Football

Dhaka Abahani will be eying their first Federation Cup title in 10 years when they lock horns with newcomers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the final of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur stadium at 5:00pm today. The sky-blue outfit, who won their last title in 2000, will take the trophy for the eighth

Former Bangladesh football star Sabbir will cut the cake to mark Argentine legend Diego Maradona’s 50th birthday at the Dhaka reporters’ unity today. Fans of Maradona are free to attend the celebration. Meanwhile, Diego Maradona has revealed his desire to manage in the English Premier League. He told Sky Sports News: “Yes, I would like ... Read more

Saiful Bari Titu and Bayezid Alam Zobayer Nipu have been shortlisted for the new technical director of Bangladesh Football Federation, officials said. A strong selection panel comprising a number of experienced names will interview the two candidates to replace former footballer Shahidur Rahman Chowdhury Shantoo

Footballers will get only four days for preparation before leaving for China on November 5 to take part in the Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou. The 16th Asian Games is scheduled for November 12 to 27 but the event of football gets underway on November 7 and Bangladesh will take on Uzbekistan on ... Read more

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club reached the final of the Grameenphone Federation Cup with a luck-favoured 1-0 win over Muktijoddha at the Kamalapur stadium on Tuesday. Sheikh Jamal will face Dhaka Abahani in the final on Saturday. Muktijoddha wasted three clear chances while Sheikh Jamal scored in one of the two

Dhaka Abahani reached the final of the Federation Cup for a record fifteen times defeating Brothers Union by a solitary goal in the first semi-final at the Kamalapur stadium on Monday. Midfielder Imtiaz Sultan Jitu netted the all important goal in the 45th minute of the match. Abahani will face the winners of today’s second ... Read more

New powerhouse Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club face a revitalised Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the second semi-final of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur stadium at 5:00pm today. The semi-final will be an ‘acid test’ for Sheikh Jamal who arrived in the local football arena with the best team on papers. Making the final in ... Read more

Dhaka Abahani will face Brothers Union in the first semi-final of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur stadium at 5:00pm today. The match will be transmitted live in BTV. Brothers Union have displayed a good brand of football thanks to their overseas players’ performances. They arguably have the most attractive set of foreign recruits ... Read more

Defending champions Dhaka Mohamme-dan Sporting Club hit a new low as they failed to make the semi-finals of the Federation Cup for the first time after drawing 1-1 with Feni Soccer at the Kamalapur stadium on Saturday. Earlier in the day’s first match, Muktijoddha’s Sudanese forward James Saeed Moga

Brothers Union first to reach semi-finals Brothers Union became the first team to reach the semi-finals in the Grameenphone Federation Cup beating a 10-man Dhaka Mohammedan SC 2-0 at the Kamalapur stadium on Thursday. In the other match of the day, Sudanese forward James Saeed Moga slammed a hat-trick as Muktijoddha Sangsad KC kept their ... Read more

The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) has decided to hold the first-ever Club Championship two months before staging the SAFF Championship next year. The regional body, however, has decided to hold the Championship, the first of its kind, in September and the SAFF Championship in December

Title contenders Dhaka Abahani moved top of group A with a 2-0 win over Rahmatganj MFS while star-studded Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club stumbled into their second successive draw in the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur stadium on Wednesday. Abahani earned four points while Sheikh Jamal and Sheikh Russell have two each and

Grameenphone Federation Cup 2010 MSC, Muktis draw blank Goalkeeper Titumir Chowdhury made a couple of brilliant saves earn defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club a valuable 0-0 draw against a star-studded Muktijoddha Sangsad in the Grameenphone Federation Cup’s group B encounter under floodlights yesterday. In the earlier match, Brothers Union ensured they got all three points ... Read more

Dhaka Abahani survived a scare before securing an 1-1 draw against new powerhouse Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in a group A match of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur Stadium on Monday. Ace forward Enamul put Sheikh Jamal ahead in the 57th minute but Twum Frank levelled the scoreline from a penalty in the ... Read more

Midfielder Enamul Huq Sharif was appointed as the captain of the Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Clubs football team on Monday. Mohammedan’s football committee chairman MA Salam unveiled Sharif as the skipper of the team at a ceremony at the club premises. Coach Shafiqul Islam Manik was also present on the

Grameenphone Federation Cup 2010 Intense battle for curtain raiser The phony war of the Grameenphone Federation Cup finished three days ago and now the real battle of the season’s curtain raiser begins today with eight finalists locking horns to determine who is the best of the lot. Bangladesh League champions Abahani face newcomers but star-studded ... Read more

Grameenphone Federation Cup 2010 New force v Old guard Sheikh Jamal face Abahani in opener The second round of the Grameenphone Federation Cup could not have asked for a better start as Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, the new powerhouse of local football boasting as many as sixteen national players, will take on three-time professional football ... Read more

Robert Rubcic is expecting positive results in his first test as Bangladesh’s football coach in the upcoming Asian Games Football which starts in the first week of November. Bangladesh will take on Uzbekistan on November 7 in their opening match before taking on United Arab Emirates on November 9 and Hong Kong on the

The line-up of the Grameen-phone Federation Cup final round completed on Friday with Muktijoddha Sangsad and newcomer Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club emerging champions in respective groups. Two goals from midfielder Alamgir Kabir Rana helped Muktijoddha to beat Farashganj Sporting Club 3-0 in Group C last match before Sheikh Jamal blanked Aramabagh KC by 2-0 at

As many as 15 foreign recruits including Abahani’s long-serving Awudu Ibrahim have been temporarily declared unfit for the upcoming Bangladesh League after they failed to pass the beep test, organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation for the first time since the start of professional football league in 2006. The disqualified foreign footballers will however get ... Read more