Football

Siddheshwari Girl’s High School and Sir John Wilson School advanced to the final of the Citycell Dhaka Metropolis Women’s School Football Championship winning their respective semifinal matches at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. The final match between the two sides will be held on Thursday (June 25) at the same venue at 6 pm. ... Read more

Club Cup Final Shuktara take on Feni today Shuktara Jubo Sangsad of Narayanganj will lock horns with Feni Soccer Club in the final match of the Bashundhara Champions Club Cup football tournament at the Cox’s Bazar Stadium today. The final match of the country’s first ever district champions club teams will kick-off at 3:15 pm. ... Read more

Club Cup Football Row over qualifiers Eight teams have qualified for the final round of the Bashundhara Champions Club Cup football tournament while the fate of four clubs’ advancement remained under cloud. According to the tournament bylaws, 12 teams from twelve venues were supposed to qualify for the final round of the meet. While eight ... Read more

Abahani down but not out Ashgabat FC of Turkmenis-tan emerged as the champions of the AFC President’s Cup Group B after playing out a goalless draw with Dhaka Abahani at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. The draw put Ashgabat level with Abahani on four points at the top but the Turkmenistan side won the ... Read more

Perfect finishing will be the key in the crucial Group B match of the AFC President’s Cup match between Dhaka Abahani and Ashgabat FC of Turkmenistan at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 6:00pm today. Both the teams had a perfect warm-up for the crunch tie with victories against Sri Lanka Army, the third team of ... Read more

Ashgabat FC of Turkmenis-tan demolished Sri Lanka Army 5-1 on Thursday to get the ideal warm-up before playing Dhaka Abahani in the AFC President’s Cup Group B deciding match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. The first-half was almost a one way traffic as the tall and physically stronger players of the Turkmenistan side ... Read more

Abahani Limited made a good start in the AFC President’s Cup qualifier beating Sri Lanka Army team by 2-1 goals at the floodlit Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday. The match was locked in 1-1 goals during the first half. National defender Wali Faisal and substitute Shahajuddin Tipu scored one goal each for Abahani Limited ... Read more

Manchester United will continue to tolerate the diva-like behaviour of Cristiano Ronaldo in the Old Trafford dressing-room next season after it emerged last night that the World Player of the Year is close to dropping his pursuit of a move to Real Madrid for another 12 months. However, United’s players are far more concerned about ... Read more

Dhaka Abahani will be looking to start their AFC President’s Cup campaign with a win when they take on Sri Lanka Army team in the inaugural match of Group B at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 6:00pm today. Sri Lanka Army, playing for the first time in any AFC affiliated competition, however, vowed

Bangladesh moved into the final round of the AFC Challenge Cup 2010 after finishing runners-up in Group A with a facile 3-0 win over Macau at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Midfielder Zahid’s brace helped Bangladesh finish as the best runners-up and qualify for the final round. Bangladesh made a lively start against their ... Read more

Myanmar became Group A champions with an all-win record after beating Cambodia 1-0 in their third and last match of the AFC Challenge Cup qualifying round at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. With the win Myanmar joined India, Tajikistan, North Korea, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Sri Lanka in the final round scheduled to be held ... Read more

AFC president Mohamed bin Hammam has rejected FIFA’s instruction to reinstate the voting rights of five countries at next week’s crucial congress of the regional football body, officials said. FIFA’s legal director last week told the AFC that Kuwait, Laos, East Timor, Afghanistan and Mongolia had the right to vote in deciding who will fill ... Read more

AFC Challenge Cup Super-sub breaks local hearts Myanmar midfielder Pai Soe came off the bench to score a late brace to break Bangladesh hearts in their crucial AFC Challenge Cup qualifier at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. The super-sub produced two goals in the span of eight minutes as Myanmar cancelled out Enamul Haque’s early ... Read more

Cambodia beat Macau by 2-1 goals to taste the first win in group A match of the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifier at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. Strikers Teag Vathanak and Keo Songorn scored one goal each for the winners, who led the first half 1-0. Medio Chan Man Hei netted the goal for ... Read more

Bangladesh face Cambodia today Bangladesh’s football coach Edson Silva Dido has asked the people of the country to be patient and remain in support of the team as they take on Cambodia in their first Group A match of the AFC Challenge Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. “[My message for the people] is ... Read more

Bangladesh will be wary of any complacency when they take on Cambodia in the second match of the AFC Challenge Cup Group A qualifying round at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today at 6:00pm. In their two previous meetings with Cambodia, Bangladesh had won 2-1 in the inaugural AFC Challenge Cup in 2006 and drawn 1-1 ... Read more

As the qualification battle for a place in the AFC Challenge Cup finals gets nearer, new Bangladesh head coach Edson ‘Dido’ Silva is putting pressure on the gas pedal to prepare the team for his first assignment. The Brazilian has entered the second week of training with his charges, who will compete with Myanmar, Cambodia ... Read more

The Bangladesh national football team will play two practice matches on April 16 and April 20 ahead of their AFC Challenge Cup Group-A fixtures. The Bangladesh Football Federation has decided that one of the matches will be played outside Dhaka and if possible against a foreign side. Bangladesh will play against Myanmar, Cambodia and either ... Read more

MADRID – Florentino Perez, the favourite to win June elections for Real Madrid president, has reached an agreement with AC Milan to sign Brazilian star Kaka, a newspaper reported Monday. Real will pay 60 million euros (80 million dollars) for the midfielder under the accord Perez reached during a meeting with AC Milan vice-president Adriano ... Read more

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is planning to hold an Awards Night sometimes in May to bring more attraction to the game. BFF boss Kazi Salahuddin disclosed it while talking with the reporters at the BFF Bhaban yesterday but said that they are yet to make any decision regarding the matter. Initially they are thinking to ... Read more