Football

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

Bangladesh made a good start in the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship when they defeated Bhutan by 4-1 goals in their opening Group B clash at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. Bangladesh led the first half 2-1. Enamul scored two goals and his teammates Pranotosh, Emili netted one each while Dendap of Bhutan pulled off one. ... Read more

The 6th South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Champion-ship, the biggest football event in South Asia, begins today with Sri Lanka and Pakistan facing each other in the inaugural match at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city. The host Bangladesh takes on Bhutan in the second match of the opening day. The 6th SAFF Championship, sponsored ... Read more

Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Argentina forward was awarded the 2009 Ballon D’Or, French magazine France Football said on its website. The 22-year-old became the first Ballon D’Or winner from Argentina, eclipsing runner-up and last year’s winner Cristiano Ronaldo by a record 240-point margin. The award’s 96 jurors gave Messi 473 points out of a ... Read more

Defending champions Dhaka Abahani kicked off their campaign with a facile 3-1 victory over newcomers Biyanibazar SC in the opening match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Ghanaian forward Sheriff Deen Mohammed scored a brace finding the net in either half of the match while in-form midfielder Ujjal netted ... Read more

From The New Nation The country’s professional football league, the Citycell Bangladesh League, begins today (Sunday) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The third version of Citycell Bangladesh League, earlier known as B. League, will start at 5:30 pm with holders Dhaka Abahani Limited taking on Sylhet Beanibazar SC in opener. A record 13 teams, including ... Read more

BUENOS AIRES–Diego Maradona won’t apologize for a profanity-filled tirade on live TV that prompted a FIFA investigation and could result in a five-game suspension and nearly $20,000 fine for the Argentina coach. Maradona was defiant in a television interview on state-run Canal 7. FIFA opened a disciplinary investigation last week following a 1-0 victory at ... Read more

Dhaka Abahani underlined their title credentials with a convincing 4-1 win over Biyanibazar SC in the second semi-final of the Federation Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday and set up Tuesday’s final showdown with bitter rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club. Abahani were stunned by an early goal but showed their character when it was ... Read more

Kazi Salahuddin, the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), is contemplating building a Football Academy elsewhere after having scrapped the plan of running a soccer academy in Sylhet. Salahuddin expressed his views after failing to get exclusive rights on the newly-built Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) in the north-east region of the country. “We ... Read more

Reigning champions Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club faces newcomer Feni Soccer Club in the inaugural match of the Citycell Federation Cup, the curtain raiser tournament of the season at the Bangabandhu national Stadium at 4:00pm today. In the other match of the day, Brothers Union take on BKSP at the Army Stadium. The black-and-white outfit, as ... Read more

Champs to receive Taka 5 lakh Giants Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club and Dhaka Abahani Limited got easy groups to ride on in the draw of upcoming CityCell Federation Cup which will start from September 10. Reigning champions Dhaka Mohammedan, drawn in Group A, probably would not face any stiff challenge as they got depleted Brothers ... Read more

Dido, the Brazilian national football coach of Bangladesh, wished Argentina the best for their remaining matches of the World Cup qualifiers as he felt the absence of Argentina and Lionel Messi will take some gloss off the showpiece

Bangladesh football will savour a thrilling season with the name of the professional football league changed to Bangladesh League from B League from October 16. Federation Cup the curtain raiser of the season will kick off involving 16 teams to initiate the season-promising continuous football. Bangladesh has never seen a continuous seven-month of football with ... Read more

Abahani’s Argentine trainer Diego Alvaro slammed the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) for delay in finalising the schedules of the season’s curtain-raising tournament, the Federation Cup, as the Dhanmondi-based outfit began their second phase of training yesterday at the Dhaka University ground following a half-a-month conditioning camp at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan. “With less than ... Read more

The grouping draw ceremony of the Federation Cup Football Tournament-2009 will be held today at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel at 5.30 pm. The 16-team tournament will kick-off September 10 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Last year champions Mohammedan Sporting and runners-up Abahani Limited have already started their preparation for the

Construction of Barisal football training centre under the “Tsunami Fund” will finally get underway from next month. Talking to the reporters at BFF office on  Saturday, BFF general secretary Al Musabbir Sadi, said if FIFA completes the signing formalities this month with Modern Engineers, the builders for the project, the construction work of the training