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There are very few footballers in Bangladesh who can boast a record of three goals in first 11 international matches. In fact with Bangladesh’s ever-present scoring issue, forwards hardly score in international matches and spend the season at reserve bench of their respective clubs.

Yeasin Khan was once regarded as one of the stalwarts of defence in the Bangladesh national team alongside his long-time mate, Topu Barman.

Hosts Chattogram Abahani got the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup to a rousing start with a 4-1 win over defending champions TC Sports Club at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

Despite a big setback at the eleventh hour in the form of Abahani pulling out, the third edition of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup is set to get underway as scheduled when defending champions TC Sports Club of Maldives take on first edition winners and hosts Chattogram Abahani in the opening match today.

Bangladesh national team golfers have been spending a busy time at the Kurmitola Golf Club for the last three months. They are training to emulate what their predecessors had achieved nine years ago.

Kamal Babu was distraught, not just because his team had lost the final match of the Walton U-18 Football Tournament, but because they had lost against a team which had fielded an overaged player in the previous match and, despite there being evidence of it, were allowed to play in the final.

Rangpur became the new champions of the JFA Cup U-14 National Women’s Football Championship, beating three-time champions Mymensingh 4-2 in tiebreakers after the final and, in essence, the tournament itself descended into controversy and became a farce at

Those who are aware of the local hockey scene are quite familiar with the gung-ho approach taken by the players and administrators on and off the pitch on a regular basis. So, it came as bit of a surprise when the April 29 elections of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) were completed peacefully

There is an oft-repeated quote in football by former England international Gary Lineker, which goes: "Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win."

Bangladesh has been hosting Asian Tour events for the last four years. Today as the Kurmitola Golf Club hosts the fifth edition of the Bangladesh Open, this time titled Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open, the question that is frequently being asked is: whether we will finally get an Asian Tour winner on home soil?

April 4, 2019 and April17, 2019 could define the future of Bangladesh football. On those two days we will get to learn what is in store for the national team over the next four years.

Robbie Fowler is considered a god by many at Anfield. Having graduated from the Liverpool academy as a local boy, Fowler burst into top-tier football and instantly endeared himself to the club's faithful with a flurry of goals.

Mirona Khatun is barely noticeable when she sits in the Dhaka City Football Club dugout. A slight physique of 4ft 8in, Mirona is hidden behind the more imposing and authoritative figures of her coaching staff. Even as she celebrates a goal, jumping up and down the sideline, it is difficult to notice her.

2018 was a mixed year for Bangladesh football. After a couple of years of international exile, there were enough elements last year to

As we wrap up 2018 and look forward to a new year, Bangladesh's search continues for a sport or sporting icon, barring cricket, which

Newcomers Bashundhara Kings laid their hands on their first silverware in top-flight football with a 2-1 win against former champions Sheikh Russel KC in an entertaining final of the Walton Independence Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.

Just over a month ago, Bangladesh football's new powerhouse Bashundhara Kings had stormed into the final of their maiden top-flight

Abahani's Federation Cup hero Sunday Chizoba could not celebrate the final victory over Bashundhara Kings on the field, but he said he harbours no grudges against the opposition's defender Nasir Chowdhury for a malicious challenge that led to the forward's injury towards the end of the high-octane match on Friday.

What a massive difference a month can make to the fortunes of and the perception regarding a team!

Players of the Bangladesh under-18 women's football team spent a sleepless night on Sunday. No, they were not sleepless from any tension of playing a match the following day; instead they were sleepless from the excitement of just having clinched the title of the inaugural SAFF U-18 Women's Championship at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu. The excitement was very understandable given that most of the players of this team had gone through a heartbreak at the same venue just two months ago.