Former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi took a joint lead in the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football, beating Muktijoddha Sangsad 2-1 on Thursday.

With the victory at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Sheikh Jamal shared the top spot in the league table with Bashundhara Kings, Dhaka Abahani and Sheikh Russel, securing full six points from straight two league encounters.

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And Muktijoddha remained pointless losing their inaugural match.

Earlier, Sheikh Jamal made a good start in the league beating Chittagong Abahani 2-1 in the first match last Monday.

In the day’s match, two Gambian forwards Pa Omar Jobe and Solomon King Kanform scored for Sheikh Jamal DC, one in each half while Mehadi Hassan Royal netted the lone goal for Muktijoddha in the 93rd minute.

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Omar opened the Sheikh Jamal account in the 38th minute (1-0) while Solomon King scored one more in the 60th minute for the winners.

Saif Sporting Club beat Dhaka Mohammedan SC by 2-1 goals in their second league match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football on Thursday.

Saif SC now have four points with a 1-1 draw against Rahmatganj MFS in the first match.

Mohammedan tasted their first defeat at the hands of Saif SC at their home venue Shaheed Direndranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla. They currently have three points which they earned outplaying Arambagh KS by 3-0 goals in their opening match.

In the day’s match, forward Arifur Rahman put Saif SC ahead in the 43rd minute capitalising on a pass of Nigerian Kenneth Ngwoke (1-0) while Nigerian striker Jphm Okoli doubled the margin (2-0) in the stoppage time of the first half (45+2 minute).

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Japanese Uryu Nagata reduced Mohammedan’s margin in the 58th minute utilising a pass from Habibur Rahman Shohag. 

In the day’s other match, Chittagong Abahani Limited tasted their first win in their second league match beating all-losers Arambagh KS by a solitary goal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Thursday afternoon.

Brazilian forward Nixon Guylherme scored the match-winner for the sky-blue team in the 30th minute off a pass of Nigerian booter Mathew Chinedu (1-0).

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With the day’s maiden victory, Ctg Abahani, which conceded 1-2 goals defeat against Sheikh Russel KC in their first match, opened the account securing three points from two matches. 

Gopibagh outfit Brothers Union Club are yet to score any point after two matches as they suffered a 0-3 goals defeat against Dhaka Mohammedan SC..

Former champions Sheikh Russel KC took a joint lead in the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football on Wednesday, beating Rahmatganj MFS 1-0.

With the day’s match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Sheikh Russel KC shared the top spot in the league table with Federation Cup champions Bashundhara Kings and six times BPL champions Dhaka Abahani, securing full six points from straight two matches. 

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After a barren first half, Mohammad Abdullah, who netted the first goal in his side’s 2-1 victory over Brothers Union in the last match, scored the match-winner for Sheikh Russel in the 75th minute, from a pass of Kyrgyzstan booter Bakhtiyar (1-0).

Earlier, Sheikh Russel made a good start in the league, beating Brothers Union Club by 2-1 while Rahmatganj MFS forced Federation Cup finalists Saif SC to play 1-1 draw in their first match.

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Three league matches will be held on Thursday.

Chittagong Abahani will play Arambagh KS at 3:30pm while Sheikh Jamal DC will face Muktijoddha Sangsad KC at 6:00pm at BNS, Dhaka Mohammedan will play Saif Sporting Club at 3:00 pm in Cumilla.

Former General Secretary and Vice President of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Raisuddin Ahmed died at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on Wednesday. He was 82.

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Raisuddin, who had been suffering from various health complications and recently developed Covid-19 symptoms, breathed his last at 10 am.

Raisuddin Ahmed was a former  Director (Admin) of national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

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He was admitted to Evercare Hospital on December 25 with Covid-19 symptoms and later he was put on life support when his condition worsened.

He was the general secretary of erstwhile Bangladesh Cricket Control Board (BCCB) from 1975 to 1981 and served the board as vice president from 1991 to 2001.

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Under his initiative, the famous MCC  team of London made their first -ever visit to Bangladesh in 1977 to play two two-day matches in Rajshahi and Chittogram against local teams and one three-day match in Dhaka against Bangladesh national team.

The namaz-e-janaza of Raisuddin Ahmed will be held at the Kakrail Circuit House Mosque after Asr prayers,

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Meanwhile, the BCB expressed their deep shocked at the death of Raisuddin Ahmed.

BCB President Nazmul Hassan, MP has paid his respect to the deceased saying “Raisuddin Ahmed served Bangladesh cricket at a time when the game was struggling to take off. It is due to the selfless efforts of people like him that our cricket is where it is today. On behalf of the Board I extend condolences and sympathies to his family and pray for the salvation of his soul.

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Six-time champions Dhaka Abahani Ltd maintained all-win run in the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football beating all-losers Brothers Union Club by 2-0 goals in their second match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday.

By virtue of the day's victory, Abahani took a joint lead in the league table with Bashundhara Kings collecting full six points from two games.

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Dhaka Abahani, which managed 1-0 victory over Bangladesh Police in the first match on Tuesday dominated the first half by 2-0 goals.

Brazilian striker Francisco Torres put Abahani ahead in the 34th minute from a penalty (1-0) while Haitian forward Kervens Belfort confirmed Abahani victory scoring one more goal in the 41st minute by an angular ground shot from danger zone (2-0).

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Dhaka Abahani, which is struggling with only one trophy out of five in the last three seasons after emergence of Bashundhara Kings, put up a relatively better performance compared to the previous match.

Sheikh Russel KC will play Rahmatgonj MFS in Wednesday's lone match at 4pm at the same venue.