It has been a day of high-profile retirements in the footballing world. Barely hours after Wales superstar Gareth Bale announced he was stepping away from club and international football, France captain Hugo Lloris has also announced his retirement from international football. 

Wales and Los Angeles FC winger Gareth Bale has decided to end his playing career at the age of 33. "After careful and thoughtful consideration, I announce my immediate retirement from club and international football," Bale said on Twitter on Monday. "I feel

Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain will play a friendly against a select side made up of players from Cristiano Ronaldo’s new club Al Nassr and their Saudi rivals Al Hilal in Riyadh on January 19, the French champions announced on Monday.      Qatar-owned PSG will

The Australian Open starts on Monday, 16 January and runs until Sunday, 29 January. Players at the Australian Open will not need to take Covid-19 tests and could play if they have the virus. "We just wanted to follow what's currently in the community," tournament

Manchester City cruised into the FA Cup fourth round with a routine victory over a desperately poor Chelsea at Etihad Stadium. This was a far cry from what has traditionally been a hugely competitive meeting between two Premier League giants as City wrapped up a tie with either Oxford

Ousmane Dembele scored a first-half winner as Barcelona moved three points clear at the top of La Liga by edging to victory against Atletico Madrid. Dembele scored with a sweet side-foot finish following Gavi's lay-off and also hit a post in the second half. Atletico could have

Pakistan and New Zealand will face off in the first of three one-day internationals in Karachi Monday, with an eye on this year’s World Cup in India. The preceding Test series between the two teams failed to produce a result in either of the two Tests – both in Karachi

Real Madrid slipped to just a second La Liga defeat of the season as they missed the chance to go back to the top of the table by losing at Villarreal. Yeremy Pino put the hosts ahead but a dubious handball call against Juan Foyth allowed Karim Benzema to level. Foyth then won a

Premier League high-flyers Newcastle suffered a shock FA Cup exit against Sheffield Wednesday and holders Liverpool rode their luck in a draw with Wolves, while Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth crashed out on a day of third round surprises. Elsewhere on an enthralling afternoon of FA

Didier Deschamps said on Saturday he will remain France coach until the 2026 World Cup after leading the team to the final of the last two editions. Deschamps' contract expired after the World Cup in Qatar where reigning champions France lost to Argentina in a penalty shootout

Sania Mirza, India’s former doubles world number one, said she would call time on her career aged 36 after next month’s Dubai Tennis Championships — after her 2022 retirement plans were delayed due to injury. Mirza, regarded as her country’s greatest

Marcus Rashford scored for a fifth successive game as Manchester United increased the pressure on Everton boss Frank Lampard with a deserved FA Cup victory at Old Trafford. Everton were applauded off by their travelling support for showing admirable character, after their side suffered

Rangpur Riders made a winning start in the 9th edition of Bangladesh Premier League 2023 as they beat reigning champions Comilla Victorians by 34 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Friday. Rangpur opener Rony Talukdar smashed the quickest BPL fifty as a Bangladeshi

Bashundhara Kings earned a 3-1 goal victory over Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra in their fourth match of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League 2022-23 at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium in Gopalganj on Friday. Kings got an early blow when Burundian forward Selemani Landry

The Bangladesh youth hockey team made an auspicious start in the Men’s Junior AHF Cup hockey competition when they blanked Hong Kong China by 4-0 goals in their opening Pool B match held today (Friday) in Muscat, Oman. In the proceeding, Md. Ali scored brace while he was well

Young fast bowler Rejaur Rahman Raja registered his T20 career-best 4-14 as Sylhet Strikers romped to an eight-wicket win against Chattogram Challengers in the first match of the ninth edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) today (Jan 6) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was satisfied but insisted that there are still a lot of points to play for, after his side claimed a 1-0 Premier League win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. Their victory underscored the depth of their talent-rich squad which may prove

Colombia is the first Latin American country to answer FIFA president Gianni Infantino's request to name one stadium in honor of football legend Pelé. Infantino on Monday said world football's governing body would ask every country in the world to name a stadium after

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the franchise-based T20 tournament will begin tomorrow (Jan 6) amid the absence of Decision Review System (DRS). The players and officials publicly criticized the BPL management for not including DRS system to the tournament from the

On Thursday (January 05), the Asian Cricket Council chairman, and BCCI Secretary, Jay Shah  released the calendar for 2023 and 2024, in which he confirmed the forthcoming Asia Cup 2023 edition will be held in September.  Hence, the marquee continental tournament will take