Football

Twelve teams, including The Daily Star, made it to the second round of the DRU-Rapid Securities Media football tournament at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. The twelve teams are — The Daily Star, Bangladesh Pratidin, Jugantor, Bhorer Kagoj, Destiny, Independent, Samakal, Janakantha, Naya Diganta, Boishakhi TV and

A total of eighteen teams will participate in the season’s curtain-raising football tournament Federation Cup that starts on October 8. This is due to Bangladesh Army and Wari Club failing to respond to the invitation of Bangladesh Football Federation

The one month camp of national footballers for the upcoming Asian Games to be held in November, concluded yesterday at BKSP. The thirty-two players in the camp have been released for their club duties for the Federation Cup which starts on October 8. Robert Rubcic, the newly-appointed Croatian coach of

Ward No. 5 defeated Ward No. 13 4-1 in the day’s first match of the 2nd Councilor Gold Cup Football tournament at the Rajshahi Stadium yesterday. Sagar scored two goals while Nasir and Jamil added one each. Riyad netted the lone goal for the losing team. Raju was adjudged man of

Four teams moved into the second round of the DRU-Rapid Securities Media football tournament at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Boishakhi crushed Bhorer Dak 7-0, Naya Diganta outplayed Sangbad 5-0 and Bangladesh Protidin beat Bangla Bazar Patrika 2-1, while a 2-2 draw with Ittefaq was

Iran staged a brilliant comeback scoring two goals in the last five minutes to emerge as the Group B champions in the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers defeating Jordan 3-2 at the Kamalapur Stadium on Friday. Iran, who had defeated India 4-2 and Bangladesh 6-0 in the previous matches, join

Ali Akbar Pormoslemi, the Iranian coach of Dhaka Abahani, pledged to play attacking football with an eye on the title of the Bangladesh League. The 58-year-old Iranian arrived in Dhaka on Friday to explore the horizon of Bangladesh football. A FIFA licence holder and an AFC referees instructor Ali Akbar was

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, the new entrants in the Bangladesh League, the country’s only professional football league, have set a target of being the new dominant force in the country’s sports arena. At a press conference held at the Gulshan Club on Thursday Sheikh Jamal officials vowed to ensure a true sporting atmosphere within the ... Read more

Hosts Bangladesh will take on India in the last Group B match of the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers at 7:00pm at the Kamalapur Stadium today. Earlier, Iran will face Jordan in a group deciding game at 3:30pm at the same venue. Table-toppers Iran, with six points in their tally, need just a draw to ... Read more

Iranian coach Ali Akbar is scheduled to arrive here this morning to take charge of three-time Bangladesh League champions Abahani for the upcoming season. Akbar, an AFC instructor and who has experience to guide an Iranian professional football club, is expected to put pen to paper for six

Ward No. 8 beat Ward No. 3 by 4-3 in tiebreaker in the day’s first match of the 2nd Councilor Gold Cup Football tournament at the Rajshahi Stadium yesterday. The match was locked at 1-1 in the regulation time. Suman was adjudged man of the

Iran defeated hosts Bangladesh 6-0 with winger Syedeh Tanin scoring a hat-trick to go top of the points table in the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship Group B qualifiers at the Kamalapur stadium on Wednesday. In the first match of the day, India bounced back to the winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Jordan at ... Read more

Grameenphne, the largest cell phone operator of the country, entered into the football arena by buying all the perimeter billboards during the AFC Women’s Championship qualifiers at the Kamalapur Stadium. The billboards were absent on the opening day but Grameenphone erected these around the pitch on the second matchday on

Bengt Roland Arnqvist, the Swedish consultant sent by FIFA to observe the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers, expressed his satisfaction with the local arrangements and the standard of the game on Wednesday. Arnqvist was surprised to see Iran and Jordan as well as India displaying a good brand of

Ward No. 1 thrashed Ward No. 2 7-0 in the day’s first match of the Second Councilor Gold Cup Football tournament at the Rajshahi Stadium yesterday. Polash and Russel struck hattricks while Rana scored the other goal for the winners. Polash was adjudged man-of-the-match

Smarting from their humiliating 6-1 drubbing at the hands of Jordan, the under-19 girls of Bangladesh are hoping to put up a better show against favourites Iran when they meet in the second match of the AFC Under-19 Women’s qualifiers under the floodlights of Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur

Iranian coach Ali Akbar will take over the charge of the Bangladesh League champions Abahani Ltd on Friday while their arch-rivals Dhaka Mohammedan have included two Rwandan midfielders in their fold on Tuesday. Abahani’s manager Satyajit Das Rupu said, ‘We are eagerly waiting for Ali Akbar and he

Ward No. 5 and Ward No. 14 won big in Tuesday’s matches of the 2nd Councilor Cup Football tournament at the Rajshahi District Stadium yesterday. Ward no. 14 won 4-0 against Ward No. 21 in the day’s first match with Malek scoring all four goals. Ward No. 5 beat Ward No. 30 6-1 in the ... Read more

AFC U-19 Women’s Football Championship Hosts suffer heavy defeat Hosts Bangladesh and neighbours India made disastrous start in the AFC U-19 Women’s Football Championship when they were thrashed by their middle-eastern counterparts at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Bangladesh were humiliated by Jordan with a 1-6 drubbing, thanks to a hattrick from ... Read more

A flood of goals marked the both matches of the Second Councilor Gold Cup Football tournament at Rajshahi District stadium on Monday. In the City Corporation sponsored tournament, ward no. 27 team defeated ward no. 11 by 7-2 goals in the afternoon while ward 12 no. defeated ward no. 26 by a 8-4 goal margin ... Read more