Dhaka – Any slim hope Napoli had of snatching the Serie A title evaporated as it lost 2-0 at Inter Milan, which boosted its chances of qualifying for the Champions League on Saturday.Napoli remained second but league leader Juventus can…
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Levante beats Espanyol 2-1 to boost hopes of survival
Dhaka – Levante fought back to beat Espanyol 2-1 at home on Friday to boost its hopes of avoiding relegation from the Spanish league.Hernan Perez gave the visitors the lead in the seventh minute after controlling Victor Sanchez’s pass.Giuseppe Rossi…
Europa: Stoppage winner for Liverpool, Sevilla wins shootout
Dhaka – What the Europa League lacks in glamor it more than made up for in late drama on Thursday. Sevilla’s pursuit of a hat trick of titles was kept alive with a shootout success and Liverpool reached the semifinals…
I-Cup Football: Ctg Abahani maintains all-win run beating Brothers Union 3-0
Dhaka – Chittagong Abahani Limited maintained their all-win record in the KFC Independence Cup Football Tournament outplaying Brothers Union Club by 3-0 goals in a Group A match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday.With the day feat, the Port…
Madrid reaches Champions League semis with Ronaldo hat trick
Dhaka – Cristiano Ronaldo came through for Real Madrid again, scoring a hat trick to lead his team back to the semifinals of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over Wolfsburg on Tuesday.Ronaldo netted goals in the 16th and…
FIFA: Gordon flunked integrity check for CONCACAF president
Dhaka – FIFA says Gordon Derrick, the general secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association, has failed an integrity check and won’t be allowed to run for president of CONCACAF, the sport’s regional governing body for North and Central…
Man City ousts PSG to reach Champs League semis for 1st time
Dhaka- As Manchester City has slipped down the Premier League, it has progressed further than ever in the Champions League.Though only fourth-best in England this season, City is now among the top four in Europe’s most elite competition.City qualified for…
I-Cup Football: Muktijoddha beat Mohammedan 2-1
Dhaka – Muktijoddha Sangsad KC earned the 2nd victory in their 3rd Group A match of the KFC Independence Cup Football Tournament beating Dhaka Mohammedan SC by 2-1 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday.After the day’s match,…
AFC Cup Football: Sheikh Jamal concede 1-2 defeat against Selangor FA
Dhaka – Bangladesh Premier League Champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club suffered 4th consecutive defeat in four-team Group E of the AFC Cup’ 2016 losing to hosts Selangor FA in the away match at Selayan Municipal Council Stadium in Malaysia on…
I-Cup Football: Team BJMC play goalless with Arambagh KS
Dhaka – Team BJMC shared points with Arambagh KS as the Group B match of the KFC Independence Cup Football between them ended in a goalless draw at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday.After the match, Team BJMC have secured…
Heat on Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic to turn tables on Wolfsburg and City
Dhaka – Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain will look to their superstar strikers Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in desperate bids to clinch Champions League semi-final berths against Wolfsburg and Manchester City on Tuesday.The Parisians were held 2-2 at the…
Argentina’s Juan Monaco wins US Men’s Clay Court
Dhaka – Argentina’s Juan Monaco took advantage of defending champion Jack Sock’s aching shoulder and leg cramps to rally for a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory Sunday, winning his second U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship nine months after major wrist surgery.”It’s…
Feni Soccer, Arambagh match end 1-1 draw
DHAKA- Arambagh Krira Sangha and Soccer Club, Feni split points when their match ended in a 1-1 goal draw in the group B match of KFC Independence Cup Football on Sunday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.After the barren first half,…
Barca must prove they are world’s best – Luis Enrique
Dhaka- Barcelona boss Luis Enrique urged his side to show they are still the best team in the world in the final two months of the season after suffering a second consecutive La Liga defeat 1-0 at Real Sociedad on…
I-Cup Football: Dhk Abahani back to winning ways drubbing BJMC 5-0
Dhaka – Dhaka Abahani Limited returned to winning track in the season’s curtain raiser soccer meet, the KFC Independence Cup Football Tournament, beating Team BJMC by goals in their 2nd Group B match at the floodlit Bangabandhu National Stadium here…
I-Cup Football: Sheikh Jamal DC maintain all-win record beating Uttar Baridhara
Dhaka – Bangladesh Premier League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club maintained the all-win record with 3rd consecutive victory in the KFC Independence Cup Football beating Uttar Baridhara Club by 1-0 goal in a hard-fought Group A match at the Bangabandhu…
Brazil wants Neymar for Copa America and Rio Olympics
Dhaka- Brazil’s football confederation has told Spanish club Barcelona that it wants to have star striker Neymar available for both the Copa America Centenario in June and the Rio Olympics in August.Earlier on Friday, Barcelona’s chairman Josep Maria Bartolomeu sent…
BFF Election: Delegates asked to send names by Saturday
Dhaka – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will receive until Saturday names of eligible delegates to prepare the voter list ahead of its general election slated for April 30.The BFF asked sports organisations and clubs concerned to send the names of…
Football: Rostov target title boost at struggling Anzhi
Dhaka – Russian Premier League surprise table- toppers Rostov hope to consolidate their lead when they visit bottom-placed Anzhi Makhachkala on Friday.Rostov, who went top after a 2-0 win over Spartak Moscow last week, are just one point ahead of…
Wolfsburg stuns Real Madrid in Champions League upset
Dhaka – Wolfsburg caused the biggest upset of this season’s Champions League with a 2-0 victory over record 10-time winner Real Madrid in the first leg of their quarterfinal on Wednesday.Making only its second appearance in the competition and playing…
Independence-Cup Football: Mohammedan beat Uttar Baridhara 2-0
Dhaka – Dhaka Mohammedan SC tasted the first victory in their 2nd match of the KFC Independence Cup Football Tournament beating Uttar Baridhara Club by 2-0 goals in a Group A match at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Thursday.Traditional Mohammedan…
Zidane appeals for calm as Real stunned by Wolfsburg
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane urged his side to remain calm after their Champions League hopes suffered a setback with a shock 2-0 loss at VfL Wolfsburg in the first leg of their quarter-final tie on Wednesday.The Frenchman, who took…
I-Cup Football: Sheikh Jamal DC maul Brothers Union 5-0
Dhaka – Bangladesh Premier League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club earned their 2nd consecutive victory in the KFC Independence Cup Football crushing Brothers Union by 5-0 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Wednesday.The Dhanmondi outfit started their season’s…
Real to carry ‘Clasico’ winning momentum to Wolfsburg
Real Madrid will carry their momentum from Saturday’s ‘Clasico’ victory over rivals Barcelona into their Champions League quarter-final first leg at struggling VfL Wolfsburg on Wednesday, coach Zinedine Zidane said.Real scored their first league win at the Nou Camp since…
I-Cup Football: Sheikh Russel beat Arambagh 2-1
Dhaka – Sheikh Russel KC made a good start in the season’s first soccer meet — KFC Independence Day Football Tournament — beating Arambagh KS by 2-1 goals coming from behind at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday.Armabagh KS…
Eight footballers must play for Sheikh Jamal Club: SC
DHAKA – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today upheld the verdict of High Court that ordered the eight footballers must have to play for Sheikh Jamal Dhanmandi Club. A bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Syed…
Ronaldo winner ends Barcelona’s 39-game unbeaten run
Dhaka – Cristiano Ronaldo struck the winner as 10-man Real Madrid came from behind to end Barcelona’s 39-game unbeaten run 2-1 in El Clasico at the Camp Nou on Saturday.Gerard Pique’s towering header put the hosts in front on the…
Wolfsburg will be better for Real, insists Draxler
Dhaka- Germany star Julian Draxler says Wolfsburg can turn things around for Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final, first-leg, at home to Real Madrid despite their 3-0 drubbing at Bayer Leverkusen.”We played terribly. We were second best in a lot of situations,”…
Football: Neville’s Valencia voyage of discovery doomed to fail
Dhaka – Gary Neville’s unhappy tenure at Valencia was brought to a sudden halt on Wednesday as the Spanish club announced he had been sacked after just four months in charge.Neville’s first foray into senior management after limited experience as…
Goals galore for France as Russia are swept aside
France bristled with goalscoring threat just 10 weeks before they host Euro 2016 as they beat Russia 4-2 in a friendly international on Tuesday In the first football match at the Stade de France since last November’s deadly Paris attacks,…