Atique Anam

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

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

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

A tennis family with a difference

It is not often that a local tennis tournament garners much media attention in our country. Even the biggest tennis events

8 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Humiliation in Bhutan

Bhutan played the proverbial last rite of Bangladesh football with a 3-1 defeat at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu yesterday. The result in the Asian Cup Qualifying Play off means Bangladesh will not be a part of any AFC and FIFA sponsored events for the next two to three years until the launching of the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers.

10 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Saintfiet wary of altitude

Bangladesh coach Tom Saintfiet feels that coping with the high altitude of Thimphu will be challenging for his team who are

8 October 2016, 18:00 PM

From Sugarloaf Mountain to Cristo Redentor

With the Olympic Games having ended, we were left with time to take a look around the tourist attractions of Rio de Janeiro. A day and a half's excursion was enough to leave us with an eye-opening experience. Here is the second of a two-part travelogue on that experience.

24 August 2016, 18:00 PM

A sneak peek into favela life

Rio de Janeiro has many faces. It is fraught with such extremes that it's quite hard to fathom the true nature of this beautiful

23 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Rio bids a colourful goodbye

The 31st Olympic Games had started with a great exhibition of music, dance and colours of life. It ended with another one.

22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Redemption Maracana

For the last 66 years, Maracana had been the name of the biggest tragedy of Brazilian football. Despite its rich history, the spiritual home of football was best known worldwide for one of Brazil's most painful defeats, a 2-1 reverse against Uruguay in the final of the 1950 World Cup.

21 August 2016, 18:00 PM

'I am the greatest'

"There you go, I am the greatest," announced Usain Bolt emphatically as the Jamaican drew the curtains on his incredible

20 August 2016, 18:32 PM

IMMORTAL

Immortality: Sealed with a burst of speed, in the blink of an eye and in the matter of 37.27 seconds.

20 August 2016, 18:00 PM

'Trying to be one of the greatest'

With the Rio 2016 Olympic Games expected to be the last Games for Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprint king spoke elaborately

19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

'Only thing that matters is gold'

Usain Bolt is back in form. He is back in the very best of form as far as his antiques are concerned. He has always been in form as far as racing is concerned, but now that he has breezed through to victory in his favourite 200m on Thursday night to complete a double hattrick of 100m and 200m, he is back with his typical show of wit, charm and antiques.

19 August 2016, 18:00 PM