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BPL Football put off at the last moment
The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football 2020-21, which was scheduled to resume Friday, was postponed at the last moment.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announced a new BPL fixture for the 20th and 21st round matches Thursday night to restart the league today. However, the postponement came just 60 minutes before Friday's matches had been due to start.
The BFF today postponed the remaining second phase BPL matches saying, "We will keep everyone in the loop after reviewing the overall situation."
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The BPL, which had earlier been scheduled to restart on July 24 after the Eid break, was deferred to July 30.
As per the latest fixture, Chittagong Abahani were scheduled to face Uttar Baridhara Club at 4pm at the Kamalapur Stadium and Rahmatganj MFS were supposed to play against Brothers Union Club at the same time at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today.
BFF media chief Amit laid to rest
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Head of Media Ahsan Ahmed Amit was laid to rest at the Azimpur graveyard Monday noon.
The BFF media chief passed away on June 30 while undergoing treatment in New Delhi.
Amit, also a good sports organiser and an executive committee member of the Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation, was admitted to a Delhi hospital with the complication of kidney disease.
The 43-year-old had a successful kidney transplantation on June 22. He was waiting to return home but died of a brain haemorrhage Wednesday.
READ: BFF media chief Amit's body reaches Dhaka
Amit's body reached Dhaka Sunday night from India's New Delhi through the Benapole border.
Amit's second janaza was held at his beloved Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) at 11am.
BFF Vice-President Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi, General Secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag; members Mahfuza Akhter Kiron, Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, and Ameer Khan were present in the namaz-e-janaza at the BNS.
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The BFF, the Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation, the Bangladesh Sports Press Association and other organisations paid their last respect to Amit at the BNS.
BFF media chief Amit's body reaches Dhaka
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Head of Media Ahsan Ahmed Amit's body reached his Gopibagh residence in Dhaka Sunday night from India's New Delhi through Benapole border.
Amit's father, Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation Vice-President Khondakar Hasan Munir, BFF Grassroots Manager M Hasan Mahmud, and two others brought the body home in the afternoon.
The first namaz-e -janaza of Amit will be held at 10am on Monday at Bismillah Masjid in Gopibagh's RK Mission Road.
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Amit's second janaza will be held at his beloved Bangabandhu National Stadium at 11am and he will be laid to rest at the Azimpur graveyard at around 12:30pm.
The BFF media chief passed away on June 30 while undergoing treatment in New Delhi.
Amit, also a good sports organiser and an executive committee member of the Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation, was admitted to a Delhi hospital with kidney complexities.
The 43-year-old had a successful kidney transplantation on June 22. He was waiting to return home but died of a brain haemorrhage Wednesday.
BPL, BCL Football matches postponed
All the matches of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) Football 2020-21 have been postponed.
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) took the decision to postpone leagues Friday due to continuous rainfall in the capital and unplayable condition of the field. The BFF also considered the weather forecast while making the decision.
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The fresh date and fixture for the remaining league matches will be announced later, said the federation.
Earlier, the BFF postponed the Women's Football League, and the 3rd Division Football League matches up to July 7 due to inclement weather and countrywide strict lockdown.
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BFF media chief Amit no more
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Head of Media Ahsan Ahmed Amit passed away Wednesday while undergoing treatment in New Delhi.
Amit, also a good sports organiser and an executive committee member of the Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation, breathed his last at 6:10pm. He was admitted to a Delhi hospital with kidney complexities.
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The 43-year-old had a successful kidney transplantation on June 22. He was waiting to return home but died of a brain haemorrhage today.
The BFF media chief left behind his father, elder brother and a large number of admirers to mourn his death.
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The BFF today condoled his death and conveyed profound sympathy to his family. Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association and Bangladesh Sports Press Association also mourned Amit's death.
BFF celebrates AFC Grassroots Football Day 2021
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), with the support of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), celebrated the AFC Grassroots Football Day 2021 in the capital and three other districts of the country Saturday.
BFF EC members Ameer Khan, Mahidur Rahman Miraz; Technical Director Paul Thomas Smalley, General Secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag, Grassroots Brand Ambassador and National Women's team captain Sabina Khatun were present at the inaugural programme at the BFF artificial turf in Dhaka.
BFF to celebrate AFC Grassroots Football Day' 21 on Saturday
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) with the cooperation of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to celebrate the AFC Grassroots Football Day' 21 in the capital and three other district venues across the country on Saturday.
BFF Vice-President cum Chairman of the Games Development Committee M Ataur Rahman Bhuiyan Manik will inaugurate the program on Saturday at 11:30 am at the BFF artificial turf in Motijheel.
The AFC Day' 21 will also be observed at the BFF grassroot zones at Sheikh Kamal Stadium in Nilphamari, District Stadium in Madaripur and Vhasa Shaheed Salam Stadium in Feni without crowd following the health guidelines of the government.
A total of 800 budding footballers of Under-8 to Under-15 age groups, 200 each from the four zones will participate in the AFC program.
BFF picks up 33 footballers for World Cup qualifier
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Saturday initially picked 33 footballers to form a national team for the next month's three qualification matches of FIFA World Cup 2022.
Bangladesh are scheduled to play Afghanistan, India and Oman in their group matches on June 4, 7 and 15 respectively, all in Doha.
All the 31 players, who earned call up in the national camp for the recently concluded Tri-nation Tournament in Nepal, except Tutul Hossain Badsha, again included in the day's preliminary squad.
Besides, three footballers--Topu Barman, Tariq Kazi and Mohammad Ibrahim --returned in the team.
Maximum 10 players were taken from champion Bashundhara Kings.
The camp of the national team will start soon after the arrival of team's Head Coach Jamie Day from England next Monday.
Selected footballers are: Anisur Rahman Zico, Bishwanath Ghose, Rimon Hossain, Topu Barman, Masuk Miya Jony, Biplu Ahmed, Mahbubur Rahman Sufil, Matin Miah, Mohammad Ibrahim, Tariq Kazi (Bashundhara Kings), Shahidul Alam Sohel, Sohel Rana, Saaduddin (Dhaka Abahani), Rahmat Miya, Riadul Hasan,Yeasin Arafat, Jamal Bhuiyan, Abu Shahed, Imran Hasan Rimon, Faisal Ahmed Fahim (Saif SC), Mehedi Hasan, Mehedi Hasan Royal, Mohammad Emon (Muktijoddha SKC), Ashraful Islam Rana, Mohammad Abdullah (Sheikh Russel), Manik Hosssin Mollah, Rakib Hossain (Ctg Abahani), Habibur Rahman Shohag, Atiquzzaman (Mohammedan), Rezaul Karim (Sheikh Jamal), Mitul Marma, Sumon Reza ( Uttar Baridhara) and Mohammad Jewel (Police FC).
BPL Football: Bashundhara crush Baridhara 6-0
Bashundhara Kings made a flying start to the second phase of the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football Friday, outplaying Uttar Baridhara Club 6-0.
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), which was forced to cancel last year's BPL Football after only six rounds due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
However, BFF is now determined to complete the league amid the new spike in Covid-19 cases and newly extended lockdown in the country.
Due to countrywide lockdown, all the BPL matches are being held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium instead of four venues.
In the second phase opener on Friday, the Kings dominated the first half 3-0. Argentine forward Raul Becerra scored twice for them in the third and 63rd minutes.
Brazilian striker Robson Robinho also scored two goals in the 34th and 91st (90+1) minutes while Brazilian midfielder Jonathan Fernandes netted the other two for the Kings in the 10th minute and 55th minute of the match.
With the day's result, Robson Robinho took the solo lead in the scorer list with 14 goals, followed by Raul Becerra with 13 goals and Gambian forward Sheikh Jamal Omar Jobe with 12 goals.
The Kings have comfortably dominated the league so far with an unbeaten record, securing 37 points from 13 matches, leaving nearest rivals Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Dhaka Abahani at second and third in the points table.
After conceding the sixth defeat in the league, Uttar Baridhara Club went down to the 11th slot in the 13-team league with their previous credit of nine points from 13 matches.