Brothers to be allowed in Fed Cup

The Players' Status Committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday recommended that Brothers Union be provisionally allowed to take part in the season's curtain-raising Federation Cup despite their failure to submit players' registration documents within the deadline.

The football season will start tomorrow through the Federation Cup with 13 teams.

"The window of the players' registration is opened centring the Bangladesh Premier League but Brothers Union delayed for two days in submitting their documents. Although it does not match with the bylaws, we have recommended that Brothers be provisionally allowed to take part in the Federation Cup," said BFF Players' Status Committee Deputy Chairman Abdur Rahim after the meeting.

"The meeting referred the matter about Brothers' participation in the BPL to the professional league committee, who will take the final decision after discussion with the BFF executive committee," said Rahim. "The committee will also inform FIFA and other BPL clubs."