After being denied an opportunity to hold a residential camp and play two practice matches in Qatar due to the country's stringent quarantine measures, Bangladesh Football Federation has turned to Saudi Arabia to have their last leg of preparation for next month's World Cup Qualifiers.

With 1.5 points, the country’s first GM was in 10th position among 82 competitors.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Khaled Mahmud has tested positive for coronavirus and will not be available as the team leader of the Tigers in their upcoming three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, informed Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) cricket operations committee chairman Akram Khan today.

Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo mentioned that while it is important to win a series, it is equally important to develop future prospects for the team at the same time.

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has agreed to join Barcelona on a two-year deal after his contract with the premier league club runs out next month, reports The Guardian.

FIFA will carry out a feasibility study on holding the World Cup and the women's World Cup every two years after backing a proposal at its annual congress on Friday.

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said Manchester City would not have won the Premier League this season if they had had to deal with an injury crisis like that of the Merseyside club.

GM Niaz Murshed and GM Enamul Hossain Razib made winning start in the Asian Continental Individual Chess Championship, a qualifying event for FIDE World Cup to be held in Russia in July, at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room yesterday.

Although Bangladesh pulled a string of surprising wins to reach final in recurve mixed team event of the Archery World Cup, they were eliminated from both men’s and women’s recurve team events in Lausanne, Switzerland yesterday.

Lionel Messi has been given permission by Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman to miss this weekend’s final La Liga match of the season against Eibar and take holiday, the club confirmed on Friday, meaning he may have played his last game for Catalan side.

Barely a week has gone by this season without Diego Simeone pronouncing his mantra of “one game at a time” and now it really rings true, with Atletico Madrid one match away from winning La Liga.

Head coach Jamie Day has asked Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to arrange two closed-door practice matches at home to make up for the losses following the cancellation of a proposed Qatar camp for June’s World Cup Qualifiers in Doha.

Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal probably did the right thing as captain by backing his teammates when questions were raised regarding some of the areas of his team ahead of the Tigers’ three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Hansi Flick admitted Friday there are only "minor details" left to finalise with the out-going Bayern Munich head coach poised to take charge of Germany after the Euro 2020 finals.

Manchester City's Sergio Aguero was a striker like no other in the Premier League and the Argentine will leave the club with the gratitude of fans after a trophy-filled decade with the champions, Pep Guardiola said on Friday.

Sri Lanka national players are refusing to sign new contracts that see their payments slashed by up to 40 percent, a lawyer representing them said Friday.

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said he has not been supported by the club's board, has been disrespected by the media and is in the dark about his future.

Club Brugge were crowned Belgian champions for the third time in the last four years after drawing 3-3 away at Anderlecht on Thursday.

Cristiano Ronaldo leads a formidable front line for defending European champions Portugal as coach Fernando Santos unveiled his Euro 2020 squad on Thursday.

After failing to get a wildcard for the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics, country’s fastest man Mohammad Ismail yesterday appealed to the Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) to reconsider the Bangladesh Athletic Federation’s (BAF) nominations.