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.
Reigning SAFF champions make waves in FIFA rankings
Bangladesh moved up seven places in the latest women’s football rankings released by FIFA on Thursday, following their maiden SAFF Championship triumph last month.
Sabina dedicates trophy to entire nation
Bangladesh captain Sabina Khatun dedicated the SAFF Women’s Championship trophy to the nation during an impromptu press conference at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport upon their arrival from Kathmandu on Wednesday afternoon.
A win for the dreamers
We need to invest in our women and change how we view their participation in sports
Bangladesh’s indomitable band of sisters
Before emerging as champions of the just-concluded 2022 SAFF Women's Championship, the women in red and green had played a final once before – during the regional competition's 2016 edition. But as the in-form Sabina Khatun, Sanjida Akhtar, Maria Manda and company prepared to encounter hosts Nepal, the Bangladesh head coach Golam Rabbani Choton deemed his charges as favourites -- not based on the track records against the four-time champions but on their current form.
‘Sabina showed true leadership under pressure’
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.
‘This trophy belongs to the people of Bangladesh’
Bangladesh Women Football team skipper Sabina Khatun dedicated the SAFF Women's Championship trophy to the people of Bangladesh after they claimed the South Asian football's supremacy by beating hosts Nepal 3-1 in the final at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu on Monday.
Bangladesh players sweep SAFF Women Championship awards
Bangladesh Women football team players swept the awards after ensuring their maiden SAFF Women Championship title by beating hosts Nepal 3-1 in the final at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu on Monday.
History in the air as ‘Bangladesh arrive as favourites’
Having posed with the shiny trophy at the Dasharath Stadium yesterday, just the day before the final of SAFF Women's Championship, Bangladesh captain Sabina Khatun smiled big after raising the trophy and the Nepal captain Anjila Thumbapo Subba did the same.
A step away from SAFF supremacy
Captain Sabina Khatun, who played in a deeper role against India, slotted home a brilliant hattrick yesterday from her usual position as striker to guide Bangladesh to an emphatic 8-0 win over Bhutan in the semifinal of the SAFF Women’s Championship in Kathmandu.
'Experienced' Sabina on a roll
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.