The ongoing Bangladesh Premier League will undergo an 18-day break from Thursday due to unavailability of grounds, the professional football league committee decided on Tuesday. The two main venues of the top flight – Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) and Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium – will remain
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BU, BJMC share the spoils
Brothers Union and Team BJMC played out a 1-1 draw in their Bangladesh Premier League football match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. Nigerian forward Kingsley Chigozie put Brothers Union ahead in 19th minute against the run of play when he darted in the box from the right flank
Kruif blasts AFC for qualifying farce
Dutch head coach arrives with family to assess facilities After a 36-hour long journey the Dutch head coach of the Bangladesh national football team Lodewijk de Kruif and his assistant Rene Koster arrived in Dhaka on Monday with their wives to assess their accommodation, hospital and schooling facilities. The Dutch coach is likely to take ... Read more
Muktis resume training after assurance of unpaid wages
After six days of boycott due to outstanding wages, the footballers of Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra returned to practice following an assurance from club chairman, said an official on Monday. Muktijoddha Sangsad chairman Helal Murshed met with the players and discussed about the unpaid salary and promised to clear the dues as soon as they ... Read more
Abahani salvage draw to stay in race
Abahani salvaged a late draw to keep their hope alive of ensuring their fifth professional league title with a 1-1 draw against their perennial foes Mohammedan Sporting Club in the Bangladesh Premier League on Sunday. Mohammedan’s Ghanaian forward Osei Morison scored a heartbreaking goal against Abahani in the 25th minute but Atikur Rhaman Meshu converted
Sk Jamal edge past Arambagh
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club defeated Arambagh Krira Sangha 2-0 in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Substitute Striker Towhidul Alam Sabuj and Nigerian forward Chibuke Ibeji scored the goals late in the second half to help Jamal earn all three points from the game.
Countdown for World T20 begins
The countdown for the ICC World Twenty20 2014 began with the unveiling of the trophy and the logo in two separate programmes in Dhaka on Saturday, exactly one year before the tournament kicks off. National skipper Mushfiqur Rahim along with a member of the women’s cricket team Sathira Jessy unveiled the trophy in presence of ... Read more
Alfaz hangs up his boots today
Alfaz Ahmed, the legendary striker of Bangladesh football, has announced his retirement from domestic football, five years after he quit his international career. Alfaz’s retirement from the domestic football circuit brings an end to a golden era of the game as he was regarded as the last star of the golden generation of Bangladesh football.
Russell climb to top spot after BU win
Sheikh Russell moved to top spot in the points table with a 2-1 victory over Brothers Union in the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday after the Bangladesh Premier League resumed after a one and half month break. Sheikh Russell came back from a goal down to stage a comeback
Bangladesh to play two FIFA friendlies in UK
Bangladesh are all set to play two FIFA friendly matches against India and Pakistan in England in June, said Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin on Friday. Celebrity Management Group, an India-based sports management company, which earlier arranged the Argentina-Nigera friendly in Dhaka, will organise the matches, said Salahuddin.
Football League resumes today
The Bangladesh Premier League will resume today after a gap of one and a half months with the Independence Cup champions Sheikh Russell facing Brothers Union at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 7:00pm. Russell have a good chance of taking the top position in the points table if they can beat Brothers Union as they have ... Read more
Uttar Baridhara edges past Rahmatganj
Uttar Baridhara Sporting Club edged past Rahmatganj Muslim and Friends Society by a solitary goal in the lone match of the Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship Football League at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city’s Kamalapur on Thursday. In the day’s match, M Swapan scored the all-important goal
Independence Cup joy for Russell
The deadly combination of Mamunul Islam and Zahid Hasan Emily ensured another piece of silverware for Sheikh Russell as they got the better of their arch-rivals Sheikh Jamal by 3-2 in the final of the Independence Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. A curling free kick was delivered from the left flank by ... Read more
It’s Russell v Jamal final
Sheikh Russell KC registered a final date with arch-rivals Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club after identical semi-final wins over Muktijoddha Sangsad KC and Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited respectively in the Independence Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Defending Federation Cup champions Sheikh Russell defeated the freedom fighters’
Russell, Muktis favourites as semi-final looms
Abahani Limited goes up against Sheikh Russell in a crucial Group B encounter while Team BJMC will lock horns with Muktijoddha Sangsad in Group C to determine two semi-final spots in the Independence Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. Sheikh Jamal and Mohammedan Sporting Club have already confirmed their berths in the last
Feni taste second win
Feni Soccer Club registered only their second victory after they dished out a single-goal defeat to Arambagh KS in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League at the Shaheed Salam Stadium in Feni on Friday. Liberian striker Anthony Paul Doe scored the all-important goal in the eighth minute, taking advantage of a defensive mistake as Anthony did ... Read more
Morison salvages draw for MSC
Osei Morison scored a late equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw for Mohammedan SC against Team BJMC in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Nigerian striker Eleta Kinsley put BJMC ahead in the 45th minute which looked like would enough to secure a win for the side before Morison ... Read more
Abahani end Jamal’s unbeaten run
Abahani Limited finally put an end to Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club’s unbeaten run in the league to regain top spot while Sheikh Russell KC were easy winners over Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League on Wednesday. Jamal’s unbeaten run included seven wins and four draws prior to their game against
Ambitious Bangladesh go Dutch
Bangladesh’s football is soon to have a taste of Dutch flavour when Lodewijk de Kruif and his assistant Rene Koster will take the reins of national football team for the AFC Challenge Cup in March. The appointments of the Dutch duo have raised some expectation on Bangladesh football not just at home but also abroad. ... Read more
BFF confirms Dutch duo for AFC Challenge Cup
Dutch coaches Lodewijk de Kruif and Rene Koster withdrew their preconditions and agreed to guide Bangladesh in the forthcoming AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers, the Bangladesh Football Federation said on Tuesday. ‘The misunderstanding between us has been cleared and we sent a draft agreement to them,’ said BFF president Kazi Salahuddin. ‘We are hopeful that they will