Season opener highlights football’s ground realities
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
Interview / ‘Modern football demands athletes’
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
'Time the officials paid back for the sacrifice of players and coaching staff'
In a conversation with The Daily Star, Alfaz Ahmed spoke about the secret of Mohammedan's success in the league and what he expects from the club in the wake of this title triumph.
18 May 2025, 09:00 AM
‘Hamza has helped us raise the level and quality of our game’
In this interview with The Daily Star, Bangladesh Football Federation president Tabith Awal spoke about both women's and men's teams and the controversies surrounding football.
7 April 2025, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh football riding the Hamza wave
When Bangladesh football team captain Jamal Bhuiyan told the press on Thursday, “It feels our [Lionel] Messi is here,” about the arrival of Hamza Choudhury, he wasn’t exaggerating.
22 March 2025, 01:00 AM
Rebel women footballers at a dead end?
The 18 senior players of Bangladesh national women’s team, who have been boycotting training since head coach Peter Butler returned to the country, seem to have shot themselves on the foot after refusing to sign contracts offered by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Monday.
12 February 2025, 02:04 AM
The World Cup should not be a mere extension of the IPL
For those cricket fans who have got used to enjoying the sight of batters steamrolling bowlers of all ilk over the past 65 days or so, will the forthcoming T20 World Cup in the USA and the West Indies may prove to be a bit of a turn-off.
28 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Should Murshedy get away with sweeping dirt under the rug?
In stark contrast to many developed nations where people in power often relinquish their positions in face of charges of corruption or incompetence even before allegations are proved in a show of true accountability -- there is a disturbing tendency to brush aside all sorts of allegations, even after proven, under the rug by the people in power in countries like Bangladesh, which ranks among the lowest in various corruption indexes.
25 May 2024, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh flagbearers make their bow today
Siddikur Rahman and Mahfizur Rahman -- two of the flag bearers for Bangladesh in the Olympic Games -- will carry the nation's hopes at two different venues of Rio de Janeiro today.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM
21 and counting
It was past 1:00am in the morning, but the media tribune at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro was still buzzing
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Silva's golden respite for Brazil
Brazil has been going through a difficult time of late. A bitter political crisis and continued recession has left deep scars on the psyche of its people.
9 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Phelps at it again
The tension was palpable, yet the resolution supreme. Here was a man bent on righting the wrongs of his post-2012 past;
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM
A party inside beach volleyball arena
If you thought the picture with this story was taken from inside a football stadium, you couldn't have been further from the
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Baki fumbles after strong start
Up till 40 shots of the qualification round of the 10m air rifle event -- that is two-thirds as it is a sequence of six series of
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Hosszu's redemption
Kosuke Hagino was just 17 when he beat both Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, two of the world's all-time best swimmers, to
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM
No big promises
Bangladesh's premier shooter Abdullah Hel Baki is not making any big promises regarding his chances in his pet event of
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Rio sets its own standard
The opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics on Friday night did not feature any of the tech gimmicks or futuristic visual
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM
The party begins
Friday started in a frenzy in Rio. Brilliant sunshine had people swarming all over the sidewalks and beaches. Long tailbacks
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Rio, where two worlds collide
Getting your way around in Rio is an exhausting experience in itself. Here people hardly speak English, which makes your job
5 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Brazilians get one over Argentina
Brazilians do love their football. And it seems they do love to hate Argentina, or at least Argentine football teams.
5 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Brazilian exoticism to highlight opening
The football event of the Rio Olympics 2016 may have already kicked off, but the real deal starts in earnest on Friday when the
4 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Fever not yet contagious
There is something amiss about Rio de Janeiro at the moment. With less than 24 hours to the opening ceremony of the 2016
4 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Rio gears up for Games
While the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games is still close to 48 hours away, the games officially got underway yesterday through the women's football match between Sweden and South Africa.
3 August 2016, 18:00 PM
In the land of the great divide
The nightscape of Rio de Janeiro is quite brilliant. From up above at night-time, this sprawling city of close to 500 square
3 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh lose narrowly this time
Bangladesh lose their second-leg of the Asian Cup qualifying playoff against Tajikistan 1-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today to suffer a 6-0 aggregate defeat.
7 June 2016, 14:23 PM
What about the promised land?
Ever since Muhammad Ali's historic visit to Bangladesh 37 years ago, there has been this occasional speculation in local media as to what happened to the piece of land in Cox's Bazar which was promised to the legendary boxer.
4 June 2016, 07:17 AM
'Couldn't sleep for three nights'
He went close to creating history by winning the Mauritius Open on the European Tour before relinquishing his pole position because of one bad shot. Even so, he stands on the cusp of being the first Bangladeshi to directly qualify for the Olympics.
30 May 2016, 18:00 PM
SIDDIKUR chokes again
Struggle, struggle, surprise, disappointment. This seems to have become a pattern for Siddikur Rahman these days. Past his heady
15 May 2016, 18:00 PM