Football

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

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club got off to a winning start in the Federation Cup football when they blanked Youngmen’s Club Fakirerpool 3-0 at the Kamalapur stadium on Wednesday. In the other match of the day, Bangladesh League outfit Arambagh KC beat BKSP in tie-breaker after stipulated 90 minutes ended in a goalless

Muktis maul Navy The starstudded cast of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will take to the field for the first time in the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium today. The newly formed club, with 16 players who play for the national side, are expected to dazzle the Federation Cup which ... Read more

Chittagong Mohammedan opened the account in their first match of the Grameenphone Federation Cup 2010 beating Victoria Sporting Club 1-0 in the lone match at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur yesterday. After a relatively dry first half, the match sprung to life as Mohammedan skipper

Grameenphone Federation Cup 2010 Ctg Abahani beat Police in opener Chittagong Abahani beat Bangladesh Police by the odd goal in three in the opening match of the 23rd Grameenphone Federation Cup football tournament at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Dhiman Borua opened the scoring in the 15th minute for the Sky Blues ... Read more

Beckham was sitting in the VIP gallery of the Kamalapur Stadium to watch the opening match of the 23rd Grameenphone Federation Cup between Chittagong Abahani and Bangladesh Police yesterday. Yes, you have read it right. Ted Beckham, the father of England’s most celebrated football player David Beckham, watched the match with great

The Grameen-phone Federation Cup football tournament will start from Sunday after Friday’s inaugural match was called off due to inclement weather and incessant rain. Chittagong Abahani were scheduled to face Bangladesh Police in the first match of the curtain raiser tournament to the football season

Chittagong Abahani face Bangladesh Police in the inaugural match of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur stadium at 3:30pm today. Grameenphone officially entered the Bangladesh football arena declaring itself as the new football partner of Bangladesh Football Federation in the logo unveiling ceremony at

Asiad Football Bangladesh in Group E Bangladesh have been pitted along with Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong in Group E in the football event of the 16th Asian Games which will be held from November 7 to 25 in the Guangzhou province of China. A total of 24 teams will be vying for ... Read more

Brothers Union, a former superpower of local football, brought some colour and life to the drab preseason transfers with a show of grandeur and zest as they got 20 players registered for the upcoming football season. The decorated Gopibagh club brought their players on horse carriage and bikes accompanied by band music that brought about ... Read more

Hattrick champions of the Bangladesh League Abahani completed the registration process of their 24-member squad at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Bhaban yesterday. The reigning champions of the professional league, who have lost a host of stars to the new powerhouse Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, have tried to make up that loss confirming the services ... Read more

Aminul officially highest paid player ever Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, the new Bangladesh League entrants, wrapped up their player registration formalities quietly on the first day of player transfers on Friday. The newcomers decided not to bring the players from the training camp at BKSP. Team manager Anwarul Karim Helal and women’s football secretary Mahfuza ... Read more

The transfer of players for the Bangladesh League 2010 starts today with newcomers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club expected to outdo the traditional powerhouses with rich collections. However, no big name is likely to hit the bourse today as it is a weekly holiday and the BFF office will remain open only for player’s registration from ... Read more

The Daily Star will take on Destiny while Janakantha takes on Jugantor in the semifinals of the DRU-Rapid Securities Media Football Tournament at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. In the second round matches yesterday, Janakantha defeated Channel I with 1-0 win while Boishakhi TV beat Bhorer Kagoj 3-0 yet failed to make it to the ... Read more

The Bangladesh Football Federation on Tuesday decided a 20-member squad for the Asian Games with Aminul, Enamul and Waly Faisal as senior players on Tuesday. The team was put into the final form after the national team management committee chairman, Badal Roy, had discussed the options with Robert Rubcic, the new Serbian

Khulna and Tangail, champion of Grameen-Danone Nations Cup in 2009 and 2010 respectively, are scheduled to leave here tomorrow for South Africa to take part in the core competition of Danone Nations Cup, which begins in October simultaneously in Pretoria and Johannesburg. Khulna were supposed to take part in the finals last year in Brazil ... Read more

Mohammad Al Amin set aside his journalistic prowess for a footballing one scoring two goals and setting up another, as The Daily Star thrashed Naya Diganta 3-0 in their second round match of the DRU-Rapid Securities Media football tournament at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. And it wasn’t just the sports boss who mesmerised the ... Read more

Bangladesh national football coach Robert Rubcic professed himself impressed by the calm environment at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan in Savar, but confessed that the players still had a long way to go to impress him at the end of a 12-day training camp at the country’s lone sporting institute. The Croat has reportedly shortlisted ... Read more

Bhorer Kagoj, Destiny, Channel I and Naya Diganta won their respective first matches in the second round of the DRU-Raid Securities Media Football tournament at Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Bhorer Kagoj defeated Daily Jugantar 1-0, Destiny blanked Daily Shamakal 2-0, Channel I

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has decided to resume the National Football Championship in December after a four-year gap as the reshuffled competition committee sat for the first time at the BFF House yesterday. The meeting decided to invite all 64 districts, services teams and public universities in