Dhaka, March 2, 2026 (AFP) - Bangladesh tackle gender barriers to reach Women's Asian Cup

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2026-03-02

Bangladesh's national football team face daunting odds at their first-ever Women's Asian Cup, but have already scored a major victory by qualifying. In the South Asian nation of 170 million, social stigma, family expectations, poverty and religious hardliners have long relegated women and girls to sports sidelines. The first women's football league matches took place in 2011, and the squad, known to fans as the Red and Green, have kept pressing......

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