Football

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

Holders Dhaka Abahani took a giant step towards retaining their Bangladesh League title with a 5-1 hammering of Rahmatganj at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. In-form forward Enamul scored a brace to join Emily and team-mate Sheriff Deen Mohammed at the top of the scorers’ list with 14 goals. With this win, Abahani maintained ... Read more

The Mega Draw of ‘ Go to South Africa with Castrol’ held at the VIP Lounge of National Press Club on Tuesday. Rahimafrooz Distribution Limited had launched the countrywide ‘ Go to South Africa with Castrol’ from February 1 and to April 25. Castrol is being one of the sponsors of FIFA World Cup 2010 ... Read more

After a season of packed international football including the SAFF Championship and the SA Games, local football scene was expected to bring crowds pouring to the stadia. But deep into current Bangladesh League season when the title fight is racing towards a close, crowd enthusiasm is nowhere to

Defen-ding champions Dhaka Abahani continued their winning run with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Arambagh Krira Sangha in the lone match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. National forward Enamul netted a brace for the holders while his Ghanaian strike partner

All the big guns except Brothers Union started their Citycell Bangladesh League second phase campaign with facile four-goal wins at different venues across the country on Monday. Brothers Union suffered a 3-1 defeat against a rejuvenated Muktijoddha at the

Defending champions Sir John Wilson School face Green Herald International School in the inaugural match of the Citycell Dhaka Metropolis Women’s School Football Championship at the Dhanmondi Sultana Kamal Women’s Sports Complex today. Bangladesh Olympic Association secretary general Kutubuddin Ahmed will

The second phase of the Citycell Bangladesh League kicks off at four separate venues across the country today with all the big guns taking to the field on the inaugural day. Holders Dhaka Abahani face Beanibazar SC at the Sylhet stadium, Feni Soccer Club host Dhaka Mohammedan SC at the Feni stadium, Shuktara Jubo Sangha ... Read more

The high voltage Bangladesh League match between the traditional rivals Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting Club ended in a goalless draw at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. But the term ‘High Voltage’ was not seen produced in the match due to bite less attacks and counter attacks throughout the match. However,

Dhaka Mohamme-dan SC will be looking for their first win against Dhaka Abahani in the Bangladesh League when the arch-foes face off at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 5:00 pm today. Satellite channel Ntv will telecast the match live from the venue. Mohammedan badly need to win the game to stay in the title race ... Read more

Bangla-desh stunned former champions Tajikistan 2-1 in the opening match of the AFC Challenge Cup final round at the Sughatadasa Stadium Colombo on Tuesday. Forward Enamul and midfielder Mishu scored the goals in the second half giving Bangladesh a significant win in the eight-team

WAF (we are for football), a newly-formed organisation comprising former national footballers, have decided to host the first-ever beach football tournament in Cox’s Bazar from February 26 to 27 in a bid to give country’s football a new shape. Country’s traditional giants Mohammedan, Abahani, Brothers Union, Victoria SC, Rahmatganj MFS along

Bangladesh Football Federation bade Serbian football coach Zoran Djordevic goodbye after refusing to accept his demand for signing a four-year contract on Saturday. BFF president Kazi Salahuddin thanked Zoran for his contribution to Bangladesh football before rejecting the Serbian’s plea for contract extension. Salahuddin, who returned to the country on Friday night after attending a ... Read more

Bangladesh women football team’s bid to win the gold medal of the South Asian Games suffered an early blow when they were beaten 1-0 by Nepal at Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium yesterday, reports The Daily Star Jamuna Gurung struck the all-important goal in the 36th minute for the visitors. Before the Bangladesh-Nepal match, favourites India ... Read more

German-Bangladesh Under-14 women football festival will be held today at the Dhanmondi Women Sports Complex under the auspices of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). Young female booters drawn from different schools of the city are xpected to take part in the festival from 11 am to

Shuktara Jubo Sangsad of Narayanganj tasted the first victory in their 7th match of the Citycell Bangladesh League beating Chittagong Abahani by 1-0 goal at Osmani Stadium in Narayanganj on Sunday. Shuktara, which suffered three defeats and drew thrice in its previous six matches, dominated the most part of the match and scored the only ... Read more

Title contenders Abahani, Mohammedan and Sheikh Russel registered facile victories over their respective rivals in away matches of the Citycell Bangladesh League in different venues across the country on Saturday. At the Kamalapur stadium, Dhaka Mohammedan defeated Brothers Union 2-0, Dhaka Abahnai trounced Chittagong Mohammedan 2-0 in Chittagong and Sheikh Russell thrashed Beanibazar

Bangladesh Football Federation decided to suspend the Citycell Bangladesh League for at least seven weeks for the participation of the Under-23 national team in South Asian Games in Bangladesh and the senior teams in the AFC Challenge Cup finals in Sri Lanka. “In a bid to immediately start the U-23 national football team’s camp for ... Read more