Category: Football

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane reckons Cristiano Ronaldo is on top form as the Portuguese looks to increase his Champions League goals tally when they visit AS Roma in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday.Zidane, a Champions…

Lionel Messi fakes to take a penalty then passes to teammate Luis Suarez to score his hat-trick and Barcelona’s fourth in the 6-1 beating of Celta Vigo.Messi has sidefooted his pass to Suarez from the penalty spot for the Uruguayan…

Danny Welbeck, making his first appearance of the season as a late substitute, headed a stoppage-time winner to give Arsenal a 2-1 home win over league leaders Leicester City in the Premier League on Sunday Welbeck, who had not played…

As Claudio Ranieri returned to Leicester’s Belvoir Drive training base on Monday to start plotting the latest chapter in his club’s fairytale challenge for the Premier League title, it was hard to believe that just seven months ago the Italian’s…

Robert Huth’s double and a Riyad Mahrez goal sent Premier League leaders Leicester City six points clear after a stunning 3-1 victory at shell-shocked title rivals Manchester City on Saturday.Leicester produced another exhilarating counter-attacking performance, playing with confidence and swagger…

Cricket’s administrative body decided Thursday to stage a complete review of the constitutional changes which gave the major powers and revenues to Australia, England and India two years ago.The International Cricket Council (ICC) adopted the changes, empowering Cricket Australia, the…

Brazilian superstar Neymar was included in Barcelona’s squad to face Valencia in their Copa del Rey semi-final,first-leg on Wednesday just a day after testifying in court on fraud and corruption allegations.Neymar and his father gave evidence to Spain’s National Court…

Barcelona star Neymar and president Josep Maria Bartomeu will be called to give evidence this week in the murky case over the deal which brought the Brazilian to the Catalan giants from Santos in 2013.Bartomeu is due to attend Spain’s…

Liverpool’s pursuit of a second Wembley Cup final appearance stalled at Anfield on Saturday as Juergen Klopp’s second-string side had to settle for an undistinguished goalless draw with West Ham United in the fourth round of the FA Cup.Four days…

The combative Uruguay international was suspended for Barca’s last two Cup games for his part in a fracas after the last 16, first leg against Espanyol but his enforced absence has done little to tarnish his impressive statistics for the…

Louis van Gaal admitted the furious reaction of Manchester United supporters to their side’s dismal 1-0 defeat against Southampton was the worst he has experienced in an increasingly turbulent season.Van Gaal’s side failed to score at Old Trafford for the…

Munir El Haddadi, deployed up front in place of the injured Neymar, fired Barca ahead in the second minute at the Rosaleda Stadium on the south coast after smart work from Luis Suarez.However, the visitors were unable to exert their…

Real topped the list published on Thursday, with an annual revenue of 577 million euros (443 million pounds) as the combined figure for the top 20 Money League clubs rose by eight percent to a record high of 6.6 billion…

Messi had to come off at halftime in Sunday’s 6-0 demolition of the Basque club in La Liga and while tests on Monday ruled out a hamstring strain the Argentina captain has been rested as a precaution.Suarez was given a…

Nawayug Shrestha slammed a brilliant hat-trick saw Nepal stormed into the final of Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament beating the Maldives by 4-1 goals in the second semifinal held on Tuesday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here. They will…

The hosts squandered a golden opportunity halfway through the first half. Hemanta Vincent Biswas broke through the left and cut it back in front of the Bahrain goal, but Mithun Chowdhury failed to make contact.In the 45th minute, Shahidul tried…

Bangladesh Olympic team (Bangladesh U-23) finished the fourth Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament campaign conceding a solitary goal defeat against visiting Cambodia in their Group-B last match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) here on Friday.Cambodia also finished their…

Despite starkly contrasting playing philosophies, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and his Manchester United counterpart Louis van Gaal are grappling with similar problems ahead of their meeting at Anfield on Sunday.While Klopp espouses hard-running, high-pressing, “heavy metal” football, Van Gaal is…

The hosts had already been assured of a spot in the semifinals after Sri Lanka beat Malaysia in the other Group A match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday.Bangladesh and Nepal both progressed to the knockout stage with five…

The sanction means that the clubs, currently third and first respectively in Spain’s top division, will not be able to register any new signings until July 2017 once the present transfer window closes at the end of the month.There was…

Sri Lanka shrugged off their previous match defeat as they beat Malaysia by 2-1 goals in the group A match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament held on Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here.The victory of Sri…

Malaysia and Nepal played out a goalless draw in the group A match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament held on Saturday at the Shams-Ul-Huda Stadium in Jessore.In the day’s match, Malaysia had change to take lead in…