Three times champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club advanced to the 2nd slot in the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football toppling Dhaka Abahani Ltd beating winless Brothers Union Club by 3-1 goal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Thursday.

Gambian winger Suleiman Sillah put Sheikh Jamal ahead in the 34th minute (1-0), another Gambian booter Pa Omar Jobe doubled the margin in the 59th minute (2-0) while Uzbek forward Atabek Validjanov confirmed the Sheikh Jamal victory scoring the 3rd goal in the 76th minute (3-0).

Faisal Mahmood scored the consolation goal for Brothers Union in the 81st minute (3-1).

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With the day’s 6th win, Sheikh Jamal DC maintained the unbeaten run in the league securing 22 points from 10 matches while the Gopibagh outfit Brothers Union collecting only two points, also playing 10 encounters.

Star studded Bashundhara Kings comfortably dominated the league securing 31 points from 11 matches while six times champions Dhaka Abahani Ltd went down to the 3rd slot, also with 22 points from 10 outings, due to scoring less goal than Sheikh Jamal DC.    

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In the day’s other league match, Bangladesh Police FC earned the 3rd victory in their 10th league match beating bottom ranked Arambagh KS by 2-1 goals at the Bir Shreshtho Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj on Thursday.

Jamir Uddin scored first for Police team in the 14th minute (1-0) while Ivorian booter Frederic Pooda widen the Police margin scoring the 2nd goal for Police in the 29th minute (2-0).

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Nihad Zaman Ucchash netted the lone goal for Arambagh KS in the 72nd minute 
(2-1).

With the day’s feat, Bangladesh Police FC remained at 8th place in the league table collecting 12 points from 10 matches while Arambagh KS were in the bottom of the 13-team league bagging only one point from 10 matches.

Two brilliant hat-tricks by Brazilian Robson Robinho and Argentine Raul Becerra guided Bashundhara Kings to a huge 6-1 victory over Arambagh KS in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football on Tuesday. 

Star-studded Federation Cup champion Kings have 25 points from nine matches in the 13-team league. While Kings are at the top of points table, Arambagh sit at the bottom having failed to win or draw any of their eight matches. 

Argentine forward Becerra scored the third hattrick in the league after Omar Jobe and Obi Moneke, scoring three goals in the 3rd, 65th and 74th minute.

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Gambian forward Jabe of Sheikh Jamal DC got the first hat-trick in the ongoing league in their 6-0 victory over Arambagh while Nigerian booter of Sheikh Russel KC Obi Moneke scored the league's second hat-trick in their 4-0 win, also against Arambagh.

Brazilian striker Robinho completed the fourth hat-trick of the league in the day's match scoring s in the 32nd, 42nd and 77th minute.

Nahid Zaman Ucchash netted the face-saving goal for Arambagh in the 18th minute.

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Robinho is now the leading scorer in the ongoing league with nine individual goals while Omar Jobe trailing him with eight goals. 

In the day's other league match, six-time BPL champion Dhaka Abahani Ltd beat Saif Sporting Club by 2-0 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.

Brazilian booter Raphael Augusto put the sky-blue Dhanmondi outfit ahead in the 53rd minute while Haitian footballer Kervens Belfort sealed the fate of the match scoring the second goal for Abahani in the 66th minute

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Abahani maintained their second slot in the league table with 21 points from nine outings while Saif SC remained at fifth place with their previous credit of 13 points from eight matches. 

The ninth round of the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football will begin on Tuesday at different venues across the country.

League leader Bashundhara Kings will play Arambagh KS at 3pm at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla.

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And Dhaka Abahani will encounter Saif Sporting Club at 3:30pm at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka while Sheikh Jamal DC will face Uttar Baridhara Club at 6pm at the same venue on Tuesday.     

Bashundhara Kings has so far dominated the league with an unbeaten run, securing 22 points.

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Six times champions Dhaka Abahani followed the leader, collecting 18 points. Also, Sheikh Jamal SC bagged 17 points and Sheikh Russel 16 points.

Failing to earn any point from seven matches, Arambagh KS remained at the bottom of the 13-team league table.

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BPL standings after 8th round

Chittagong Abahani drew 3-3 with newcomers Bangladesh Police on Sunday in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football.

Following the match at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Chittagong Abahani remained at the seventh slot in the points table, collecting nine points from eight matches.

And Police secured the eighth spot bagging the same number of points from seven outings.

Chittagong Abahani dominated the first half 2-0. Brazilian forward Nixon Brizolara put Abahani ahead in the 18th minute, scoring the match's first and his sixth goal in the league (1-0).

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Local midfielder Rakib Hossain doubled the lead scoring the second goal for the port city team (2-0).

Rakib widened Abahani's margin scoring his second and the third goal for his team in the 49th minute (3-0).

After trailing by 0-3, three Ivory Coast booters came to Police's rescue and snatched one important point from Abahani, scoring three goals in a row within 32 minutes.

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Midfielder Frederic Pooda scored for Police in the 58th minute (3-1), defender Lancine Toure netted the second goal in the 75th minute (3-2), and Bollo Famoussa levelled the margin in the stoppage time of the match from a penalty (3-3).

In the day's other match, Dhaka Mohammedan beat Brothers Union Club 2-1 at the floodlight Bangabandhu National Stadium in the evening.

Swedish-born Bangladeshi booter Joseph Nur Rahman scored first for Gopibagh outfit Brothers in the 11th minute (1-0) while Amir Hakim Bappy equalised for Mohammedan in the 70th minute (1-1).

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Souleymane Diabate of Mali scored the match-winner for The Black and Whites in the 73rd minute (2-1).

Brothers' Faisal Mahmud received a red card in the stoppage time of the match.

With the day's feat, Dhaka Mohammedan occupied the sixth slot in the league table, collecting 12 points from eight encounters while Brothers Union remained at the 12th place in the 13-team league with only one point.

Federation Cup champions Bashundhara Kings and three times Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football champions Sheikh Jamal maintained their unbeaten run in BPL after playing out a goalless draw on Saturday.

Star-studded Bashundhara Kings dropped their first point in the competition with the draw at Bangabandhu National Stadium.

However, they maintained their solo lead in the league table securing 22 points from eight matches.

And Sheikh Jamal slipped to the third spot with 17 points from seven outings, playing one match fewer than Kings and Dhaka Abahani.

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In the day's another match, six times BPL champions Dhaka Abahani advanced to the second slot in the league table, crushing Arambagh 4-0 at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Motiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj.

Brazilian forward Francisco Torres struck twice in the 31st and 43rd minutes for Abahani (2-0) while Afgan defender Masih Saighani netted the third goal for The Sky Blue Brigade in the 60th minute (3-0).

Abahani widened their margin with the own goal of Arambagh's Australian defender Bradie Smith in the 88th minute (4-0). Bradie was trying to foil an attempt of Abahani midfielder Dipok Roy.

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In the day's other match, Saif Sporting Club beat Sheikh Russel 2-1 at the floodlight Bangabandhu National Stadium in the evening.

After the defeat, Sheikh Russel went down to fourth place in the league with their previous credit of 16 points from eight encounters while Saif remained at fifth place securing 13 points from seven matches. 

Mohammed Abdullah put Sheikh Russel KC ahead in the 20th minute (1-0) while Maraz Hossain Rafi equalised for Saif in the 57th minute (1-1).

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However, Uzbek midfielder Sirozhiddin Rakhmatullave scored the match-winning goal for Saif in the 74th minute (2-1).