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
All set for the show to start
The curtain on the 18th Asian Games, the world's second-largest multisport event, will rise at the iconic Gelora Bung Karo Stadium in Jakarta today.
17 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh teams get ready
Most of the teams representing Bangladesh for the Asian Games in Indonesia are already in either Jakarta or Palembang, the two different host cities on two separate islands, as the multisport event opens today.
17 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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