Bangladesh National Women’s Football team, now in Kathmandu to compete in the SAFF Women's Championship 2024, made their first training session at ANFA ground from 8 am to 9:30 am on Wednesday.
The seven- nation women's regional soccer meet will be held at the Dashrath Rangasala (Stadium) in Nepalese capital Kathmandu from October 17-30 with two arch-rival India and Pakistan playing each other in the inaugural match on Thursday (Oct 17)
In the day's training session, holders Bangladesh Women's team worked on tactical drills and fine-tuned their strategies in the day's practice session to defend their regional soccer crown.
Later, Bangladesh and six other participating teams addressed the official press conference at the Imperial Crown Hotel and also took part in the official photo session in the afternoon.
In the day's press conference, head coaches and captains of all the seven teams expressed their eagerness to showcase their talent in upcoming prestigious tournament.
Head coach of Bangladesh team Peter Butler and captain Sabina Khatun addressed the day's press conference.
Bangladesh, which was placed in three-team Group A of the seven -nation meet India and Pakistan while four-team Group B consists of Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan and the hosts Nepal.
Bangladesh, the champions of 2022, will start their campaign taking on Pakistan on October 20 at 5:45 pm while they will face five times champions India on October 23 at the same time and same venue.