Bangladesh Premier League
BPL Football resumes Tuesday
Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football 2020-21 will restart Tuesday after a break of two weeks, with two matches of the 20th round.
The decision was taken at an online meeting of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Professional League Management Committee Sunday evening, with BFF Senior Vice-President and committee chairman Abdus Salam Murshedy in the chair.
The meeting also decided to go ahead with the league despite Bashundhara Kings' Maldives tour this month. The Kings will visit the archipelagic state to play the group matches of the AFC Cup 2021.
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The meeting also decided to complete the BPL by August 21.
Chittagong Abahani will play against Uttar Baridhara at 4pm at Kamalapur Stadium and Rahmatganj will face Brothers Union at 4pm at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) Tuesday, according to the new fixture.
On Wednesday, league leader Bashundhara Kings will face Muktijoddha Sangsad at 4pm at the BNS and Sheikh Russel will play against Arambagh at 4pm at the Kamalapur Stadium.
In the remaining 20th round matches, Dhaka Mohammedan will play against Police FC at 4pm and Dhaka Abahani will face Sheikh Jamal at 4pm Friday at the BNS.
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Star-studded Bashundhara Kings are dominating the league securing 49 points from 18 matches. Second-placed Sheikh Jamal earned 38 points from 17 encounters; Dhaka Abahani remained at third spot with 36 points from 18 outings.
The BPL, which had earlier been scheduled to restart on July 24 after the Eid holidays, was deferred to July 30.
Once again, it was put off Friday. The postponement came just 60 minutes before matches had been due to start.
BPL Football defers by six days
Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football 2020-21, which was scheduled to resume on Saturday (July 24) after the Eid break, has been deferred by six days.
The 20th round of the prestigious league will now begin on July 30.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the BFF Professional League Management Committee held Friday night.
Chittagong Abahani Ltd scheduled to play Uttar Baridhara Club at 4:pm at the Kamalapur Stadium while Rahmatganj MFS due to play Brothers Union Club at the same time at the Banglabandhu National Stadium here on Saturday.
BPL Football: Mohammedan thump Uttar Baridhara 4-1
Dhaka Mohammedan SC earned a 4-1 victory over Uttar Baridhara Club Saturday in the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football 2020-21.
Despite the win at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Mohammedan remained at the fourth spot in the league table, securing 32 points from 18 matches; Uttar Baridhara Club stayed at the ninth slot with 15 points from 17 encounters.
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Amin Hakim Bappy put Mohammedan ahead in the 19th minute (1-0), while Sumon Reza restored parity for the Baridhara Club just five minutes later (1-1).
Mali forward Souleymane Diabate again put Mohammedan SC ahead in the 36th minute (2-1), while Anik Hossain made it 3-1 in the stoppage time of the first half (45+2 minute).
Yassan Quatching of Cameroon sealed the fate of the match scoring one more goal for Mohammedan in the 81st minute (4-1).
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In Saturday's other match, Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society drew 1-1 with Bangladesh Police FC at the same venue in the evening.
Nigerian forward Felix Chidi Odili scored for Rahmatganj MFS in the 13th minute; Christian Kouakou of Ivory Coast restored parity for Police FC in the 26th minute from a penalty (1-1).
BPL Football: Baridhara taste 2nd victory crushing Brothers 3-0
Uttar Baridhara tasted their second victory in the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football, beating Brothers Union 3-0 in the battle of two bottom-ranked teams Monday.
The winners dominated the first half 1-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Egyptian midfielder Mostafa Kahraba scored twice for Baridhara in the 14th and 63rd minutes while local defender Mohammad Sujon Biswas netted another goal in the 78th minute.
With the day's feat, Baridhara Club advanced to the 10th slot in the points table. Muktijoddha remained at 11th spot, securing 12 points from 15 matches and Brothers at 12th spot with five points from 16 matches.
Three league matches will be held on Tuesday at the same venue.
Three times champions Sheikh Jamal will play Arambagh, the team with the lowest standing and points in the league, at 4pm, Sheikh Russel will face Chittagong Abahani at 7pm while Saif SC will encounter Muktijoddha at 9pm.
Bashundhara Kings have so far dominated the league, securing 43 points from 15 matches while Dhaka Abahani and Sheikh Jamal have occupied the second and third spot in the league standings with 32 points each.
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