A game in the Czech Republic was decided by 52 penalty kicks on Friday, the longest shoot-out in history.

Brimming with talent and buoyed up by a quarter-final place at the 2014 World Cup, Belgium will be a popular choice as an outside bet at the European Championship.

The BFF boss had recently told The Daily Star that he has a big plan about district football and wants to provide at least Tk 5 lakh yearly to each district in this regard.

Lionel Messi trains alone on Saturday as Argentina continue their preparations for their Copa America Centenario opener against Chile.

Eight times champions Brazil are held 0-0 by Ecuador in the glamour game as the second day of the centenary Copa America tournament muster up only one, albeit spectacular, goal from three matches on Saturday.

Lionel Messi touches down in California on Friday as Argentina prepare for the possibility that the injured Barcelona superstar may not be fit for next week's Copa America Centenario showdown with Chile.

Colombia wreck the United States' hopes of a winning start to the Copa America Centenario as goals from James Rodriguez and Cristian Zapata give the South Americans a comfortable 2-0 victory.

Colombia come and spoil the party, easing to a 2-0 win over the United States in the Copa America Centenario curtain raiser in Santa Clara on Friday.

There have nine different champions in the 14 iterations of the UEFA European Championships. Spain and Germany have each won thrice, France have two titles, while Italy, Greece, Netherlands, Denmark, Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia have one each.

Ronaldinho's fancy footwork lands him another job - only this time in front of the cameras and not on the football pitch.

Swiss investigators search the FIFA headquarters as the world football governing body reveals that former president Sepp Blatter and two of his deputies awarded themselves more than $80 million in often suspicious payments.

Jose Mourinho always said he was a "special one" and now, after fulfilling his dream of becoming Manchester United manager, he is turning his hand to films.

England manager Roy Hodgson is forced to defend his tactics after his side narrowly edge 10-man Portugal 1-0 in their final warm-up game prior to Euro 2016.

German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has joined Manchester City from Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal, the Premier League club announce.

Pele says he is putting more than 2,000 items up for auction, including his three World Cup medals and a one-of-a-kind Jules Rimet trophy, in order to raise funds for charity and his former club Santos.

Barcelona's technical secretary Robert Fernandez has confirmed that Dani Alves will leave the club this summer.

Argentina football star Lionel Messi says he trusted his father with his finances and "knew nothing" about how his wealth was managed as he took the stand at his tax fraud trial.

Silvio Velo has been blind since birth, but you wouldn't know it watching him thread a football through an opponent's legs, pick it up on the other side and fire it home for a goal.

Euro 2016 squads for France, Romania, Albania, Russia, Belgium, Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Portugal.

Lionel Messi and Argentina will be targeting the country's 23-year title drought when the Copa America Centenario kicks off on Friday.