SAFF Women's Championship
Former SAFF winner dies following childbirth
Mosammat Razia Khatun, a former winner of SAFF Under-18 Women’s Championship, died from complications following childbirth in Satkhira in the early hours of Thursday.
‘Girls tend to be strong by default when it comes to playing football’
AKM Saiful Bari Titu, interim head coach to the Bangladesh National Women’s Football team, speaks about his experience coaching the team, their recent performances, and what can be done to take them further, in an interview with Afia Jahin of The Daily Star.
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.
SAFF title a distant reality as Bangladesh host Nepal
The mood that gripped the Bangladesh women's football team the last time they played an international football match is a far cry from the one that currently pervades in the team.
Another SAFF winner bids goodbye to football
Swapna was one of the most reliable strikers of the national team. She played a major role in the team winning the title by scoring four goals in Nepal last September.
‘We shed tears of joy’
“After a lot of hard work, we enjoyed last night to the fullest. We shed tears of joy and we danced on the bus all the way to the hotel,”
‘No one knows how hard the girls toiled’
"We had a dream of winning the SAFF Women's Championship but we could not do it. The dream finally came true through this group of brilliant girls," was the instant reaction from former national striker Suinu Pru Marma, who represented Bangladesh in the first three editions of the regional women's football extravaganza.
Take a bow - Women in red and green
What started as an experimental idea less than two decades ago against the backdrop of heavy resistance from sections of a conservative society helped Bangladesh lift the biggest prize in South Asian football since 2003 as Bangladesh clinched the title of the SAFF Women’s Championship,
T Sports to broadcast SAFF Women’s Championship final
The SAFF Women’s Championship final between Bangladesh and Nepal will be telecast live on T Sports, Bangladesh's only sports channel.
Choton blames defence
There were questions marks over Bangladesh's defence since the start of the SAFF Women's Championship, and the vulnerability of the defence was mostly to blame for yesterday's 4-0 defeat against India in the semifinal.
Bangladesh's dream shattered
Four-time champions India punctured Bangladesh's dream of making history in the SAFF Women's Championship by handing last edition's runners-up a clinical 4-0 defeat in the second semifinal of the fifth edition at the Sahid Rangashala in Biratnagar yesterday.
History between women and final
Bangladesh will need to make a small piece of history in the SAFF Women's Championship if they are to ensure back-to-back final berths when they take on four-time champions India in the semifinal at the Sahid Rangsala in Biratnagar today.
Inspiration from little things
Ngangom Bala Devi and Yumnam Kamala Devi are two strikers on India's women's national football team who command respect when spoken of by their Bangladeshi counterparts.
Looking to learn from mistakes
Suffering a heavy defeat against Nepal is not a first-time experience for the Bangladesh national women's team; they even tasted wider-margin defeats in recent past compared to the one they suffered during the ongoing SAFF Women's Championship on Saturday.
Nepal humble Bangladesh
What little hope that Bangladesh had of emerging as Group A champions in the SAFF Women's Championship was shattered yesterday when they suffered a disappointing 3-0 defeat to hosts Nepal in their final group match at the Sahid Rangsala in Biratnagar yesterday.
'Silly mistakes cost the game'
Bangladesh coach Golam Rabbani Choton said that silly mistakes made by the defenders and the goalkeeper led to their 3-0 defeat against Nepal in their final Group B match of SAFF Women's Championship in Biratnagar yesterday.
Bangladesh looking for victory
Ahead of today's all important Group A decider in the SAFF Women's Championship against Nepal, the Bangladesh team underwent a recovery session at the calm and quiet Armed Police Force ground in Biratnagar, Nepal yesterday.
