Few tuning in to watch the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Thursday would have been surprised to learn that former Real Madrid star Gareth Bale was good at golf, but the former Real Madrid forward caught many by surprise after an impressive first-round showing on his PGA Tour debut in California.

Hosts Bangladesh edged Nepal 3-1 in their opening match of the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship after defending champions India thrashed Bhutan 12-0 at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday.

Hosts Bangladesh got their campaign off to a winning start beating Nepal 3-1 in their opening fixture of the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Friday.

Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich is set to make his German television debut with a small role in cult detective show 'Tatort'.

Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann said on Friday he thinks Kylian Mbappe will play for Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League tie, accusing the French club of "playing poker".

 Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp said he cannot understand how Chelsea were able to spend what they did in the January transfer window, insisting it is best left for others explain the rules.

After hoisting his first World Cup trophy with Argentina in December, Lionel Messi said that tournament would be his last, but now it appears he's open to the possibility of playing in the 2026 event.

Lionel Messi was a different kind of mood during the World Cup match against Netherlands and had a war of words with Dutch striker Wout Weghorst during his post-match interview following the match.

Lionel Messi and the Argentina team are massively popular in Bangladesh, something which got widespread coverage during the FIFA World Cup in Qatar last year.

Chelsea manager Graham Potter admits there will be some awkward conversations as he attempts to piece together a costly jigsaw puzzle and turn the club's massive spending spree into success.

Nottingham Forest have signed Ghana forward Andre Ayew until the end of the season, the Premier League club said on Thursday.

Juventus will face Inter Milan in the last four of the Italian Cup after beating Lazio 1-0 in Thursday's final quarter-final tie.

Marco Asensio and Vinicius Jr. scored second-half goals to earn Real Madrid a solid 2-0 win over struggling Valencia on Thursday as the visitors finished the match with 10 men.

France centre-back Raphael Varane, a World Cup winner in 2018 and runner-up last year, announced Thursday his retirement from international duty at the age of 29.

Having narrowly missed out on the SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship title in March last year, Bangladesh, regional powerhouses in women’s football,

Lionel Messi broke yet another record of rival Cristiano Ronaldo as the Argentine surpassed the Portuguese’s record of scoring the most goals in Europe’s top-five leagues during Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-1 win at Montpellier on Wednesday.

Kylian Mbappe faces three weeks out with a thigh injury and will miss the first leg of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League last-16 tie against Bayern Munich on February 14, his club announced Thursday.

Charges of attempted rape and assault against Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood have been dropped by prosecutors, British police said on Thursday.

Former Netherlands international Johnny Heitinga will remain Ajax Amsterdam coach for the remainder of the season, the club said on Thursday.

France defender Raphael Varane is retiring from international football, ending a 10-year career with Les Bleus in which he won the World Cup in 2018 and was a runners-up four years later.