Football

AFP, Tehran :Iranian women fans are free to enter a football stadium Thursday for the first time in decades, after FIFA threatened to suspend the Islamic republic over its controversial male-only policy.Iran has barred...

AFP, Madrid :Lionel Messi has admitted he wanted to leave Barcelona when he was under investigation from the Spanish tax authorities but insists now he intends to finish his career at the club.In an...

Reuters, New York :U.S. women’s national soccer team players pushed back in a court filing on Monday against claims by the U.S. Soccer Federation that some members earn more than their male counterparts, as...

AP, Doha :By day, Juma Marzouq approves Qatar’s masterplans for the vast stadium infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup. By night, Marzouq goes into fan mode, tackling the challenge of filling soccer arenas in...

AP, Nyon :Four years after a ban for financial wrongdoing thwarted his chances of becoming FIFA president, Michel Platini is free to work in soccer again on Tuesday.However, the former UEFA president – who...

Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo Lloris will be sidelined for the rest of the year after suffering a dislocated elbow in a dismal defeat at Brighton on Saturday.Lloris was stretchered from the field screaming in...

Sports Reporter :Argentina Football team is likely to arrive in Dhaka in November to play a FIFA International Friendly match against Paraguay at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and other star...

Gonzalo Higuain scored the winner as Juventus inflicted a first Serie A defeat of the season on Inter Milan with a 2-1 victory which sent the defending champions top on Sunday.Substitute Higuain slotted home...

Frank Lampard insisted Chelsea are not the finished article yet after Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount celebrated their England call-ups by inspiring a 4-1 rout of struggling Southampton on Sunday.Abraham, Mount and their Blues...