Defending Champions Dhaka Mohammedan SC and runners-up Dhaka Abahani Ltd made a good start in the 35th edition of the Federation Cup Football that resumed on Tuesday (January 16) after about three weeks at two separate venues across the country. Coming from behind, Dhaka Mohammedan SC beat Chittagong Abahani Ltd by 2-1 goals at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium in Gopalganj Tuesday afternoon. Nigerian striker Abu Azeez put Ctg Abahani ahead in the 14th minute while local forward Jafar Iqbal levelled the margin for Mohammedan SC in the stoppage time of the first half (45+3 Minute). BPL Football: Sheikh Russel KC suffer season's first defeat against Police FC Uzbek Midfielder Muzaffarjon  Muzaffarov scored the match winning goal for the traditional black and while Mohammedan in the 55th minute. Federation Cup runners- up Dhaka Abahani Ltd, riding on a hattrick by Washington Brandao, made a flying start, crushing Brothers Union Club by 6-0 goals, after dominating the first half by 4-0 goals at the Bashundhara Kings Arena here on Tuesday afternoon. Brazilian forward Washington Brandao made the first hattrick of the tournament for the traditional sky-blue Dhanmondi outfit Abahani, scoring three goals in the 31st, 71st and 73rd minutes respectively. BFF President Kazi Salahuddin returns home from hospital after 25 days Later, he was adjudged the best player of the match. St. Vincent and Grenadian forward Stewart scored twice in the 82nd and 86th minutes while local forward Nabib Newaz Jibon opened the floodgate for Abahani in the 15th minute of the match. After the day's matches, three teams – Dhaka Mohammedan SC, Dhaka Abahani Limited and Bashundhara Kings – maintained their all-win-run. Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach for Germany, dies aged 78 The Federation Cup Football matches scheduled for every Tuesday of the week and the next match will be held on January 23, while the 10- team prestigious Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football, scheduled for every Friday and Saturday. In the Federation Cup, Sheikh Jamal DC will play Rahmatganj MFS in a Group A match at 2:45 pm at the Bashundhara Sports Arena, while Sheikh Russel KC will face Fortis FC in a Group C match, also at 2:45 pm at the Bir Shreshtha Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj on the day (Jan 23).

League champions Bashundhara Kings will meet traditional  black and whites Dhaka Mohammedan SC  Ltd in the first semifinal of the Federation Cup Football' 2022-23 on Tuesday (May 9) at 3:15 pm at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium in Gopalganj. In the 2nd semifinal, Sheikh Russel KC will play former champions Dhaka Abahani Limited at 3:15 pm on May 16  at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla Earlier in the quarterfinals, Bashundhara Kings eliminated Muktijoddha SKC by 3-1 goal, Dhaka Abahani defeated Sheikh Jamal DC by 1-0 goal,  Mohammedan SC outplayed Chittagong Abahani Ltd by 4-1 goals while Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra beat Rahmatganj MFS by 1-0 goal. The final match between two winning semifinalists will be held on May 30 at 3:15 pm at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla The 3rd-place deciding match between two losing semifinalists will be held on May 23 the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium in Gopalganj.          

Dhaka Mohammedan SC made a good start in the eleven-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football beating Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad KC by 2-0 goal at the  Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla on Saturday. After a barren first half, Spanish forward Daniel Ricardo put the traditional black and white team ahead in the 50th minute (1-0) while Mali striker Souleymane Diabate conformed the Mohammedan's victory scoring one more goal in the 86th minute from a penalty (2-0). Read more: BPL Football begins on Friday at three venues In the day's other match, Independence Cup runners-up Sheikh Russell KC made a frustrating start after conceding 1-2 goal defeat Bangladesh Police FC at their home ground --Bashundhara Sports Complex in Dhaka Saturday afternoon. Nigerian forward Sunday Udoh scored first for Sheikh Russel KC in the very 4th minute (1-0) while Jose Alexander leveled the margin for Police FC just three minutes later (1-1).  Striker Ewards scored the match winning goal for Police FC in the 39th minute (2-1). Read more: BPL Football :Champions Bashundhara Kings end campaign on winning note  

Dhaka Mariner Youngs’ Club earned their 2nd successive trophy in the season by clinching the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League crown beating their giant neighbour Mohammedan SC by 3-2 goals at the Maulana Bhasani National Stadium here on Saturday. This is the 2nd league crown for Mariner Youngs after their maiden title in 2016. Earlier, star-studded Mariner Youngs Club clinched the title of the season’s curtain raiser hockey meet, the Club Cup Trophy, beating Dhaka Abahani Ltd in the final. Mariner Youngs played their previous match against Dhaka Abahani needing just a draw to win the league title, but former champions Abahani Limited destroyed their dream all-win record beating them by 4-3 goals and halted their party to celebrate the league trophy with one match to spare. With the day’s feat, Mariner Youngs emerged league champions securing 42 points from 15 matches with 14 wins and one defeat while Dhaka Abahani Limited finished league runners-up collecting 39 points from 15 encounters. In the day’s keenly contested last league match, Mohammedan took the lead in the 10th minute from a penalty corner taken by Argentine player Ganzalo Peilet (1-0). But, Mariner Youngs restored the parity in the 14th minute also from a penalty corner taken by Shohanur Rahman (1-1) and Mariners took lead from behind, also by a Shohanur Rahman’s penalty corner in the 25th minute (2-1) Pradeep Mor scored the 3rd goal for Mariner in the 51st minute (3-1) while Sarwar Hossain turned the match exciting by pulling the Mohammedan margin back scoring a goal in the 57th minute (3-2). Earlier in the day’s first match, Sonali Bank SC outplayed Bangladesh Sporting Club by 9-2 goals at the same venue Saturday afternoon.

Defending champions Dhaka Mohammedan SC earned a comfortable 4-0 goal victory against former champions Dhaka Abahani Limited in closing first phase match at the Maulana Bhasani National Stadium here on Wednesday. With the well merited victory against their rival, Dhaka Mohammedan not only stayed in the league title race but also took revenge of their 0-1 defeat against Abahani Ltd in the Club Cup hockey tournament.     Read:Premier Hockey: Mariner YC maintains all-win run beating Abahani After the match, Mohammedan SC finished 2nd in the first phase league securing 30 points from eleven matches while Dhaka Limited went down to the 3rds place with 27 points from eleven encounters. The Club Cup champions Dhaka Mariner Youngs’ Club dominated the league table with all-win record securing full 33 points from eleven league outings, beating both the Abahani and Mohammedan. In the day’s match, Argentine forward Huakim Mennt struck twice in the 4th and 52nd minutes while Taswar Abbas and Rajib Das scored one goal each in the 32nd and 49th minutes respectively for the traditional  black and white Mohammedan. Read:Premier Hockey: Mariner Youngs, Abahani Ltd maintain all-win run Earlier in the day’s other match, Victoria Sporting Club defeated  Dilkusha Sc by 5-3 goals at the same venue Wednesday afternoon. Belal scored four goals and Emon contributed one goal for Victoria SC while Ashique Mahmood Sagar scored two and Nazmul made one goal for Dilkusha SC.   

Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has been banned for the next three matches of the ongoing Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League, due to his extraordinary outburst on the field during his team Mohammedan SC's hot match against rivals Abahani on Friday. He was also handed a fine of Tk 5 lakh. Kazi Inam Ahmed, the chairman of the cricket committee of Dhaka metropolis, confirmed Shakib’s punishment on Saturday evening while talking to the media at the residence of BCB president Nazmul Hasan in Gulshan. Inam also said that the allrounder has accepted his punishment. In a matter of minutes, in two separate incidents, Shakib expressed his disappointment with two different umpiring decisions - an lbw appeal against his good friend from the national team and Abahani's key batsman Mushfiqur Rahim, and then the decision to go off as it started raining - by taking out his rage on the stumps. Also read: DPL: Shakib loses cool; kicks stumps, throws them away The utter disregard and lack of respect for the umpires, his teammates, opponents and fans watching, and above all the game itself was palpable - it will not have been missed by anyone. Taken together, it was as close to violence as you can get on a cricket field, without actually causing injury or bodily harm to anyone. BCB knew immediately that it would have to act, and needed to be seen to act. The  verdict and punishment handed down today was at least prompt, if not quite adequate to cover the scope of the Bangladeshi star's violation of cricketing sensibilities. Not to mention the breach of the Code of Conduct of cricketer. Also read: Shakib apologises after thrashing and kicking stumps “Many things happen in a game. We saw some incidents today in the game between Mohammedan and Abahani. It was unfortunate. It was a heated incident. We always want the players to keep their excitement under control. It’s a T20 event, and we apply all the international cricketing law in this event. We will take action against this incident once we get the report of the match referee and umpires,” Inam had said in his initial reaction last night. Shakib too issued a public apology through his social media pages last night. “Dear fans and followers, I am extremely sorry for losing my temper and ruining the match for everyone and especially those who are watching from home. An experienced player like me should not have reacted that way but sometimes against all odds it happens, unfortunately,” Shakib wrote on his social media page. “I apologise to the teams, management, tournament officials and organizing committee for this human error. Hopefully, I won't be repeating this again in the future. Thanks and love you all,” he added.

Federation Cup champions Bashundhara Kings maintained all-win record in the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football beating Chittagong Abahani Ltd by 1-0 goal at the Bangabandu National Stadium here on Friday.

Dhaka Mohammedan SC and Bangladesh Police SC won their respective matches of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at two different venues across the country on Monday.

The giant-killer Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society emerged as the new finalists in the Federation Cup Football Tournament eliminating traditional Dhaka Mohammedan SC by 1-0 goal in the first semi-final of the 31st edition of the meet at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Thursday.