Hamza Choudhury’s arrival sparked enthusiasm and interest in football in Bangladesh like never seen before.
“BFF runs with financial help from FIFA. One of FIFA’s guidelines states that if a country’s professional league lasts for six months, the federation will receive USD 50,000. Instead of protecting the clubs, the BFF is chasing that allocation,” said Brothers Union manager Amer Khan.
The 18 senior women footballers of the Bangladesh national team, who have been boycotting head coach Peter Butler's training camp since January 29, will return to training following the UAE tour, informed Bangladesh Football Federation's women's wing chairman Mahfuza Akter Kiron.
The 18 senior players of Bangladesh national women’s team, who have been boycotting training since head coach Peter Butler returned to the country, seem to have shot themselves on the foot after refusing to sign contracts offered by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Monday.
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Tabith Awal will make a call on the report prepared by a seven-member special committee regarding the ongoing impasse over women’s football team’s camp, even though it is uncertain whether the president will declare the findings of the report today or will take more time to more on the delicate issue before making it public.
A seven-member special committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday began the process of interviewing the 18 rebel footballers who are boycotting the training camp under national women’s team coach Peter Butler, demanding his resignation.
The BFF also plans to develop a network among the country’s top football academies, such as the BFF Elite Academy, BKSP, Shams Ul Huda Academy, and others, so that the players of those academies can groom themselves properly while helping each other.
Members of the Bangladesh team that won the 2024 SAFF Women’s Championship in Nepal last week arrived at the State Guest House Jamuna today for a reception ceremony accorded by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.
This victory comes at a critical time as Bangladesh undergoes a political and systemic reform.
BFF must answer for alleged financial irregularities, organisational failures
Bangladesh football has once again hogged the spotlight for all the wrong reasons as FIFA handed a two-year ban to Abu Nayeem Shohag on Friday, accusing the general secretary of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) guilty of corruption while handling financial transactions in several cases.
An apparent disparity regarding financial aspects had existed between the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and FIFA for the last two years, as evident by the FIFA’s decision to ban the BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag.
Of late, two major reasons pushed football to suddenly become a focal point of discussion among sports lovers in Bangladesh: the national women's football team's withdrawal from the Paris Olympic women's football qualifiers after the men's team's subpar display against lowly Seychelles in two FIFA friendly matches last month.
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has decided to host a tri-nation football tournament in March’s FIFA window where Bangladesh will play against Brunei and Seychelles as part of providing platform for the national team for play international matches in FIFA window.
Like so many things, the curtain-raiser of the Bangladesh domestic season – The Independence Cup had fallen under the radar amidst the ongoing FIFA World Cup frenzy.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has clearly failed to learn lessons from its past mishaps as the local game’s governing body received another instruction from FIFA to clear the due wages of former Bangladesh national team’s head coach Jamie Day, who was relieved off his duty in September last year, prior to the beginning of SAFF Championship.
With no proper system in place at the grassroots level, the future of football in Bangladesh looks bleak.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, responsible for ground handling services at the Dhaka Airport, today claimed that the representatives of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and the concerned football players received their luggage in proper condition.
Why do female sportspeople have to prove themselves “worthy” of the support their male counterparts can take for granted?
