AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, present at the congress, stressed the need for “strong and stable leadership” to ensure football’s growth.
Legendary Bangladeshi footballer Kazi Salahuddin and Bangladesh’s premier cricketer Shakib Al Hasan have been dropped from the recently-printed ‘English for Today’ text book of Class VII by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board.
Kazi Salahuddin’s reign as the longest-serving president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will officially come to an end on October 26, the four-time BFF president announced in an impromptu press briefing yesterday.
Kazi Salahuddin will not seek a fifth term as president of Bangladesh Football Federation, the incumbent president told reporters at a press conference at the BFF House on Saturday.
A group of former footballers and some leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demanded the resignation of Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin and asked for deferring the BFF elections slated for October 26, during a protest in front of the BFF House on Saturday.
Bangladesh Football Federation President Kazi Salahuddin, actors Zayed Khan, Shahriar Nazim Joy and Shazu Khadem and 47 others were sued yesterday on charge of attacking the motorcade of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Fakirapool intersection in April of 2015
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Salahuddin also alleged that the Ultras' demands are motivated by vested interest.
Defying inclement weather, members of Bangladeshi Football Ultras (BFU), a fan group of Bangladesh football, gathered at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) headquarter in Arambagh today, demanding the immediate resignation of BFF president Kazi Salahuddin and women’s committee chairperson Mahfuza Akter Kiron.
The Spaniard, who led Bangladesh to a first semifinal in the regional event for the first time in 14 years only to lose the last-four battle against Kuwait in extra time, said he was disappointed of the end result but proud of the performance from the charges.
The chamber judge however issued status quo on a part of the HC order that directed the agencies to probe the corruption allegations regarding FIFA's money against them.
Salahuddin said he saw in past that the players don’t go to the field with a winning mentality, which is what he wants to be changed.
Kazi Salahuddin, the four-time president of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), has had his long-cherished dream fulfilled as the SAFF Club Championship is finally taking shape.
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)
The legendary footballer, however, claimed he was alluding to requirements at another institution and not the BFF, when talking to The Daily Star later in the day.
Nowadays, hardly anybody shows interest in Bangladesh’s declining football scene unless the women’s or girls’ teams deliver something special
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Monday appointed Imran Hossain Tushar, the chief protocol officer of BFF and personal secretary of BFF president Kazi Salahuddin, as interim general secretary for the next three months.
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.
The two-year ban on Bangladesh Football Federation General Secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag handed down by FIFA on Friday showcased how loosely the local football authority handles funds from the game’s world governing body.
