England's path to the 2022 World Cup hit an unexpected stumbling block when they were held to a draw by Hungary in a qualifier Gareth Southgate called a "big disappointment". The game was marred by crowd violence between Hungary fans and stewards and police.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Portugal recorded an emphatic World Cup qualifying win over Luxembourg at the Estadio Algarve. The victory leaves Portugal second in Group A, a point behind Serbia who they host in their final game. Ronaldo knocked in two penalties and rounded

SAFF Championship played in round robin league among five South Asian nations did not provide for any semifinals. The two top teams are to play directly in the final.  But the way the keenly contested tournament played so far, the four teams would virtually play do or die matches

Germany became the first team to join hosts Qatar at the 2022 World Cup with a thumping victory in North Macedonia. Former England youth international Jamal Musiala opened his account for the Germans, running in on goal and stroking home a confident finish. Kai Havertz claimed the

Kylian Mbappe fired a contentious winner as France came from behind to beat Spain and become the second team to win the Nations League. Mbappe was adjudged to be onside when he slid the ball under Unai Simon after Karim Benzema's stunning equaliser at Milan's San Siro. Spain

Lionel Messi opened the scoring as Argentina thumped neighbors Uruguay 3-0 in an entertaining World Cup qualifier on Sunday. Goals from Rodrigo De Paul and Lautaro Martinez rounded off a successful night for Lionel Scaloni's team in Buenos Aires as they maintained their unbeaten start

Cristiano Ronaldo marked a record 181st international appearance with a goal as Portugal defeated World Cup hosts Qatar 3-0 in a friendly game on Saturday.  The Manchester United star surpassed Sergio Ramos, who has played for Spain 180 times, as the most-capped international for

The two matches to be played today may very well define the direction of the tournament. Table topper Nepal plays pre-tournament favorites India. The reigning champions host Maldives would play against the bottom of the table Sri Lanka.  Bangladesh will be towards the outcome of

Six-time winner Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, a five-time victor, were among the 30 names revealed on Friday for the Ballon d’Or award. The serial favourites face competition that includes Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Karim Benzema, Jorginho and N’Golo Kante who are also

Five nations SAFF Championship 2021, considered as South Asian version of football world cup is now delicately poised with four teams apart from Sri Lanka still have opportunity for making the final.  Nepal with 6 points winning two leads the pack. They have to play against India

Nazmul Hassan Papon has been elected as the President of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) once again. BCB’s newly-formed Board of Directors elected him as the next board president at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. Earlier, Papon got the highest number of votes

Italy's world-record 37-game unbeaten run came to an end as Spain beat them in an enthralling encounter at the San Siro to reach the Nations League final. Albeit in Uefa's secondary tournament, Spain got a measure of revenge for their Euro 2020 semi-final penalty shootout

Determined Bangladesh playing with one less player most of the time in the second half forced tournament favorite India splitting points in a (1-1) drawn match yesterday at Male Maldives.  Winning one point Bangladesh not leads the points tally with four points from two matches.

Tigers have reached Oman safely on Monday morning to participate in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to start on October 17 in Muskat. The flight carrying them landed at 6:00am in Muscat, the capital of Oman. The Tigers will have to stay in Oman for one day quarantine.

Reigning champions Atletico Madrid went level with Real Madrid at the top of La Liga and inflicted further damage on Ronald Koeman's struggling Barcelona with a deserved win in Spain's capital. Thomas Lemar scored the opener, finishing well at the end of a move involving Joao

Win by a Solitary goal and that too through a penalty smartly taken by center defender Topu Barman was not the true reflection of the match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.  Bangladesh had lion share of the exchanges, creating more chances. But for lack of scoring abilities,

Cristiano Ronaldo scored an injury-time winner as Manchester United came from behind to beat Villarreal in an action-packed Champions League Group F contest. The repeat of last season's Europa League final, which the Spanish side won on penalties, looked to be heading for a draw

Lionel Messi scored his first Paris St-Germain goal in stunning fashion as they beat Manchester City in an enthralling Champions League group game. Messi, making his fourth appearance for PSG since leaving Barcelona, ran from the halfway line before playing a one-two with Kylian Mbappe

A 23 members Bangladesh Football team left for Male at Bangladesh afternoon for participating in the 13 th South Asian Football (SAF) football Championship with a pledge for winning the Championship.  The five nations “SAF Championship 2021” is being held in Maldives

Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq, who suffered a heart attack and underwent a successful angioplasty on Monday evening, is now stable but under observation.  Inzamam was complaining about chest pain over the last three days and the initial testing had cleared him but tests