Bangladesh women's football
What next for Bangladesh’s golden girls?
As they say, it’s better to try and fail than to never try at all. This is the time for Bangladesh to try and climb up the ladder in women’s football globally.
‘Time for girls to go beyond South Asia’
After conquering South Asia twice, Sabina Khatun, captain of the Bangladesh women’s football team, wants to achieve greater glory at the Asian level.
SAFF Women’s Championship / Women ‘make it happen’ with skill and tenacity
In 2022, when the women in red and green earned their maiden title, many skeptics had credited luck for the success. However, beating hosts Nepal 2-1 yesterday and securing the SAFF Women’s Championship title again proves that their triumph is no accident, especially after having broken the dominance of subcontinental powerhouses India and Nepal.
Sabina and Co brace for SAFF defence showdown
Bangladesh will start their campaign by taking on Pakistan in a Group A encounter on October 20 before facing five-time champions India in the group’s second and final match on October 23, after the seven-team tournament gets underway on October 17 in Kathmandu.
SAFF Women’s C’ship / ‘Don’t dwell’ on past glory: coach Butler’s mantra for title defence
Holders Bangladesh are set to leave for Nepal on October 15.
Sabina and Co to play hosts Bhutan on July 24, 27
Coach Butler believes this is a good opportunity for the new players to prove themselves in competitive matches with the Bhutan fixtures.
Interview / ‘I have come this far overcoming challenges’
Sabina spoke about the experience of the two Chinese Taipei ties as well as the upcoming SAFF Women's Championship.
SAFF U-19 Women's Championship / Girls aspire to emulate senior booters' recent show
Bangladesh coach believes his charges will have a home advantage playing on the bouncy artificial turf.
A mixed bag for women's football in 2023
The year 2023 was expected to witness Bangladesh women's football progress in an upward trajectory on the back of winning the SAFF Women's Championship in September last year. It was not meant to be, unfortunately.
Choton watches from the stands
Bangladesh women's football team's former head coach Golam Rabbani Choton watched from the stands as the team drew 1-1 against Nepal in their FIFA friendly fixture in Kamalapur yesterday.
FIFA ban deserves close scrutiny
BFF must answer for alleged financial irregularities, organisational failures
Russel reckons ‘BFF intentionally didn’t send women’s team’
“I think they (BFF) intentionally didn’t send the team. We will investigate why they intentionally did it, putting our image in jeopardy,” Russel told the reporters today at his National Sports Council (NSC) office
Bangladesh football in Salahuddin era: Falling into oblivion
Of late, two major reasons pushed football to suddenly become a focal point of discussion among sports lovers in Bangladesh: the national women's football team's withdrawal from the Paris Olympic women's football qualifiers after the men's team's subpar display against lowly Seychelles in two FIFA friendly matches last month.
The champions deserve better
The Bangladesh women’s football team have been injecting fresh air for years amidst all the doldrums.
The need for proper exposure in ‘herstory’
It seems that culturally we are inclined, as if somewhat programmed, to do the bare minimum in providing deserving attention and a wide-scale media coverage when it comes to women’s sport in the country despite the fact that women athletes have had been giving their all, working just as hard as their male counterparts, day in day out over the years.
BFF takes initiative to arrange women’s matches in Korea
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin yesterday urged Lee Jang-Keun, ambassador of the Korean Embassy in Bangladesh, to make room for the Bangladesh women’s football team to play matches in Korea.
‘Losing some money is not the end of the world’
The members of the Bangladesh women's football team, who ensured a maiden SAFF Women's Championship title earlier this week, were unwilling to let anything get in the way of their celebrations.