Football

The professional football clubs demanding the deferment of the upcoming players transfer and a delay to the start of the season are likely to retreat from their stance as the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) promised to provide them more financial benefits than last season. BFF president Kazi Salahuddin had a meeting with the club representatives ... Read more

Bangladesh Football Federation looks forward to forming a strong U-19 women’s football team for the 2011 AFC Under-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers. The residential camp for the meet, scheduled to be held in Dhaka from September

Maradona’s contract won’t be renewed. Diego Maradona, one of the greatest players of all time, was given the boot as manager of Argentina before he could resign. The Argentine Football Association, which hired Maradona in November 2008, said Tuesday his

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will observe a football festival to create popularity of Bangladesh’s football. To observe the football festival, BFF and Daewoo Electronics will jointly arrange five exhibition football matches. Daewoo Electronics is the sister concern of Rahimafrooz and Rahimafrooz has given Tk

Jatrabari Krira Chakra defeated Agrani Bank by two goals to nil in the Bashundhara Senior Division Football League at the Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium on Saturday. The victorious team led the first half 1-0. Asif of Jatrabari put his team ahead in

Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin has assured that Taka 1-crore Super Cup will be held regularly as long as he is at the helm. “I assure you that Super Cup will be held every year as long as I am in the office and I am always in

Standard Chartered eliminated Olympic Industries with a thumbing 6-1 victory in the knockout phase of Ascent five-a-side football tournament at the STM Hall in Uttara yesterday. StanChart went on the rampage riding on a hattrick from Remon, who scored a total of four goals, while

Germany’s Thomas Mueller won “Golden Boot” FIFA World Cup Uruguay’s Diego Forlán won the best player of the tournament award after lighting up the World Cup with some wonderful goals that helped his team become South America’s only semi-finalist. The blond-locked striker won legions of admirers — not least among South African women — for ... Read more

Badda Jagaroni Sangsad settled for a goalless draw with Uttar Baridhara Club in the Bashundhara Senior Division Football League at the Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on

T&T Club of Motijheel made a 2-2 draw with Sunrise SC in the Bashundhara Senior Division Football League at the Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Saturday. T&T Club led the first half 1-0. Gafur of T&T Club put his team ahead in the 34th minute of the

Youngmen’s Club Fakirerpool consolidated their lead in the Bashundhara Senior Division Football League with a 2-1 win over Victoria Sporting Club at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium yesterday. Fakirerpool took only six minutes to open their account as Jhontu put the leaders ahead before Wahed doubled the

T&T Club leapfrogged to the fourth position in the Bashundhara Senior Division Football League with a 2-0 win over bottom-side Purbachal Parishad at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Ismail put T&T ahead in the 17th minute while Arman sealed the game in the

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, Uttar Baridhara Club and Bangladesh Boys’ Club want to play in the Bangladesh League next season and they have already submitted applications for the enrolment of their clubs to the Bangladesh Football

Victoria Sporting Club posted their fifth victory in the Bashundhara Senior Division Football League with a 2-0 win over last year’s runners-up Sunrise SC at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Ashraf gave Victoria a 29th minute lead before Raju sealed the fate of the game eight minutes from

FIFA World Cup In a press conference, Argentine team’s coach Diego Maradona stated that “it’s not time to discuss his future as coach,” but hinted however, that “whoever came next had to follow his footsteps.” “I have to think about what my next move is going to be,” he said, clearly distraught by Germany’s

The sports sections of British newspaper The Guardian and US newspaper The New York Times were all about Argentina’s football team coach Diego Maradona. He is on the forecast-spotlight and his performance as the team mastermind was the core of the analyses. According to the British article, “his renaissance as Argentina’s head coach is the ... Read more

After five consecutive defeats, both Agrani Bank and Purbachal Parishad played out a goalless draw in the Bashundhara Senior Division Football League at the Birsreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur

FIFA World Cup In the Friday’s first match, Brazil will play the Netherlands at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Some are calling this game worthy of a World Cup final. Both teams seem to be in top form before the game. The Dutch have won all four of their World Cup ... Read more

FIFA World Cup Martin Demichelis and Martin Palermo scored second-half goals today to help Argentina beat Greece 2-0 at the World Cup and earn the two-time world champions first place in Group B. Argentina will play Mexico in the round of 16, while Greece has been

FIFA World Cup Lionel Messi assured that his outstanding performance in Argentina’s national team is due to his coach Diego Maradona, who gave him for the first time the chance to be the Captain during the game against Greece in which his team won 2-0 and made its way to the second round of the