Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) football champions Bashundhara Kings earned a creditable 3-2 goals victory over Indian Super Cup champions Odisha FC in their second Group D match of the AFC Cup Football at their home venue, Bashundhara Sports Arena in Dhaka, on Monday. Bashundhara Kings, which was earlier placed in Group D with Odisha FC, Kolkata Mohun Bagan Super Giant, and Maziya SRC of the Maldives,made a frustrating start losing to Maziya Sports and Recreation Club by 1-3 goals in their Group D away match in the Maldives last month. Also read: AFC Cup Football: Bashundhara Kings drawn in Group D with Odisha FC, Maziya SRC, Mohun Bagan SG This was the first defeat for the four-time Bangladesh champion Bashundhara Kings against any Maldives Cub playing six matches since 2018 and also their maiden defeat against Maziya SRC in three matches since 2021. Despite dropping five key players of the team for disciplinary grounds in the day's match, the Kings dominated the first half by 2-1 goals at the home ground. Also read: AFC Cup Football : Dhaka Abahani to fly for Kolkata Monday to play Mohun Bagan SG in play-off match Five vital players—Anisur Rahmam Zico, Topu Barman, Shekh Morsalin, Towhidul Alam Sabuj, and Rimon Hossain—are now under club suspension for breaking discipline during the match against Maziya SRC. In the day's home match, Brazilian striker Dorielton Gomes struck twice for the Kings in the 45th and 54th minutes, respectively, while Brazilian midfielder Miguel Ferreira netted the first goal for the Kings in the 39th minute. Forward Diego Mauricio and substitute defender Jerry L scored one each for Odisha FC in the 19th and 65th minutes, respectively. Also read: AFC Cup Football: Dhaka Abahani advance to play- off stage eliminating Club Eagles of Maldives 2-1 In the next and second away match, the Kings will encounter Kolkata Mohun Bagan Super Giant on October 24 at 4:00 pm at the Kalinga Stadim in Bhubaneswar, India. Four teams from Group D will face each other six times on a home and away basis, and later the top team will qualify for the next round of the meet.

Bangladesh Men’s team beat Hong Kong by 3.5-0.5 game points in the 3rd round Men's team event match of the 19th Asian Games Chess held in China’s Hangzhou on Sunday. After the day's match, Bangladesh Men's team earned 2 points from three matches. Read: Bangladesh Men's, Women's Kabaddi team to start 19th Asian Games campaign on Monday In the day's 3rd round matches, GM Enamul Hossain, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh won against FM Lam Daniel King Wai, Kwong Wing Ki and CM Nissinen Nilo Man of Hong Kong, respectively. Meanwhile, GM Niaz Murshed of Bangladesh drew with Li Yi Heng of Hong Kong. Read: Asian Games Chess: Bangladesh men suffer 1.5–2.5 points defeat against Kyrgyzstan  

The eighth edition of the inter-garments football tournament, the “BGMEA Cup 2023,” is going to kick off on November 9 at the Uttara Sector 4 Kallyan Samiti Field in Dhaka. The tournament, organized by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), will be an exciting showcase of sporting talent and spirit, said BGMEA on Sunday. The BGMEA Cup 2023 will see mid and upper-management teams from 16 prominent garment factories across the country competing in an 8-a-side football tournament. The player auction for BGMEA Cup 2023 took place at the International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka on September 29, where participating teams had the opportunity to strengthen their squads for the upcoming battles. During this event, the tournament’s trophy was also unveiled, exhibiting the spirit of competition and unity that the BGMEA Cup represents. BGMEA President Faruque Hassan graced the auction and cup unveiling ceremony as chief guest. Distinguished guests, including BGMEA Senior Vice President SM Mannan (Kochi), Directors Haroon Ar Rashid, Rajiv Chowdhury, and Md Imranur Rahman, as well as prominent garment entrepreneurs, players, and representatives of sponsors, were present at the program. The participating teams in BGMEA Cup 2023 are - Comfit Composite, TRZ Group, Shrabony Knitwear, Tusuka Group, Setara Group, Hossain Group, Mosharraf Apparels, Sayem Fashions, Fakir Fashion, Asian Apparels, Apparels Village, Aspire Garments, Kims Corporation, Evince Group, Laila Group, and Bando Design. These renowned garment companies will compete to win the title of BGMEA Cup 2023. The tournament is powered by Sheltech Ceramics, Turag Active, and T-Sports, with BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT) and Green Textile Ltd., a concern of Epic Group, as Platinum sponsors. Pacific Jeans, Club 11 Entertainment, Twelve Clothing, Porcelanosa Bangladesh, and Laila Group have contributed as Gold sponsors. Uttara Sector 4 Kallyan Samiti is the venue partner, AAMRA is the internet partner, and Movement Solutions BD is the fitness partner of the football tournament. The 16 teams will be divided into four groups for the group stage matches, which will be played at the Uttara Sector 4 Kallyan Samiti Field. The tournament’s grand finale will take place at the Army Stadium. BGMEA Cup 2023 is not only a celebration of football but also a testament to the unity and spirit of the garment industry in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Women's Football team finished fourth and last in the four-team Group D of the 19th Asian Games Women's Football after a 1-1 draw with Nepal at the Wenzhou Olympic Centre Stadium in Hangzhou on Thursday afternoon. In the day's prestige battle, Bangladesh dominated the first half of the match with a solitary goal scored by captain Sabina Khatun in the 44th minute (1-0). Also read: Asian Women's Football: Bangladesh suffer 2nd successive defeat going down to Vietnam 6-1 Rekha Poudel restored parity for Nepal in the 83rd minute with the frustration of Bangladesh (1-1). After the day's last group match, both Nepal and Bangladesh secured one point each by playing all three group matches, but Nepal finished third by virtue of a better goal difference, forcing Bangladesh to the fourth slot. Also read: Asian Women's Football: Bangladesh to play Nepal in last group match Thursday Earlier, in their first appearance in the continental meet, Bangladesh women conceded a humiliating 0-8 goal defeat against former world champions Japan last Friday and a 1-6 goal defeat against World Cup-playing Vietnam on Monday. But Nepal conceded a 0-2 goal defeat against Vietnam and a 0-8 goal defeat against Japan in their group encounters to settle for third place. Also read: AFC Women's Asian Cup: Bangladesh suffer 0-4 goal defeat against Australia Bangladesh women's football team clinched the first-ever SAFF Women's Football title, beating Nepal on their home soil in Kathmandu in September last year.

The Bangladesh Women's Football team will play their well-known rivals, Nepal, in their last Group D match of the 19th Asian Games Women's Football in the Chinese city of Hangzhou on Thursday. The match between two South Asian rivals will kick off at 2:00 pm Bangladesh time at the Wenzhou Olympic Centre Stadium in Hangzhou. Also read: Asiad Women's Football: Bangladesh suffer 2nd successive defeat going down to Vietnam 6-1 The two teams, which were eliminated from the race after losing both of their first two group matches, are now looking for a consolation win in Thursday's prestige match. Bangladesh women's football team clinched the first-ever SAFF Women's Football title last year, beating Nepal in Kathmandu. Also read: AFC Women's Asian Cup: Bangladesh suffer 0-4 goal defeat against Australia In their first appearance in the continental meet, Bangladesh women conceded a humiliating 0-8 goal defeat against former world champions Japan last Friday and conceded a 1-6 goal defeat against World Cup-playing Vietnam last Monday. Nepal conceded a 0-2 goal defeat against Vietnam and a 0-8 goal defeat against Japan in their group encounters. Ahead of Thursday's match, Head Coach of Bangladesh team Saiful Bari Titu termed the match their prestige battle. Also read: Bangladesh makes a bad start in AFC Women’s Asian Cup "Our girls won the SAFF title last year beating Nepal, so this time we also want to complete games beating Nepal," he said.

Bangladesh women's team suffered 2nd successive defeat in their first-ever debut in the Asian Games Women's Football losing to World Cup playing Vietnam by 6-1 goals on Monday. Bangladesh went down by 0-2 goals in their 2nd Group D match held at the Wenzhou Olympic Center Stadium in Hangzhou Monday afternoon. In their first appearance in continental meet, Bangladesh women conceded a humiliating  0-8 goals defeat against former world champions Japan last Friday. Asia Games Cricket: Bangladesh women win bronze beating Pakistan by 5 wickets After the day's match, Vietnam topped the Group D list with 2nd consecutive win securing full six points from straight two matches while Asian number team Japan followed the Vietnam collecting full three points from one match. Two other teams of Group D, Bangladesh and Nepal, are at the bottom without any point, playing two and one match respectively. In the remaining group D match, Bangladesh will play their well known sub-continental rivals Nepal on September 28. Asian Games Football: Bangladesh play out goalless draw with much higher-ranked China In the day's match, HY Pham put Vietnam ahead in the very 5th minute (1-0) while TTH Nguyen doubled the margin in the 34th minute (2-0). TD Tran scored the 3rd goal for Vietnam in the 65th minute (3-0), T Thi Bich Nguyen netted two quick goals for Vietnam in the 71st and 80th minutes respectively (5-0) while TT Thai scored the 6th goal for Vietnam in the 78th minute (6-0). Litton rested, Shanto to lead Bangladesh in 3rd ODI vs New Zealand Masura Parvin scored a consolation goal, the first goal for Bangladesh women's in the Asian Games Football in the 87th minute of the day's match from a penalty (6-1).

Bangladesh completed their 19th Asian Games Men's Football campaign brilliantly forcing their superior rivals China to play goalless draw in their last Group A match  at  the  Xiaoshan Sports Center Stadium in the Chinese city of Hangzhou on Sunday. With the day's creditable draw, Bangladesh snatched their  first-ever point from China, ranked 109 by FIFA, after  playing three matches. Bangladesh conceded 0-1 goal defeat against China in the Delhi Asiad in 1082 and suffered 0-3 goals defeat against them in the  Busan Asiad in 2002. Despite the day' s draw, China advanced to the next round of the meet as the group champions with unbeaten run securing seven points from three matches. China outplayed India 5-1 goals and beat Myanmar by 4-0 goals in the group matches earlier. Although the youthful  Bangladesh team were eliminated from the meet with lone point, but their performances and fighting spirit against their much superior rivals impressed the team coach and the soccer fans. Earlier, Bangladesh conceded a narrow 0-1 goal defeat against the against the Myanmar in their first match of the ongoing Asian Games by a suicidal goal and eliminated from the meet also with a 0-1 goal defeat against India by a penalty goal. Bangladesh reached the Knock out stage of the last Asian Games Football  in Jakarta  beating stronger Qatar.

Bangladesh women's football team completed their round-2 matches of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup 2024 Qualifiers in empty hand losing to stronger Australia by 0-4 goal in the last match at the National Youth Football Training Center in Hanoi on Sunday. Ruma Akhter-led Bangladesh women's team was trailing by 0-1 goal in the first half. Read: Asian Games: Bangladesh women's cricket team eliminated from title race losing to India by 8 wkts Striker Sienna Dale made a hattrick in the match scoring all the four goals for Australia in the 2nd, 57th, 61st and 74th minutes. After the day's huge defeat, Bangladesh was eliminated from the meet maintaining their losing streak in the Group B. On completion of all the three Group B matches, Australia emerged group champions with all-win record securing full nine points, hosts Vietnam finished runners up with six points, the Philippines was placed 3rd with three points while Bangladesh finished last without any point. Read: SAFF U-19 Champs: Bangladesh eliminated from group stage losing to Bhutan Earlier, Bangladesh team started their Group B engagements of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup with 0-2 goal against hosts Vietnam last Wednesday and confirmed their exit from meet losing to the Philippines by 1-3 goals in the 2nd match last Friday.

Bangladesh were miserably eliminated from the group stage of the six-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-19 Championships with a shocking 3-4 goals defeat against Bhutan at the Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu on Saturday. With the day's debacle, Bangladesh completed SAFF engagements in empty hand losing both of their Group B matches. Coming from 0-2 behind in the day's match,  the Himalayan nation Bhutan forced Bangladesh to play 2-2 draw in the first half and finally confirmed their semifinal berth from Group B at the coffin of Bangladesh. Read: Asian Games Football: Sunil Chhetri's late penalty goal guides India to eliminate Bangladesh 1-0 With the day's feat, Bhutan advanced to the last four stage of the meet with one more match to spare with stronger India on Monday (September 25). In the day's crucial match, Rubel Sheikh put Bangladesh ahead in the very 3rd minute of the match (1-0) while Asadul Mollah doubled the Bangladesh margin in the 30th minute (2-0). Jigme Namgyel pulled the Bhutan margin one back in the 32nd minute (2-1) while Kinzang Tenzin levelled the match in the 3rd minute of the added time in the first half (45+3 minute) to settle for 2-2 in the first half. Raju Ahmed again put Bangladesh ahead in the 55th minute (3-2) while Jigme Namgyel neutralized the match scoring his 2nd goal in the 68th minute (3-3). Read: SAFF U-19 Champs: Bangladesh make worse start losing to India by 0-3 goal in opener Finally, Rinzin Dorji scored the match-winner for Bhutan in the 84th minute silencing the Bangladesh tent (4-3). Earlier, Bangladesh team made a frustrating start in the six-nation regional  youth soccer meet  after conceding 0-3 goals defeat against their arch- rival India in their first Group B match last Thursday. Bangladesh was placed in Group B of the regional youth meet with their giant neighbor  India and Bhutan while hosts Nepal, the Maldives and Pakistan put in Group A. Read: SAFF U-19 Champs: Bangladesh to start their campaign taking on India on Thursday Bhutan will play semifinal on September 27 while the final match will be held on September 30.

A late penalty goal by Sunil Chhetri keep India in the 19th Asian Games Men's Football race eliminating Bangladesh by 1-0 goal in a Group A match at the  Xiaoshan Sports Center Stadium in the Chinese city of Hangzhou on Thursday afternoon. With the day's shocking and 2nd successive defeat, Bangladesh were almost out of the race from the four-team group A following their narrow 0-1 goal defeat against Myanmar in the first match. Bangladesh will play top ranking and hosts China  ((FiFA ranking 80th) on September 24 in remaining group match, but the result of which will make a very little impact on Bangladesh fate. Two neighboring rivals --India and Bangladesh took the field on Thursday in a do or die situation to stay in the race as they lost their opening matches. Read: SAFF U-19 Champs: Bangladesh make worse start losing to India by 0-3 goal in opener The day' s match was very crucial for India as they  suffered 1-5 goals defeat against hosts China in their first group match. When the day's keenly contested match between two sub- continental rivals were almost heading for a draw, then the celebrated booter Sunil Chhetri came to rescue team India scoring the match-winner in the 85th minute from a penalty (1-0). India team awarded the penalty in crucial moment of the match when Bangladesh captain cum defender Rahmat Mia fouled opponent left winger Bryce Miranda in the danger zone.  Most experienced Indian booter Sunil Chhetri did no mistake to convert a penalty. He stepped up and placed the spot kick in the bottom-left corner of the net amid huge enthusiasm of the small India fans at big bowl.  Read: Rain Reduces Bangladesh vs New Zealand First ODI to 42-Over Contest In the day's match, the 3rd ranked Bangladesh national custodian Mitul Marma displayed his brilliance in the match foiling ay least half dozen good chance, three in each half. The first-half of the match was locked in goalless position when India missed plenty of chances, in particular a triple save by Bangladesh goalkeeper Mitul Marma. The match looked like it would end goalless also in the 2nd half after a Samuel Kynshi free-kick was denied by the crossbar.  But, Sunil Chhetri's lucky goal in the 85th-minute, changed the scenario of the match.