LONDON – Liverpool face an early test of their Premier League title defence against Chelsea this weekend as Manchester City and Manchester United launch their quest to be champions. Arsenal, Everton and Leicester hope to build on encouraging opening wins…
DHAKA – The Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) will sit on September 30 in an executive committee’s meeting to take a decision of Premier Hockey League which was halted for the last two years. “Yes we’ll sit in the executive committee…
DHAKA – The next season of football will begin in the first week December with curtain-raiser Federation Cup Football, Professional Football League Committee’s (PFLC) chairman Abdus Salam Murshedy informed after the league committee’s meeting today. The PFLC’s meeting was held…
PARIS – Neymar was sent off on his return from Covid-19 quarantine after reacting to an alleged racist slur as Marseille snapped their 20-match winless run against Paris Saint-Germain with a 1-0 victory over the reigning Ligue 1 champions on…
MADRID – Valencia twice came from behind to beat local rivals Levante 4-2 on Sunday, a welcome boost to morale following a turbulent summer for the club. Manu Vallejo scored the decisive late goals in a goal-fest at Mestalla after…
DHAKA – The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) chief election commissioner Mezbah Uddin Ahmed today said they have included the name of Badal Roy in the final candidate list because the election commission only followed the electoral rules of BFF. “We…
DHAKA – As expected the contest will be held in all twenty one posts of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) election after no one withdrew nomination paper in the president, senior vice president and vice president posts on the deadline of…
PARIS – Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning brace to take him to 101 international goals for Portugal in a 2-0 victory over 10-man Sweden in the Nations League on Tuesday, while France won a repeat of the 2018 World Cup…
DHAKA – No objection was lodged over the nomination papers which were submitted by the candidates to contest the upcoming Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) election. “Today the time limit for filing objections on nomination papers was 3 pm and no…
DHAKA – All the candidates, who collected nomination papers in the last three days to contest the much-hyped Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) election, have submitted their nomination paper at BFF Bhaban today. All the forty nine nomination papers (three candidates…
DHAKA – The much-hyped election of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has started to spread heat as incumbent vice president Badol Roy and former footballer and former national football team’s coach Shafiqul Islam Manik collected nomination paper for the post of…
DHAKA – The three-member election commission for Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), led by chief election commissioner Mejbah Uddin, today announced the schedule of BFF polls. As per the polls schedule, nomination form will be distributed from September 5-7 (11 am…
DHAKA- The fist-ever referee refreshers course 2020 was held on Tuesday in the country through a zoom video conference, a Bangladesh Football Federation press release said today. Referees from three districts – Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandorban – took part in…
DHAKA – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has permitted Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to conduct different coaching certificate courses on online platforms, a BFF press release said today. So, the federation launched four AFC ‘C’ coaching certificate courses on Zoom…
SYDNEY – Footballing minnows Adelaide United issued a long-shot bid to entice superstar Lionel Messi to join its ranks Wednesday, touting the remote South Australian city as a coronavirus safehaven for playing and raising his family. Writing a “Dear Lionel”…
Legendary Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has asked to leave this summer. The Argentina international, 33, sent a fax to the club on Tuesday saying he wishes to exercise a clause in his contract, allowing him to leave for free with…
LISBON – If Paris Saint-Germain beat Bayern Munich in Sunday’s Champions League final in Lisbon, the pictures will probably be of Neymar’s tears of joy or wild scenes of celebration in the French capital, but basking in the glory of…
LISBON– Paris Saint-Germain’s fortunes in the Champions League in recent years have been inextricably linked to those of Neymar, even before they bought the Brazilian for a world record fee, and if he maintains his recent form in Sunday’s final…
LAUSANNE – FIFA on Tuesday announced international matches will only be played in Europe in the window that opens at the end of August to reduce travel for players. FIFA said in a statement it was replacing the period scheduled…
DHAKA – The Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) will host the sixth edition of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy Hockey scheduled to be held from March 11-19 next year. Talking to BSS today, the BHF acting general secretary Mohammad Yousuf said the…
DHAKA – The election schedule of the much-talked Bangladesh Football Federation will be announced on September 3, one month before the congress. The BFF chief election commissioner Mebah Uddin after the meeting through a video message today said :””We’ll sit…
MADRID – Top Barcelona officials will hold an emergency board meeting on Monday following the team’s humiliating 8-2 Champions League quarter-final defeat by Bayern Munich, a club source told AFP on Sunday. “The president (Josep Maria Bartomeu) has called an…
MADRID – Barcelona insisted they had not heard from Lionel Messi that he wants to leave the club, as an emergency board meeting was being held at Camp Nou on Monday. Barca officials, including under-fire president Josep Maria Bartomeu, were…
COLOGNE, Germany – The Europa League may not be able to match the riches and glamour of the Champions League, but the presence of Manchester United and Inter Milan in the semi-finals is further evidence that Europe’s giants are increasingly…
ZURICH – FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who is facing a criminal probe in Switzerland, “thinks he is untouchable,” his deposed predecessor Sepp Blatter said on Thursday. In an interview with AFP, Blatter even called for the opening of an investigation…
LISBON – Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick stayed neutral in the debate whether his striker Robert Lewandowski is better than Barcelona star Lionel Messi ahead of Friday’s Champions League quarter-final clash in Lisbon Barca face Bayern at the Estadio da…
DHAKA – Abahani Limited will observe the 45th death anniversary of its founder Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tomorrow ( Saturday) at its club premises. Abahani Limited have chalked out a…
Dhaka – The Bangladesh National Football team’s remaining four Group E Joint Qualifications matches of the FIFA World Cup Qatar’ 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, have been postponed till 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The remaining…
DHAKA – State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell MP today for the first time distributed monthly sports allowance among the eighty five insolvent athletes through a programme held today at conference room of National Sports Council here.…
Asia’s upcoming qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup football have been postponed to next year because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Wednesday.