Women's football

Women’s chance to beat Nepal

After conceding a late goal to be held to a 1-1 draw in the first match, Bangladesh women's football team will have the opportunity to rectify mistakes and win the two-match series against Nepal in the second and final match at the Birshershtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur today, the action kicking off at 5:30pm.
16 July 2023, 02:09 AM

'Against their nature': When Brazil banned women from football

Brazil may be synonymous with the beautiful game, but it banned women from the sport for nearly four decades until 1979.
14 July 2023, 08:07 AM

‘Trial’ WSL to start from June 10

After being deferred from its first proposed start date of May 15, the franchise football league will feature four teams and will see 13 matches over 12 match days, Salahuddin told reporters following an emergency meeting of the BFF executive committee yesterday
30 May 2023, 02:37 AM

2023 women's World Cup will be 'watershed' moment, FIFA predicts

FIFA has predicted the women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will be a "watershed" moment that propels the game to another level, with the target to eventually rival the men's version.
11 April 2023, 07:03 AM

England beat Brazil on penalties to win Finalissima

England beat Brazil in a penalty shootout in a thrilling inaugural Women's Finalissima on Thursday, the second straight international trophy hoisted by the Lionesses at a jam-packed Wembley Stadium.
6 April 2023, 21:08 PM

Bangladesh find Russia too tough to handle

Hosts Bangladesh tasted their first defeat in the ongoing SAFF U-17 Women’s Championship when the girls in red and green suffered a 3-0 defeat to their Russian counterparts at the Shaheed Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium on Wednesday.
22 March 2023, 12:20 PM

'Stand up and fight': Albanian women footballers break taboos

The sporting world has slowly come around, including its football scene, where rowdy crowds and occasional scuffles at men's games are not uncommon
8 March 2023, 02:52 AM

Children and a career: Women footballers adapt their goals

Pregnant players faced slashed or unpaid wages, threats, partial maternity cover and even sacking. It was only in 2021 that FIFA published new rules and the situation is now changing.
8 March 2023, 02:36 AM

15 Spanish women footballers resign in protest against 'continuity of national coach'

Fifteen players have quit the Spanish women's national team in an "unprecedented" mass resignation, the Spanish football federation (RFEF) announced late Thursday, coming after weeks of speculations of divisions in the camp.
23 September 2022, 09:15 AM

BPL clubs spurn women’s league

A record 18 outfits have applied for club licensing, a pre-condition to play in the Bangladesh Women's Football League but unfortunately the only big name among them remains Bashundhara Kings.
18 August 2022, 19:11 PM

Women's football gear in demand after historic England win

Weekly sales of women's football gear have tripled since the start of the women's European Championship that ended Sunday with an historic England win, according to retailer Fanatics Inc, which sold official merchandise for the tournament.
5 August 2022, 13:05 PM

‘Football is my safe space’

England forward Beth Mead described soccer as her "safe space" from setbacks off the pitch, saying she uses the sport as an escape from difficulties in her personal life and to bounce back from disappointments.
31 July 2022, 10:58 AM

Earps acknowledges De Gea’s support ahead of Euro final

England's Mary Earps said swapping tips with fellow Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea helped lift her performances to a new level at the European Championship as the Lionesses reached their first major final in over a decade.
29 July 2022, 11:20 AM

Fifa 23 to debut women’s club football

Electronic Arts has announced the inclusion of women’s club football teams in Fifa 23 – a first for the series.
21 July 2022, 05:22 AM

In sync despite being 5 thousand miles apart

The beautiful game has been the most popular sport on the planet for over a century, but although the field has been dominated by men for most of its history, times have begun to change in the last few decades.
8 July 2022, 18:00 PM

'Historic' equal pay deal for US men and women footballers

The US men's and women's national soccer teams will receive equal pay under new contracts that feature an unprecedented split of World Cup prize money, the US Soccer Federation announced Wednesday.
19 May 2022, 06:22 AM

Women lose to Nepal 3-0

Bangladesh women's football team lost 3-0 against hosts Nepal today in their last group fixture to finish as Group B runners-up in the SAFF Women's Championship at the Shahid Rangsala in Biratnagar.
16 March 2019, 11:02 AM

Kalshindur's U-15 footballer dies of fever

Sabina Yasmin, a ninth grader of Kalshindur Govt Girls' High School and a footballer under consideration for the national women's under-15 team, dies of fever in Dhobaura in the early hours of Tuesday.
26 September 2017, 11:28 AM

Kalshindur's U-15 footballer dies of fever

Sabina Yasmin, a ninth grader of Kalshindur Govt Girls' High School and a footballer under consideration for the national women's under-15 team, dies of fever in Dhobaura today.
26 September 2017, 11:28 AM