Coming from behind, Chittagong Abahani Ltd beat Uttar Baridhara Club by 4-3 goal in a keenly contested Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football '2020-21 match at the Kamalapur Stadium on Tuesday. The 20th round 2nd phase league matches began Tuesday after a break of two weeks for the countrywide lockdown and also for Eid vacation. With the day's hard-fought victory, the sky blue team from the port city of Chattagram advanced to the 4th slot in the league table toppling Dhaka Mohammedan SC  securing 34 points from 19 matches. Bashundhara Kings poised for their 2nd league crown as they comfortably dominated the league securing 49 points from 18 matches while Sheikh Jamal DC and Dhaka Abahani Ltd followed them distantly with 38 and 36 points playing 17 and 18 matches respectively. Uttar Baridhara Club remained at  the 10th place in the 13-team league with their previous credit of 15 points from 18 matches. Read: BPL Football: Sheikh Jamal move to 2nd slot beating Sheikh Russel 2-0 In the day's match, Uzbek midfielder Yevgeniy Kochnev put Uttar Baridhara Club ahead in the very 10th minute from a penalty (1-0). Brazilian forward Nixon Brizolara leveled the margin in the 21st minute (1-1) and put Abahani ahead from behind scoring his 2nd goal in the 41st minute (2-1). Nigerian booter Matthew Chinedu scored the 3rd goal for Abahani in the 50th minute (3-1) while local boy Rakib Hossain netted the 4th goal in the 59th minute which kissed the Baridhara net touching their Uzbek defender S Fozilov (4-1). But, the match turned  exciting when Uttar Baridhara's captain Sumon Reza and Papon Singh scored two successive goals in a span of 13 minutes in the 67th and 89th minutes respectively to make the match close (4-3). In the day's other match, Rahmatganj MFS earned a 2-0 goal victory against Brothers Union Club at the Banglabandhu National Stadium here Tuesday afternoon. READ: BPL Football: Ctg Abahani hand Bashundhara Kings first defeat After a barren first half, Ivory Coast booter Christ Remi scored first for Rahmatganj in the 49th minute (1-0) while Nigerian booter Felix Odili sealed the fate of the fate scoring the 2nd goal in the stoppage time (93rd minute) 2-0. After the match, old Dhaka outfit Rahmatganj MFS moved to the 9th slot securing 18 points from 19 matches while the Gopibagh outfit Brothers Union now under relegation threat with 12th place collecting six points from 18 outings. On Wednesday, league leader Bashundhara Kings will face Muktijoddha Sangsad KC at 4 pm at the BNS while Sheikh Russel KC will meet Arambagh KS also at 4pm at the Kamalapur Stadium here. In the remaining 2Oth round matches, Dhaka Mohammedan SC will play Police FC at 4 pm on Thursday while Dhaka Abahani to play Sheikh Jamal DC also at 4 pm on Friday, both at the Banglabandhu National Stadium.

Cumilla United earned a comfortable 5-0 goals win over Suddopuskorini Jubo SC 5-0 in the 2nd phase match of the "Women's Football League 2020-21" at the Kamalapur Stadium here on Tuesday. Akhi struck twice in the 15th and 19th minutes, Rehena Akter also scored two goals in the 30th and 52nd minutes while Rojina Akter netted the other goal for Cumilla United n the 70th minute. Also read: Women's Football: Bashundhara Kings crush FC Brahmanbaria 6-0 In the day's other match, Jamalpur Kacharipara Ekadash defeated Nasrin sports Academy by 2-0 goals at the same venue. After a barren first half, Ratna put Jamalapur team ahead in the 47th minute while Kanon Rani sealed the fate of the match scoring one more goal in the 72nd minute. Also read: Women's Football: Brahmanbaria beat Suddopuskorini 3-2 Surovi Akter Eity of the winning team got marching order after receiving two yellow cards in the match.

Title aspirant Bashundhara Kings crushed FC Brahmanbaria by 6-0 goals in the 2nd phase match of the "Women's Football League 2020-21" at the Kamalapur Stadium on Monday. In the day's match, National women's team captain Sabina Khatun, who emerged as the country's first women's footballer to reach a landmark of scoring 100 plus goals in the top league, opened the floodgate for the Kings in the very 6th minute. READ: BPL Football: Abahani, Mohammedan play out 1-1 draw Krishna Rani Sarkar struck twice in the 18th and 21st minutes, Sirat Jahan Swapna also netted two goals in the 49th and 90+3 minutes while Sultana scored the other goal for the Kings in the 89th minute The day's other league match between Ataur Rahman Bhuiyan College SC and Kachiihuli Sporting Club could not held as per schedule at the same venue as the later team did not appeared at the match venue in time. READ: Denmark beats Wales 4-0 at Euro 2020

Title aspirants Bashundhara Kings made a flying start to the second phase of the Women's Football League 2020-21, outplaying Suddopuskorini Jubo SC 5-0 at the Kamalapur Stadium Sunday. With the victory, the national star-studded Kings maintained their 100% record after securing 24 points from eight straight matches. Also read: Women's Football: Bashundhara hands 20-0 drubbing to Nasrin DA National women's team captain Sabina Khatun emerged as the country's first women footballer to reach the landmark of scoring 100 goals in the top-level football league.

Fortis Football Club earned a 2-1 victory against Dhaka Wanderers Club in the second phase of the 12-team Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) Football 2020-21 at the Kamalapur Stadium Saturday. Zillur put the winners ahead in the 19th minute (1-0) and Ekbal doubled the margin in the 63rd minute (2-0). Also read: BCL Football: Both matches end in draws Friday Jewel scored the consolation goal for Wanderers in the 80th minute (2-1). The day's other match between Uttara Football Club and Swadhinata Krira Sangha ended in a 1-1 draw at the same venue in the evening. Also read: BCL Football: Wanderers play 1-1 draw with Farashganj Rasel scored for Swadhinata KS in the 37th minute while Masud restored the parity for Uttara FC in the 86th minute from a penalty.

Fortis Football Club managed a 2-1 victory over NoFel Sporting Club in the 12-team Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) Football 2020-21 at the Kamalapur Stadium Friday. Zillur and Zakir scored for Fortis, one in each half, while Masum netted the only goal for NoFel in the second half. Also read: BCL Football: Wari beat Dhaka 2-0; Pragati overpower Youngmen's 2-1 NoFel's Shakib received a red card in the 28th minute. Farashganj SC will play Swadinata Krira Sangha Saturday at 4pm at the same venue. Also read: BCL Football: Wanderers beat Agrani 3-1; Swadhinata crush Victoria 3-0

Nasrin Sports Academy  registered a 3-1 goal victory over FC Uttar Bongo in the day's lone match of the Tricotex Women’s Football League at the Kamalapur Stadium here on Saturday.

FC Uttar Bongo registered a 3-1 goal victory over Kumilla United in the day's lone match of the Tricotex Women’s Football League at Kamalapur Stadium here on Wednesday.