FIFA Friendly
Johny, Papon help Bangladesh to 2-1 win against Maldives
Young midfielder Papon Singh came off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner as Bangladesh fought back from a goal down to beat Maldives to a 2-1 in their FIFA international friendly at the Bashundhara Kings Arena on Saturday.
Booters confident about win against Maldives
Inspired by the success of women's team, Bangladesh men's football team are looking to pull off a good result against visiting Maldives in the first of two FIFA Friendly matches at the Bashundhara Kings Arena today.
Maldives eye victory in both friendlies
Maldives team arrived here on Monday to play two FIFA friendly matches against Bangladesh, with the hope of winning both matches following their return to international football after a year.
Bangladesh likely to play against Bhutan next month
Bangladesh national football team is likely to play an away friendly match against Bhutan in FIFA September window, Bangladesh Football Federation’s (BFF) general secretary Emran Hossain Tushar said on Sunday.
Women booters to play Bhutan in July
The women in red and green will fly out to Thimphu on July 8 and will be in action on July 11 and 14, before returning home on July 15.
Brazil hope to avoid breaking ignominious record
Brazil will hope not to break an ignominious 23-year-old record when they visit Wembley Stadium to square off against hosts England in a mouthwatering friendly on Saturday.
Biennial FIFA series of friendly games to launch in March
Although there are no trophies or prize money, the series is designed to benefit national teams that do not have the opportunity to play teams from other confederations, with FIFA set to cover travel costs.
Argentina to play Nigeria, Ivory Coast in March
The two friendlies will be the last before Lionel Messi and company gear up for the Copa America, to be held in United States in June.
BFF wants to avail all FIFA windows for women
Mahfuza Akter Kiran, chairman of Bangladesh Football Federation’s women’s committee, today said that the game’s local governing body will arrange FIFA friendly matches for the women’s team on all the FIFA windows.
‘We were better in terms of chance creation’
"We were the better side in terms of creating chances in the two matches. Unfortunately, we could not utilise those and we have to learn from these two matches. We have to get better and improve ourselves," said Jamal at the post-match conference, for which the Afghan officials were a no-show.
Afghanistan coach full of praise for Bangladesh players
Sheikh Morsalin, who came into the limelight with two brilliant goals against Maldives and Bhutan during the SAFF Championship two months ago, will probably need a long time to forget the chance that he missed against Afghanistan in the FIFA friendly on Sunday.
Afghanistan friendlies on Sep 4 and 7, three venues in consideration
Bangladesh will host Afghanistan for two FIFA friendly matches in early September, confirmed Bangladesh Football Federation’s vice-president Kazi Nabil Ahmed on Monday.
Sabitra cancels Sabina's goal as Bangladesh draw 1-1 with Nepal
Sabitra Bhandari scored a stoppage time equalizer as Bangladesh women’s football team were held to a 1-1 draw by Nepal in their FIFA friendly fixture at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Thursday.
New Zealand-Qatar friendly abandoned after racism claim
New Zealand did not return for the second half of the match after an incident that occurred shortly before the break with them leading 1-0.
Seychelles coach wary of Tapu, Tariq
Seychelles coach Neville Both is wary of challenge posed by Bangladesh’s two centre-backs – Tapu Barman and Tariq Kazi – and midfielder Jamal Bhuiyan ahead of the second FIFA friendly match in Sylhet on Tuesday.
Tri-nation turns into two-nation FIFA friendly series
Bangladesh tried to replace Brunei for the tournament, which was scheduled to be played in Sylhet, by inviting teams like Cambodia, Philippines and Afghanistan. However, Cambodia and Philippines informed BFF that they were already booked for FIFA friendly matches in this window while Afghanistan team were not ready to play at the moment.
Nepal hit BD for three after 38 years
After vowing to repeat the feat of the Bangladesh women's football team in Kathmandu, the Bangladesh men's team suffered a 3-1 defeat against hosts Nepal as Anjan Bista hit a first-half hattrick in a friendly at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium yesterday.
Nepal men avenge SAFF Women's Championship defeat
A week after Bangladesh women's team beat their Nepalese counterparts 3-1 to claim a historic maiden SAFF Women's Championship title, Bangladesh men's team suffered an identical margin of defeat to Nepal men's team at the same venue -- Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu -- in a FIFA Friendly on Tuesday,
Cabrera eyes maiden victory
After showing a bit of competitiveness in the Asian Cup Qualifiers nine weeks ago, Bangladesh football team's coach Javier Cabrera is hoping to get a maiden win under his belt when his charges play against Cambodia and Nepal in FIFA friendly matches next month.