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SAFF U-19 Women's: Bangladesh, India declared joint champions after match commissioner's fault
Hosts Bangladesh and India declared joints champions in the four-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-19 Women's Championship '2024 after a two-hour-long delayed decision following the match commissioner's shameful fault in the final on Thursday.
The title deciding and tense- packed final match between two neighboring rivals was locked in 1-1 goals in the stipulated 90-minute at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur here Thursday evening.
Then the match moved toward the tie breaker where it was again locked in 5-5 goals in the five each shots.
The final match was again locked in 11-11 goals in the sudden death session of the tie breaker that made match officials confused.
The match commissioner then surprisingly advised the match referee to decide the fate of the final through a toss (by a coin) in place of continuing the sudden death session as per bylaws.
India won the toss and started their maiden title celebration, but Bangladesh team refused the referee's illegal toss decision and stayed in the field alongside their huge local fans.
Complying to the Bangladesh protest and reviewing the tournament's bye laws, the commissioner and referee changed their decision
and advised both the teams to continue the sudden death session to decide the champions.
But India regretted the new decision and left the field immediately saying that they did not expect any result but the champions.
Finally, both the teams declared joints champions by SAFF authority as the match commissioner admit his fault
Minister for Youth and Sports Nazmul Hasan Papon, who is also the President of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), was present in the match as the chief guest, also played a good role for an amicable settlement.
Earlier in the day's match, Sibani Devu, who made a hattrick in India's 10-0 goals victory over Bhutan in tournament opener, put India ahead in the very 8th minute by a cool placing shot, off a Nitu Linda's through pass,utilising the lapses of Bangladesh defender and custodian Swarna Rani Sarkar (1-0).
When the match was almost heading for a Indian victory, then Bangladeshi wonder girl Sagorika again came to rescue Bangladesh scoring the match equaliser in the 4th minute of the stoppage
time amid huge enthusiasm from local fans (1-1).
It was the 4th goal for Sagorika in the ongoing tournament, scoring twice against Nepal and two against India -- one in the group match and another in the final..
Incidentally, it was also the 4th successive win for Bangladesh against India after winning the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship title in 2021 beating India twice--first in the league match and the 2nd in the final match
Bangladesh also smartly reached the final of the ongoing meet with an all-win record securing nine points from straight three league matches beating Nepal 3-1, India 1-0 and outplaying all losers Bhutan by 4-0 goals.
India booked a seat for the final crushing Bhutan by 10-0 goals, outplaying by Nepal by 4-0 goals and losing to hosts Bangladesh by 0-1 goal.
Bangladesh team : Swarna Rani Sarkar, Afeida Khandokar, Ruma Akter, Joynob Bibi Rita, Surma Jannat, Munki Akhter, Sapna Rani, Masamat Sagorika, Puja Das, Eti Khatun and Bonna Khatun.
SAFF U-19 Women's: Bangladesh to play India in final Thursday to retain title
Two old rivals—Holders Bangladesh and runners-up India—will play each other again in the final of the four-nation South Asian Football Federation's (SAFF) U-19 Women's Championship '2024 on Thursday to retain the title.
The title-deciding final match between two neighbouring rivals will kick off at 6 pm local time at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka's Kamalapur.
SAFF U-19 Women's: Bangladesh reach final with all -win record outplaying Bhutan by 4-0 goals
Bangladesh are enjoying an upper-hand advantage against their giant rivals, India, beating them for the last three consecutive times after clinching the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship after clinching the title of the last version of the meet in 2021, beating India twice—first in the league match and second in the final match.
Bangladesh smartly reached the final with an all-win record, securing nine full points from three straight league matches, beating Nepal 3-1, India 1-0, and outplaying all losers Bhutan by 4-0 goals.
SAFF U-19 Women's: Bangladesh to play Bhutan on Tuesday
India booked a seat for the final, crushing Bhutan by 10-0 goals, outplaying Nepal by 4-0 goals, and losing to hosts Bangladesh by 0-1 goals.
Ahead of Thursday's final, both teams made their final practices on Wednesday afternoon.
SAFF U-19 Women's Champs: Sagorika guides host Bangladesh to final beating India by 1-0 goal
Speaking to the media, Bangladesh captain Afeida Khondakar said, "Our target is to clinch the title playing our usual game; we are not taking any extra pressure against the match with India."
"We worked hard for the tournament for a long time, and now we want to reach our ultimate goal of playing good football in the final," she added.
Defending champions Bangladesh, which ensured the final berth with one match spare after beating their giant rivals India by a 1-0 goal in their second league match last Sunday, now have to show their big match temperament against India in Thursday's final to be the champions for the second successive time.
SAFF U-19 Women's: Bangladesh reach final with all -win record outplaying Bhutan by 4-0 goals
Holders Bangladesh reached the final of the four-nation South Asian Football Federation's (SAFF) U-19 Women's Championship '2024 with an all-win record, beating all losers Bhutan by 4-0 goals at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka's Kamalapur on Tuesday.
Defending champions Bangladesh, which assured the final berth with one match spare after beating their giant rivals India by a 1-0 goal in their second league match last Sunday, will play India again in the final on Thursday.
The title-deciding final match between two neighbouring rivals will kick off at 6 p.m. local time at the same venue.
In the day's second and last match, Bangladesh fielded their second string team, resting some nine regular players, but faced no trouble to dominate over their rivals Bhutan by 2-0 in the first half.
Oeyshi Khatun scored twice for Bangladesh in the 31st and 63rd minutes, while Nushrat Jahan and Trishna Rani netted the remaining two goals in the 18th and 58th minutes, respectively.
Earlier in the day's first match, India eliminated Nepal, beating them by 4-0 goals at the same venue on Tuesday afternoon.
After a barren first, Neha struck twice for India in the 54th and 81st minutes, while Sulanjana Raul and Cindy Remruatpuli Colney netted two other goals for India in the 86th and 90+3 minutes, respectively.
On completion of the league-based matches on Tuesday, hosts Bangladesh comfortably dominated the points table, with an all-win run securing a full nine points from three straight matcheswhile India finished 2second,collecting six points from three matches to reach the final.
Nepal and Bhutan were eliminated from the race with three and zero, respectively.
Earlier, the Young Tigresses made a good start in the four-nation meet, beating Himalayan nation Nepal by 3-1 goals and ensuring the final, beating India by 1-0 goals, while India also made a flying start, crushing Bhutan by 10-0 goals on opening day and ensuring the final, outplaying Nepal by 4-0 goals.
Nepal U-19 Women's team earned the lone victory, beating Bhutan U-19 Women's side by a 1-0 goal last Sunday.
Fed Cup Football: Bashundhara Kings beat Sheikh Russel to reach quarterfinal as group champion
BPL champions Bashundhara Kings emerged unbeaten Group C champions to reach the quarterfinals of the 35th Federation Cup Football, eliminating Sheikh Russel KC by a 1-0 goal at the Bir Shreshtha Fl Lt Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj on Tuesday afternoon.
Uzbek midfielder Asror Gafurov scored the match-winning goal for the Kings in the 36th minute (1-0).
Kings Brazilian medio Miguel Ferreira got the marching order in the 86th minute of the match after receiving a direct red card.
After the day's match, Bashundhara Kings and Fortis FC qualified for the quarterfinals as the Group C champions and runners-up, securing six and three points, respectively, at the coffin of pointless Sheikh Russel KC.
In the day's other match, Bangladesh Police FC shared points with Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in a Group A match that ended in a 2-2 draw at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium in Gopalganj.
Both teams qualified for the quarterfinals from Group A.
Sheikh Jamal emerged as group champions, securing four points, while Police FC finished as group runners-up, securing two points, after playing both group matches.
All four goals of the match were scored in the first half.
Abdullah put Sheikh Jamal ahead in the 23rd minute (1-0), while Quazem restored the parity for Police SC just two minutes later (1-1).
Colombian striker Garcia scored the second goal for Police in the 31st minute (2-1), while Nigerian medio Dimgba levelled the margin for Sheikh Jamal DC in the 39th minute from a penalty (2-2).
Earlier, two traditional rivals--holders Dhaka Mohammedan and runners-up Dhaka Abahani—assured the quarterfinal berth from B with one match to spare, securing full six points from straight two matches. They will meet each other on February 13 to decide the group champions.
SAFF U-19 Women's: Bangladesh to play Bhutan on Tuesday
Defending champions Bangladesh, which already assured the final berth in the four-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-19 Women's Championship '2024 with one match spare, will play pointless Bhutan in the last league match on Tuesday.
The match will kick off at 7:00 pm local time at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka's Kamalapur, the result of which will not affect their final berth.
SAFF U-19 Women's Champs: Sagorika guides host Bangladesh to final beating India by 1-0 goal
In the day's other league match, India will battle with Nepal at 3:00 pm at the same venue for the remaining final berth.
After the second round of matches, hosts Bangladesh comfortably dominated the points table, with an all-win run securing the full six points from two straight league matches, while India and Nepal followed Bangladesh, collecting three points each from two matches.
SAFF U-19 Women's Champs: Nepal beat Bhutan to stay in title race
The winners of Tuesday's India and Nepal match will qualify for the final as the remaining team, Bhutan, was already eliminated from the meet.
The title-deciding final match between the top two teams of four nations will be held on Thursday (February 8) at 6:00 pm at the same venue.
Earlier on Sunday, a last-minute goal by promising forward Sagorika guided the Young Tigresses to the final of the ongoing SAFF U-19 Women's meet with one match to spare, beating giant neighbour India by a 1-0 goal in their 2nd league match at the same venue.
SAFF U-19 Women' s Football begins on Friday with hosts Bangladesh taking on Nepal in opener
This was the third consecutive win for Bangladesh against India in the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship after clinching the title of the last version of the meet, beating India twice—first in the league match and second in the final.
The Young Tigresses made a good start in the four-nation meet, beating Himalayan nation Nepal by 3-1 goals, while India also made a flying start, crushing Bhutan by 10-0 goals on opening day (Friday).
The Nepal U-19 Women's team beat the Bhutan U-19 Women's side by a 1-0 goal to stay in the title race last Sunday.
SAFF U-19 Women's Champs: Sagorika guides host Bangladesh to final beating India by 1-0 goal
Sagorika guides defending champions Bangladesh to the final of the four-nation SAFF U-19 Women's Championship '2024 with one match to spare beating India by 1-0 goal in their 2nd match at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur here Sunday evening.
This was the 3rd consecutive win for Bangladesh against India in the SAFF U-19 Women's meet after clinching the previous title beating India twice in the league match and also in the final.
With the day's well merited victory, hosts Bangladesh comfortably dominated points table with all win run securing full six points from two straight league matches while India followed them collecting three points from two matches.
In the day's nerve shattering 2nd round match, Sagorika guided bangladesh to the final of the meet beating giant India by 1-0 goal in the 2nd minute of the stoppage time (90+2) by a brilliant placing shot in between two opponent defenders, utilizing a long pass from captain Afeida Khandakar.
This was the 3rd goal for Sagorika in the ongoing meet after scoring two goals against Nepal in tournament opener last Friday.
In the remaining league matches, Bangladesh will play lowly Bhutan at 7:pm on Tuesday while India will battle with Nepal at 3: pm to assure the remaining final berth, also on Tuesday (February 6) at the same venue.
Earlier, the Young Tigresses made a good start in thr meet beating Himalayan nation Nepal by 3-1 goals while India also made a flying start crushing Bhutan by 10-0 goals last Friday.
In the day's first match, Nepal U-19 Women's team beat Bhutan U-19 Women's side by 1-0 goal to stay in the title race of the four- nation SAFF U-19 Women' s Championship at the same venue Sunday afternoon.
After a barren first half, Senu Pariyar scored the match winning goal for Nepal in the 54th minute of the day's dull and hopeless match infront of only 60 soccer fans at the stadium.
Nepal are now in the 3rd slot securing three points from two matches beating all loser Bhutan 1-0.
The final match between top two teams of four nations meet will be held on February 8 at 6 pm.
SAFF U-19 Women's Champs: Nepal beat Bhutan to stay in title race
Nepal U-19 Women's team beat Bhutan U-19 Women's side by 1-0 goal to stay in the title race of the four- nation SAFF U-19
Women' s Championship '2024 at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur here Sunday afternoon.
After a barren first half, Senu Pariyar scored the match winning goal for Nepal in the 54th minute of the dull and hopeless match in front of only 60 soccer fans at the stadium.
BPL Football: Dhaka Abahani bounce back with win over Police FC
Himalayan nation Nepal, which suffered 1-3 goals defeat against hosts and holders Bangladesh in their first match last Friday, will face India on Tuesday in their last league match to decide their fate for the final.
After the match, India dominated the league table securing full three points crushing Bhutan by 10-0 goals while hosts Bangladesh followed India also securing three points, beating Nepal by 3-1 goals.
Nepal are in the 3rd slot securing three points from two matches beating all loser Bhutan 1-0.
Two arch-rivals Bangladesh and India due to meet each other tonight (Sunday night) at 7 pm at the same venue.
SAFF U-19 Women' s Football begins on Friday with hosts Bangladesh taking on Nepal in opener
In the remaining league matches, Bangladesh will play lowly Bhutan at 7:pm while India will face Nepal at 3: pm, both on Tuesday (February 6) at the same venue.
The final match between the top two teams of four nations meet will be held on February 8 at 6 pm.
BPL Football: Dhaka Abahani bounce back with win over Police FC
Former champions Dhaka Abahani Limited returned to winning ways in the 10-team ABG Bashundhara Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football beating Bangladesh Police FC by 2-1 goals in the 6th round match at the Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Friday.
Dhaka Abahani conceded a 2-0 defeat against holders Bashundhara Kings in the last match.
With the day's feat, Dhaka Abahani moved up to the 3rd slot in the league table securing ten points from six matches while Police FC went down to the 4th place from 3rd place with their previous credit of seven points, also playing six matches.
BPL Football: Dhaka Abahani to play Police FC, Sheikh Russel will face Rahmatganj on Friday
In the day's match, Brazilian midfielder Jonathan Fernandez put the popular Sky-Blue Dhanmondi outfit Abahani ahead in the 12th minute (1-0) while local medio Mohammad Ridoy doubled the Abahani margin in the 51st minute (2-0)
Police FC reduced the margin by a gifted goal when Abahani defender Asaduzzaman Bablu sent the ball to his own net in the 65th minute (2-1).
Rabiul Hasan of Abahani Ltd was adjudged the player of the match.
The day's other league match between Sheikh Russel KC and Rahmatganj MFS ended in a goalless draw at the Bashundhara Kings Arena here on Friday.
Federation Cup Football: Mohammedan SC, Dhaka Abahani reach quarterfinals
After the day's matches, holders Bashundhara Kings comfortably dominated the league table with all win-record securing full 15 points while Federation Cup champions Dhaka Mohammedan SC are in the 2nd slot collecting eleven points, playing five matches,
Three teams : Rahmatganj MFS, Sheikh Russel KC and Sheikh Jamal DC (5 matches)-- collected six points each to share the 6th, 7th and 8th places respectively.
SAFF U-19 Women' s Football begins on Friday with hosts Bangladesh taking on Nepal in opener
The four- nation SAFF U-19
Women's Football Championship '2024 begins here Friday (February 2) at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mustafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur with Bangladesh keeping their birds eyes for retaining the title.
Defending champions and hosts Bangladesh will start their campaign taking on Himalayan nation Nepal in one of the two opening day's matches will kick off at 7 pm (Bangladesh Time) on Friday.
India will play Bhutan in the other opening day's fixture at 3 pm at the same venue.In the remaining matches, Bangladesh will play their giant neighbor India on February 4 and Bhutan on February 6 at the same time and same venue.
The final match between top two teams of four nations meet will be held on February 8.
In a pre-match press briefing at BFF House on Thursday, the most experienced Bangladesh coach Saiful Bari Tito said, "Country gave us a lot, now the time comes to do something for the country, and only the players can do it, we (coach) can help only them fixing the match strategy".
Our team had a good combination with five experienced national players and some promising footballers, they are practicing football together for few times, so, I am hopeful about retaining the title ".he added
Bangladesh captain Afida Khandakar echoed her previous voice and said, "we are now targeting on the first match and we want to make passage for the final beating Nepal'.
Captains and coaches of India, Nepal and Bhutan were also addressed the press briefing on Thursday.
BPL Football: Dhaka Abahani to play Police FC, Sheikh Russel will face Rahmatganj on Friday
The 6th round matches of the 10-team ABG Bashundhara Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football will begin on Friday (February 2) at two separate venues across the country.
Dhaka Abahani Ltd will face Bangladesh Police FC at 3 pm at the Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh while Sheikh Russel KC will play Rahmatganj MFS at the Bashundhara Kings Arena here, also at 3 pm on Friday.
On completion of the 5th round matches, holders Bashundhara Kings comfortably dominated the league table with all win-record securing full 15 points while Federation Cup champions Dhaka Mohammedan SC are in the 2nd slot collecting eleven points.
Police FC and Dhaka Abahani have secured seven points each, but Police FC are in the 3rd slot and Dhaka Abahani in the 4th slot by virtue of better goal differences.
Sheikh Jamal DC are in the 5th place securing six points.
Three teams --Rahmatganj MFS, Fortis FC and Sheikh Russel KC-- collected five points each and shared the 6th, 7th and 8th places respectively, also in goal differences.