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
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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
Russel’s winning streak on
Sheikh Russel KC extended their winning streak in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League to four matches by posting a 3-2 win over minnows Rahmatganj MFS at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Midfielder Emon Babu, Cameroonian midfielder Frank Olivier and Senegalese hitman
Double delight for Maradona
It was a double joy for Al Wasl coach Diego Maradona on Tuesday night. His family, including his grandson Benjamin and son-in-law Sergio Aguero, were around him when his club beat Al Wahda on penalties in the quarter-final of the Gulf Champions League, reports The Gulf Today. Sergio, who scored the City’s match winner against ... Read more
Muktijoddha crush Feni Soccer
A double strike by Mithun Chowdhury helped Muktijoddha Sangsad crush Feni Soccer Club by 5-0 in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. Apart from Mithun’s double, Nigerian Sunday Chizoba, defender Nasir Chowdhury and winger Shihab netted one goal apiece for the Muktis
Farashganj continue their giant-killing act
Congolese striker Siyo Zunapio’s double strike enabled Farashganj Sporting Club to continue their giant-killing act with a 2-0 drubbing of defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the Bangladesh Premier League on Monday. Zunapio scored one apiece in either half to secure the surprise victory for Farashganj who
Man City end 44-year wait
Barclays English Premier League Man City end 44-year wait Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions on Sunday after an incredible fightback which saw them score twice in injury time to beat QPR 3-2 and seal the title on goal difference. City’s dreams of a first title in 44 years appeared to be in tatters ... Read more
Badal, Nabil swap BFF positions
Bangladesh Football Federation vice-presidents Badal Roy and Kazi Nabil Ahmed swapped their positions in the two important standing committees as the newly-elected body of BFF took charge through a meeting on Saturday. Badal Roy, who was the chairman of the national team management committee last
Brothers ride on Kingsley treble
Kingsley Chigozie scored a hat-trick as Brothers Union registered a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Arambagh Krira Sangha in the Bangladesh Premier League on Saturday. Arambagh were 2-0 up within three minutes after kick-off thanks to their Liberian striker Benjamin Cooper’s double strike before Brothers Union’s Kingsley came into the scene after
MU unveil new home kit
Manchester United have unveiled their new “gingham” home kit for the 2012/13 season and, as expected, the top part of it was a shirt. But according to people, it’s a shirt that looks like a tablecloth or a tea towel. Nike’s press release
Farashganj stun Muktis
Farashganj Sporting Club’s new recruit Henry Chindo scored the winner to help his team come out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 win over title contenders Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the Bangladesh Premier League on Thursday. Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club came from behind to draw
Ilievski resigned for health reasons
Bangladesh football coach Nikola Ilievski on Wednesday said he had to resign for treatment of one of his old complications but not for Bangladesh’s poor performance in the recently-concluded SAFF Championship. The coach, who was heavily criticised for Bangladesh’s elimination from the first round of the SAFF Championship in New Delhi earlier this month, resigned ... Read more
Ilievski resigns
Bangladesh football coach Nikola Ilievski has resigned on Tuesday following the team’s poor performance in the recently concluded SAFF Championship in New Delhi. The Macedonian coach has submitted his resignation letter to Bangladesh Football Federation’s national team management committee on Tuesday and is scheduled to leave Bangladesh today,
Diego attends mom’s funeral
Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona attended the funeral of his mother at a private ceremony in Bella Vista, north-west of the capital Buenos Aires on Monday. Maradona, 51, left the United Arab Emirates, where he is the coach of Al-Wasl, on Sunday to be at his ill mother’s bedside, but was informed that she had ... Read more
Muktis hit transfer market with buzz
Perennial giants Muktijoddha Sangsad KC registered eight current national team players in a bid to lift the Bangladesh League title as they completed their player transfer formalities as the fourth team on Thursday. The reigning Bangladesh League runners-up registered a total of 20 players – 19 local players and Nigerian Paul Emmanuel Dammi, who was ... Read more
Argentina secure crucial win
Argentina secure crucial win Two-time World Cup winners Argentina secured a vital 2-1 victory in their 2014 World Cup qualifier against Colombia here on Tuesday. Goals by two-time Ballon d’Or Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero saw the Argentinians, who have not won the trophy since 1986, come from behind to join Copa America champions
‘Suarez best signing’
Barclays English Premier League ‘Suarez best signing’ Liverpool legend Alan Hansen believes Luis Suarez is the signing of the year and has the potential to become an international superstar with the Reds. The Uruguayan has made a remarkable impact since his move from Ajax in January, having scored nine goals since his Anfield arrival. Away ... Read more
Football for the kids
With the concept of making a complete footballer, the Creative Football School supervised by two AFC A licence-holder coaches Maruful Haque and Saiful Bari Titu began its journey yesterday at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) ground. Some 48 budding players aged between 11 and 13 are the initial students of the school,
What good will Messi do?
As Lionel Messi and his Argentina team amble back into the daily drudgery of club football they leave behind in their wake an adoring crowd of Bangladeshi supporters hopeful for another visit of football’s most famous star. If Messi had even had half an ear open during most of the game on Tuesday, he would ... Read more
It’s just the beginning?
After the successful completion of the Argentina-Nigeria match in Dhaka, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has now sets its sights on bringing English Premier League champions Manchester United and Diego Maradona’s Al Wasl FC of UAE to the city next year. “If I am elected again in next year’s election, then I will try to bring ... Read more