Five-time defending champions Bashundhara Kings showed their scoring prowess for the first time this season with a 5-0 thrashing of Bangladesh Police in their Bangladesh Premier League fixture at the Shahid Rafique Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Friday.

United are 14th in the table after five defeats in their past six league games under new manager Ruben Amorim.

Cristiano Ronaldo could become the first man in history to register 950 official career goals. The 39-year-old is currently on 916. Ronaldo hit 43 goals for Al Nassr and Portugal in 2024. Second-placed Lionel Messi in on 850.

Quick running has always been Al Amin’s strength, a skill he developed in childhood and plans to continue refining. His initial target is to remain at the top of the scorer’s list with seven to eight goals by the end of the first phase, and he also hopes to achieve a hat-trick soon, having already struck a double in three matches.

Barcelona, leaders since August, have slipped to third after winning only one of their last seven league matches, losing the top spot to Atletico Madrid in a 2-1 home loss last month.

Former national women’s team head coach Golam Rabbani Choton returned to the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) in a new role as he was appointed as the head of youth development and BFF Elite Football Academy for one year effective from January 1.

Arsenal closed the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to six points as Gabriel Jesus extended his hot-streak in a 3-1 win at Brentford on Wednesday.

The handover of the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) to the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) by the National Sports Council (NSC) has been extended by another six months by planning commission on Tuesday.

The road to Canada, Mexico and the USA for FIFA World Cup 26 continues throughout 2025, with the first qualifiers to join the three host nations set to be confirmed in March.

A report this week said England forward Rashford had met with a leading sports agency in a bid to engineer a move.

Mikel Arteta has challenged Arsenal to hammer away at Liverpool's daunting lead in the Premier League title race.

The biggest sporting events in 2025 include the Champions Trophy, IPL, Women’s Euro, Women’s ODI World Cup, Club World Cup. 

Dani Olmo's future at Barcelona was plunged into uncertainty on Tuesday as La Liga poured cold water on the financially troubled Catalan giants' frantic attempts to register the Spain star.

Tuesday's results kept Fortis FC at the top of Group A with seven points from three games, while second-placed Kings stay second with six points from as many games.

Wolves forward Matheus Cunha was given a two-match ban on Tuesday after his clash with Ipswich backroom staff following his side's damaging Premier League defeat.

Ipswich Town put a dent in Chelsea's Premier League title hopes with a 2-0 win at Portman Road on Monday, but the west London side's head coach Enzo Maresca said no one expected his young team to be in their current position this season.

Chelsea's second successive defeat after their Boxing Day loss against Fulham left them without a win in their last three matches.

Just two months into his tenure, Amorim conceded this week that his job is on the line unless results begin to improve.

The 39-year-old winger -- Sevilla and the Spanish national team's most-decorated player -- will officially retire when his contract expires on December 31 due to a painful and chronic hip injury which has plagued him in recent seasons.

Aleksei Bugayev, a former member of Russia's national soccer team who played at Euro 2004, has been killed in the 34-month-old war in Ukraine, Russian media quoted his father and agent as saying on Sunday.