Robert Lewandowski equalised as defending champions Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach in a hard-fought opening game of the new Bundesliga season on Friday.

Sergi Canos and Christian Norgaard got the goals as Brentford stunned Arsenal 2-0 in the opening game of the Premier League season on Friday but manager Thomas Frank said the home fans deserved the man-of-the-match award.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United's headline signing Jadon Sancho will play a role in Saturday's opening Premier League match with Leeds United but Raphael Varane will be absent due to his deal not being completed.

Bangladesh national football team are set to play friendlies against 101th-ranked Kyrgyzstan and 102nd-ranked Palestine in the coming FIFA window from August 30 to September 7, confirmed the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) following a meeting today. 

Former Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos is expected to make his debut for new club Paris Saint-German in September when he has fully recovered from a calf injury, the Ligue 1 giants said on Friday.

Paris Saint-Germain defender Sergio Ramos has reportedly offered Lionel Messi, the latest arrival at the French club, a place to stay till he finds his feet in the French capital following his shock move from childhood club Barcelona.  

Lionel Messi has been reunited with his old Barcelona team-mate Neymar in an all-star attack at Paris Saint-Germain, but the question now is whether the arrival of the Argentinian superstar could actually push Kylian Mbappe out of the French giants.

An already-depleted England could be without both Stuart Broad and James Anderson in a home Test for the first time in nearly a decade when they face India at Lord's on Thursday.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has denied that he had any influence on Barcelona's decision to allow Lionel Messi to leave the club.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) went a few extra miles in hosting Australia for a five-match T20I series this month and the country's cricket governing body said that its Australian counterpart has expressed satisfaction over arrangements made during a 13-day sojourn of the Aussies.

Bangladesh premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has reclaimed the top spot in the ICC T20I all-rounder rankings and was also voted the ICC player of the month for July after Bangladesh completed a series sweep across formats away to Zimbabwe last month and followed it up with their first-ever bilateral series win against Australia this month.

Lionel Messi joined star-packed Paris St Germain on Tuesday after leaving Barcelona, the club where he had begun and expected to end his career.

Six-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi received a hero's welcome after flying to France on Tuesday to join Paris Saint Germain (PSG) following his shock departure from Barcelona.

Afghanistan Under-19 side are set to tour Bangladesh for five one-dayers and one four-day match, scheduled to be played in Sylhet from September 5, informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today. 

Former New Zealand cricket all-rounder Chris Cairns is on life support at a Canberra hospital after recently collapsing with a heart problem, New Zealand media reported on Tuesday.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is preparing a bid for the game's inclusion in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the governing body said on Tuesday.

Black Caps captain Kane Williamson and several other senior players were on Tuesday excluded from upcoming tours to Bangladesh and Pakistan as New Zealand focuses on the Twenty20 World Cup. 

English football's 100 million pound man Jack Grealish knows how Lionel Messi feels after saying his own tearful farewell to Aston Villa.

As Argentine superstar Lionel Messi leaves Barcelona and looks set to sign for Paris Saint-Germain, he takes with him a legacy which has inspired a legion of lesser-known players who have been compared, often against their will, to the 34-year-old.

He can be unpredictable and he can be a bit odd at times but one thing is for sure is that you just cannot take him out of the game at any moment and so once again Shakib Al Hasan proved why he has been the best all-rounder in the world for more than a decade now.