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For the first time in the history of Bangladesh football, an outgoing foreign coach received a
farewell party when footballers bade Syed Nayeemuddin goodbye yesterday.
The Indian coach, who joined the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) last August, saw his contract
terminated after just three months at the start of November.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday officially appointed Syed Nayeemuddin as the
national football coach till December this year.
The former Indian international, who guided India to win SAFF Championship titles in 1997 in Nepal
and the latest edition in 2005 in Pakistan, will officially take over in August and immediately
take the side to Nehru Cup to be held in Delhi from August 16-29.
The Bangladesh Football Federation's (BFF) acting general secretary Manzoor Hossain Malu confirmed
yesterday that the federation has decided to terminate Syed Nayeemuddin's contract.
Although Malu did not mention anything straight, he said diplomatically that the BFF will 'not take
services' of Syed Nayeemuddin in near future.
"We have talked with Nayeemuddin (on Wednesday night) and told him that we will not take his
services from November as the national team do not have any commitment for a long time," Malu said.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has roped in government cellular phone operator Teletalk
as the title sponsor of the three-match charity series for the victims of cyclone Sidr.
Teletalk is expected to provide Tk 3 lakh in addition to giving support to publicity and ticket
selling of the three matches between Abahani and Mohammedan, confirmed BFF acting general secretary
Manzoor Hossain Malu yesterday.
Teletalk, the state-run mobile phone company, has signed with the Bangladesh Football Federation
(BFF) as the title sponsor of the three-match Abahani-Mohammedan football series organised to raise
fund for the cyclone-affected people.
The BFF arranged the series between the Bangladesh's two sporting titans to be held at the
Bangabandhu National Stadium on December 3, 5 and 7 to help the Sidr victims.
Just a day after Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) officially announced it will approach Syed
Nayeemuddin as a candidate to take over the national team, the Indian coach said he would be
honoured to lead Bangladesh.
Former Indian international and national coach Nayeemuddin, who is in charge of struggling Dhaka
giants Brothers Union, told reporters yesterday at the club tent that he is completely ready to
take the challenge.
Syed Nayeemuddin began his groundwork as the future national football coach unofficially when the
Indian mentor witnessed yesterday's B. League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on
selection purpose.
He invited all the local coaches working with the federation including recent past coach
Hasanuzzaman Babloo and the ones in charge of age-level teams to watch the game.
Alfaz Ahmed's return from retirement was short-lived as the veteran striker was dropped from the
national team's preparatory camp for two tournaments this year and the World Cup
pre-qualifiers.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday called 33 footballers to join camp for this
October's World Cup home and away pre-qualifiers against Tajikistan, the Grand Royal Cup in Myanmar
where the Under-23 team will participate in November and the SAFF Championship in December.
The election of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will be held on January 19, the football's
governing body of the country announced yesterday.
The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the executive committee, which has been running
the show under FIFA instructions despite its tenure expired last April. FIFA has given the
executive committee a maximum of one year to make amendments to its constitution according to FIFA
statutes.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has decided to defer its polls once again, this time for
the sake of the cyclone-hit people of the country's southwest region.
The decision came in today's emergency meeting of the executive committee at the BFF House, called
after the distressed southern district officials had appealed for extending the deadline of the DFA
(district and divisional football associations) elections.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is contemplating walking into the past as the executive
committee has decided to ask FIFA's permission to hold the next election according to the 2003
constitution.
After BFF president SA Sultan's meeting with the organisers and ex footballers outside the
federation on Tuesday, the executive committee once again ignored the urge to hold a general
meeting for open discussion and push the ball into FIFA's court.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president SA Sultan dragged the media in his on-going war
against Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury when he lodged an official complaint to the chairman of
National Sports Council (NSC) yesterday.
In a letter to the NSC chairman and Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed, Sultan claimed that the
sports adviser had made some unnecessary and uncalled for remarks on his 'family' television
channel ETV and to reporters against the BFF beyond his jurisdiction on December 6.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) President SA Sultan has handed over a cheque to National
Sports Council chairman and Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed.
The BFF donated a total of Tk 901,636 to the Chief Adviser's Relief Fund for the victims of Cyclone
Sidr.
Malu, Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan of Mohammedan Sporting Club and Kazi Nabil Ahmed of Abahani were also
present while the cheque was handed over to the NSC chairman.
The three associations of sports journalists - Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association,
Bangladesh Sports Writers Association and Bangladesh Sports Journalists and Writers Community -
yesterday demanded Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president SA Sultan's apology for trying to
disgrace the media last week.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is expected to finalise the appointment of Syed
Nayeemuddin as coach of the national football team in a couple of days.
"We have asked former Indian national football coach Syed Nayeemuddin about the salary and other
facilities he expects... he is likely to reply in a day or two," said BFF deputy general secretary
Manzur Hossain while talking to UNB yesterday.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has called an open trial for selection of the under-16
national football team. The trial will be held at the Brothers Union ground in Gopibagh on July 13
and 14 under BFF's age-group coaches.
Interested footballers, born after January 1, 1992, have been asked to report at the ground at 8am
with two copies of passport size photographs.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), in an emergency meeting on Monday night, set a tentative
date for the start of the second B. League in February 2008.
The transfers for the second edition of the professional football league will be held throughout
January next year instead of a two-month period allotted for the inaugural version.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday confirmed Bangladesh's opponents in the two
international football tournaments to be played next moth in Malaysia and India.
The BFF has decided to send the senior national team and a second string side to the two
tournaments, but they are yet to announce which team will go where.
Apart from hosts Malaysia, the other teams to play in the Merdeka Cup (August 19-29) are Indonesia,
Singapore, Myanmar and Maldives.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has decided to cut expenditures of the planned gala prize
giving ceremony of the recently concluded B. League in wake of country's flood situation.
The BFF will donate the saved amount now to the Chef Adviser's relief fund.
The inaugural professional football league champions Abahani will be crowned in the programme,
which will now be held at the NSC Tower instead of Hotel Sheraton.
The Friendship Cup Organising Committee (FCOC) yesterday requested the Bangladesh Football
Federation (BFF) to delay the elections of the district and divisional football associations (DFAs)
for the sake of the tournament.
The polls at the districts are due to be held by December 5 and the divisions by December 14.
"We have appealed to the BFF to defer the DFA elections to make the Friendship Cup successful,"
told organising committee joint secretary Fazlur Rahman Babul yesterday.
Manilal Fernando, the FIFA development officer for Asia, promised another $6.5 lakh (Tk 4.5 crore)
for construction of a football training centre Cox's Bazar and an academy at Savar. He also has
assured that the fund of $2.5 allocated earlier for the construction of a training centre in
Barisal would not be cancelled. Manilal who came to Dhaka on a one-day visit on Wednesday night,
revealed these at a press briefing at BFF House on Thursday after a meeting with the BFF officials
in the morning.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has decided go for a full-fledged drive by involving
ex-players, organisers and the clubs of the capital to make its fund raising charity matches
successful.
Abahani and Mohammedan will be involved in a charity series of three-matches in Dhaka on December
3rd, 5th and 7th, to raise funds for the victims of cyclone Sidr.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) officials had a meeting with the general secretaries of
the district sports associations (DSA) yesterday, with a view to ease the way to the coming
elections of the proposed DFAs (district and divisional football associations).
BFF president SA Sultan, acting general secretary Manzoor Hossain Malu, vice-presidents and other
officials were present.
The ice surrounding the relationship between football organisers inside and outside the Bangladesh
Football Federation (BFF) has seemingly begun to melt after a delegation of organisers and
ex-players met federation president SA Sultan yesterday.
Ex-BFF general secretary Harunur Rashid, former national captain and BFF high-up Badal Roy,
organisers Fazlur Rahman Babul, Shawkat Khan Jahangir, Nurul Alam Chowdhury and ex-national booters
Sheikh Mohammed Aslam and Kaiser Hamid were part of the delegation that met the BFF boss at his
office last afternoon.
Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury yesterday termed the allegations made against him by Bangladesh
Football Federation (BFF) president SA Sultan as 'baseless'.
The sports adviser also told reporters during the prize giving ceremony of the Victory Day judo
competitions that Sultan's remarks against the media was of 'bad taste'.
The rumour surrounding Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president SA Sultan's resignation
materialised as a document supporting the fact was available yesterday.
Sultan has sent his resignation letter to FIFA president Sepp Blatter on December 15, stating: "I
hereby resign from the post of president of the Bangladesh Football Federation due to unavoidable
circumstances and personal reasons.
Footballers and organisers yesterday said they were embarrassed about Bangladesh Football
Federation (BFF) president SA Sultan's abrasive remarks about Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury and
the media.
"We never expected the chief of the football federation to attack the sports boss and media.
Nine days after SA Sultan's reported resignation as the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF)
president, football's governing body in the country remained in total darkness about the
incident.
Questions have already been raised whether Sultan had done the right thing by tendering his
resignation to FIFA president Sepp Blatter or not.
