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Nepalese national football team arrive in Dhaka
The Nepalese national football team arrived in Dhaka on Thursday by a special chartered flight to play two FIFA International Friendlies with hosts Bangladesh on November 13 and 17 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
With the match, Bangladesh are going to return to international football after about 10 months.
State-run Bangladesh Television will telecast both matches live while Bangladesh Betar will broadcast the running commentary of the matches.
Soon after arrival, a 35-member Nepalese team went to a four-day quarantine before joining the practice session from November 1O.
Meanwhile, the British Head Coach of Bangladesh National Football team Jamie Day accompanied by team's Assistant coach Stuart Watkiss and newly-appointed goalkeeping coach Les Cleevely reached the capital on Oct 29 ahead of the friendlies.
The Denmark-based captain of Bangladesh national football team Jamal Bhuiyan also reached Dhaka the same day.
Besides, the Finland-based footballer of the Bashundhara Kings Tariq Raihan Kazi, who earned the first call to the Bangladesh national squad, was already in the capital and joined the national camp after quarantine.
Women's Football League resumes Nov 7
The seven-team Women's Football League 2019-20 will resume on Saturday (Nov 7) with Bashundhara Kings taking on FC Uttar Bango in the 6th round first phase match on the day at the Kamalapur Stadium here.
Former FIFA referee Abdul Aziz passes away
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Football season begins with Fed Cup on Dec 19
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Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for COVID-19
Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Portuguese soccer federation said Tuesday.
BFF picks 33 women’s booters for residential training camp
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Wednesday initially picked up 33 women’s booters to join the residential training camp aiming to form two separate teams for the AFC U-20 and AFC U-17 Women’s Championships Qualifiers.
Veteran sports organiser Harun ur Rashid hospitalized
Veteran sports organiser, former general secretary of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and Youth and Sports Secretary of ruling Awami League Harun ur Rashid and his wife Zabunnessa Harun were hospitalised with Coronavirus (Covid-19) symptom.
Footballers are my biggest strength: Kazi Salahuddin
In his first reaction after winning the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) election for the fourth consecutive term, Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin says his biggest strength is the footballers of the country and the people who love football.
BFF Election: Salahuddin-led panel wins 14 out of 21 posts
Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin-led Sommillito Parishad earned a landslide victory in Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Election on Saturday giving the man a chance to serve as BFF president for the fourth consecutive term.
BFF Election: Councillors return Salahuddin for 4th term
The long serving president Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin, the leader of electoral platform Sommillito Parishad, earned a landslide victory in the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Election ’20 to achieve a rare feat of electing BFF president for the 4th consecutive terms on Saturday, maintaining his all-win record in the federation election since 2008.