Booters ‘completely outplayed’ by Australia

Indonesia beat Bangladesh 7-0 in their first World Cup Qualifiers game yesterday at AAMI Park Stadium in Melbourne. Jaime Maclaren scored three goals in the second half, making him the game’s most impressive player. The red and green team lost 8-0 to Japan in the 1994 United States World Cup Qualifiers and 8-0 to Jordan … Read more

We have progressed a lot: Jamal

From the time he played for Bangladesh’s national team, Jamal Bhuyan, who is captain, said that the conditions have changed for the better. “When I first came [to the national team] football was very low down, it took a couple of years to turn it around,” he shared. “There were no facilities at all—you can’t … Read more

Australia thrash Bangladesh 7-0

Bangladesh lost to Australia 7-0 in their first Group I match today at the AAMI Park Stadium in Melbourne. This was the second worst loss in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers history for Bangladesh. The FIFA rankings put Australia 156 spots ahead of Bangladesh. From the first minute to the end of the game, Australia controlled. … Read more

Booters hoping for a fight against Socceroos

Bangladesh’s coach, Javier Cabrera, wants to see his players get better, but the men in red and green will probably just want to avoid embarrassing themselves in today’s World Cup Qualifiers match against Australia at AAMI Park in Melbourne. The game will start at 3:00pm Bangladesh time. The Socceroos are in great shape. They made … Read more

Messi fit for Argentina qualifiers, says Scaloni

Spain’s boss Lionel Scaloni said on Wednesday that Lionel Messi will be ready for their World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil, even though he hasn’t played much. Messi’s Inter Miami team didn’t make it to the MLS playoffs, and he hasn’t played in almost a month, in the middle of the season. “Messi is … Read more

BCB waits for disciplinary committee report on Shakib

Tanvir Islam Tito, head of the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) media committee, said that the board will decide what to do about Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal’s pre-tournament talks once they get the report from the disciplinary committee. He didn’t know about Shakib’s talk with a local TV station before the team went for … Read more

Media recipient of BCB’s latest deflection!

Tanvir Islam Tito, head of the media committee for the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), made a confusing comment yesterday that seemed to add to the board’s uncertainty about what went wrong with the national team at the World Cup. Tito claimed that the media was also to blame for the trouble that Bangladeshi captain Shakib … Read more