Dhaka: Bangladesh Football Federation, in association with the BFF Referees Committee organized the second Quarterly Fitness Test for referees on August 3 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. A total of 107 referees took part in the 2nd phase of the fitness test. Deputy Chairman of the BFF Referees Committee, Haji Ibrahim Nesar, was the chief instructor of the fitness test. Moreover, BFF Referees Committee members Monir Hossain and MR Mukul also assisted in the fitness test. The course coordinator for the same was BFF Head of CMS...
Read MoreMokpo: Bangladesh national team is ready and prepared to keep the winning momentum going in the third practice match of the ongoing South Korea tour. The Red and Greens will face Chodang University Football Team at the Mokpo International Training Centre Football Ground at 8:00am [BDST] on Monday. Like the second match, the U23 players of the team are set to get more game time keeping in mind the upcoming Asian Games football, confirmed assistant coach Mahbub Hossain Roksy. On July 29, Bangladesh flew to South Korea for a two-week...
Read MoreDhaka: Fareast International University has been crowned the champions of the second edition of Faraaz Gold Cup football tournament. Fareast International University, runners-up of the first edition, beat South East University 8-7 in tie-breakers after the final match finished goalless after regulation time at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Both the teams created chances inside regulation time but lack of clinical finishing took the game to penalties. Fareast netted 8 of their 9 spot kicks to South East’s 7 out of 9 to...
Read MoreThimpu: Bangladesh U15 women’s national team has reached Bhutanese capital Thimpu to play in the SAFF U15 Women’s Championship 2018. Bangladesh team reached Paro Airport Thimpu in the morning around 11:00am. Representative from Bangladesh embassy in Bhutan and Bhutan Football Federation officials came to the airport to welcome the team to Bhutan. The team then went to Ariya Hotel, Olakha, Thimpu where they will be staying during the whole tournament. In the evening, the players and staff members went to visit tournament venue...
Read MoreMokpo: Bangladesh national team has continued their winning run by winning their third practice match of the ongoing South Korea tour. The Red and Greens beat Chodang University Football Team 3-1 after going 0-1 down in the match that kicked off at 8:00am [BDST] at the Mokpo International Training Centre Football Ground on Monday. Bangladesh suffered a drawback when Ui Chan Joung drew first blood for Chodang in the 17th minute. But the visitors fought back and scored the equalizer through Biplu Ahmed on the 39th minute. Then in the...
Read MoreThimpu: The players of Bangladesh U15 Women’s national team have begun full-fledged training sessions in a bid to defend their SAFF U15 Women’s Championship crown. On Tuesday, the girls trained at Changlimithan Stadium Thimpu, Bhutan under the supervision of head coach Golam Rabbani Choton and National Technical and Strategic Director Paul Thomas Smalley. The training session lasted for more than one and a half hours which included warm-ups to match practice ahead of the first match against Pakistan. In the afternoon, the players...
Read MoreDhaka: As a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2018 will be held from October 1-15 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka. Six Asian teams, including Bangladesh, will compete in the tournament. K Sports has been given the rights to arrange the tournament. On Thursday, August 9, a contract signing ceremony with K Sports will be held in this regard in the conference room of the BFF House in Motijheel at 12:15pm. Representatives of print and electronic media are cordially...
Read MoreThimpu: Bangladesh U15 women’s national team is up and ready to fight with Pakistan in the first match of SAFF U15 Women’s Championship 2018 at 7:00pm (Bhutan and Bangladesh local time) at Changlimithan Stadium, Thimpu, Bhutan. On Wednesday, at 9:30am Bangladesh girls underwent warm-up session and training at the Changlimithan Stadium for more than one and a half hours. In the afternoon, Bangladesh, along with the other 5 teams of the tournament, attended an official press conference. Speaking at the press meet, head coach Golam...
Read MoreDhaka: To commemorate and respect the memory of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the international Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2018 will take place from October 1 to 12 at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu National Stadium and Sylhet District Stadium. The group stage matches of the competition will take place at Sylhet while the semis and final matches will take place in Dhaka. In total, 6 countries including Bangladesh will compete in this prestigious international tournament. Till now, Nepal, Philippines and Philistine have...
Read MoreThimpu: Bangladesh U15 women’s national team got off to a flyer in the SAFF U15 Women’s Championship 2018 by beating Pakistan 14-0 in the Group B opener on Thursday at the Changlimithang Stadium, Thimpu, Bhutan. The reigning champions gave Pakistan no chance to settle into the game and the Red and Greens could have opened their account in the second minute had the scorer not been called offside. However, Bangladesh broke the deadlock in the fifth minute through Tohura...
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