United News of Bangladesh

Argentine police searched the home and office of one of Diego Maradona’s doctors on Sunday, taking away medical records as part of investigations into the death of the 60-year-old soccer star that caused a wave of grief across the country.

Gaibandha District earned a comfortable 5-0 goal victory over Khagrachari District in a final round match of the JFA U-14 Women's Football Championship at the Muktijoddha Smriti Stadium in Rajshahi on Sunday. Sagorika made a hattrick scoring four goals in the 16th, 18th, 49th and 60th minutes while Asma netted the other goal in the 68th minute for the winners Earlier in the day's first match, Rangpur District beat Kishoreganj district by 2-1 goal at the same venue. Rita Akhter netted both the goals for Rangpur in the 53rd and 56th minutes while Soma scored the lone goal for KIshoreganj in the 49th minute.

Bangladesh National Football team, now in Doha, lost both of their preparatory matches agianst local teams ahead of their FIFA World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers against Qatar on December 4.

The Bangladesh Championship League, the second-tier contest after the Bangladesh Premier League, will kick off in the first week of February 2021.

Captain of Bangladesh National Football team Jamal Bhuiyan, now in Doha with the team, in a video message on Thursday said that Argentine football legend Maradona would always remain in our heart.

President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and legendary footballer Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin has tested positive for Covid-19.

The world paid tribute to the late Diego Maradona on Wednesday, with Argentina leading the way by declaring three days of national mourning for its football legend.

Argentina's media paid homage to the life of Diego Maradona following his death from a heart attack on Wednesday.

Along with the soccer fans across the world, Bangladeshi cricketers also joined paying homage to legendary Argentine footballer Diego Maradona, 60,  who passed away last night at Tigre in Argentina.

Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60.