Tremendous Falcons defender Ashleigh Plumptre has been captured giving again in Bangladesh, in a viral picture posted by Nigerian soccer journalist Julie Sports activities. Softfootball gathered that final week, Plumptre travelled to Bangladesh alongside Abdul Giash by way of Spice Bazzar.
Softfootball understands the go to was a two‑day outreach organised by Spice Bazzar and the Spice Bazaar Basis, in collaboration with Ashleigh Plumptre and Ittihad Women Membership, geared toward selling sports activities, training, and empowerment amongst ladies and deprived communities.
Talking in regards to the go to, Plumptre shared:
In Dhaka, we met with among the gamers representing the Bangladesh Girls’s Nationwide Workforce and held a dinner the place I obtained to have interaction with younger ladies representing their nation in sports activities, together with judo, chess, badminton and cricket, to call just a few.”
In Sylhet, I used to be warmly welcomed by cultural performances and an unbelievable group of younger individuals who serve their communities as sports activities individuals, healthcare employees and volunteers.
What we’re capable of study from each other by way of dialog, an openness to hear, and an intrigue in tradition has the facility to convey us collectively in additional methods than we all know.
It was an honour to be invited to a spot the place ladies are paving the best way for the following era of younger ladies into fields that they as soon as by no means represented.
Thanks, Bangladesh.
Earlier than this go to, Plumptre had returned to coaching with Al‑Ittihad after recovering from a left foot harm that required surgical procedure, which induced her to overlook the 2026 WAFCON squad.
