‘Tournament should continue with more incentive provided to academies’
Among 168 teams, Firoz Kamal Football Academy of Brahmanbaria emerged champions in the recently-introduced and FIFA-financed BFF Academy Cup. Despite being the chairman of the academy, advocate Mosarrof Hossain acted as the manager of the team during the tournament. The lawyer talked to The Daily Star’s Anisur Rahman to share the academy’s experience, limitations, prospects and other issues.
2d ago
One step in right direction, but still a long way to go
Poor technique and insufficient knowledge of footballers have often been blamed for poor results of the national team over the years. At times, even foreign coaches seemed bothered to have been working with such footballers.
2d ago
‘Self-belief’ steering MSC’s revival, comeback wins
Mohammedan now await either Abahani or Kings in the Federation Cup final.
1w ago
Wanderers back in the big league with nostalgia and new hope
Dhaka Wanderers Club, a forgotten name in the country’s football despite a glorious past, returned to top-flight football after 19 years following their runners-up finish in the Bangladesh Championship League, thanks to a goalless draw against BFF Elite Football Academy in their last match at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday.
3w ago
A different kind of Eid for hockey league players
Players featuring in the ongoing Premier Division Hockey League are set to experience a different kind of Eid this time around, with many having to celebrate the joyous occasion away from their kin and others having a shortened holiday period.
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Embracing Eid alone: Jamal’s journey far from family
The Bangladesh captain shared his Eid experience in Copenhagen.
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What keeps causing the sorry state of minnows?
The return of the Premier Division Hockey League, especially after a 27-month hiatus, might have provided some relief to the players and the officials, but the gulf of difference between the minnows and giants this season has raised eyebrows, while exposing the overall state of how the clubs are generally being run.
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Fahad relishes ‘long-awaited’ first GM norm
Having spent five years, Fahad finally achieved one of three GM norms yesterday.
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July 31, 2023
History-maker Ramhim aware of the challenge
Ramhim Lian Bawm fell in love with table tennis in his childhood, after watching a game on television. That love dragged him towards the game some eight years back, eventually seeing him becoming the first indigenous player to lift the crown in men’s singles event of the National Table Tennis Championships on Saturday.
July 8, 2023
Would have been best if Martinez had made public appearance: Jamal
Jamal Bhuiyan said that it would have been best for Emiliano Martinez to have made a public appearance during his short visit to Bangladesh when the Bangladesh football team captain talked over the phone with Satadru Dutta, the chief of the company that brought the Argentine to the subcontinent for the first time.
June 26, 2023
Booters seal memorable victory
While returning to the dressing room on the back of a foreign coaching staff, defender Tariq Raihan Kazi, wearing a bandage on his left leg and a big smile on his face,
June 25, 2023
Can booters best their old foes?
After suffering a 2-0 defeat to Lebanon, Bangladesh are in a vulnerable position once again in the SAFF Championship, aware that any result other than a victory against Maldives at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru today would leave them on the verge of exiting the competition in the group stage for the sixth straight time.
June 23, 2023
Bangladesh go down fighting
It was another heartbreak for Bangladesh as they conceded two late goals and began their SAFF Championship campaign with a 2-0 loss to Lebanon in the Group B opener at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium yesterday.
June 7, 2023
Ailing Mohsin deserves our attention
When this reporter knocked on the door of Md. Mohsin’s residence, it took more time than usual for someone to answer it.
May 31, 2023
‘A glimpse of the past’: Fans still obsessed with MSC-Abahani rivalry
It is often said that the spectators have turned their backs on domestic football, especially since the Bangladesh Premier League matches and other tournaments have been held in front of almost empty stadiums year after year. However, Tuesday's pulsating Federation Cup final in Cumilla between the country's two popular outfits -- Mohammedan SC and Abahani -- has proved the notion wrong.
May 4, 2023
Salahuddin not above accountability
Football has been at the centre of every discussion in the sports fraternity in the country for the past month, but unfortunately the conversation has revolved around administrative shortcomings such as the Bangladesh Football Federation’s (BFF’s)
April 29, 2023
Good old kabaddi’s fate hangs in balance
Kabaddi had been a lone discipline that once popped at least a medal in the Asian Games for Bangladesh but the present scenario has deviated afar.
April 17, 2023
Where BFF failed but others succeeded
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) once struggled to roll tournaments on the ground due to financial constraints as the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) together had provided the board an inadequate USD 500,000 per year.
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