Football

Dhaka Mohammedan SC achieved a rare feat of finishing unbeaten runners-up in the Bangladesh League when they registered their maiden victory over arch-rivals Dhaka Abahani beating the champions 2-1 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Ace forward Emily and attacking midfielder Mamunul Islam scored one goal apiece for the

Former national skipper Arif Khan Joy hung up his boots after playing his last Bangladesh League match against Mohammedan Sporting Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Joy played for 30 minutes for Abahani before he was replaced by winger Zahed Hasan Chowdhury. Joy, who started his career in PWD in 1993 and played for ... Read more

Dhaka College and Notre Dame College moved into the quarterfinals of the Inter-College Clear Men Confidence Cup football tournament beating their respective rivals at the Army Stadium in Banani

Domestic giants Dhaka Abahani Limited and Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club lock horns today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in their last encounter of the Citycell Bangladesh league when the country gripped by the World Cup fever. The match will kick off at 4pm. Today’s match has only an academic interest as the prime attraction of ... Read more

Arif Khan Joy, one of the celebrities of recent time in the domestic soccer, will officially declare the end of his 18 years career tomorrow with his last match against Mohammedan Sporting Club. Joy, former Bangladesh national team captain, was one of the most influential members during his playing day for national side, will end ... Read more

Skipper Rezaul Karim Liton scored two second-half goals as Shuktara Jubo Sangsad stunned Arambagh KS 2-0 to hot up the relegation battle in the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. With the win Shuktara managed to lift themselves from the basement throwing Beanibazar at the

Argentina coach Diego Maradona has promised that he will run naked through the streets of Buenos Aires if his side manage to win their first World Cup since 1986. Maradona lifted the trophy as player at Mexico ’86 and is in charge of the national team in South Africa. The ever-controversial coach has now promised ... Read more

Brothers Union shined lately when they blanked Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra by 2-0 in the Citycell Bangladesh League on Thursday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Meanwhile, Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra became the first team to finish their Citycell Bangladesh league campaigns securing third position with 50 points from 24 matches. Champions

Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club showed another embarrassing result in the Citycell Bangladesh League on Wednesday when they were forced to make a 1-1 draw with the Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club. Dhaka Mohammedan, one of the foremost title contenders of the league, who already been ousted

Dhaka Abahani Limited set another milestone in the domestic soccer history when they celebrated the Citycell Bangladesh League hatt-rick title after thrashing the Farashganj Sporting Club by 4-0 on Tuesday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The achievement will be significant for Abahani for winning the first three editions of the country’s

Sylhet’s Beanibazar recorded their third victory in the Bangladesh League, but could not avert the relegation zone while Arambagh leapfrogged from ninth to sixth position through their sixth triumph yesterday. Hosts Beanibazar handed a lone-goal defeat to Chittagong Abahani at Sylhet Stadium with

Ctg MSC win Shuktara Juba Sangsad earned another valuable point forcing Brothers Union to share points after a goalless draw in the Citycell Bangladesh League on Saturday. Held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Shuktara Juba Sangsad of Narayanganj, who are still facing relegation threat, obtained 16 points from 22 matches with two matches remaining to

Dhaka Abahani Limited need just one point from last two matches for their hat-trick championship celebration of the Citycell Bangladesh League when they escaped with a 2-1 victory against Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra on Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. It was 21st victory out of 22 outings that kept them on 33 matches unbeaten ... Read more

Abahani Limited and Dordoi Bishkek of Kyrgyzstan started their AFC President’s Cup Group A campaigns with facile victories respectively over New Road Team of Nepal and Hasus NTCPE at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Abahani defeated the Nepalese outfit 2-0 with Enamul scoring a brace while two-time champions

Dhaka Mohamme-dan SC came from behind to beat Sheikh Russell KC 2-1 in the Citycell Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. Rajon Miah gave Sheikh Russel an early lead before Nigerian striker Alamu Bukola Olaleken cancelled it. Then Zahid Hasan Emily struck the decider in the keenly-contested game in front of

AFC President’s Cup kicks off tomorrow Local favourites Dhaka Abahani Limited will start their AFC President’s Cup football campaign tomorrow with facing New Road Team of Nepal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 7pm. Like previous year, Bangladesh professional league champions Abahani Limited have been given the

Defending champions Dhaka Abahani moved closer to retaining their title of the Citycell Bangladesh League after flaying Brothers Union 4-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Ghanaian forward Sheriff Deen Mohammed scored a brace while Enamul and Abul scored one goal apiece for the sky-blue

Riding on two second-half strikes from Soubair Mohammed and Alfaz Arambagh KS registered an important 2-1 victory over Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the lone match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Muktijoddha dominated the opening minutes but faded away with time while Arambagh were

Some 30 local football coaches and around 200 children will get a chance to learn the game the FC Barcelona way in a three-day long coaching clinic that began in Dhaka on Thursday. YKK Bangladesh Private Limited, a subsidiary of Japanese multi-national company, YKK Asia Limited, has organised the programme as part of its corporate ... Read more

Bangladesh League No trouble for Abahani Mercurial striker Enamul Haque slammed the league’s ninth hattrick to power holders Abahani to another easy 4-0 win over Chittagong Mohammedan SC in their Bangladesh League home match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Apart from Enamul’s treble, winger Zahed Parvez Chowdhury netted the other in a one-way affair