football

Leicester City begin Champions League campaign on the right note

The Leicester City fairytale has another chapter after they eased to a 3-0 away win in their Champions League debut on Wednesday, as Monaco beat Tottenham at Wembley in front of a record crowd for an English club.
14 September 2016, 22:06 PM

UEFA elects surprise candidate Ceferin as new leader

UEFA on Wednesday overwhelmingly elected Slovenian lawyer Aleksander Ceferin, almost unknown three months ago, as its new president to lead the world's most powerful football confederation into a new era after Michel Platini was forced to resign.
14 September 2016, 13:07 PM

Bayern crush Rostov 5-0

Bayern Munich crush Champions League newcomers Rostov 5-0 with two goals from youngster Joshua Kimmich to kick off their Group D campaign and notch a competition-record 13th consecutive home victory.
14 September 2016, 00:11 AM

Higuain brace powers Juve

Gonzalo Higuain and Jose Callejon star as Juventus and Napoli warmed up for their respective Champions League opening group games with comprehensive wins over Sassuolo and Palermo.
11 September 2016, 18:00 PM

'Xavi is irrelevant'

Cristiano Ronaldo uses his post-match interview following his goalscoring return against Osasuna to hit back at former Barcelona midfielder Xavi's comments.
11 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Concert to kickstart Sylhet leg

Preparations are being taken to make the eighth and ninth rounds of the JB Bangladesh Premier League in Sylhet a success, organisers inform at a press conference in the capital.
11 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Leipzig rock Dortmund

RB Leipzig stuns Bundesliga title hopefuls Borussia Dortmund 1-0 to claim the club's first win in the German top flight.
11 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Learning Italian by Hart

Torino boss Sinisa Mihajlovic is delighted with Joe Hart's attitude after his move to the Italian side.
11 September 2016, 18:00 PM

I won three Ballons d'Or to Xavi's zero: Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo takes aim at Xavi following the former Barcelona midfielder's comments claiming Lionel Messi is superior.
11 September 2016, 06:22 AM

New Zealand to fund child sport development in Pacific

New Zealand will fund a multi-million dollar programme aimed at getting more children in Pacific island countries to play sport.
11 September 2016, 04:44 AM

Barca fall to Alaves, Ronaldo scores in Real win

Newly promoted Alaves stunned Spanish champions Barcelona by winning 2-1 at the Camp Nou on Saturday as boss Luis Enrique paid a heavy price for starting Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez on the bench.
10 September 2016, 21:27 PM

Lewandowski lifts Bayern

Robert Lewandowski and Joshua Kimmich strike late goals in Bayern Munich's 2-0 win at Schalke in the Bundesliga.
10 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Mario butters up teammates

Mario Balotelli reportedly tries to win over his new OGC Nice teammates by giving them €15,000 worth of gifts.
10 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Kante even better than Makelele

New Chelsea enforcer N'Golo Kante is so good that he is even better than Stamford Bridge legend Claude Makelele, fellow midfielder Nemanja Matic declares.
10 September 2016, 18:00 PM

CR7 scores on return

Cristiano Ronaldo takes just five minutes to score on his return from a three-month injury layoff as Real Madrid continue their 100 percent start.
10 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Iheanacho delighted

Kelechi Iheanacho said it was "a dream come true" after his goal gave Manchester City a 2-1 victory at Manchester United in
10 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Three teams inserted into C'ship League

The Bangladesh Football Federation approves three new teams – Chittagong Mohammedan SC, Karwan Bazar Pragati Sangha and Saif Sporting Club – to participate in the Championship League which will kick off in October.
10 September 2016, 18:00 PM

City win Manchester derby

Pep Guardiola drew first blood in his renewed managerial duel with Jose Mourinho as Manchester City deservedly won an absorbing Premier League derby 2-1 against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday.
10 September 2016, 13:33 PM

Zlatan misses one thing

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says the only thing he misses from Paris Saint-Germain is his last salary from the club.
9 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Mourinho and I are both winners: Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he and Jose Mourinho share a winning mentality which will bring success to Manchester United.
9 September 2016, 07:05 AM