Of the 18 rebel players of the Bangladesh women’s team, some 10 players met head coach Peter Butler today on the first day of the national team's training camp for the AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers in June-July.
There has apparently been no resolution regarding the impasse between women’s footballers and the team’s head coach as six senior players are leaving to play in the Bhutan National Women’s League today, a day prior to Peter Butler’s return from England.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presented the Ekushey Padak 2025 -- the country's second highest civilian award -- to the Bangladesh women’s national team, a four-member team of Avro keyboard, and 13 eminent citizens at Osmani Memorial Auditorium today. Sabina Khatun and her troops were selected for the prestigious prize in recognition of their contribution to the country's sports sector. The women in red and green won the country's first SAFF Women's Championship title in 2022 and defended their crown two years later. "Inspired by your contribution, the nation is firmly hoped to be established in a continuous better position in assemblies of the United Nations,” Chief Adviser Yunus said at the award distribution ceremony. Photos: BFF
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday signed contracts with 36 players of the national women’s football teams, confirmed a source within the BFF.
There apparently has not been any headway in the impasse in women's football despite a wholehearted effort from the president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to break the ice between the 18 senior players and the head coach of the women's national team.
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Tabith Awal will make a call on the report prepared by a seven-member special committee regarding the ongoing impasse over women’s football team’s camp, even though it is uncertain whether the president will declare the findings of the report today or will take more time to more on the delicate issue before making it public.
“Over the past few days, I have received countless death and rape threats—words that have shattered me in ways I never imagined,” wrote Bangladesh women’s football team forward Matsushima Sumaya in a Facebook post that has reverberated across the nation today.
The residential training camp will be supervised by local coaches, as the local governing body has yet to confirm the reappointment of British coach Peter Butler, who guided Bangladesh to triumph in the SAFF Women’s Championship last year.
National Sports Council (NSC) has issued 32 cheques for players and support staff of the SAFF winning Bangladesh women’s football team, equally disbursing the promised Tk 1 crore reward for bringing home the regional football title for the second time in a row, said sports Adviser Asif Mahmud on social media.
Women's empowerment – a gift of liberation – has already been a significant force behind development.
Our national women’s football team’s victory surely gives us all, especially the women, an extraordinary level of confidence.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, responsible for ground handling services at the Dhaka Airport, today claimed that the representatives of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and the concerned football players received their luggage in proper condition.
A common scene preceding a friendly neighbourhood football match is random players gathering and two seniors-turn-captains taking turns in picking the players. Usually, the top strikers are recruited first, followed by playmakers, wingers, and so on.
‘’Our eleven girls fought against eleven oppositions players on the field, but we were only around 100 Bangladeshi up against 20,000 local fans,” Arif Islam, one of the fortunate ones who got the opportunity to witness the Bangladesh team’s historic triumph from the stands at Kathmandu’s Dasarath Stadium on Monday, shared his ‘once-in-a-lifetime experience’ with The Daily Star today.
Golam Rabbani Choton, Bangladesh women's football team head coach, praised captain Sabina Khatun highly for her on-ground leadership that helped the women in red and green to hold their nerves despite falling into a difficult situation in the last quarter of the SAFF Women's Championship final in Kathmandu tonight.
Indian coach Suren Kumar Chettri congratulated Bangladesh for their maiden win against India in the SAFF Women's Championship on Tuesday.
Bangladesh captain Sabina Khatun said she felt the experience she gained through playing in the national team for over 12 years helped her score a hattrick against Pakistan in a SAFF Women's Championship fixture in Kathmandu on Saturday, which helped the side book a berth in the semifinals.
Following an expected winning start in the SAFF Women’s Championship as Bangladesh handed an emphatic 3-0 defeat to Maldives, the women in red and green are now fully focused on their Saturday’s hurdle against Pakistan, an opponent Bangladesh never faced in the previous five editions of the regional women’s championship.
Bangladesh's bid to play the final of the SAFF U-17 Championship got off to an impressive start when the boys in red and green handed a massive 5-1 defeat to hosts Sri Lanka at the Racecourse International Stadium in Colombo tonight.
