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Coach-cum-archer outshines regulars at national archery

Aishwarzo topped the field of 27 archers with 708 out of a possible 720.
22 January 2026, 01:04 AM
22 January 2026, 01:04 AM
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Following father’s footsteps, expat paddler Zaiyan eyes national spot

Zaiyan is the son of former national-level paddler Shamim Waheed.
13 January 2026, 09:30 AM
13 January 2026, 09:30 AM
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Mohammedan’s forever 12th man, Ata Bhai, no more

Woven into the living memory of the club, Ata Bhai's chant has just ended, but it will continue to echo in the gallery he never abandoned.
9 January 2026, 14:30 PM
9 January 2026, 14:30 PM
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Interview / Sujan Perera laments BFL ground conditions

Perera spoke to The Daily Star's Anisur Rahman about Fortis' performance, the Bangladesh Football League, his own form, and the recent progress of the Bangladesh and Sri Lanka national teams.
7 January 2026, 03:00 AM
7 January 2026, 03:00 AM
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When passion outshone the numbers

The scoreline of the BRAC Bank Oporajeo Alo Women’s Hockey Tournament final suggested a one-sided affair, but the competition itself revealed a much richer story about the state and spirit of women’s hockey in Bangladesh.
2 January 2026, 02:00 AM
2 January 2026, 02:00 AM
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A LOOK BACK AT 2025 / A year when hockey carried the flag

In a country where cricket and football command almost every headline, 2025 became the rare year when hockey forced its way into the national conversation. At a time when lesser-known disciplines usually struggle for space, Bangladesh hockey managed to capture attention through performance, organisation and belief -- offering a powerful reminder of the untapped potential that still exists beyond the big two.
30 December 2025, 02:30 AM
30 December 2025, 02:30 AM
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Can BHF build on World Cup spark?

Bangladesh U-21’s spirited showing at the Junior World Cup has revived an old discussion about whether Bangladesh Hockey Federation can turn isolated success into sustainable progress.
11 December 2025, 02:30 AM
11 December 2025, 02:30 AM
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‘Size doesn’t matter’: Amirul on Bangladesh’s spirit

The Faridpur-born former BKSP trainee now leads the scorers' chart with 12 goals in four matches.
5 December 2025, 02:00 AM
5 December 2025, 02:00 AM
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End of the line in sight for Abahani?

Playing for one club for 18 years is without a doubt a sign of a player’s great loyalty, which is repaid by the club year after year by offering contracts despite the kind of service they will get.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM
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No alternative other than green?

The long-standing demand of footballers for a well-equipped gymnasium is likely to come true, but unfortunately at the expense of the green open lawn at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) premises.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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A diamond in the rough

After a seven-year hiatus, the third edition of women’s football league just drew to a close on Sunday with the star-studded Bashundhara Kings becoming the new, undisputed champions, thanks to national forwards Sabina Khatun, Krishna Rani Sarkar and Tahura Khatun in their roster to make the key difference with other teams.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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Women’s league empowers trailblazers

A group of talented girls unexpectedly stormed onto headlines in 2015 and their success, including advancing to the 2017 finals of AFC U-16 Women’s Championship, and brilliant performances have continued silently as the Tricotex Women’s Football League has failed to attract spectators in the new normal.
10 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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‘If you love football, you love Maradona’

When news of Diego Armando Maradona’s passing filtered through on the night of November 25 in Bangladesh, the grief that took hold in the country was as if a mischievous, magnetic boy next door died and not a footballing genius who lived 10,000 miles away and imbued everything he touched with the brightest colours.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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'A gentleman on and off the field'

The supporters of Mohammedan SC don’t flock to the Motijheel-based tent of the Black and Whites to watch their favourite footballers like they once used to during the glory days of football. But today, the Mohammedan supporters once again gathered at the club tent, obviously not to see a new football sensation rather bid goodbye to the great Badal Roy.
23 November 2020, 13:21 PM
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Swimming in stagnant waters

The historical success stories of Bangladesh swimming and, by extrapolation, of Bangladesh sports, will remain incomplete without Mosharraf Hossain Khan, who is thecountry’s lone sportsman to grab five gold (100m butterfly, 200m butterfly,
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Financial insecurity behind athletics’ decline?

“People of this generation may not believe it, but there was a time when I started the journey from Teroghada upazila at midnight and travelled the 34 kilometres to Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on a rickshaw van, accompanied by my grandfather,” said former seven-time sprint champion Sultana Parveen Lovely.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Can new VP stem 12 years of failure?

Irregularity in staging lower division football leagues and district football leagues has been one of the major areas of criticism of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) President Kazi Salahuddin in his past three tenures.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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A once-rich well now drying up

A group of brilliant young footballers put Bangladesh prominently on the map of age-level women’s football, especially in South Asia, by clinching the first-ever AFC U-14 Girls’ Regional Championship in December 2015.
8 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Newcomers set sights on district, lower leagues

The newly elected Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) committee may not reflect the expectations of the general football fans, but the much talked-about polls produced nine new faces who are all set to work along long-serving BFF organisers, including four-time President Kazi Salahuddin for the next four years.
5 October 2020, 18:00 PM

A peaceful AGM that belied the discontent underneath

The annual general meeting is a forum where delegates capitalise on the opportunity to reflect on the obstacles and achievements of the past year, and to voice their opinions on decisions that will affect the direction of the sport.
3 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Sport set to stir to life by year’s end

As the country is gradually stirring back to life amid the threat of the coronavirus, the country’s sports fraternity too seems to be preparing to wake up.
27 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Life goes on

Social distancing and Covid-19 transmission are evidently not high on the list of concerns. For these workers, at an iron foundry in Shyampur, the most pressing issue in life is earning the basic living that would allow them to put food on the table back home.
25 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Nobody around to hear players’ dismay

Lack of professionalism in both the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and the clubs, combined with the dysfunction in the Football Players’ Welfare Association (FPWA) has seemingly paved the way to the unpleasant decision of big pay cuts of footballers in the upcoming season, expected to start in December.
24 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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‘Will give myself 7.5 out of 10’

The Daily Star (DS): You are contesting for the president’s post of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) for a fourth successive term. What has prompted you to run again?
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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‘Our football is orphaned’

“Football is now a platform for fake organisers to draw cheap publicity,” Manzoor Hossain Malu lamented.
2 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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BFF’s admin expenses keep rising

Despite little engagement at national and international stage last year and lower division competitions and youth development remaining irregular, the Bangladesh Football Federation’s administrative expenditure increased 30 percent in the last fiscal.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Dissolution the only solution to infighting

Asked why their relationship had suddenly deteriorated after running the federation in tandem for nearly six years, Nazimuddin and Intekhabul blamed each other.
20 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Focus shifts to domestic football

Football in the country was set to emerge from the four-and-a-half-month coronavirus-induced slumber last week as national players joined the training camp for the Joint Qualifiers for World Cup and Asian Cup, but FIFA and AFC’s decision on Wednesday to postpone the October-November window has plunged the sport into uncertainty once more.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM

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