United News of Bangladesh

Defending champions Palestine will play lowly Seychelles in the first semifinal of the six-team Bangabandhu International Gold Cup Football Tournament on Wednesday.

The 3rd edition of the seven-team Women’s Football League will begin on January 31 at the Bir Shrestho Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mustafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur after a break of seven years.

African nation Seychelles reached the semifinals of the ongoing Bangabandhu International Gold Cup by virtue of better goal difference after playing 2-2 draw with upper-ranked Mauritius in their 2nd and last group match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Monday.

Quique Setien kicked off his reign as the new coach of FC Barcelona with a 1-0 win at home to Granada, thanks to a goal from Leo Messi 15 minutes from time.

Presidents of the Burundi and Sri Lankan football federations made a courtesy visit to Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) office in Motijheel Sunday on invitation from BFF.

Hosts Bangladesh reached the semifinals of the ongoing six-team Bangabandhu International Gold Cup Football Tournament thrashing Sri Lanka by 3-0 goals in their 2nd and last Group A match at the crowded Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Sunday.

The Football Federation of Iran announced that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has recently banned Iran from hosting international soccer competitions for no clear reason, Press TV reported on Saturday.

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) signed a 3-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the country’s prominent private university American International University Bangladesh (AIUB) for developing booters’ educational skills.

Hosts Bangladesh will seek a victory when they meet Sri Lanka in their 2nd and last Group A match on Sunday to reach the semifinals of the six-team Bangabandhu International Gold Cup Football Tournament.

Iran's soccer federation said Friday it has been told it will not be hosting any international matches on Iranian soil.