Crisis within: How will BFF respond?
Bangladesh’s underwhelming performance in their 1-0 defeat to Malaysia in the opening match of the Tri-Nation Series, also involving Azerbaijan, has raised a serious concern -- whether the poor display stemmed from on-field lapses or from issues unfolding off the pitch.
28 November 2025, 02:00 AM
‘Can’t make 180 million people happy anywhere else’: Hamza
18 November 2025, 19:22 PM
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Eager vendors cash in on football frenzy
18 November 2025, 18:05 PM
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‘There may be 30 Jahanaras who haven’t spoken up’
Allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct recently made by former Bangladesh women's team captain Jahanara Alam against team management and support staff has sparked a countrywide uproar. The issue has once again put the spotlight on women's safety in sports -- something often overlooked in this country in spite similar allegations surfacing across disciplines in the past.
8 November 2025, 02:30 AM
Interview / ‘Paid for risky play' against Ivanchuk: IM Fahad
In an interview with The Daily Star's Anisur Rahman, Fahad reflected on his World Cup lessons and the road to GM title and more.
6 November 2025, 02:00 AM
Hattrick champion Noshin wants to compete against men
Having secured a hattrick of titles at the National Women's Chess Championship, Woman's FIDE Master (WFM) Noshin Anjum has announced her intention to compete in the Open section from the next edition, aiming to challenge male opponents rather than continuing in the women's championship.
1 November 2025, 03:00 AM
Poor show in South Asian athletics reflects deeper problems
30 October 2025, 03:00 AM
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Interview / ‘A month-long training can’t produce results’: Bangladesh volleyball captain Horosit
"We will now focus fully on the South Asian Games... and need to nurture this group of young players to make quick decisions during matches, which can only grow through playing a lot of international games."
29 October 2025, 02:00 AM
Virus fears echoed in booters’ reports
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a persistent fear has been that of false negatives -- cases of those infected with the transmissible virus testing negative and being allowed to carry on with their regular lives, risking further infection.
7 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Limited spectators at Afghanistan game?
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will allow its member associations to hold the upcoming Joint Qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup in the presence of full spectators, limited spectators or without spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Uncertainty to remain even after pandemic
After the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) elections in April 2019, there were high hopes that the new leadership would get the Premier Hockey League (PHL) back on track but those fond hopes have proved to be unfounded so far, and the coronavirus pandemic has plunged the league into further uncertainty.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Four newcomers, four different stories
Four new players have secured places in the preliminary squad of the Bangladesh national football team ahead of the Joint Qualifiers of Qatar World Cup and China Asian Cup, and their journeys to drawing the attention of head coach Jamie Day tell varied stories of ascension to the coveted level.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Day seeks a glimpse into booters’ psyche
Footballers have been confined to their respective homes for four months since the coronavirus outbreak in mid-March and players, especially those in the national team, have been adhering strictly to the training schedule set by national team coach Jamie Day following the announcement of the resumption of joint qualifiers for 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup.
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM
More clubs than ever eye slots in AFC Cup amid new reality
While the ongoing 2020 AFC Cup is yet to resume after being suspended in March in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the process of participating in the 2021 edition has already started with the Bangladesh Football Federation asking interest clubs of the Bangladesh Premier League to submit their documents by August 5.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Lifting the new normal’s burden
While athletes from the majority of disciplines are eagerly waiting for the situation to improve so they can get back to formal training, weightlifters across the country are paving the way as they returned to full-fledged training despite the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Medical guidelines ready for national booters
The resumption of the national football team’s activities is gradually becoming a reality as the medical committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday completed their health guidelines in light of FIFA guidelines to resume football activities ahead of October’s World Cup Qualifiers.
9 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Sprinter takes up sickle with eyes on the track
Promising sprinter Al Naim Sheikh has turned into a day labourer, working on agricultural fields in Khulna as his bread and butter has been snatched away by the coronavirus pandemic.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Athletics coach busy learning and sharing
The coronavirus may have kept sporting activities in the country halted for the last four months, bringing misery to athletes,
5 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Smalley’s extension raises eyebrows
Most of the Bangladesh Football Federation’s (BFF’s) activities, apart from some official work, have remained halted since the government directed all national sports federations, associations and concerned authorities to suspend all events in light of the Covid-19 pandemic in mid-March. During this pandemic,
4 July 2020, 18:00 PM
What about the rest?
Professional football has resumed in different parts of the world in the new normal but it is uncertain when football will recommence in Bangladesh.
2 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Al Amin aiming higher
Karateka Al Amin Islam once used to follow movements and techniques of foreign karatekas, but now he is the one being followed by local karatekas and that is happening after his gold medal haul in the South Asian (SA) Games in Nepal last December.
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Local booters seeking solutions for haphazard payments
Although Bangladesh Premier League clubs settled contract issues with foreign recruits in line with the FIFA-prescribed process of reaching mutual understandings, settlement of local players’ contracts have not been completed three-and-a-half months since the halt of the league.
25 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Deserving, but also a little lucky
The recent two-year contract extension of Bangladesh head coach Jamie Day is evidence of the Bangladesh Football Federation’s (BFF’s) satisfaction over the Englishman’s performance with the national team.
22 June 2020, 18:00 PM
‘I felt like a beginner’
Without a bow and arrow for three months because of the coronavirus-induced halt in sports, Bangladesh’s top archer Ruman Sana had begun to feel that he had moved away from the discipline. But the Olympics-qualified archer has once again started feeling at one with the sport after receiving the bow for home practice a few days ago.
21 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Foreign booters still stuck in Dhaka
Even though Bangladesh has resumed international flight operations on a limited scale from Tuesday after three months’ halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, a total of 52 foreign footballers of different clubs are still stuck in the country due to the closure of certain routes.
19 June 2020, 18:00 PM
BAF backtracks over resumption of camp
With the coronavirus situation in the country deteriorating, the Bangladesh Archery Federation (BAF) decided to backtrack on their earlier decision of restarting preparation for Tokyo Olympics from July 1. The federation has instead decided to distribute bows among the national archers to help them practice at home.
15 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Kings look to conquer new ground
Rarely had any of Bangladesh’s professional football clubs taken the AFC-sanctioned club tournament very seriously, so it inevitably followed that the country’s outfits exited the competitions at the pre-qualifying or qualifying stages.
14 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Booters warming up for camp
Footballers of the Bangladesh national team are slowly shrugging off the rust and warming up for individual training after the Asian Football Confederation recently announced World Cup qualifying fixtures in October and November.
12 June 2020, 18:00 PM