Indian team management was apparently ready to demonstrate its power once again if Bangladeshi pace star Mustafizur Rahman had not been fined at collision hearing. An analysis of the influential Indian daily Hindustan Times indicated that Mustafizur Rahman was fined…
Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah has denied ever taking performance-enhancing drugs and said rumours and speculation over his career after the revelation that he missed two drugs tests “are completely false”. The 32-year-old has been under the spotlight since…
Bangladesh proved they deserved win at World Cup. The win of the Bangladesh Cricket team in the first ODI against India in Dhaka last night proved their despair against umpairing in the last World Cup quarter final was not unfounded.
Swiss prosecutors are investigating 53 cases of possible money laundering in their inquiry into bidding for the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups. Attorney General Michael Lauber said the incidents had been reported by Swiss banks. He said his office…
Neymar scored a goal and set up the injury-time winner for Douglas Costa, helping Brazil open its Copa America campaign with a 2-1 over Peru on Sunday. Costa found the net from close range after receiving a perfect pass from…
Paraguay’s Lucas Barrios scored in the 90th minute to give his side a dramatic 2-2 draw against Argentina in the Copa America on Saturday.The Argentines looked to be cruising to victory thanks to first-half goals from Sergio Aguero and Lionel…
Wales moved closer to their first major tournament in 57 years as Gareth Bale’s classy first-half goal gave them a 1-0 win over Belgium to go three points clear at the top of their Euro 2016 qualifying group on Friday.Bale…
Visiting India scored 462 for 6 wickets at stumps on the rain-interrupted third day against Bangladesh in the one-off Test match of the Za’n Zee Ice Cream Cricket Series at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Friday. The…
Second-half goals from Arturo Vidal and Eduardo Vargas gave hosts Chile a 2-0 victory over Ecuador in the opening match of the Copa America on Thursday.Vidal scored from the penalty spot in the 67th minute after being pulled down by…
A first-half goal from Roberto Firmino was enough to give Brazil a 1-0 win over Honduras in their last Copa America warm up match on Wednesday, but the South Americans lost first-choice fullback Danilo for the tournament.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has ended uncertainty over his future by agreeing a one-year contract extension with the Spanish and European champions until the end of the 2016-17 season.Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu announced the agreement at a news conference…
Lingering memories of a World Cup controversy will return to centre stage when Bangladesh host India for a one-off Test, which starts Wednesday, and three one-day internationals. The Test in Fatullah on the outskirts of Dhaka will be the first…
Brazil took their winning run under coach Dunga to nine on Sunday when first-half goals gave them a comfortable 2-0 win over Mexico in Sao Paulo.A week before they kick off their Copa America campaign against Peru, Brazil dominated a…
A full-strength Indian cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning to play a solitary Test and three ODI’s in the Za’n Zee Ice Cream Cricket Series against Bangladesh. The team arrived at ShahjalalInternationalAirport at 9:10 am. Mushfiqur Rahim-led Bangladesh…
Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta said it was impossible to describe how incredible it felt to win the European Champions League for the third time in his career on Saturday.
Spanish side FC Barcelona will be at full strength when they look to defeat Italian champions Juventus to win their fifth Champions League trophy in the final at Berlin.Saturday’s game in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin promises to be a…
Barcelona’s talismanic Lionel Messi remains the driving force of a talented side on the brink of repeating 2009’s historic treble despite a change in their coach and style of football, not to mention a host of players.The Argentine provided the…
By Miriam Wells The former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner today made a dramatic televised address in which he claims he fears for his life and has documents directly implicating Sepp Blatter in wrongdoing. Speaking in a broadcast entitled Jack…
A former executive committee member of football’s global governing body Fifa told a US judge in November 2013 that he and other officials took bribes in connection with the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, among other major tournaments.Chuck Blazer, a…
Former top Fifa official Chuck Blazer admits that he and others on the executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the choice of South Africa as 2010 World Cup host. The American says he also helped to arrange…
Sepp Blatter’s resignation as Fifa president just days after his re-election to the most powerful job in world football is a seismic moment. The 79-year-old has wielded power for 17 years but will leave with Fifa mired in a corruption…
A magical Lionel Messi goal, the first of a personal double, led treble-chasing Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao in the King’s Cup final on Saturday.The Argentine skipped superbly past four players in a mazy run after 20…
The Duke of Cambridge has urged world football governing body Fifa to “show that it can represent the interests of fair play and put the sport first”. Prince William, the president of the FA, made his comments during a speech…
Fifa President Sepp Blatter came out fighting on Saturday as he began his fifth term in charge of soccer’s governing body, implying that the United States timed the announcement of a major corruption probe to try to scupper his re-election…
Two days after seven FIFA officials were arrested by Swiss police on charges of corruption, and others were detained around the world, septuagenarian and incumbent leader Sepp Blatter — who has led FIFA since 1998 and weathered numerous calls to…
The 209 members of Fifa are to vote for their new president at a congress in Zurich, as football’s world governing body faces a major corruption scandal. Sepp Blatter, the favourite, is seeking a fifth term. He is being challenged…
New York – The next president of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) – world football’s governing body – should ensure that future host countries of the World Cup are required to comply with fundamental human rights norms. The FIFA…
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Thursday there was something deeply wrong at the heart of world football’s governing body FIFA and that it needed to be reformed.
Seven of the most powerful figures in global soccer faced extradition to the United States on corruption charges after being arrested on Wednesday in Switzerland, where authorities also announced a criminal investigation into the awarding of the next two World…
Two criminal probes into corruption at football’s governing body Fifa are under way, after seven senior officials were arrested in Zurich on US charges. Separately, Swiss prosecutors launched a criminal case into the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World…