Football

Rahmatganj MFS started their Bangladesh League campaign with a 2-1 win over Arambagh KS at the Kamalapur stadium on Saturday. Arambagh were unlucky to lose the game as they conceded an own goal in the 55th minute giving Rahmatganj all three points from their opening

A quadruple from Sohag powered AK International School to a 6-1 victory over Kamuchan Shah High School in a match of the Asian City Dhaka Metropolis School Football Tournament at the Rahmatganj MFS Ground yesterday. At the Khilgaon Jorpukur venue, Siddeshwari High School smothered Motijheel Model High School 5-0, courtesy of a Tamal hattrick and ... Read more

A brace from Mithun Chowdhury powered title contenders Muktijoddha Sangsad a 2-0 win over a spirited Brothers Union in their opening game of the Grameenphone Bangladesh League at the Brishreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. The former Chittagong Abahani striker gave the freedom fighters’ side an unexpected lead in the

Renat struck a hattrick as BAF Shaheen English Medium School recorded a massive 8-0 win over Don Grammar High School in the Ashiyan City Dhaka Metropolis School Football at the BAF Shaheen High School ground yesterday. In the day’s other matches, Agargaon Adarsha High School beat

Argentine Football Association’s boss, Julio Humberto Grondona, stated that “Lionel Messi is the best number ten (playmaker) in the history of Argentine football”. Thus, Grondona dethroned football legend Diego Armando Maradona, with whom the FA’s head has exchanged heavy fire over the past weeks after the ex player attacked Grondona with some controversial

A second-half strike by Moroccan forward Samir Omari guided Sheikh Russell KC to a 1-0 win over Farashganj SC in the Grameenphone Bangladesh League at the Kamalapur Stadium on Thursday. Sheikh Russell, who finished third last season with 50 points, were the favourites against Farashganj, who they defeated 2-1 and 2-0 in the last year’s ... Read more

The final round of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup National Primary School Football tournament will begin on January 7 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium with the participation of seven schools from the seven divisions. This was announced at a press conference at the Sheraton Hotel on Thursday. The participating school are Isdair Govt Primary School of ... Read more

Brothers Union’s Brazilian striker Everton Souza Santos confirmed his participation in the ongoing Bangladesh League after he passed in the 5th round of Beep Test held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. He will appear in his club’s opening match against Muktijoddha Sangsad KC at Kamalapur stadium today, confirmed Brothers Union manager Amer Khan. ... Read more

Liberian striker Jerry Odesco scored a brace as Chittagong Mohammedan earned full points from their opening match of Bangladesh League with a 2-1 win over Feni Soccer Club at the Feni Stadium on Wednesday. Feni Soccer Club, who finished fourth last season, took the lead in the very first minute through forward Maksudul Alam Bulbul, ... Read more

Dhaka Metropoli-tan School Football tournament began on Wednesday at the Kamalapur stadium with the participation of 41 schools from the capital. Saint Joseph’s High School defeated Senapalli High School in the inaugural match 4-3 in tie-breaker after the stipulated time ended at 1-1. Sadman and

Dhaka Mohammedan SC overcame a 10-man Chittagong Abahani by a single goal margin in their first match of the Grameenphone Bangladesh League 2010 at the Kamalapur Stadium on Tuesday. The black-and-white’s Rwandan forward Habumugisha Ismail scored the all-important goal in their 1–0 triumph to earn full three points for his

Ashiyan City Dhaka Metropolis School Football tournament gets underway today at Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium with Sena Palli High School taking on St Joseph High School. Some forty-one Dhaka schools, split into four venues, will play the knockout matches and two teams from each venue will advance into the round robin

Grameenphone Bangladesh League 2010 Sheikh Jamal dominate in draw Three-time champions Abahani survived scares throughout the game to play out a goalless draw against newcomers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the inaugural match of this season’s Bangladesh League at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Star-studded Sheikh Jamal, without their Serbian coach Zoran ... Read more

Bangladesh League, the lone professional football league in the country, kicks off today with defending champions Dhaka Abahani facing newcomers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at the Kamalapur stadium. Abahani met Sheikh Jamal only once in the Federation Cup final in October this year which the three-time Bangladesh League champions won by 5-3 goals after extra

SA Games champions India maintained their dominance of South Asia’s women’s football edging past Nepal 1-0 in the final to win the first ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship on Thursday. It was an action-packed match, full of attacks and counter-attacks at a full house Cox’s Bazar stadium. The spectators cheered all along despite the absence ... Read more

SA Games champions India will meet silver medallists Nepal in the final of first ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship at the Cox’s Bazar stadium today. India, who scored a total of 39 goals and conceded none in this tournament, thumped their opponents 3-1 in the SA Games final early this year. The Himalayan side

Bangladesh’s dream of playing in the final of the first-ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship was dashed as an inspired Nepal thumped the hosts 3–0 in the second semi-final at the Cox’s Bazar stadium on Tuesday. Nepal’s striking duo of Jamuna Gurang and Anulama kept their opponents busy creating

Prolific striker Sabina Khatun who scored three goals in the first ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship at seaside town Cox’s Bazar, won a laptop after she was adjudged as the best player for Bangladesh on Tuesday. Sabina, a schoolgirl of class ten from Satkhira, wanted to be a cricketer in her childhood but

Bangladeshi female footballers face an uphill task when they take on Nepal in the semi-final of the first ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship at the Cox’s Bazar stadium today. A win in the semi-final will set up a re-match for them against India, who had defeated the hosts 6-0 in the group stage. The defeat ... Read more

India eased into the final of the SAFF Women’s Football Championship with an comprehensive 8-0 victory over Pakistan in the first semifinal yesterday. Bala Devi’s first-half hattrick, a brace from Gayatri Mallik and one apiece for Sasmita Mallik, Mandakini Devi and Manpreet Kaur earned the predictable