LONDON – The FA Cup final is set to take place on August 1 after the English Football Association announced provisional dates to finish the competition on Friday. After the Premier League revealed they plan to resume the season on…
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Return to normal life as Italy’s Serie A resumes on June 20
ROME – Italy’s Serie A was given the green light on Thursday to resume on June 20 after a three-month absence as one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic begins to ease restrictions. Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora…
Brazilian judge suspends Neymar’s fine pay to tax office
BRASILIA – A Brazilian judge has suspended Neymar’s payment of a fine of 88 million reais ($16.28 million) to tax authorities for irregularities, notably in connection with his transfer to Barcelona in 2013. The judge, Decio Gabriel Gimenez, at a…
Messi looking forward eagerly to ‘weird’ La Liga restart
MADRID – Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel Messi said he was eager to start playing again but thought La Liga games behind closed doors would feel “weird”. Messi, who after a few weeks confined like the rest of Spain by…
Liverpool’s ‘miracle’ of Istanbul
PARIS – Steven Gerrard said Liverpool did not “believe in miracles” and Jamie Carragher thought his “dreams had turned to dust”, but 15 years ago Rafael Benitez’s side pulled off one of football’s greatest heists to beat AC Milan in…
Bayern see off Frankfurt fightback to stay four points clear
BERLIN – Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich resisted a second-half fightback by Eintracht Frankfurt to claim a 5-2 win behind closed doors ahead of Tuesday’s top-of-the-table clash at Dortmund. Bayern cruised into a 3-0 lead with goals by Leon Goretzka, the…
Coach and 10 players at Peruvian club have coronavirus
LIMA – The coach and 10 players from a Peruvian football team tested positive for the new coronavirus just before they were due to board a humanitarian flight, the ministry of health said on Friday. The 11 members of the…
Setien keen on Neymar Barca return
MADRID – Barcelona coach Quique Setien says he would love to coach Neymar and would be “delighted” if the Brazilian returns to the club from Paris Saint-Germain. Barca tried to re-sign Neymar last year but were unable to agree a…
Ronaldo back training at Juventus after two months
TURIN, Italy – Cristiano Ronaldo returned to training with Juventus in Turin on Tuesday after an absence of over two months because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 35-year-old drove himself into the Juventus Training Centre in a Jeep with tinted…
Temperature checks, empty terraces as Union host Bayern
BERLIN – Union Berlin could normally expect their Alten Foersterei ground to be packed for the visit of defending Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, yet the terraces stood empty for Sunday’s 2-0 home defeat. The Bundesliga returned this weekend after a…
Bangladesh Premier Football League abandoned
DHAKA – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has finally abandoned this season’s Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in view of the coronavirus epidemic, putting an end to all speculations in this regard. The BFF took the decision unanimously at a virtual emergency…
BFF to sit Sunday on BPL’s fate
Dhaka, May 17: Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will hold a virtual emergency meeting Sunday to decide the fate of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
Referee Nesar gives cash among poor football working staffs
DHAKA- Ibrahim Nesar, deputy chairman of football referee’s standing committee of Bangladesh Football Federation, come forward to help the poor under privileged football working staff, who have been living hardship due to lock down for Covid-19 Nesar donated cash among…
Messi accepts ‘risk’ of possible La Liga return
MADRID – Lionel Messi says he is comfortable with footballers returning to play again as La Liga prepares to restart the season in Spain next month. La Liga president Javier Tebas has circled June 12 as the ideal date for…
FIFA president congratulates former FIFA referee Tayeb
DHAKA – FIFA president Gianni Infantino today congratulated the former FIFA referee Tayeb Hasan who recently sold his jersey through action to raise fund to help the people hit hard by coronavirus pandemic. The congratulatory letter read that: “I heard…
National booters continue relief for Covid-19 cases
DHAKA – The national booters continued their great job as they have distributed today relief of one week of food wage bag among the 150 under privileged poor family affected by COVID-19. The Bangladesh national football team players Topu Borman,…
Footballer Munna’s historic jersey put for auction tomorrow
DHAKA – Celebrated national footballer late Monem Munna’s historic jersey will be put up for auction tomorrow (Saturday). The auction conducting company Action for Auction will organise the action at 10.30 pm. The base price of legendary national footballer late…
World Cup record-holder Klose joins Bayern as assist coach
BERLIN – Miroslav Klose, who holds the record for the most goals scored at men’s World Cups, has joined Bayern Munich as assistant coach, it was announced Thursday. “It feels very good, I’m really looking forward to the task,” said…
Footballer Topu stands beside destitutes
DHAKA – Like the other sportsmen, national football team defender Topu Bormon also come forward to extend his helping hand by donating one week of fooding cost to two hundred under privileged families, who have been undergoing hardship due to…
Foreign footballer dies in Chattogram jail
A football player from Ghana, who was in jail in a drug case, died in police custody at Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Friday. The deceased was identified as Frank En Tim Tham, 40.Senior Jail Superintendent Md Kamal Hossain said…
FIFA proposes five substitutes when play resumes
LAUSANNE (BSS/AFP) – FIFA said on Monday it is proposing five substitutions per match when football resumes, to help players cope with the increase in the number of games. The world governing body has sent its proposal to the International…
Archer reveals he’s lost his World Cup medal
LONDON (BSS/AFP) – England fast bowler Jofra Archer said Saturday he’d “gone mad” looking for his World Cup winner’s medal after losing the prized piece of silverware while moving house. Last year saw the Sussex quick establish himself on the…
BPL’s fate to be decided through BFF EC meeting
DHAKA (BSS)- The professional Football League Committee (PFLC) in an emergency meeting (video conference) today reached at conclusion that the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) executive committee will take decision regarding the fate of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) if require.…
Don’t rush to restart La Liga, Bale warns
MADRID (BSS/AFP) – Real Madrid star Gareth Bale says there should be no rush to restart La Liga during the coronavirus lockdown as the Spanish football federation plans tests and a return to training. Testing players is being discussed with…
Mourinho’s ambush of Guardiola, Barca, under volcanic cloud
PARIS (BSS/AFP) – Ten years ago this week, Barcelona limped home from a Champions League semi-final first-leg defeat blaming a volcano thousands of kilometres away and stoking the smouldering fires of Jose Mourinho’s feud with their club and their coach.…
Footballer Sabina’s message to people; break COVID-19 chain
DHAKA – National Women Football Team’s captain Sabina Khatun, who joined the Asian Football Confederation’s ‘Break The Chain’ campaign to fight the pandemic coronavirus, conveyed her inspiring message to people how to break the chain of COVID-19. The country’s prolific…
FIFA approved 2nd payment for injured booter Zoni
DHAKA (BSS)- FIFA approved second payment of Taka 3,98,684 for injured national midfielder Masuk Mia Zoni’s treatment under the ‘Club Protection’ scheme. Masuk Mia Zoni suffered injury at match day practice session in Tajikistan between Bangladesh and Afghanistan (FIFA World…
Barcelona to sell title rights to Camp Nou to raise money
Barcelona will sell the title rights to its storied stadium for one year in an effort to raise money for the fight against the coronavirus. The Spanish club’s executive board said Tuesday it will donate the entire fee raised by…
La Liga, Spanish FA agree training restart protocol
La Liga and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have agreed a return to training protocol for professional players in the country after the coronavirus outbreak, the Spanish National Sports Council (CSD) announced on Monday.
Pele, Maradona join applause for ‘humanity’s heroes’
RIO DE JANEIRO (BSS/XINHUA) – Pele, Maradona and Ronaldo were among 50 global football icons to pay tribute to workers striving to combat the coronavirus pandemic in a video posted by FIFA on Saturday. The video, which lasts almost one-and-a-half…