Free of FIFA ban, Abahani into a rough rebuild
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The Sky Blues are banking on last season's squad despite the club management's instruction to build a youthful squad that can be retained for the next few seasons.
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Eligibility row in female category hits Bangladesh athletics
10 August 2026
The cases are believed to be the first of their kind in Bangladesh athletics, bringing a global debate over female-category eligibility rules into the country's sporting landscape.
10 August 2026
BFL needs a structural reset
30 July 2026
If Bangladesh is serious about competing beyond South Asia, the transformation must begin at home.
30 July 2026
Idle boots, ticking clock as SAFF nears
23 July 2026
For the past few weeks, the people of Bangladesh have been captivated by one thing -- the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
23 July 2026
Local experts vouch for VAR
8 July 2026
While debates over individual calls are likely to continue, experts believe VAR has already become an important part of modern football despite its ongoing limitations.
8 July 2026
Beyond Brazil setback: A child’s first lesson in football, and life
7 July 2026
A World Cup is often a child’s very first introduction to the concept of a setback, wrapped in the safe environment of sport.
7 July 2026
An unrealised dream and one lingering question
26 June 2026
Growing up in the mid-1980s, football in Bangladesh was never merely a sport. It was emotion, identity, and everyday life stitched into dusty neighbourhood fields and crowded tea stalls.
26 June 2026
‘Argentina fans trolled us’, says Brazil fan and Bangladesh keeper Zico
26 June 2026
Being an avid Brazil fan, Bangladesh national team goalkeeper Anisur Rahman Zico has been enjoying every match of the Selecao, along with the other key FIFA World Cup fixtures. Zico recently spoke to The Daily Star's Anisur Rahman about Brazil's progress at the World Cup, the evolving role of goalkeepers, and his own professional future. Below are excerpts:
26 June 2026
Activity for most feds tied to Bangladesh Games
As the countrywide shutdown that lasted for more than two months to contain the spread of coronavirus came to a halt yesterday, different sectors in the country have reopened and sports are no exception.
31 May 2020
Online chess for local players soon
Having gathered experience from Asian Junior and Girls Online Chess (Zone-3.2) competition held on Thursday, Bangladesh Chess Federation (BCF) is planning to organise an online chess tournament for the local players to keep them active amid the coronavirus pandemic.
29 May 2020
Federations mull restart after govt decision to reopen
After a two-month shutdown enforced to contain the spread of coronavirus, the government announced on Wednesday that the country will reopen on May 31 to keep the economy rolling. Major national sports federations want to follow the instructions to open their respective offices but also want to observe the situation before resuming sporting activities.
28 May 2020
Booters frustrated with season closure
Terming Bangladesh Football Federation’s (BFF) decision to abandon the rest of the 2019-20 season as poor and an outcome of bad judgement, the national footballers have claimed to be in the dark regarding their contract renewals with clubs. The clubs have, however, demanded to retain the services of the same players in the new season.
18 May 2020
Kings join cancellation chorus
The majority of stakeholders of the Bangladesh Premier League have reached a consensus regarding the cancellation of the season, which has been suspended since March 16 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
12 May 2020
Fencing showing potential amid constraints
Although fencing is a centuries-old sport and has been featured in Olympics since the beginning of the modern games, it is relatively new in Bangladesh.
10 May 2020
Debate over contracts amid resumption uncertainty
Nearly two months after the postponement of the Bangladesh Premier League in light of the coronavirus outbreak, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has been stuck in a state of indecision about whether to resume the league even as a majority of clubs have been clamouring for the season to be cancelled.
7 May 2020
Enamul eager to return home
Grand Master Enamul Hossain Rajib can now breathe fresh air outside his sister’s house in Mainz, Germany after spending two months inside the house due to coronavirus lockdown. The country’s youngest GM is eagerly waiting for the resumption of international flights to return to Bangladesh.
6 May 2020
Ziarul wants to go beyond South Asia
Despite winning a gold medal in the South Asian (SA) Games in Nepal last December, weightlifter Ziarul Islam could not grab headlines owing to the presence of Mabia Akter Simanta, who too won a gold medal on the same day to achieve a rate feat of clinching gold medals for Bangladesh in consecutive editions.
5 May 2020
Solutions closer to home?
India sit at around 100 in the FIFA rankings, Maldives and Nepal have been playing competitive football for a long time while Bhutan are also showing potential at international level. These improvements are due to the countries’ effective plans that are focused on youth development.
3 May 2020
Isolated booters working to stay fit
National booter Bishwanath Ghosh may think himself lucky, especially when compared to his other national teammates, as unlike them the promising right-back is regularly availing gym facilities in the midst of the national shutdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
30 April 2020
Shooting goes online but Baki, Shakil miss out
While in home confinement, chess players have found it ideal time to hone their skills through playing chess online.
27 April 2020
Coaches go online to help peers, booters
“As there are hardly any fitness trainers at club level, most coaches have to look after the fitness aspect of the players.
26 April 2020
When domestic hockey ignited passions
Although the Premier Division Hockey League has not been held for the last two and a half years,
24 April 2020
Two former stars look back at hockey’s glory days
After the Liberation War, hockey was tipped as the sport holding the most potential after the ever-popular football. While, unlike football,
23 April 2020
Priya’s fight for a better future
Determination and hard work might have given Marzan Akter Priya overwhelming success within three years of stepping into the karate mat, but the South Asian (SA) Games gold medallist is seemingly losing interest in the sport due to its bleak future in Bangladesh.
21 April 2020
Hockey players hit hard
When some top national hockey players joined Bangladesh Navy in 2013, an argument over the justification of their joining the services team had made the rounds in the hockey fraternity.
19 April 2020
Two-year extension for Day, Watkiss
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) wants Jamie Day to scout expatriate footballers from the United Kingdom in a bid to strengthening the national team, with the game’s local governing body having already decided in principle to renew the contract with the English coach for the next two years.
18 April 2020
BFF polls uncertain, but process still on
Despite postponing its elections for indefinite period on March 27 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is still continuing the process of preparing voters’ list by extending the deadline of submission of the delegates’ names.
15 April 2020
‘We have meals on alternate days’
The country’s fastest teenage sprinter Samiul Islam and his family have fallen upon hard times in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, which has led to a countrywide shutdown that has hit Samiul on multiple levels.
13 April 2020