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Manchester City kept the pressure firmly on Premier League leaders Arsenal with a nervy 1-0 victory at Leeds United on Saturday, pulling within two points of top spot courtesy of Antoine Semenyo’s strike on the stroke of halftime. City, who were without league-leading scorer Erling Haaland, were made to work at Elland Road, but the victory put Pep Guardiola’s side ...

Bangladesh began their 2026 SAFF Under-19 Women’s Championship campaign in emphatic fashion, crushing Bhutan 12–0 at Pokhara Rangashala Stadium on Saturday. Bangladesh dominated the match from the outset, with three players scoring hat-tricks. Mosammat Munki Akter led the rout with four goals, while Alpi Akter and Shrimati Trishna Rani netted three goals each. The remaining goals came from Arpita Biswas ...

The women’s Muratti Vase will be held on a separate day from the men this year. The 2026 edition of the inter-island football match will be hosted by Jersey at Springfield Stadium in May after Guernsey staged and won the most recent contest 2-1. The women’s event, which began in 1997, returned in 2022 after a break from 2018 when ...

Bangladesh women stayed unbeaten in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier with a crushing 90-run win over Scotland on Friday as captain Nigar Sultana led from the front with a rapid half-century. Already assured of a place at this year’s World Cup, Bangladesh produced another dominant all-round performance at the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground. After winning the toss, openers ...

Liverpool cruised to a 6-0 victory over Azerbaijan’s Qarabag on Wednesday to secure their automatic place in the last 16 of the Champions League and give the club a lift after their poor run of domestic form in the defence of their Premier League title. Liverpool took the lead after 15 minutes with an Alexis Mac Allister header and doubled ...

Harry Kane came off the bench to score an 84th-minute winner for Bayern Munich as they edged PSV Eindhoven 2-1 away on Wednesday to finish second in the Champions League group phase and end their Dutch hosts’ hopes of continuing in the competition. Kane’s 35th goal of the season meant Bayern finished with seven wins from eight matches and a ...

Napoli are out of the Champions League after a 3-2 loss at home to Chelsea on Wednesday, with Joao Pedro scoring twice in the second half to seal the visitors a place in the last 16. Chelsea’s first away win of the campaign gives them a sixth-place finish in the league phase standings with 16 points, while Serie A champions ...

Tottenham Hotspur forgot their domestic woes to qualify for the Champions League knockout rounds with a comfortable 2-0 victory at already-eliminated Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday. Randal Kolo Muani put the London club ahead just after halftime from close range and Dominic Solanke sealed the win when he drove in his side’s second in the 77th minute. The win completed an ...

Bangladesh’s women’s futsal team are set to receive a grand welcome after clinching the title in the inaugural SAFF Women’s Futsal Championship. Led by captain Sabina Khatun, the champions will return home from Thailand on Thursday afternoon, bringing the trophy with them. To celebrate the historic achievement, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has arranged an open-top bus reception for the ...

Novak Djokovic’s quest for a record Grand Slam title continued in dramatic circumstances after fifth seed Lorenzo Musetti quit their Australian Open quarter-final match with an injury after taking a two-set lead at Melbourne Park on Wednesday. Musetti’s retirement when leading 6-4 6-3 1-3 meant Djokovic pulled off a great escape at his most successful hunting ground, with the 10-times ...