The venue and a few fresh faces are the only changes from last season, when Kings came from behind to beat Mohammedan 3-1 in a match that was halted for 10 minutes after flares were thrown onto the Bashundhara Kings Arena pitch.

Bashundhara Kings captain Topu Barman has urged supporters to avoid a repeat of last season’s smoke flare incident during the one-off Challenge Cup final against Mohammedan SC in Cumilla on Friday.

Cash-strapped and facing leadership uncertainty ahead of club elections, Mohammedan's struggle to provide basic facilities exposes a wider truth about the country's top-tier football: big ambitions, fragile structures.

Five-time Bangladesh Premier League champions Bashundhara Kings have signed four foreign players, including Argentine forward Juan Eduardo Lescano, who previously played in the youth teams of Real Madrid and Liverpool. This move comes after FIFA lifted the club's transfer ban on Thursday.

A revitalised Mohammedan top the table after the first phase for only the second time since the inaugural season of the BPL in 2007. They strung up an eight-match winning streak this season on their way to the top but it was snapped by newly-promoted Fakirerpool Young Men’s Club in their last match.

Title aspirants Abahani spoiled a good opportunity to close the gap further with leaders Mohammedan SC after playing out a goalless draw against Brothers Union in their last match in the first-phase of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Flight Lt Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj today.

Having suffered a bitter elimination from the Federation Cup group stage following a 1-0 defeat against archrivals Abahani on Tuesday, Mohammedan shifted their full focus to the league.

The back-to-back victory pushed Abahani to joint-top position with Rahmatganj MFS, with six points each from two matches. Both teams just need a point to confirm their second-round berth from Group B.

Title contenders Mohammedan SC kept their winning streak intact in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) while the defending champions Bashundhara Kings stumbled again today.

A second-half strike from Souleymane Diabate powered a 10-man Mohammedan SC to a 1-0 win over holders Bashundhara Kings in their Bangladesh Premier League encounter at Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla today.

The 2024-25 football season in Bangladesh will kick off today with the newly-introduced one-off tournament, Bangladesh Challenge Cup, in which current Bangladesh Premier League champions Bashundhara Kings and runners-up Mohammedan SC will square off for the title at the Bashundhara Kings arena in Dhaka.

The Black and Whites intend to keep the present roster intact for next season.

Mohammedan now await either Abahani or Kings in the Federation Cup final.

The Dhaka Premier League (DPL) action moves into the Super League phase following Eid holidays, starting on Monday.

Local forward Rakibul Hossain scored one goal in each half while Dorielton Gomes, Robson da Silva and Asror Gofurov scored one each

Title contenders Abahani extended their winning streak to five with a thumping 16-0 win over Victoria SC in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Monday

Title-contenders Mohammedan SC notched up an easy 11-1 win over Dilkusha SC while Usha KC toiled hard to clinch a 3-2 victory over Bangladesh Police in their respective matches in the Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Sunday.

In the day’s first match, Shadharan Bima beat Victoria Sporting Club 8-3.

All four title contenders – Dhaka Mariner Youngs Club, Abahani, Mohammedan SC and Usha KC – are quietly confident about winning the title but showing enough respect to the oppositions as the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League gets underway today at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium.

Defending champions Dhaka Mariner Youngs Club inflicted a 5-1 thrashing to powerhouse Mohammedan SC in their final group match in the Club Cup Hockey tournament at the Maulana Hockey Stadium on Tuesday.