United News of Bangladesh

All the five foreign participating teams of the six-nation Bangabandhu International Gold Cup promised to give tough fight in the meet beginning from Wednesday at Bangabandhu National Football Stadium here.  

The six-nation Bangabandhu International Gold Cup football, organised on the occasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, begins here on Wednesday.

Bangladesh National Football team are suffering from serious injury problems just before the six-team Bangabandhu International Gold Cup that gets underway Wednesday at Bangabandhu National Stadium here.

Reigning champions Palestine and African nation Mauritius arrived Dhaka on Monday to participate in the upcoming six-nation Bangabandhu International Gold Cup Football Tournament beginning on Wednesday (Jan 15) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here.

Brazil legend Pele, real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the only man to have won the World Cup of football thrice (1958, 1962, 1970)  and widely acknowledged as one of the two greatest footballers of all time –FIFA rated him as number 1, ahead of Maradona - muimay visit Dhaka later this month, possibly coinciding with the Bangabandhu International Gold Cup to be held January 15-25 here.

Argentinian midfielder Leonardo Suarez has joined Club America after parting ways with Spain's Villarreal, the Mexican first division outfit said on Sunday.

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will hold a grand rally on Monday across the country as a part of their campaign for the upcoming Bangabandhu National Football Championship’2020 that will begin from January 17.

Reigning champions Palestine will be the first team to arrive at Dhaka on Monday to take part in the six-nation Bangabandhu International Gold Cup Football Tournament beginning on Wednesday (January 15) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here.   The Palestine team is expected to arrive at 11:10 am while another participating team Mauritius is expected to reach here on the same day at 2:45 pm.   A media official of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) said Palestine and the other participating countries have already sent the list of their national teams for Bangabandhu International Gold Cup and all the participating teams will stay in the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel.   Sri Lanka will arrive here on Tuesday (January 14) at 11:30 am while another African team Burundi will reach the capital on the same day at 12:20 pm.

Barcelona says Uruguay striker Luis Suarez will have surgery on Sunday for a right knee injury.

Callum Hudson-Odoi scored his first English Premier League goal to complete Chelsea's 3-0 win over Burnley on Saturday.