Friday, April 26, 2024

Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires from football aged 41

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Swedish great confirmed his retirement following AC Milan’s final game of the Serie A season on Sunday, 4 June. The legendary striker made the announcement on the San Siro pitch following his club’s final game of the Serie A season. “The time has arrived to say goodbye,” the Sweden international ... Read more

PSG confirm Lionel Messi exit at the end of the season

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Lionel Messi will leave Paris Saint-Germain when his contract expires at the end of this season. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner joined the Parisiens on a two-year deal from Barcelona in 2021, and those terms included an option to extend his stay until 2024. Despite a string of prolific seasons in ... Read more

MSC beat Abahani to win Federation Cup after 14 years

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Malian forward Souleymane Diabate scored four goals as Mohammedan Sporting Club edged arch-rivals Abahani Limited in an eight goal thriller in the final to win the Federation Cup after 14 years at the Shaheed Direndranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla on Tuesday. The popular black and white outfit clinched the title 4-2 ... Read more

Akhi leaves BFF camp to move to China

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com National women’s football team defender Akhi Khatun left the team Bangladesh Football Federation residential camp to pursue sports education in a Chinese academy as she claimed to reporters during a function at a city hotel on Sunday. While leaving the camp two days back, Akhi expressed her desire to the BFF’s ... Read more

Inter Milan clinch Champions League spot with win over Atalanta

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Inter Milan secured their spot in the next season’s Champions League with a 3-2 victory over Atalanta, displaying good form ahead of the final of Europe’s top club competition. Inter had an astonishing start with Romelu Lukaku and Nicolò Barella goals within three minutes, then Lautaro Martinez sealed the 3-2 win ... Read more

PSG win record 11th French league title

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) secured a record 11th French league title after a 1-1 draw at Strasbourg on Saturday. Argentine superstar Lionel Messi scored the opener in the 59th minute at Strasbourg’s Meinau Stadium. The Paris giants moved four points clear of second-place Lens with a match left in the league. PSG ... Read more

Bashundhara Kings make it four in a row

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bashundhara Kings became the first team in history to lift four consecutive Bangladesh Premier League titles when they beat Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra 6-4 in their second-leg match at the Bashundhara Sports Complex in the city on Friday. Kings also won the titles in the previous three editions of the league ... Read more

Shock decisions rock women’s football

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh’s national women’s football team’s long-serving coach, Golam Rabbani Choton, decided to quit his post soon after SAFF Women’s Championship title-winning team forward Sirat Jahan Swapna made the announcement of her retirement on Friday. ‘My decision is to resign on June 1. I will send the resignation letter to the BFF ... Read more

Love for Argentina recognised as AFA, bKash tie up

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Argentine Football Association (AFA) and bKash Limited (bKash), the largest mobile financial services provider in Bangladesh, announced their partnership to promote further financial inclusion through sports today. With this initiative, bKash became the first and only Bangladeshi brand partner of the reigning world champions. After years of support for La ... Read more

First-ever SAFF Club C’ship likely next year

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The South Asian Football Federation, at its Ordinary Congress on Saturday, decided to hold the first-ever SAFF Club Championship next year. ‘The championship will start in the middle of next year on a home and away basis. The details of the championship, however, will be given following discussions among the members ... Read more

Lionel Messi in talks over Saudi Arabia move?

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Lionel Messi is reportedly in negotiations to move to a top Saudi Arabia club for a staggering £320 million a year. The 35-year-old is expected to leave Paris Saint-Germain after the current campaign when his contract ends after two years with the club. And the Argentine maestro is already opening talks ... Read more

Haaland breaks Premier League record for most goals in a season

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Erling Braut Haaland has broken the all-time record for the most goals scored in a single Premier League season after netting his 35th goal of the campaign in Manchester City’s 3-0 victory over West Ham United on Wednesday night. The 22-year-old has already broken a plethora of records in his debut ... Read more

Salahuddin makes offensive remarks at the journalists, then apologizes

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin courted fresh controversy on Tuesday by apparently humiliating journalists in an off-the-record chat with his colleague at the BFF House. The BFF president apparently had a dig at the journalists who went to cover the press conference following an executive committee meeting, although his words ... Read more

PSG suspend Lionel Messi for 2 weeks over unauthorised Saudi trip

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com PSG have suspended their star Argentine forward Lionel Messi for two weeks after he made an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia, reports French outlet RMC Sport. The 35-year-old forward did not report to training with PSG on Monday following the club’s 3-1 defeat to Lorient as he was in Riyadh, Saudi ... Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Al Nassr just months after joining

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Cristiano Ronaldo ‘wants to LEAVE’ Al Nassr and make a big return to Europe, according to stunning reports. The 38-year-old supposedly wants to leave the Saudi Arabian club only a few months after penning a €200m (£175.2m) contract. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s position at Manchester United became untenable before the ... Read more

Karim Benzema and girlfriend Jordan Ozuna welcome first child together

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Real Madrid superstar Karim Benzema and his partner, Jordan Ozuna, have become parents to their first child. The reigning Ballon d’Or winner reportedly welcomed his first child with his model girlfriend on Thursday, announcing the pregnancy last October. According to Marca, Ozuna was admitted to the Ruber clinic in Madrid on ... Read more

Ibrahimovic’s season at risk after calf injury

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s injury-hit season could be at an end after AC Milan said on Saturday that the Sweden international has picked up a knock to his right calf. Milan did not specify for how long Ibrahimovic would be out but said that there a “small hope” that he could play before ... Read more