Anisur Rahman

Bangladesh put up a much improved performance against Japan but ultimately suffered a 3-0 defeat, which is a reasonable margin

After a morale-shattering 9-0 drubbing by North Korea in their opening AFC U-16 Women's Championship game on Monday the

Bangladesh Football Federation technical and strategic director Paul Smalley yesterday defended the decision to hold a training session

It was only thirteen years ago that a section of fundamentalist zealots under the banner of Islamic Oikya Andalan threatened to spoil

Even though there is not much razzmatazz regarding the final round of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, which starts today in Thailand's coastal city of Chonburi, the importance of this tournament can hardly be overemphasised.

The beautiful sunny August morning in the beach town meant very little to the hundreds of starving men, women and children in worn-out clothes near the borders. They have fled their homes in Myanmar as security forces set their homes on fire, drive them away or simply shoot at them. Crossing the border to Bangladesh, they now want to find food and shelter.

Helpless and hapless.

Holders Bangladesh’s bid to defend the title of the SAFF U-15 Championship comes to an end in Nepal when they suffered a shocking 4-2 defeat to hosts Nepal in one of two semifinals at the ANFA Complex ground in Lalitpur.

Defending champions Bangladesh emerged group champions to move into the semifinals of the SAFF U-15 Championship with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Bhutan in the last match of Group A at the ANFA Complex ground in Nepal today.

The kind of football the Bangladesh U-16 women's team played last year portrayed an understanding of playing attractive football, regardless of the result and coach Golam Rabbani Choton says the idea is to play 'total football'.

Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain has become an epitome of supreme sacrifice for the cause of humanity. His refusal to leave his friends during

The Bangladesh U-16 women's football team will be back to business today following their Eid vacation after a week-long trip to Japan

Though Mahbub Harun started coaching in 2003 after having called time on his playing career in the previous year, it took the former

Dhaka United Sports Club and Friends Social Welfare Organisation gets relegated to the Second Division Football League after it is proven that both clubs played a fixed match in the recently concluded league.

Though the popularity of the country's football is gradually declining, the payment of footballers is surprisingly seeing an upsurge as the Bangladesh Premier League, especially the established teams, do not hesitate to splash the cash on signing players.

Despite the fact that Bangladesh are languishing in the lowest echelon of FIFA rankings (193 out of 211 nations) and the top-tier domestic league, the

TC Sports Club were crowned champions in the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup following a 4-2 win over Pocheon Citizen FC in tiebreakers after regulation time and extra time ended in a 2-2 stalemate at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong yesterday.

Holders Chittagong Abahani surrendered a lead and crashed out of the Shiekh Kamal International Club Cup after suffering a 1-2

Holders Chittagong Abahani become the last local team to crash out of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup tournament with a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Pocheon Citizen FC in the second semifinal

Dhaka Abahani are the pioneers of modern football in Bangladesh and have dominated the domestic circuit since its inception, but the