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
Bronze stacks up amid silver lining
The front pages of most of the national newspapers in Nepal on Friday were flush with blown-up pictures of Gaurika Singh, the Nepalese swimmer who just won her country its first-ever swimming individual gold in the history of the South Asian Games.
6 December 2019, 18:00 PM
In hospital instead of athletics track
Bangladesh’s 400m sprint hope Zahir Raihan and fellow sprinter Abu Taleb failed to participate in the final of the event yesterday, owing to breathing problems and high pulse-rates due to the high altitude of Kathmandu, raising serious questions about the Bangladesh Olympic Association and Bangladesh Athletics Federation’s preparation and planning regarding the 13th South Asian Games.
5 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Baki’s wait for gold continues
Bangladesh’s best rifle shooter Abdullahel Baki’s wait for a gold medal in South Asian Games continued as he settled for a bronze in his pet event of 10m air rifle on the fifth day of the Games, which proved to be another gold-less day for the country.
5 December 2019, 18:00 PM
The Bangla-loving Japanese
“Nah, bhalo lage na. Duijon injured hoia gese,” said the Bangladesh karate team’s Japanese coach Tetsuro Kitamura in clear, if colloquial, Bengali following the women’s team’s close defeat to Pakistan in the final of the women’s kumite event of the 13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu yesterday.
4 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Gold hope dashed by Priya injury
Marzan Akter Priya saw both sides of the coin in less than 24 hours. On Tuesday morning, the 29-year-old karateka was basking in the glory of winning a gold medal in the South Asian Games.
4 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Draw leaves booters on the edge
Bangladesh coach Jamie Day defended his players, saying his team deserved to win based on performance, after a 1-1 draw against Maldives jeopardized their bid to reach the final of the football event of the South Asian Games.
3 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Karate brings glory
Humaira Akhter Antara could barely finish her sentences as she choked back the tears while expressing her feelings after winning Bangladesh a gold medal in women’s karate (under-61kg kumite) in the 13th South Asian Games at the Satdobato Sports Complex in Kathmandu yesterday.
3 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Chencho punishes sloppy booters
Bangladesh coach Jamie Day, in the pre-match press conference, had said that despite their two comfortable victories at home last month against Bhutan, the opening match of the South Asian Games in Kathmandu could be difficult. T
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Dipu brings golden joy
Dipu Chakma could hardly believe his feat after he won Bangladesh the first gold medal of the 13th South Asian Games in Lalitpur, Nepal yesterday.
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Scheduling controversy at the fore as booters face Bhutan today
As Bangladesh take on Bhutan in the opening match of the men’s football event of the 13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu today, the plans and ambitions in the tournament took a backseat, overtaken by controversy surrounding very hectic scheduling of the event.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Colourful opening raises 13th SA Games curtains
A colourful opening ceremony launched the 13th South Asian Games, the biggest multi-sport extravaganza of the region, at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu yesterday, with words of peace and unity in diversity of the South Asian region writ large on the displays and performances.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh looking for a better show
Bangladesh will field a 462-member team of athletes in the 13th South Asian Games starting in Kathmandu today, hoping to better their dismal performance from the previous edition three years ago.
30 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Kathmandu set for 13th SA Games opening
The 13th South Asian Games is all set to get underway through a colourful opening ceremony at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu today.
30 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Five things we learned from this tournament
Better competition, poorer organisation: The tournament featured eight teams -- two from Bangladesh, three from India and one each from Maldives, Laos and Malaysia.
31 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Terengganu stifle Ctg Abahani’s dream
Terengganu FC showed their superior technical ability in the attacking third to get the better of hosts Chattogram Abahani 2-1 in the final of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup at the MA Aziz Stadium yesterday.
31 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Advantage Chattogram Abahani?
Chattogram Abahani stand just a game away from their second title of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, and will have the home advantage along with a day’s advantage when they take on Terengganu FC in the final at the MA Aziz Stadium today.
30 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Lee’s emphatic hattrick takes Terengganu into final
Andrew Lee Tuck scored his second successive hattrick as Terengganu FC romped into the final of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup with a 4-2 victory over Mohun Bagan at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
29 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Chattogram Abahani fight their way back into final
Chattogram Abahani twice fought back to beat Gokulam Kerala 3-2 in an entertaining first semifinal of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
28 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Ctg Abahani, Mohun Bagan thru’
Chattogram Abahani moved into the semifinals of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup as champions of Group A despite a 1-0 defeat against Mohun Bagan in their last group match at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
25 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Referee in spotlight in Kings’ labouring victory
Sri Lankan referee Lakmal Weerakkody became the centre of talk following an ill-tempered affair which saw Bashundhara Kings struggle past nine-man Chennai City FC in their second Group B fixture of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
24 October 2019, 18:00 PM