National football team star Hamza Choudhury has been appointed brand ambassador of TECNO Bangladesh, adding one of the country's most prominent football figures to the smartphone brand's promotional lineup.
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has announced a 28-member preliminary squad ahead of the FIFA ASEAN Cup to be held in Indonesia. The national team camp will start from August 27 under head coach Thomas Dooley. Before that the players have been asked to join the camp tomorrow.
Bangladesh pacer Syed Khaled Ahmed has been presented with an opportunity to play in English county cricket. County side Kent have shown interest in taking him on board as a replacement for Shoriful Islam.
Gerard Jones, head coach of the Bangladesh under-20 national football team, and Atikur Rahman Mishu, assistant coach, have taken their dispute to the point of pushing and shoving. At one stage of the heated situation between the two at a team hotel in Dhaka, English coach Gerard Jones called the police by phoning the national emergency service number 999.
The ball used in Diego Maradona's iconic "Hand of God" match against England at the 1986 FIFA World Cup has sold at auction for $3.35 million, turning another piece of football history into a multimillion-dollar sports collectible.
Bangladesh are set for another busy international assignment immediately after the Asia Cup, with a Test and three-match ODI series against Afghanistan likely to be played in the United Arab Emirates in early October.