Farashganj Sporting Club made a good start in the Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship League beating Chittagong Abahani by 1-0 goal in the opening match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. After a barren first half, Pintu Das scored the match-winning goal for old Dhaka outfit in the 54th minute by a rebound shot when ... Read more
football
Dutch duo set new conditions
Dutch coaches Lodewijk de Kruif and Rene Koster have left the Bangladesh Football Federation in a quandary by attaching some preconditions to their interim stint in charge of the national team during the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers, which will be held in Nepal from March 2 to 6. The two were supposed to take charge ... Read more
Jamal regain top spot
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club reclaimed their top spot and Sheikh Russell KC lost the chance to join the league leaders after their contrasting results against Muktijoddha Sangsad KC and Mohammedan SC respectively in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League on Saturday. Jamal registered a comfortable 2-0 win over Muktijoddha while Russell suffered
Primary school football fiesta ends
Dakkhin Dondari Keranipara non-government Primary School emerged as the new champions of the third Bangabandhu Gold Cup Primary School Football Tournament, while Palichara Govt Primary School won their maiden title in the second Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnessa Mujib Gold Cup Primary School Football on Thursday. Out of 60,776 primary schools across the
Maradona no fraudster
Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona said he was no fraudster in a video put out by his lawyer on Tuesday, as the former star disputes a claim that he owes Italian tax authorities millions of euros (dollars). “I am not a tax fraudster. I played football and other people signed for me,” said
Abahani reclaim top spot
Lucky Paul entertained a few hundred spectators with his brace to propel Abahani Limited to an easy 2-0 win over Arambagh KS in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Lucky scored the goals either side of halftime to lead Abahani to the top of the league table with 23 points from ... Read more
Abahani take solo lead
Holders Abahani regained the lead in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League by defeating Feni Soccer Club 3-2 at the Bhasa Shaheed Salam Stadium in Feni as the second leg of the league kicked off after an eight-day gap yesterday. Former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, who had the chance to snatch the lead later, had ... Read more
Muktijoddha-Abahani match ends in stalemate
Hosts Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra held defending champions Abahani Limited to a goalless draw in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Gopalganj stadium on Sunday as the reigning champions finished their first-leg affair in third place in the league table. Last season’s runners-up Muktijoddha could not form the best side of the competition,
Rana rescues Sheikh Jamal
An 88th minute strike from substitute striker Sohel Rana salvaged one point for Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club as they held Brothers Union to a 1-1 draw in their Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Sheikh Jamal, the early pace-setters, looked heading for their first defeat of the
Russel win at Feni
Title contenders Sheikh Russel KC toppled Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club to grab the solo lead in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League with a 3-1 win over Feni Soccer Club at the Shaheed Salam Stadium in Feni yesterday. Moroccan midfielder Tareq El Janaby put Sheikh Russel ahead before Sajib levelled
BJMC increase more misery on Arambagh
Team BJMC increased the relegation tension for Arambagh Krira Sangha by beating the bottom-of the-table side 2-0 in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. BJMC took an early lead with their Nigerian midfielder Henry Chindo scoring the first while Guinean midfielder Ismail Bangoura doubled the lead in the dying minutes ... Read more
Mid-season transfer flurry in football
The Bangladesh Premier League clubs are making a desperate attempt to overcome the shortcomings and come back stronger in the second phase as the mid-season transfer window closes on January 23. The final round of the first leg begins today with relegation-threatened Arambagh KC facing Team BJMC in the first match at the Bangabandhu National ... Read more
A week’s preparation planned
AFC Challenge Cup A week’s preparation planned The ongoing Bangladesh Premier League will remain suspended from February 21 to March 8 in order to give the national team at least a week’s time to prepare for the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers which will be held from March 2 to 8 in Nepal. The decision was ... Read more
BFF eager to get De Kruif in March
AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers BFF eager to get De Kruif in March The Bangladesh Football Federation is eager to get Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif ahead of the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers in March and it is ready to pay the coach one month’s salary as well as bonus, in case of success, for his ... Read more
Foreign footballers in women’s league!
In a dramatic move, the Bangladesh Football Federation on Sunday decided to introduce foreign players in the Women’s Football Premier League, scheduled to start in the first week of February. A maximum of three foreign players will be allowed in each team, a decision which has raised quite a few eyebrows as Bangladesh’s men’s football ... Read more
Dutch duo sign finally
Dutchman Lodewijk de Kruif agreed to join as the new head coach of the Bangladesh national football team after a gruelling six-hour negotiation with the Bangladesh Football Federation on Saturday. Kruif and his assistant Rene Koster have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the BFF in the afternoon to take up the national team duties ... Read more
Brothers Union earn first points
Brothers Union opened their account in the Bangladesh Premier League on Saturday when they beat Arambagh Krira Sangha 2-0 in their seventh match of the league despite being reduced to ten men in the first-half stoppage time. Brothers, who are under threat of being relegated after losing all of their first six
Dull draw puts Jamal on top
Former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club played an insipid goalless draw against new leviathans Sheikh Russel at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday, to take solo lead in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League. The much-hyped tussle between the two powerhouses failed to live up to the billing and
BFF hopeful Kruif, Koster will sign contract
The Bangladesh Football Federation is optimistic that the Dutch coaches Lodwejik de Kruif and Rene Koster will sign a contract today, though there is still some confusion if they will be available anytime soon. The two coaches came to Bangladesh on Monday and they had several discussions with the BFF officials about a possible deal ... Read more
Sheikhs seek solo lead
Title contenders Sheikh Jamal DC and Sheikh Russel KC will be vying for the solo lead in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League when they lock horns in today’s crucial match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Both are in at the top of the nine-team table with Sheikh Jamal and Abahani leading