The wait is finally over. Leicester City FC midfielder Hamza Choudhury now belongs to Bangladesh national football team as the FIFA has cleared the England-born footballer to represent the red and greens at international level.
A stoppage-time strike from Kinga Wangchuk handed a visiting Bangladesh a 1-0 defeat to hosts Bhutan in the second and final FIFA friendly match at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan on Sunday.
Bangladeshi-born English footballer Hamza Choudhury has finally received a Bangladesh passport, confirmed Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) general secretary Emran Hossain after speaking to Hamza’s mother Rafia Choudhury today.
Obtaining a Bangladesh passport is the first criteria that Hamza has to fulfill to represent Bangladesh at the international level.
World champions Argentina maintained their position at the top of FIFA rankings, while arch-rivals Brazil were stationed at fifth and Belgium displacing England to occupy third place, as per the rankings updated on Thursday.
Before going for a two-week training camp in Saudi Arabia ahead of the World Cup Qualifiers against Palestine, Bangladesh coach Javier Cabrera had repeatedly said that his team needed to put in more than they did against Lebanon in a 1-1 draw in November last year.
Having trained in Saudi Arabia for more than two weeks, the men in red and green reached Kuwait and had their first training session on Monday in the country ahead of the Palestine tie.
“The camp, like the previous year’s one, was a great experience for the team and definitely, we are better team than what we were before coming here. We are little closer to the Palestine tie and we will be ready for March 21,” Cabrera was quoted as saying in a video footage sent by Bangladesh Football Federation.
Left-back Taj Uddin's dream to play with his elder brother in the national team has all but come true after getting a call-up to the preliminary squad ahead of the World Cup Qualifiers against Palestine.
Bangladesh coach Javier Cabrera put the onus on preparing for the upcoming SAFF Championship, scheduled for July in India, after a meeting with the National Teams Committee at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) House yesterday.
Hamza Choudhury is open to playing for Bangladesh, admitting he would be "more than proud" and "honoured" to represent the nation.
“I have always said that scoring a goal is the best feeling in the world,” legendary English striker Alan Shearer once said. In football, where goals decide destinies, it is a striker’s role to deliver balls to the back of the net.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin once promised to see Bangladesh qualify for the 2022 World Cup. The promise did not age well, so to speak. However, the BFF boss would now probably be pleased to have ensured that the World Cup trophy gets to visit the country again as part of its global tour.
Bangladesh national football team had a good preparation for the upcoming Asian Cup Qualifiers when a depleted side played out a goalless draw against Indonesia in a FIFA friendly in Bandung, Indonesia tonight.
It can be argued that a hypothetical audience who only watched the last ten minutes of the Under-19 SAFF Championships final while somehow being unaware of the score-line might have gotten the impression that Bangladesh were desperately chasing the game in search of a late equaliser.
Bangladesh football team's English coach Jamie Day might have had success with the U-23 team in the Asian Games and the AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers, but his real test with the senior team awaits in June's pre-qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup.
Bangladesh football team will be looking to come out with a good performance in the first-leg play-off of the Asian Cup qualifiers against hosts Tajikistan tomorrow.
Bangladesh football team moves to the semi-final of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2016 as the Group-A champion after a goal-less draw against Nepal in the final Group-A match held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.
Bangladesh football team salvage a 1-1 draw against Felda United FC from Malaysia in a Group-A match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2016 held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.
