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As Manchester City plot a revenge mission against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals they can draw confidence from the presence of Erling Haaland as the major difference from when the sides met 12 months ago. City seemed set for a second consecutive final when they led 5-3 on aggregate heading into stoppage time of the second leg at ...

Mohamed Salah’s landmark goal sealed Liverpool’s 1-0 win against Brentford to keep their Premier League top four hopes alive on Saturday. The Egypt forward’s first half finish made him the first player in Liverpool history to net in nine successive games at Anfield, with his strike taking him to 100 career goals at the stadium. He also moved level with ...

Lionel Messi on Friday apologised for going on an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia that led to Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain being suspended by his club Paris Saint-Germain. “I want to apologise obviously to my teammates and to the club,” Messi said in a video posted on Instagram to his 458 million followers. He was suspended by the Qatar-owned club ...

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Friday became the fastest batter to complete 5,000 one-day international runs to lift his team to 334-6 in the fourth match against New Zealand in Karachi. The 28-year-old beat South African Hashim Amla’s record during his 117-ball 107 for his 18th ODI hundred after New Zealand won the toss and sent the home team in ...

Napoli finally ended their long wait to win Italy’s Serie A on Thursday after a 1-1 draw at Udinese secured their third league title with a record-equalling five games to play. Thousands of fans in Udine, at the Stadio Maradona in Naples and all around southern Italy’s biggest city exploded with joy at the final whistle as 33 years of ...

Manchester City can take a decisive step towards a third consecutive Premier League title this weekend as they face struggling Leeds while Arsenal make a daunting trip to Newcastle. Veteran Sam Allardyce takes charge of his first match in charge of Leeds against a City side that have won their past nine league games. Second-placed Arsenal still have hopes of ...

The 15th round of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football 2022-23 begins on Friday (May 5) with three matches billing for the day at the three venues across the country. Defending champions and current league leader Bashundhara Kings will play Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra at their home venue of Bashundhara Sports Complex in Dhaka at 4pm on Friday. Former champions ...

Lionel Messi’s future at PSG was plunged into doubt on Wednesday after he was suspended by Paris Saint-Germain after travelling to Saudi Arabia without the club’s permission. A source with knowledge of the disciplinary procedure told AFP that Argentina’s 35-year-old World-Cup winning captain, who is out of contract at the end of the season, would be sidelined for “several days”, ...

The Bangladesh Football Federation was trying to bring the world champion Messi to Bangladesh in the FIFA window on June 12-20. The talks, which began in January, made progress but eventually stalled. Last week, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) was officially informed by FIFA that it is not possible to organize the Argentina match in Bangladesh in June. After being ...

Jordi Alba struck a late winner for Barcelona in a 1-0 win over 10-man Osasuna on Tuesday to move the Catalans a step closer to their first La Liga title since 2019. Xavi Hernandez’s side climbed 14 points clear of second place Real Madrid, who lost 2-0 at Real Sociedad. The visitors had debutant Jorge Herrando sent off in the ...