Gary Lineker was told by the BBC to "step back" from presenting his football show on Friday after the former England star sparked an impartiality row by criticising the British government's new asylum policy.

While Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will hope to ramp up the pressure on Arsenal in the Premier League title race by winning at Crystal Palace on Saturday, the hosts’ manager Patrick Vieira will be under pressure to save his job.

Although Bangladesh began their AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers campaign with a convincing 4-0 win over Turkmenistan, head coach Golam Rabbani Choton demanded more from his troops in their crucial upcoming clash with Iran.

It seems that culturally we are inclined, as if somewhat programmed, to do the bare minimum in providing deserving attention and a wide-scale media coverage when it comes to women’s sport in the country despite the fact that women athletes have had been giving their all, working just as hard as their male counterparts, day in day out over the years.

 Liverpool have regained some consistency in the Premier League in recent games but the squad cannot take that confidence for granted in their quest for a top-four spot, manager Juergen Klopp said on Friday.

Brighton & Hove Albion boss Roberto De Zerbi played down reports of a potential move to Tottenham Hotspur to replace Antonio Conte, saying on Friday that his sole focus is on his club's battle to qualify for Europe next season.

 A furious Cristiano Ronaldo stormed off down the tunnel kicking water bottles out of his way after his Al-Nassr team lost 1-0 at Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Pro league on Thursday.

Paris Saint-German forward Neymar arrived in Doha on Friday for an operation on the ankle injury that has ended his season, Qatar's official news agency said.

Bangladesh Under-20 Women’s football team’s bid to qualify for the next round of the Asian Football Confederation U-20 Women’s Asia Cup Qualifiers kicked off with a convincing 4-0 win over Turkmenistan in a Group H encounter at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Friday.

Real Madrid rejected UEFA's "insufficient" and "restricted" offer of compensation for supporters affected by trouble outside the Stade de France in Paris at last season's Champions League final on Thursday.

 Juventus forward Federico Chiesa sustained a knee injury in the 1-0 home win over Germany's SC Freiburg in the Europa League on Thursday, coach Massimiliano Allegri said.

Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes scored as Manchester United outclassed Real Betis 4-1 in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday, four days after their humiliating loss to Liverpool.

Premier League leaders Arsenal did enough to hold Sporting Lisbon to a 2-2 draw in a lively first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday.

FIFPRO said that the World Cup should never again be squeezed into a November-December window, and that Raphael Varane’s international retirement should ring alarm bells about the sport’s smothering schedule.

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday decided to resume the Bangladesh Premier League on April 7, three days after the resumption of Federation Cup, which is being held simultaneously alongside the professional league.

Paris St Germain were knocked out in the Champions League last 16 for the fifth time in 12 seasons under big-spending owners Qatar Sport Investment (QSI) and it came as no surprise given the lack of a club culture at the French capital club.

Hosts Bangladesh are looking forward to getting off to a winning start in the AFC U-20 Women’s Asia Cup Qualifiers when they take on Turkmenistan in their Group H opener at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur today.

The Argentine, who completed a glittering career resume last year by lifting the World Cup in Qatar, will visit for a holiday, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khatib said

Richarlison, who was signed by Spurs in the close season in a deal worth 60 million pounds ($71.21 million), has found game time hard to come by under Conte and played only the last 20 minutes against Milan in the 0-0 draw at home.

The October 2022 derby match in Malang, East Java, between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya ended in chaos with 135 spectators killed, many crushed as they fled for exits after police fired tear gas into the crowd