Having played seven matches in the J-Green Sakai Lady's Festival in Japan, the coaches and the players of the Bangladesh U-16 women's football team seem to have gotten a good idea about how their opponents in the AFC U-16 Women's Championship might fare.

The members of the national U-16 women's football team were accorded a reception yesterday by Walton, one of the leading electrical and electronics companies of the country, which gave away monetary rewards to the girls as well as the coaching staff.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina quite poignantly addresses the contrasting fortunes of Bangladesh’s women’s and men’s football teams in the international circuit.