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In a surprise decision, renowned sports organizer Tarafder M Ruhul Amin has backed down from competing for the hot seat of the President of Bangladesh Football Federation ( BFF) just two months before the election.

The 6th-time champions Dhaka Abahani Limited made a good start in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football beating Bangladesh Police FC by 2-0 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Sunday.

The 10-team final round of the Bangabandhu National Football Championship will kick off in the first week of March.

Eight fans of Ecuadorian first division club Barcelona de Guayaquil died when a passenger bus veered off a road and crashed into a ravine in northern Peru on Saturday.

Barcelona's Twitter accounts were hacked after the team's 2-1 home win over Getafe in the Spanish league on Saturday.

English Premier League champion Manchester City was banned by UEFA from the Champions League for two seasons on Friday for "serious breaches" of spending rules in a seismic ruling against one of world football's wealthiest clubs.

Chattogram Abahani Limited made a good start in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football beating former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club by 2-0 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Thursday.

Defending champions Bashundhara Kings managed a hard-fought 1-0 goal victory over newcomers Uttar Baridhara Club in the opening match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at their home venue at Sheikh Kamal Stadium in Nilphamari on Thursday.

The sky-blue popular Dhanmondi outfit Abahani Ltd, which reached inter-zonal semifinal of AFC Cup last year, made their early exist from this year’s meet due to lack of away goal against Maziya SRC of the Maldives. After playing a goalless draw with Maziya SRC in Male on Wednesday, Portuguese coach of Dhaka Abahani Mario Lemos expressed his total dissatisfaction over the match. He told the

Defender Mitchel Bakker needed only one minute to impress in his first start for Paris Saint-Germain, when his cross led to an own goal in a 6-1 win at Dijon on Wednesday in the French Cup quarterfinals.