Lionel Messi gave up the chance for a hat-trick on Thursday as Barcelona held off a late fightback from Getafe to win 5-2 and stay in the race at the top of La Liga.

Napoli thrashed Champions League rivals Lazio 5-2 to boost their hopes of a return to elite European football next season while ten-man Atalanta missed the chance to move second in Serie A on Thursday with a 1-1 draw against Roma.

Alex Ferguson admits he cried tears of joy when Scotland beat Serbia to qualify for this year’s delayed Euro 2020 championships.

The Bangladesh Football Federaton (BFF) yesterday decided to resume the Bangladesh Premier League from April 30, one day after the end of the countrywide lockdown imposed by the government to contain Covid-19.

Upbeat Australia coach Graham Arnold has urged Argentina to bring Lionel Messi to the Olympics and described their tough pool as Tokyo’s “group of dreams”.

The spectacular collapse of the proposed European Super League may feel like a victory for supporters who protested against the plans across the continent and outside English Premier League grounds but the top clubs are already plotting their next move.

Real Madrid enjoyed temporary respite from their European Super League humiliaton by thrashing Cadiz 3-0 on Wednesday to keep the pressure on Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga.

Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo heaped praise on captain Mominul Haque, who finally brought an end to his overseas drought by making his first century outside the country in Kandy through a 127-run knock on the second day of the first Test against Sri Lanka.

The Bangladesh batsmen showed dedication and urgency in sticking to their plan on the second day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in what turned out to be another good day out in the middle for the visitors, even as bad light at Kandy saw no play in the third session.

Landmark scores from Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque and Najmul Hossain Shanto and an unbeaten fifty-run stand between Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das helped Bangladesh pile up a mammoth score before the second day's play of the first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ended prematurely due to bad lights at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy today.

The second day's play of the first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy today has been delayed due to bad lights just a few overs after the Tea break.

Manchester City closed in on the Premier League title as the leaders fought back to win 2-1 at Aston Villa on Wednesday in their first match since withdrawing from the European Super League.

Champions Juventus moved third, just one point behind AC Milan, after beating Parma 3-1 on Wednesday, hours after the top three were forced to backtrack on plans to join the new 12-team closed tournament.

Real Madrid enjoyed temporary respite from their European Super League humiliaton by thrashing Cadiz 3-0 on Wednesday to keep the pressure on Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez insisted Wednesday that the European Super League was not doomed, but merely "on stand-by".

Football's most powerful clubs faced mounting calls for reprisals over the European Super League fiasco on Thursday, as the rebel competition's boss insisted it was merely "on standby" despite nine teams pulling out.

The two overnight batsmen -- Najmul Hossain Shanto and skipper Mominul Haque -- reached landmark scores and stitched together a record partnership before departing to help the Tigers stay on top on the second day of their first Test against Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy today. However, the scoring rate plunged since the departure of the duo in the second session of the game.

South African veteran du Plessis hit an unbeaten 95 as three-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 18 runs to go top of the standings with Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals.

Sunrisers Hyderabad outclassed Punjab Kings by nine wickets to snap their three-match losing streak in the IPL here on Wednesday.

In-form opener Mohammad Rizwan blazed an unbeaten half-century as Pakistan defeated hosts Zimbabwe by 11 runs in the first Twenty20 International at the Harare Sports Club on Wednesday.