Football

Promising Bangladesh Under-19 footballer Hemanta Vincent Biswas has been invited by Dutch top-flight club FC Twente for a trial, national team’s Dutch coach Lodewijk De Kruif said on Thursday. Hemanta, who led the Bangladesh Under-19 national team in the AFC Under-19 Championship in Iraq last month, got the chance along with Nepalese

Treble winners Sheikh Russell Krira Charka completed their player-transfer formalities on Thursday and expressed confidence that they could enjoy even more success than that of last season. Sheikh Russell completed their formalities in a low-key manner, arriving at the Bangladesh Football Federation House without any players.

Walton will sponsor the 28th edition of the Federation Cup this year after signing a Tk 20 lakh deal with the Bangladesh Football Federation on Thursday. The season’s curtain-raiser Federation Cup will get underway on November 20. Walton extended their support to football’s

Match referee Obaidul Haque is all set to receive punishment for failing to communicate his suspension order on Sohrawardi Shuvo for his misconduct during the Dhaka Premier League match between Abahani and Brothers Union. Obaidul suspended Sohrwardi for a match and fined Tk 20,000 but Brothers fielded him in the next game against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi ... Read more

Officials at Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra were confident that they would have a successful season as they completed their player transfer formalities on Wednesday. Muktijoddha, who finished sixth in last season’s Bangladesh Premier League, registered 26 players and three foreigners for the forthcoming

Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra have brought in former Jamaican national midfielder Ricardo Cousins for the upcoming football season to make-up for the loss of Haitian playmaker Sony Norde. Sony, who was one of the main architects of Sheikh Russell’s treble last season, joined rivals Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club for the upcoming season.

Mohammedan Sporting Club on Wednesday withdrew their complaint against four players – Zahid Hossain, Mamun Miah, Nahidul Islam and Shakil Ahmed after receiving assurance from Sheikh Russell KC that Zahid and Nahid will feature for the former in the upcoming football season. Sheikh Russell on the other hand will have Mamun and Shakil available in their

As Lionel Messi begins a set recovery programme designed to put an end to his persistent muscle injury issues, the Spanish media have looked at how a busy summer and internal issues at Barcelona may have contributed to the problems, reports ESPN FC. Barca said on Monday that Messi tore

Barcelona lost Lionel Messi to another leg injury but still had more than enough firepower to beat Real Betis 4-1 and capitalize on a stumble by title rival Atletico Madrid on Sunday, reports ESPNsoccernet. Things looked grim for the defending champions when Messi suffered his third leg injury of the season and asked to be substituted ... Read more

Roma’s mini-stumble continued as a goal four minutes into injury time by Domenico Berardi saw struggling Sassuolo claim a 1-1 draw with the Serie A leaders at the Stadio Olimpico, while champions Juventus cruised past Napoli with a 3-0 win. Juve ominously moved to within a point of Roma following goals from Fernando Llorente, Andrea Pirlo ... Read more

Premier League review Dubious pen spares Chelsea, Reds rout  West Bromwich Albion almost inflicted Jose Mourinho’s first Premier League defeat at Stamford Bridge – but a controversial 94th-minute penalty from Eden Hazard saved a 2-2 draw and a point for Chelsea, reports ESPNsoccernet. Samuel Eto’o continued his good scoring form, having notched two against Schalke in ... Read more

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a hat trick as Paris Saint-Germain beat Nice 3-1 to move four points clear atop Ligue 1 on Saturday, reports ESPNsoccernet. Ibrahimovic converted a cross from Gregory Van der Wiel in the 39th minute before scoring from the penalty spot in the 57th. Nice defender Nemanja

Cristiano Ronaldo netted another hat trick in Real Madrid’s 5-1 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday, as the Portugal forward extended his scoring run to nine goals in his past four games, reports ESPNsoccernet. Ronaldo’s latest bundle of goals took him three past Atletico Madrid’s Diego Costa as the leading scorer in La Liga with 16 ... Read more

Marcello Lippi’s Guangzhou Evergrande have been crowned Asian Champions League winners, with a 1-1 second-leg draw against Seoul enough to hand them the title on away goals, reports ESPNsoccernet. Guangzhou claimed a 2-2 draw in the first leg in Seoul, giving them an advantage heading into the penultimate match and Brazilian Elkeson’s goal proved

Bundesliga wrap Dortmund beaten as Bayern cruise  Borussia Dortmund slipped four points behind Bayern Munich in the race for the Bundesliga title after a surprise 2-1 loss at Wolfsburg. Dortmund went ahead in first-half injury time through Marco Reus, but Ricardo Rodriguez equalised in the 56th minute and Ivica Olic gave the hosts the win ... Read more

After returning last season empty-handed, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited have formed a potentially title-winning squad with nine national footballers and a number of quality foreign players. Sheikh Jamal, runners-up in the last edition of the domestic football league, registered on Saturday 25 footballers in their squad for the forthcoming season including

Feni Soccer Club became the second top-flight club after Team BJMC to complete their player registration formalities at the Bangladesh Football Federation on Thursday. BJMC finalised their squad and coaching staff for the upcoming season on October 31. Gambian coach Omar K Sise, who was at

Two Dutch footballers of Surinamese origin arrived on Tuesday for a trial at Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited’s pre-season training camp. Chevello De Rijp and Melvin Grootfaam have both played for Dutch second division side Stromvogel Telstar in the past. The 23-year-old playmaker

Lionel Messi could have signed for Chelsea in the summer after adidas offered to pay half of his £210million buy-out clause, according to Barcelona sports paper Mundo Deportivo. Messi, who joined Barcelona as a 13-year-old after the club paid for expensive hormone therapy treatment without which he would never have

Kaka says Brazil legend Ronaldo was a better player than former Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo, reports Goal.com. Ronaldo won numerous individual awards during his career, including the Ballon d’Or in 1997 and 2002, while also winning two World Cups with the Selecao. ‘The best player I have ever played with?