Football

June 14, 2019

Argentina’s Lionel Messi (right) controls the ball during a training session of the national soccer team at Barradao stadium, in preparation for the Copa America soccer tournament in Salvador, Brazil on Wednesday. On Saturday, Argentina will face Colombia for the first Group B game of the South American tournament.

June 14, 2019

Tk 20-cr special allocation for football

UNB, Sangsad Bhaban :An amount of Tk 1,488 crore has been proposed for the Youth and Sports Ministry, including a Tk 20 crore special allocation for Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) for the development of...

Football

June 13, 2019

Ash Barty will be back: Tennis balls showed up at front door

AP, Brisbane :Ash Barty’s father had a pretty good idea when his daughter had made the decision to return to tennis after nearly two years playing professional cricket.“One day I came home and found...

South Korea's Oh Sehun (left) challenges for the ball with Ecuador's Sergio Quintero during the semi final match between Ecuador and South Korea at the U20 World Cup soccer in Lublin, Poland on Tuesday.

Football

June 13, 2019

South Korea’s Oh Sehun (left) challenges for the ball with Ecuador’s Sergio Quintero during the semi final match between Ecuador and South Korea at the U20 World Cup soccer in Lublin, Poland on Tuesday.

Italy's Marco Verratti is celebrated by teammates after scoring his side's second goal during the Euro 2020 group J qualifying soccer match between Italy and Bosnia- Herzegovina at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy on Tuesday.

Football

June 13, 2019

Italy edge Bosnia as Germany and France stroll

AFP, Paris :Italy needed a late winner from Marco Verratti to defeat a determined Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-1 in Euro 2020 qualifying Tuesday, while Germany and France piled up the goals in lopsided victories.Edin Dzeko fired...

United States' Mallory Pugh (left) takes the ball past Thailand goalkeeper Waraporn Boonsing to score her team's 11th goal during the Women's World Cup Group F soccer match between the United States and Thailand, at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims,

Football

June 13, 2019

Five-star Morgan leads USA to record Women’s World Cup win

AFP, Reims :Holders United States began their trophy defence by recording the biggest win in Women’s World Cup history as Alex Morgan scored five goals in a 13-0 demolition of hapless Thailand on Tuesday.The...

Football

June 13, 2019

Messi edges out Cristiano Ronaldo to head Forbes top 100 highest paid athletes

Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi is the world’s highest paid athlete, earning $127m (£99.8m) in the past 12 months, according to the Forbes top 100 ranking.Juventus’s Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo is second on...

Football

June 13, 2019

Neymar’s rape accuser abandoned by third lawyer

AFP, Sao Paulo :The woman who has accused Brazilian football star Neymar of raping her in a Paris hotel has been dropped by a third lawyer – the latest twist in a scandal that...

Football

June 12, 2019

Hopeful Messi keen to end Argentina title drought

AFP, Rio De Janeiro :With Neymar sidelined by an ankle injury, Lionel Messi heads into the Copa America this weekend as the competition’s main attraction but one with a desperate need to end more...

Spain's Mikel Oyarzabal (right) shoots to score his side's third goal during the Euro 2020 Group F qualifying soccer match between Spain and Sweden at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on Monday.

Football

June 12, 2019

Ramos and Morata on the spot as Spain cruise past Sweden

Sergio Ramos and Alvaro Morata both scored penalties as Spain beat Sweden 3-0 on Monday to keep their perfect start to Euro 2020 qualifying intact.Spain struggled to break down a determined Sweden defence at...

Cameroon's Claudine Meffometou (left) kicks the ball clear of the goal as Canada's Shelina Zadorsky (centre) attempts to block the shotduring the Women's World Cup Group E soccer match between Canada and Cameroon in Montpellier, France on Monda

Football

June 12, 2019

Buchanan scores and Canada hold off Cameroon 1-0

AP, Montpellier :Kadeisha Buchanan scored the lone goal at the end of the first half and Canada held on to defeat Cameroon in the Women’s World Cup on Monday night.Buchanan charged into the box...

Football

June 12, 2019

Pogba’s remedy for racist abuse is play well not walk off

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba said the best way to quell racist spectators is to perform well on the pitch not as some suggest walk off if there is racial abuse.The 26-year-old was a...