Sabina Khatun
Sabina, Ritu Porna visit SBNCS
The stars of Bangladesh Women’s national football team captain Sabina Khatun and Rituporna Chakma visited the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) office at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur today. They were welcomed to the SBNCS by national cricket team captain Nigar Sultana Joty who showed them around. The footballers, fresh from their SAFF Championship triumph, also tried their hands in cricket at the indoor practice facility of SBNCS and impressed Joti with their skills!
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.
A triumphant return
Bangladesh, winners of the SAFF Women’s Championship, returned home from Nepal with their second consecutive regional title amid huge enthusiasm from fans and media personnel at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday.
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.
Chaotic off the pitch, sublime on it
Success and controversy are apparently walking hand in hand for Bangladesh in their title defence of SAFF Women's Championship in Kathmandu.
SAFF Women's Championship / Bangladesh storm into final with 7-1 thrashing of Bhutan
Tohura Khatun scored a hattrick while skipper Sabina Khatun bagged a brace as defending champions Bangladesh stormed into the final of the SAFF Women's Championship with a 7-1 win against Bhutan in Kathmandu today.
Sabina uncertainty for Bangladesh before Bhutan semi
Bangladesh are likely to be without captain Sabina Khatun for their semifinal clash of the SAFF Women's Championship against Bhutan in Kathmandu today but coach Peter Butler said he has alternates ready in attack to replace the veteran forward.
SAFF Women's Championship / Sabina & Co begin title-defence today
Bangladesh will begin their title-defence of the SAFF Women's Championship against Pakistan today and will look to book a semifinal berth with a victory in Kathmandu.
Sanjida to join Sabina in Indian Women’s League
Bangladesh women’s football team winger Sanjida Akter accepted an offer to play for East Bengal FC in the ongoing Indian Women’s League.
Sabina to play in Indian Women’s League
Bangladesh national women’s team captain Sabina Khatun has taken up an offer to play in the ongoing Indian Women’s League for the last edition’s runners-up Kickstart FC.
Japan match ‘a big learning experience’ for Sabina & Co
Bangladesh women's football team captain Sabina Khatun thinks comparing them with Japan after their 8-0 defeat against the former world champions in their debut Asian Games appearance will be wrong.
BFF gives in to female footballers' salary demand
Bangladesh Football Federation agreed to increase the salaries of the women’s national team by bringing 31 players under contract for next sixth months while raising their salaries.
Women footballers to come under BFF contract
Bangladesh national women's football team players are set to come under a professional contract with the Bangladesh Football Federation.
'Excited to play against Japan'
Soon after securing a place in the finals of the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) wanted to have a talented group of girls feature on a bigger stage -- the 2018 Asian Games. However, the board had to backtrack on their decision following heavy media criticism for throwing the inexperienced girls into unknown territory.
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.
Women’s team to stay at five-star hotel ‘despite BFF’s insolvency’
Bangladesh Football Federation’s women’s wing chairman Mahfuza Akter Kiron has said that BFF has arranged funds to accommodate the women’s football team at Hotel InterContinental, the same hotel that visiting Nepal team are staying, despite its financial insolvency.
We, the players, deserve better: Sabina
Bangladesh women’s football team captain Sabina Khatun believes no other women footballers will leave the camp following the retirement of Sirat Jahan Swapna but urged the Bangladesh Football Federation to solve the grievances and fulfil the needs of the players immediately.
SAFF champions receive grand reception
Bangladesh national women's football team were given a grand reception by their official sponsor, Dhaka Bank Limited, at the Independent University (IUB) campus in Dhaka on Tuesday to mark their maiden SAFF Championship triumph.