Ethics body suspends Blatter, Platini from world soccer
Reuters, Zurich :World soccer chief Sepp Blatter and European boss Michel Platini were suspended on Thursday in a deepening corruption scandal, decapitating the leadership of...
Football
Dinamo Zagreb player fails doping test after Arsenal match
AP, Zagreb :Dinamo Zagreb says midfielder Arijan Ademi failed a doping test after the Croatian side’s Champions League win over Arsenal last month.Ademi played the...
Wayne Rooney out, Gary Cahill captains side
England captain Wayne Rooney will miss Friday’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Estonia at Wembley. The 29-year-old – England’s record goalscorer – has not trained fully...
Bangladesh Football team leaves for Kyrgyzstan today
Bangladesh National Football team will leave here for Bishkek Friday morning to play their away match of the FIFA World Cup /AFC Asia Cup Qualifiers...
Brazil must have boxer’s mentality: Dunga
Brazil coach Dunga has called on his players to take on a boxer’s mentality as they prepare to begin their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.The...
Bangabandhu, Bangamata football tournament begins in Mymensingh
BSS, Mymensingh :Bangabandhu Gold Cub Primary School Football tournament (boys’) and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Primary School Football tournament (girls) began on Thursday at Circuit...
Costa Rica tie Haiti 1-1
AP, Commerce City :Dylan Flores scored in the 82nd minute and Costa Rica tied Haiti 1-1 on Wednesday night in their Group B finale in...
England, Germany call for ’emergency’ FIFA meeting
The English and German football associations on Thursday demanded an emergency FIFA executive meeting following the suspension of the world body’s president Sepp Blatter and...
Messi to stand trial for tax fraud in Spain
Argentina and Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi and his father should stand trial on tax fraud charges, a court in Spain has ruled.The judge in charge...
German legend Muller has Alzheimer’s disease
AP, Munich :Former West Germany and Bayern Munich great Gerd Mueller has Alzheimer’s disease.Bayern said on Tuesday that the 69-year-old Mueller has had the illness...
Blatter says Swiss investigation is ‘outrageous’: Bunte
Outgoing FIFA President Sepp Blatter said a Swiss criminal investigation against him was “not correct” and defended his decision not to step down sooner as...