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Penalty miss and its ugly aftermath

4 July 2026, 00:30 AM
Penalty shootouts have always been one of football's cruellest examinations. After 120 minutes, months of preparation, and often, years of sacrifice, an entire nation's dreams can rest on a kick from 12 yards. History celebrates those who convert, but it hardly forgets those who falter.
4 July 2026, 00:30 AM
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The final call is still human

25 June 2026, 11:04 AM
For years, football authorities have promoted technology as the answer to the game's biggest controversies. Goal-line technology, semi-automated offside systems and the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) were all introduced in a bid to make the sport fairer and more accurate.
25 June 2026, 11:04 AM
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The illusion of dominance

21 June 2026, 00:53 AM
For decades, football has been increasingly defined by numbers. Possession, shots, expected goals (xG), completed passes and touches inside the opposition box have become the modern language of football analysis.
21 June 2026, 00:53 AM
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'Brazil no longer have the same number of world-class superstars they once had'

16 June 2026, 15:36 PM
In a wide-ranging interview, Zulfiqar Mahmud Mintu reflected on his earliest FIFA World Cup memories, his coaching philosophy, the evolution of modern football and several other aspects surrounding the greatest football spectacle on earth.
16 June 2026, 15:36 PM
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The great Bangladesh coach reveal

23 May 2026, 08:00 AM
The Bangladesh Football Federation had promised a transparent, exhaustive and perhaps even revolutionary search for the next head coach of the national team.
23 May 2026, 08:00 AM
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A World Cup for super rich

10 May 2026, 07:30 AM
And it is not just ticket prices that have spiralled.
10 May 2026, 07:30 AM
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Season opener highlights football’s ground realities

20 September 2025, 02:30 AM
In a repeat encounter of last season’s Challenge Cup fixture, Federation Cup winners Bashundhara Kings thrashed Bangladesh Premier League champions Mohammedan by 4-1 in the curtain-raiser of the new football season at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla yesterday..
20 September 2025, 02:30 AM
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Interview / ‘Modern football demands athletes’

27 July 2025, 04:00 AM
In a freewheeling interview with The Daily Star's Atique Anam at the team hotel in Dhaka, the former West Ham United midfielder opened up about his football methodology, plans for the future, the shortcomings of the federation, men's football, and the controversies he has found himself in.
27 July 2025, 04:00 AM
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Booters stay alive after draw against Thailand

The Bangladesh under-23 football team kept their hopes of securing qualification for the second round of the Asian Games alive with a 1-1 draw against Thailand in their second Group B match at the Pakansari Stadium yesterday.
16 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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Booters face Thailand test

The Bangladesh Olympic football team will look to bounce back from a 3-0 defeat to Uzbekistan when they take on their Thai counterparts in their second match of Group B of the Asian Games today.
15 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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Who wants to be a billionaire?

Have you ever had the dream of becoming a billionaire, and to your dismay, found out that there is hardly any chance of making your dream come true despite working your socks off? If so, come to Indonesia, for there are hundreds of thousands of billionaires here; and they are ordinary people, like you and me.
15 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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Another 3-0 defeat

The Bangladesh under-23 football team opened their Asian Games campaign with a 3-0 defeat against their Uzbekistan counterparts at the Pakansari Stadium in Bogor, Indonesia yesterday.
14 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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Jakarta gearing up

With the 18th Asian Games on the doorstep, co-hosts Jakarta is gearing up for the second-largest multi-sport event after the
13 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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All over again

It was Bangalore 2016 all over again, this time in Guyana, as Bangladesh snatched a three-run defeat from the jaws of victory in the second one-day international against the West Indies yesterday.
26 July 2018, 18:00 PM
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Globalisation at Europe's expense?

With the first round of fixtures and about one third of the games done and dusted, it is perhaps time to have a look at what transpired over the last 15 days and what it means in the greater context of the sport.
29 June 2018, 18:00 PM
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A window into the future

Shamsunnahar was not the centre of attention when the SAFF Under-15 Women's Championship got underway in Dhaka a week ago.
24 December 2017, 18:00 PM
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A tennis trailblazer

Akhter Hossain fell in love with tennis at a very early age, playing for fun at the Jamalpur Officers' Club. He was playing both cricket
4 December 2017, 18:00 PM
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A world without Italy

For someone whose first vivid memory of football was the Italia 90 and whose lasting impression from that World Cup was Salvatore Schillaci's euphoric goal-scoring celebrations, it is hard to take in the fact that Italy will not be part of next year's World Cup in Russia.
30 November 2017, 18:00 PM
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With hope of a new dawn

Thirty two years is a long time. It's a long time for a game to go through a sea-change and get a new world order in place.
10 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Germany's class shines through

Former England forward Gary Lineker once ruefully retorted that 'football is a simple game, 22 men chase a ball around for 90 minutes
3 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Tidbits from St Petersburg

On the penultimate night of the Football For Friendship (F4F) programme in Saint Petersburg, Russia, there was a sudden
2 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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The power of football beyond Rabbi's imagination

Golam Rabbi had never been out of the country before. The class-VI student from Narayanganj had, in fact, never stayed out of his
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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More than just a sport

The 4th Roll Ball World Cup in Dhaka has so far been a big congregation of countries; and though this congregation has come as a
21 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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The roll ball kaleidoscope

The 4th Roll Ball World Cup, which is currently taking place in Dhaka, has had a lot of drawbacks, ranging from the relaxed rules and
19 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Ambassadors of harmony

Swayed by the media reports, one would probably be hard-pressed to believe the apparent harmony that prevails among the Myanmar
17 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Siddikur reimagined

Siddikur Rahman has finished second in many an Asian Tour event before. In fact with the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open 2017
4 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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The monk who could be king

Jazz Janewattananond has never won an Asian Tour event before. In fact the 21-year-old Thai golfer has never even won an Asian
3 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Little Djokovic from India

Rishabh Sharda of India has an uncanny resemblance with tennis great Novak Djokovic in terms of looks including his
12 November 2016, 18:00 PM

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