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The
archrivals meet today
August
28, 2000
Dhaka
(UNB) - The battle of prestige between Abahani Limited and Mohammedan SC
takes place today (Monday) as they meet in the final of the 16th Federation
Cup Football Tournament.
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Youth
team to go to Vietnam
August
28, 2000
Dhaka
(UNB) - A 25-member Bangladesh Youth team leaves for Vietnam Tuesday to
participate in the final round of the 9th Asian Youth Under-16 Football
Championship.
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Abahani
moves to final with Mohammedan
August
27, 2000
Dhaka
(UNB) – Holders Abahani Limited reached the final of the 16th
Federation Cup Football tourney eliminating runners-up Muktijoddha Sangsad
KC by 2-1 goals in the second semifinal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium
here yesterday (Saturday).
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Mohammedan struggles to reach final
August 26, 2000
Dhaka, Aug 25 (UNB) – League champions Mohammedan SC moved into the final of the 16th Federation Cup Football tournament with a 1-0 win against run of the game over spirited Arambagh KS in the first semis at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here today (Friday).
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Abahani faces Muktijoddha in Semifinal
August 26, 2000
Dhaka, Aug 25 (UNB) – Holders Abahani Ltd will meet with runners-up Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the second semifinal of the 16th Federation Cup Football Tournament today at 5pm at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
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Abahani's 5-1 victory over Usha
August 24, 2000
Dhaka (UNB) - Abahani Limited earned an incredible 5-1 goals victory over Usha Kriara Chakra in the Green Delta Premier Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium yesterday.
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Hat
trick by Bakhtiar put Arambagh in semis
August
23, 2000
Dhaka
(UNB) – A brilliant hat trick by Mohammed Bakhtiar guided Arambagh Krira
Sangha to move into the semi-final of the 16th Federation Cup
Football Tournament drubbing Shantinagar Club by 5-1 goals here yesterday
(Tuesday).
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Mamun
Joarder retires from football
August
23, 2000
Dhaka
(UNB) - National medio Mamun Joarder bids farewell to football today
(Wednesday) through a match between Mohammedan SC and Muktojodda Sangsad in
the 16th Federation Cup Football Tournament.
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Abahani
defeats Shantinagar in their first match
August 19, 2000
Dhaka, Aug 18 (UNB) - Abahani Limited opened their season’s campaign on a happy note beating Shantinagar Club by 3-1 goals as the round robin league of the 16th Federation Cup Football Tournament began here today (Friday).
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Federation Cup: Badda Jagarani Sangsad
wins
August 19, 2000
Earlier, in the day’s first match, Badda Jagarani Sangsad beat Arambagh KS by 2-1 goals at the same venue.
Haider and Walid scored for the winners while Khokon netted for the losers in the entertaining opening encounter of the round robin league of the 16th Federation Cup Football Tournament.
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New Zealand edges Oman to enter Merdeka final against Malaysia seniors
August 19, 2000
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) - New Zealand's soccer team completed
a sweep of their three Merdeka Cup preliminary matches by edging
Oman, 1-0, and gained a berth in the final against Malaysia's senior
side.
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Bangladesh
in Asian youth football
August
18, 2000
Dhaka
(UNB) – Bangladesh will take on Kuwait in their first final round
appearance in the 9th Asian Youth Under-16 Football Championship on
September 6 at the Danang Stadium in Vietnam.
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Federation
Cup’s round robin league begin
August
18, 2000
Dhaka
(UNB) – The eight-team round robin league of the 16th
Federation Cup Football tourney, the main battle of the season’s curtain
raiser soccer meet, begins today (Friday) at the Bangabandhu National
Stadium.
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Madonna
to sing in soccer soundtrack
August
17, 2000
RIO
DE JANEIRO (AP) - What better than the world's most famous
singer to help celebrate the world's most popular sport?
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New
Bulgarian football coach for Bangladesh
August
17, 2000
Dhaka
(UNB) – Yordan Ivanov Stoykov of Bulgaria was yesterday (Wednesday)
appointed new footbal coach of Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP).
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Team announced for 9th Asian Youth football
August 14, 2000
Dhaka (UNB) – Bangladesh Football Federation yesterday (Sunday) announced a 20–member national youth team to take part in the final round of the 9th Asian Youth Under–16 football championship to be held in Vietnam on September 3-17.
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Venezuela’s Lavoura killed in Portugal car crash
August 14, 2000
LISBON (AP) - Pedro Lavoura, a 26-year-old Venezuelan midfielder playing for Portugal's Sporting Braga, was killed Sunday when his car veered off the road and slammed into a wall, police
said.
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Mohammedans win first match in London
August 13, 2000
Dhaka (UNB)- Touring Mohammedan Sporting Club won their first match against Sporting Bengal United by 3-2 goals at Mile End Stadium in East London on Friday.
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Federation Cup Football Tournament begins today
August 12, 2000
Dhaka (UNB) – The season's curtain raiser football meet, the 16th Federation Cup Football Tournament, begins today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
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Bomb threat at Galatasaray hotel
August 10, 2000
ZURICH (AP) - Swiss police searched the hotel of UEFA Cup holders Galatasaray of Turkey following a bomb threat.
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Celtic bid possible for 2008
August 9, 2000
DUBLIN (AP) - Ireland is considering a joint bid with
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the 2008 European
Championship, the Football Association of Ireland said Tuesday.
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South Korea's World Cup organizing chief resigns
August 9, 2000
SEOUL (AP) - The head of South Korea's organizing
committee for the 2002 soccer World Cup resigned Tuesday amid
reports of conflict within the organization.
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Football-training course for Khulna division
August 8, 2000
Magura (UNB) - A month-long football-training course for the players of Khulna division, organized by Magura District Sports Council, began at the local stadium on Sunday.
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The 2010 World Cup host will be chosen in 2004
August 7, 2000
ZURICH (AP) - Japanese reluctance to host the 2001
Confederations Cup and a simmering row between the African and Asian
soccer confederations marred an otherwise polished meeting Saturday
of the FIFA Congress.
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Soccer-vandalism grips Russia also
August 7, 2000
MOSCOW (AP) - Hundreds of young Russian soccer fans were kicked out of the western Russian city of Voronezh on Sunday after groups of them went on a rampage and injured four policemen, officials said.
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Rivaldo: 1 of world's highest-paid players
August 3, 2000
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Stung by the departure of Luis Figo, FC
Barcelona has managed to hold on to its other big superstar,
Rivaldo, by raising his salary to more than dlrs 5.6 million per
year, news reports said Wednesday.
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England bid leader wanted to scrap World Cup bid
August 2, 2000
LONDON (AP) - Officials of England's 2006 World Cup bid
wanted to withdraw from the race before the vote because they knew they had
no chance of winning, former Sports Minister Tony Banks said.
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