Football

Brothers stay alive Sports Reporter Mohammedan stormed into the Citycell Super Cup semifinal as the first team when the Dhaka giants crushed Farashganj 4-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Maruful Haque’s boys, who had beaten Chittagong Abahani 1-0 in their Group B opener with a controversial penalty goal, once again got the favour of ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Title contenders Dhaka Abahani registered a hard working 2-1 victory over Chittagong Mohammedan in a lively match of the Super Cup at the Bangabandhu National stadium on Friday. With the two consecutive wins Abahani now just need a draw in the last match against Sheikh Russell to reach the last

UNB, Dhaka Sheikh Russell KC kept their hope of a semifinal berth alive as they edged past Rahmatganj MFS by a solitary goal in Group A match of the Citycell Super Cup Football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) Friday. After a barren first half, Serbian striker Vukadin Milonivic scored the all-important goal for Sheikh ... Read more

Sports Correspondent The Super Cup football tournament begins tomorrow at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city with Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra and Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club facing each other in the inaugural match. B. League champion Dhaka Abahani meets Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society in the second match of the opening day. Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) ... Read more

LONDON : Ben Foster kept Manchester United’s bid for an unprecedented five trophies on track with a man-of-the-match performance in a penalty shoot-out win over Tottenham in the League Cup final here on Sunday. The England goalkeeper produced two crucial saves to deny Tottenham victory in open play, where the teams finished locked at 0-0, ... Read more

Citycell B League Russel stay in hunt Sports Reporter Alfaz Ahmed missed a penalty but scored from the other to keep Sheikh Russel’s slim hopes alive to finish runners-up in the Citycell B. League with a 1-0 win over Rahmatganj yesterday in the last match of the penultimate round. The missed penalty meant that the ... Read more

AFP, Marseille Diego Maradona milked the adulation of the home fans beforehand but it was Lionel Messi who stole the show, capping a virtuoso performance with a goal as Argentina beat France 2-0 at Marseille’s Stade Velodrome on Wednesday. Having reminisced earlier in the week about how he almost joined Marseille from Napoli in 1989, ... Read more

Citycell B League Brothers’ 9th victory Sports Reporter Goals in the second half ensured the fourth place for Brothers Union in the Citycell B. League when the giants from Gopibagh blanked Farashganj 2-0 yesterday. Wasim Iqbal’s side also kept their slim hopes for a third place finish alive with their ninth victory in 19 games, ... Read more

UNB, Dhaka Satkhira and Khulna DSAs reached the zonal final of the Citycell Women’s Football Championship on Saturday. The two teams will meet each other in the zonal final today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 3.00 PM. At the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Stadium at Kamalapur, Satkhira DSA drubbed host Dhaka DSA ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Holders Dhaka Abahani will be looking to wrap up the formalities of retaining their title when they will take on Sheikh Russell in the crucial tie of the Citycell B League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. Abahani need just a draw in the match to retain the title of the country’s professional ... Read more

bdnews24.com, Dhaka Khulna Abahani Krira Chakra on Wednesday earned the first point after 14 defeats in a row when the hosts held visitors Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club to a goalless draw at Khulna Stadium on Wednesday. Away at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, hosts Chittagong Abahani Limited were also held to a goalless draw by ... Read more

Agence France-Presse . Zurich Manchester United and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo was on Monday named FIFA World Footballer of the Year for 2008. Ronaldo, who is also holder of the prestigious Ballon d’Or for the European Footballer of the Year, beat off competition from

Sports Correspondent Dhaka Mohamme-dan Sporting Club claimed a crucial 3-1 victory against Brothers Union in the Citycell 2nd B. League football championship at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city on Tuesday. Title aspirant Dhaka Mohammedan started playing attacking football form the outset of the game and got the reward after 24 minutes when Nasir struck ... Read more

LFP Messi rescues Barca Lionel Messi scored a thunderous 84th-minute winner as leaders Barcelona came back to overcome bottom side Osasuna 3-2 on Sunday and restore their 12-point cushion over second-placed

Sports Correspondent Dhaka Abahani posted its 10th win, third in succession, in the Citycell 2nd B. League football championship when the holders defeated Chittagong Abahani by a solitary goal at MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong on Monday. Dhaka Abahani played better and dominated the most part of the game, however, it had to wait 45 minutes ... Read more