football
Modric wins best player in Europe vote; Beckham honored
Monaco, Aug 31(AP/UNB) — Croatia captain Luka Modric has been voted the best player in Europe last season, edging former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah for the UEFA award.
Ronaldo's Juventus drawn with Man United in Champions League
Monaco, Aug 31(AP/UNB) — Cristiano Ronaldo is going back to Manchester United and Paul Pogba will return to Juventus after the storied teams were drawn together at the Champions League group stage on Thursday.
LOC geared up for SAFF Suzuki Cup
Dhaka, Aug 31 (UNB) - The preparations of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) are going on in full swing to smoothly arrange the 12th edition of the SAFF Championship, now known as SAFF Suzuki Cup, which will kick off at Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) here on September 4.
Former England striker Berahino ends 2 ½-year goal drought
London, Aug 29 (AP/UNB) — Saido Berahino, once one of the hottest young strikers in English soccer, ended a 2 1/2-year goal drought Tuesday to help second-tier Stoke into the third round of the English League Cup at the expense of Premier League club Huddersfield.
FIFA Friendly: Bangladesh concede 0-1 defeat against Sri Lanka
Nilphamari, Aug 29 (UNB) – Bangladesh conceded a solitary goal defeat against visiting Sri Lanka in their one-off FIFA Friendly match at jam-packed Sheikh Kamal Stadium here on Wednesday.
Unilever’s reception for U-17 football champions Sonadighi School
Rajshahi, Aug 29 (UNB) – Gigantic multinational Unilever’s leading men’s shampoo brand “Clear” accorded a reception to the national U-17 Football Champions Rajshahi Sonadighi High School at the Uttara Community Centre in Rajshahi on Wednesday.
Bangabandhu U-17 Gold Cup Football begins in Netrakona on Saturday
Dhaka, Aug 29 (UNB)- The countrywide Bangabandhu Gold Cup Under-17 National Football Tournament, organized by Youth and Sports Ministry, will begin on Saturday (Sept 1) at Sheikh Russel Mini Stadium of Barhatta Upazila in Netrakona.
Bangladesh to play Sri Lanka in FIFA Friendly in Nilphamari Wednesday
Nilphamari, Aug 28 (UNB) – Bangladesh national football team will play a FIFA International Friendly with Sri Lankan national side her on Wednesday ahead of the seven–nation SAFF Suzuki Cup Football’2018 beginning on September 4 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.
The match will begin at 4 pm at 20,000-capacity Sheikh Kamal Stadium in Nilphamari.
Bangladesh Television will telecast the match live while Bangladesh Betar will broadcast the running commentary of the match.
In a pre-match press conference at a hotel in Rangpur on Tuesday, the officials and captains of both the teams expressed their optimism to win the match playing their best.
Sri Lanka Coach Nizam Pakir Aly, who was a familiar footballer of Dhaka League, said, “I considered Bangladesh as my 2nd home, but as Sri Lanka coach, we want to give our best to win against Bangladesh although they are a very good side.”
“Our team prepared in South Korea and Japan for the last few months. We played to a 1-1 draw against Lithuania in a friendly match recently,” he added.
Sri Lankan Captain Subash Madhusan said, “We’re going to play our first match outside Dhaka. Out team studded with young and experienced players will try to play their best.”
Manager of Bangladesh team Satyajit Das Rupu said, “Our booters played a good number of matches in the last few months in the Asian Games, Korea, Qatar and Laos. For this reason, we’ve decided to rest seven players in Wednesday’s match to avoid injury ahead of the SAFF Champs.”
“Our target is to be the champions in the SAFF Suzuki Cup and we want to go ahead with this goal,” he added.
Bangladesh Coach Jamie Day said, “Our team played nice football in the Asian Games, having some good results in aboard. Now we’re preparing our team for the SAFF title and we’re very exciting to do good results against Sri Lanka.”
“In the SAFF Football, our first target is to win the group matches and then we are looking for the final. Our players are now fully physically fit to give their best efforts to clinch the SAFF title,” he further added.
The Sri Lanka team reached Dhaka on Sunday night from Indonesia and landed at the Saidpur Airport in Nilphamari on Monday noon en-route to Rangpur city where the team are staying.
But, hosts Bangladesh team reached Saidpur Airport on Tuesday noon en-route to Rangpur to play the friendly match in Nilphamari.
Bangladesh team made their practices at the Rangpur Stadium on Tuesday afternoon while the Islanders Sri Lanka made their practices at the Sheikh Kamal Stadium in Nilphamari.
Bangladesh, which were placed in Group A of the SAFF Suzuki Cup with Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan, will play Bhutan in the 2nd match on the opening day (Sept 4) at 7 pm while Pakistan will play Nepal in the opening match at 4 pm.
India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives have been put in Group B of the meet.
1st batch of BD football team returns home
Dhaka, Aug 26 (UNB) – The first batch of high-flying Bangladesh U-23 Football team returned home on Saturday night after a successful mission in the 18th Asian Games Men’s Football in Indonesia.
SAFF U-15 Women’s: Bangladesh preparing well to face Bhutan on Thursday
Dhaka, Aug 14 (UNB)– Defending champions Bangladesh preparing satisfactorily with good practice sessions at the game venue Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on Tuesday ahead of their semifinal match of the 2nd SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship against hosts Bhutan on Thursday.