to be satisfied with a tense 1-1 draw in their first international friendly match in a year against hosts Nepal at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu yesterday. After the cancellation of the first of the two international friendly matches due to heavy rain on Tuesday, there was also concern of ... Read more
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MSC form strong squad
Mohammedan Sporting Club expect a better performance this time as the Dhaka giants on Thursday registered 24 players for the upcoming football season, including 10 new names from other Bangladesh Premier League clubs. The Motijheel-based club retained their last-season skipper Motiur Rahman Munna who
BD women bid bye
The Bangladesh women’s football team bid farewell to the 2nd Women’s SAFF Football Championship after losing their last group match against hosts Sri Lanka 1-2 at the Ceylon Rugby and Football Club in Colombo yesterday. Bangladesh finished third in Group A with three points from their 1-0 victory over Bhutan,
Booters get to training
Two months after the completion of last season, country’s top booters return to action today as the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is set to launch an off-season training camp to keep the national footballers in action ahead of three international engagements next year. Bangladesh are scheduled to take part in the 25th U-18 International Tournament ... Read more
Bangladesh pitted with India
SAFF Women’s Football Bangladesh pitted with India Bangladesh women’s football team will take on favourites India in the opening match of the SAFF Women’s Championship which kicks off on September 7 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, according to a press release from Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday. The tournament featuring all eight teams of the South ... Read more
BFF designs talent hunt programme
The Bangladesh Football Federation in a development committee meeting on Tuesday decided to launch a countrywide talent hunt programme from September 1 in order to start its first academy in Sylhet. The nearly two-month long programme will be divided in four phases – upazila, district, division and national level – and 60 players (30 of ... Read more
Muktis join Abahani at the summit
Title contenders Muktijoddha Sangsad joined leaders Abahani in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League with a 2-0 win over Sheikh Russel KC in their crucial tie at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Nigerian striker Sunday Chizoba gave Muktijoddha Sangsad an eighth-minute lead before local hitman Zahid Hasan Emily struck the second one
Zunapio treble lifts Farashganj
Congolese hitman Siyo Zunapio slammed a hattrick to guide Farashganj Sporting Club to an emphatic 4-0 win over Rahmatganj MFS in their Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Nigerian Akinyele Peter netted
Muktijoddha keep title hopes alive
Muktijoddha Sangsad kept their hopes of a maiden professional league title alive with a 3-0 victory over a hapless Brothers Union at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. The All Reds, who finished runners-up in the last edition of the top tier league, cut Abahani’s lead at the top of the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League table ... Read more
Abahani win at unruly Tangail
League leaders Abahani tightended their grip on the title as they came from behind to beat hosts Team BJMC 3-2 in their crucial match of the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League at the Tangail Stadium yesterday. Linkon, Da Silva and Twum Frank struck one goal each for Abahani while Ajagun Abdul Rasheed and Uche Felix netted one ... Read more
Muktis held by MSC
Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra’s title dream suffered a blow when they were held to a 2-2 draw by Mohammedan Sporting Club in a high-voltage match of the Bangladesh Premier League on Tuesday. The title aspirants, Muktijoddha, took the lead twice with Nasiruddin Chowdhury and Wellington De Souza Lima respectively only to see Mohammedan
Raju brace sinks Arambagh
A brace from Monaem Khan Raju gave holders Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club a 2-0 win over Arambagh KS in their Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League encounter at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Raju struck in each half to guide his
10-man Abahani rip BU
Ten-man Abahani thrashed Brothers Union 4-2 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday to restore a three-point lead at the top of the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League. The win took the three-time champions to 33 points 14 matches, three clear of second-placed Muktijoddha Sangsad while Brothers remained in seventh position with
Momentum works well for Mohammedan
A 2-0 win over Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra yesterday helped Mohammedan Sporting Club keep their winning run in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League. Winger Mobarrak Hossain gave the Black & Whites the lead in the first half with Beninese midfielder Oladikpikpo W Okalawon sealing the match in the second half to take
Lima lifts Muktis to top
Brazilian midfielder Wellington de Souza Lima scored a hat-trick as Muktijoddha Sangsad KC regained their top spot in the Bangladesh Premier League with a 4-1 win over Arambagh Krira Sangha on Thursday. Apart from the treble by Lima, Ariful Islam scored the other goal for Muktijoddha while Benjamin Cooper of Arambagh scored the consolation for ... Read more
BJMC, Sk Jamal win
Newcomers Team BJMC and holders Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club chalked up comprehensive victories in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League yesterday. A brace from Guinean Ismael Bangoura helped Team BJMC defeat a spirited Brothers Union 3-1 while Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club thrashed Rahmatganj MFS 4-2. Both matches were
MSC stun old foes Abahani
Abahani Limited’s desire to win their fourth consecutive professional league title suffered a big blow when they tasted their first defeat of the season by 0-2 in the hands of their archrivals Mohammedan Sporting Club in the Bangladesh Premier League on Tuesday. Two first-half goals by Mohammedan’s young midfielders Sohel Rana and Wahed Ahmed
Muktis trounce R’ganj
Sunday Chizoba and Mithun Chowdhury scored two goals each as Muktijoddha Sangsad KC trounced Rahmatganj MFS 4-0 in an ill-tempered Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. One player from each side was shown red cards in the game including in-form Mithun, who had
Sk Jamal win at Feni
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club returned to winning ways in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League as they outplayed Feni Sooccer Club 3-0 at the Shaheed Salam Stadium yesterday. The defending champions, who came into this match on the back of a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Farashganj, dominated proceedings from the beginning and came away
MSC, Brothers share points
Mohammedan Sporting Club came from behind to secure a point with a 1-1 draw against Brothers Union in their first match of the return leg in the Bangladesh Premier League on Friday. Brothers’ Nigerian forward Victor Anthony put his team ahead in the start of the second half only to see Mohammedan’s young midfielder Mohammad ... Read more