League leaders Abahani tightended their grip on the title as they came from behind to beat hosts Team BJMC 3-2 in their crucial match of the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League at the Tangail Stadium yesterday. Linkon, Da Silva and Twum Frank struck one goal each for Abahani while Ajagun Abdul Rasheed and Uche Felix netted one ... Read more
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Muktis held by MSC
Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra’s title dream suffered a blow when they were held to a 2-2 draw by Mohammedan Sporting Club in a high-voltage match of the Bangladesh Premier League on Tuesday. The title aspirants, Muktijoddha, took the lead twice with Nasiruddin Chowdhury and Wellington De Souza Lima respectively only to see Mohammedan
Raju brace sinks Arambagh
A brace from Monaem Khan Raju gave holders Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club a 2-0 win over Arambagh KS in their Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League encounter at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Raju struck in each half to guide his
10-man Abahani rip BU
Ten-man Abahani thrashed Brothers Union 4-2 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday to restore a three-point lead at the top of the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League. The win took the three-time champions to 33 points 14 matches, three clear of second-placed Muktijoddha Sangsad while Brothers remained in seventh position with
Momentum works well for Mohammedan
A 2-0 win over Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra yesterday helped Mohammedan Sporting Club keep their winning run in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League. Winger Mobarrak Hossain gave the Black & Whites the lead in the first half with Beninese midfielder Oladikpikpo W Okalawon sealing the match in the second half to take
Lima lifts Muktis to top
Brazilian midfielder Wellington de Souza Lima scored a hat-trick as Muktijoddha Sangsad KC regained their top spot in the Bangladesh Premier League with a 4-1 win over Arambagh Krira Sangha on Thursday. Apart from the treble by Lima, Ariful Islam scored the other goal for Muktijoddha while Benjamin Cooper of Arambagh scored the consolation for ... Read more
BJMC, Sk Jamal win
Newcomers Team BJMC and holders Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club chalked up comprehensive victories in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League yesterday. A brace from Guinean Ismael Bangoura helped Team BJMC defeat a spirited Brothers Union 3-1 while Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club thrashed Rahmatganj MFS 4-2. Both matches were
MSC stun old foes Abahani
Abahani Limited’s desire to win their fourth consecutive professional league title suffered a big blow when they tasted their first defeat of the season by 0-2 in the hands of their archrivals Mohammedan Sporting Club in the Bangladesh Premier League on Tuesday. Two first-half goals by Mohammedan’s young midfielders Sohel Rana and Wahed Ahmed
Muktis trounce R’ganj
Sunday Chizoba and Mithun Chowdhury scored two goals each as Muktijoddha Sangsad KC trounced Rahmatganj MFS 4-0 in an ill-tempered Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. One player from each side was shown red cards in the game including in-form Mithun, who had
Sk Jamal win at Feni
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club returned to winning ways in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League as they outplayed Feni Sooccer Club 3-0 at the Shaheed Salam Stadium yesterday. The defending champions, who came into this match on the back of a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Farashganj, dominated proceedings from the beginning and came away
MSC, Brothers share points
Mohammedan Sporting Club came from behind to secure a point with a 1-1 draw against Brothers Union in their first match of the return leg in the Bangladesh Premier League on Friday. Brothers’ Nigerian forward Victor Anthony put his team ahead in the start of the second half only to see Mohammedan’s young midfielder Mohammad ... Read more
Russel’s winning streak on
Sheikh Russel KC extended their winning streak in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League to four matches by posting a 3-2 win over minnows Rahmatganj MFS at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Midfielder Emon Babu, Cameroonian midfielder Frank Olivier and Senegalese hitman
Muktijoddha crush Feni Soccer
A double strike by Mithun Chowdhury helped Muktijoddha Sangsad crush Feni Soccer Club by 5-0 in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. Apart from Mithun’s double, Nigerian Sunday Chizoba, defender Nasir Chowdhury and winger Shihab netted one goal apiece for the Muktis
Farashganj continue their giant-killing act
Congolese striker Siyo Zunapio’s double strike enabled Farashganj Sporting Club to continue their giant-killing act with a 2-0 drubbing of defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the Bangladesh Premier League on Monday. Zunapio scored one apiece in either half to secure the surprise victory for Farashganj who
Brothers ride on Kingsley treble
Kingsley Chigozie scored a hat-trick as Brothers Union registered a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Arambagh Krira Sangha in the Bangladesh Premier League on Saturday. Arambagh were 2-0 up within three minutes after kick-off thanks to their Liberian striker Benjamin Cooper’s double strike before Brothers Union’s Kingsley came into the scene after
Farashganj stun Muktis
Farashganj Sporting Club’s new recruit Henry Chindo scored the winner to help his team come out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 win over title contenders Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the Bangladesh Premier League on Thursday. Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club came from behind to draw
Deadline over, BPL franchises yet to pay dues
Most of the franchises of the Bangladesh Premier League are yet to submit their overseas players’ payment sheets to the governing council despite the deadline ended on Wednesday. The BPL authority asked for the sheets after many foreign players had complained that they did not receive their full payment, which tainted Bangladesh’s image
BPL franchises say ‘no’ to icons
The Bangladesh Premier League franchises raised a common voice to scrap the icon player system and to halve the limit of the foreign players’ wages from the next edition of tournament. They raised the demand during a meeting with BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal last week as they felt the prevailing system sometimes could cause ... Read more
BPL – promised lot, produced little
The recently-concluded first edition of the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 had many controversies, yet to be cleared, and though it was widely believed the cricketing circle that the tournament will be a big stage for the local cricketers, little did it happen. The tournament began with the Dhaka Gladiators skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza claiming to
Dhaka clinch BPL title
Opener Imran Nazir smashed a superb half-century to help Dhaka Gladiators lift the first ever Bangladesh Premier League title outplaying Barisal Burners by eight wickets in the final on Wednesday. Chasing a modest target of 141 runs, Gladiators raced to 144-2 in 15.4 overs riding on Nazir’s 75 from 43 balls, his fourth half-century in ... Read more