Football

A second-half strike by prolific striker Zahid Hasan Emeli gave Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club a hard-fought lone goal win over Farashganj Sporting Club in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on monday. Dhaka Mohammedan, which appeared desperate to win first professional football league title, took control ... Read more

Defending champion Dhaka Abahani maintained its winning streak in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football defeating Rahmat-ganj Muslim Friends Society 3-1 at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Mohammad Mus-tafa Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday. The two-time Bangladesh League champions, who won their all previous six matches, recorded their seventh victory to remain at the top of the ... Read more

Substitute Ashraful Quader Monju’s double strike helped Soccer Club Feni earn their second win in the Citycell Bangladesh League as they recorded a come-from-behind 2-1 win against Muktijoddha Sangsad on Saturday at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamlapur. Shahajuddin Tipu struck the lone goal for Muktijoddha Sangsad, who suffered five straight defeats ... Read more

Sheikh Russel posted its third successive victory in the Citycell Bangladesh League football when the title aspirant team defeated Farashganj Sporting Club 2-1 at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Mohammad Mustafa Sta-dium in Dhaka on Thursday. Moroccan footballer Samir Omari scored twice as Sheikh Russel earned its fifth win in the league after back-to-back triumphs in the ... Read more

Serbian Zoran Djordevic on Thursday was appointed as the interim coach of the Bangladesh national football team and the U-23 team by the Bangladesh Football Federation. The 57-year-old coach, who visited Dhaka during the SAFF Championship in December, will take over the responsibility from this week. He will guide the U-23 team in the SA ... Read more

Bangladesh football team will find Maldives and Nepal in its Group A rivals in the impending 11th South Asian Games (SAG). The draw of the football competitions of the SAG took place at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city on Tuesday. Senior Vice President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Abdus Salam Murshedi, Vice Presidents ... Read more

Citycell Bangladesh League football Dhaka Abahani maintains winning spree Defending champion Dhaka Abahani recorded its sixth victory in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football scraping a sole-goal victory against Chittagong Abahani at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Tuesday. The two-time Bangladesh League champion Dhaka Abahani failed to make any impression against its city rival ... Read more

Citycell Bangladesh League Brothers post 1-0 win over Farashganj Brother Union registered its second victory after three successive draws in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football defeating Farashganj Sporting Club by a solitary goal at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Moha-mmad Mustafa Stadium, Dhaka on Sunday. Taru scored the only goal of the match for Brothers Union ... Read more

Holders Abahani Limited maintained their all-win run in the Citycell Bangladesh League crushing Arambagh KS by 4-0 goals in the day’s lone match at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur on Thursday. In this impressive four goals win, Enamul struck twice while Sujan and Ibrahim scored a piece to maintain the ... Read more

The Citycell Bangladesh League resumes today (Tuesday) after a day’s break at the new venue Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Stadium at Kalamalur. All the 13 participating clubs agreed to play the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Kamalapur stadium in the best interest of football. The decision was made at a meeting of the ... Read more

The Bangladesh Football Federation’s notion that the stadium will be full of spectators if the Bangladesh League matches are played at 6:00pm was proved wrong again as the ticket sales did not cross the thousand mark on Saturday. The poor ticket sales clearly show the picture that the new kick-off time has not changed anything. ... Read more

Enamul’s first-half strike helped Defending champions Dhaka Abahani to keep the winning spree in the Citycell Bangladesh League as they beat Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra by a lone-goal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. The victory saw the holders Abahani remained on the top of the point table with 12 points from four wins ... Read more

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra defeated Chittagong Abahani 2-0 in their Citycell Bangladesh League clash at the MA Aziz Stadium yesterday. Sheikh Russel dominated the game and scored two from the handful of chances they got, one from penalty in the first half of the match. However, the penalty created controversy and resentment among the Abahani ... Read more

Citycell Bangladesh League resumes today  The local football arena will be abuzz again after a one-and-half month break when the Citycell Bangladesh League returns to action today. Defending champions and current joint leaders in the table Dhaka Abahani will take on Muktijoddha Sangsad at the Bangabandhu National Stadium while Chittagong Abahani will take on Sheikh ... Read more

Bangladesh reached the semifinal of the Bangabandhu 6th SAFF Championship as the Group B champions beating Sri Lanka in their last group match by 2-1 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. The hosts Bangladesh started the match with a bang producing a flurry of attacks and  got the breakthrough in the seventh minute with ... Read more

Striker Arif Mahmood showed a fine marksmanship to slam hattrick, as Pakistan thrashed Bhutan by a record 7-0 in their last group match of Bangabandhu SAFF Championship on Tuesday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Pakistan, who began their campaign with a solitary goal defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka despite playing a better football ... Read more

Kasun slams first hat-trick Kasun Jayasuriya scored the first hat-trick of the tournament and Ediri Channa netted two goals as Sri Lanka swamped a hapless Bhutan 6-0 in a Group B match of the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship at the BNS on Sunday. With the second consecutive win Sri Lanka confirmed their semi-final berth with last ... Read more

Bangladesh ended their group-round campaign against Pakistan in the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship with a struggling goalless draw at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan, in their effort to book the place in the second round, were more impressive then their previous games against Sri Lanka in terms of attacking attitude. On the other hand, ... Read more

Pakistan in a must-win situation Both Bangladesh and Pakistan will hope their attacking line will fire on all cylinders when they face off in a crunch Group A match of the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship at the BNS at 7:00pm today. Bangladesh boosted their morale with a 4-1 win over Bhutan in their opener while Pakistan ... Read more

The reigning champions Maldives shared points in their opening game with Nepal after a 1-1 draw in the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship on Saturday. Held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the day’s first match, one of the tournament favourites, Maldives were struggling from the beginning and played under pressure throughout the match while Nepal displaying ... Read more