Dhaka: The champion and the runners up trophies of Bangamata U19 Women’s International Gold Cup-2019 have been unveiled at at the ballroom in the capital’s Hotel Intercontinental on Sunday afternoon. Organized by BFF, the tournament is set to begin at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday and to be continued till May 3. A total of six teams – UAE, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia and hosts Bangladesh – will take part in the race for the title. National Parliament speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, one of the patrons...
Read MoreDhaka: The second player registration window of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League 2018-19 opened on Sunday, April 21. The second registration window will remain open from 12pm to 5pm on every working day from April 21 to May 2. Every club participating in BPL has already been sent a player registration form, a copy of code of conduct, copies of player contracting forms, copies of LTC forms and loan form. All the teams have been urged to complete the player transfers within the...
Read MoreDhaka: The curtain on the first ever Bangamata U19 Women’s International Gold Cup, organized by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is set to rise on Monday. The BFF has taken such an initiative in order to take the country’s women’s football to the world as well as to promote women’s football in the country. We have read several success stories of Bangladesh’s women’s football in recent past. What we are seeing nowadays did not come about that easily though. Bangladesh is now a shining name in women’s football in the...
Read MoreDhaka: Bangladesh U19 women’s national team toyed with United Arab Emirates (UAE) to pick up an easy 2-0 victory in the opening match of the first ever Bangamata U19 Women’s International Gold Cup 2019 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka on Monday. In the first Group B match, the Red and Greens went at their middle-eastern opponents right from the ward go. The UAE players were suffering on every front; especially the speed of the Bengal girls combined with experience was proving too much to handle for the Emiratis. The humid...
Read MoreDhaka: Table toppers Farashganj Sporting Club stayed top of the table despite a goalless draw with second placed Agrani Bank Limited Sporting Club in the ongoing Bangladesh Championship League 2018-19 on Monday. Farashganj lead the pack with 21 points from 14 games whereas Agrani Bank are breathing down their neck with 19 points from the same amount of games. However, both sides will be wary as the league is extremely close as one more slip-up may mean total disaster. Dhaka City FC and Police FC are third and fourth respectively just...
Read MoreDhaka: Mongolia made a winning start to their Bangamata U19 Women’s International Gold Cup 2019 campaign by completing a 3-0 rout of Tajikistan at the Bangabandu National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday. Mongolia captain Undral Tuvshinjargal broke the deadlock in the Group A opener to set the platform. Then midfielder Enkhmargad Enkhbaatar doubled Mongolia’s lead in the 28th minute. Defender Delgorzaya Nyamsuren put the cherry on top of a very tasty cake in the 69th minute. After the final whistle, prolific midfielder Enkhmargad...
Read MoreDhaka: Police FC have overtaken Farashganj Sporting Club to go top of the BCL 2018-19 table after beating Fakirerpool YMC 1-0 on Tuesday. Al Amin’s 61st minute strike was enough to earn all 3 points for Police FC. With three wins in the last four games, Police now have 22 points from 13 matches; one more than Farashganj who have also played a match more. Fakirerpool are now at the 8th position with 17 points from 14 matches. Meanwhile, Victoria claimed their first win in five games and added to the misery of the struggling Soccer...
Read MoreDhaka: Newcomers Dhaka City FC have occupied the second spot on the BCL 2018-19 table after beating Swadhinata KS 2-1 at the BSSSM Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Wednesday. Mahbub was left to rue his mistake only three minutes into the game when his own goal put Dhaka City in the lead. However, the dramatic match saw two goals being scored in extra time after the allotted 90 minutes. First, Amirul scored to equalize and throw cold water on their rivals’ happiness. However, within a minute, Bokor scored the winner for Dhaka...
Read MoreDhaka: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) suffered their second consecutive loss in the Bangamata U19 Women’s International Gold Cup 2019 at the hands of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday. The loss saw them crash out of the first ever Bangamata U19 Women’s International Gold Cup 2019 from the group stage. On the other hand, the result means that both Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh go through to the semis and third match of Group B would only decide the group champions and runners-up. In the second Group B match on Wednesday, both Kyrgyzstan and UAE...
Read MoreDhaka: The Laos girls bagged a mammoth 5-0 win over Mongolia in the Bangamata U19 Women’s International Gold Cup 2019 on Thursday. Laos started their journey in the tournament with this Group A match that was kicked off at Bangabandhu National Stadium at 6pm. The Mongolian girls may have had some confidence stored in their hearts before the match since they had already played their first match and earned a 3-0 victory against Tajikistan. But the Laos team played keeping their dominance throughout the match and did not give their...
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