Football

Former AC Milan defender Alessandro Nesta has bemoaned the declining standard of the Serie A against Europe’s other premier domestic competitions, reports Soccernet. The World Cup winner played over 200 games for the red half of Milan, winning two domestic championships, a Coppa Italia, two EUFA Super Cups and two

The Bangladesh Football Federation has yet to receive a positive response from seven of the eight Asian countries invited to participate in the Bangabandhu Gold Cup international football tournament. Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Yemen were sent letters two weeks ago inviting them to the tournament, but only Nepal has

National football team’s Dutch coach Lodewijk De Kruif was not satisfied with the performance of the players in the second practice match against a select BFF XI on Saturday before finalising his 25-member squad for the upcoming Thailand tour. Before the practice match, in which the national

Zinedine Zidane has admitted his glorious playing career offers no guarantee that he will enjoy an equally successful life as a coach., reports goal.com The 41-year-old won the World Cup, European Championship and Champions League as a player before retiring in 2006 with a reputation as one of the greatest

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is confident that fans are yet to see the peak of ‘best player in the world’ Cristiano Ronaldo, reports goal.com The Portugal forward, 28, is yet to sign extend his contract beyond 2015 with the club, triggering suggestions that he might depart this summer for Manchester United or,

Asier Illarramendi has vowed to justify his €32 million transfer fee after being unveiled as a Real Madrid player on Saturday, reports goal.com The midfielder signed a six-year deal at Santiago Bernabeu on Friday after Madrid met the sizeable release clause in his contract, with the player joining from Real Sociedad.

Dutch head coach Lodewijk De Kruif has cut his 33-member preliminary squad down to 30 members ahead of naming his 23-member squad for the Thailand tour, scheduled for the last week of July. Midfielders Arman Aziz and Shahedul Alam Shahed, and defender Uttam Kumar Banik were ruled out of the national team camp. Another camp ... Read more

Chelsea (FASS) beat PSG (MBA) 4-1 in the final of the AIUB Champions League 2013 Football Tournament to become the champions on Tuesday. The 32-team tournament took place at the Banani Club ground in Dhaka from July 1-9 and pitted students, faculty and officers from different departments

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has confirmed that Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola had wanted to bring Neymar to the club, reports Soccernet. The Bayern chief executive told Sport Bild that club officials had instead decided to opt for Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze after the difficulties

Bayern Munich sporting director Matthias Sammer has said his working relationship with new coach Pep Guardiola is ‘wonderful’ and urged the club to embrace his ideas, reports Soccernet. Sammer said any changes made by Guardiola would not be sweeping, explaining that the coach had a very clear philosophy.

Spanish Football Presentation has presented FC Barcelona with the Fair Play Award 2012-13, reports the club website.  Barça topped the table with 74 points, well clear of Valladolid (88 points) and Real Sociedad (102). The award uses a points system based on cards and

Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif was satisfied after his charges defeated Team BJMC 2-0 in the first practice match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Promising marksman Wahed Ahmed scored both the goals. The young striker impressed the Dutch coach,

The dispute between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund continued to simmer as Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told his Dortmund counterparts not to ‘preach water and drink wine instead’, reports Soccernet. And with pre-season in Germany fully under way,

The Premier League has confirmed to ESPN that the summer transfer window will be extended to Monday, September 2, this year, as August 31 falls on a Saturday, reports Soccernet. As yet there is no decision on what time the window will close in England, with the cut-off time in the past being at close-of-business ... Read more

Another expatriate footballer, Farhan Karim Khan, has joined the national camp on Tuesday to represent Bangladesh in the SAFF Football Championship, following Denmark-based midfielder Jamal Bhuiyan and Australia-based midfielder Anando Rahman. Tabith Awual, vice-president of the Bangladesh Football

Pakistan has expressed its willingness to play two friendly matches against Bangladesh in Dhaka and has requested the Bangladesh Football Federation to find a window, officials said on Tuesday. The BFF said that it has given a positive reply to its Pakistan counterpart and indicated that the matches might be held in August, after Eid-ul-Fitr.

The Bangladesh national football team’s tour of Thailand will be moved to next month due to Dutch head coach Lodewijk de Kruif’s suggestion that the players are not physically fit yet to compete against a higher-ranked Thailand. The Bangladesh Football Federation earlier

Islami Bank Limited and Plan Bangladesh have extended their ties with Bangladesh football as title sponsors of school football and women’s football respectively, informed Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin on Monday. The BFF organised a nationwide school football

Two weeks into his reign as Bayern Munich coach, Pep Guardiola is continuing to work on new ideas for the German Treble-winners, with reports suggesting he will change their system from 4-2-3-1 to 4-1-4-1. Former coach Jupp Heynckes led the Bavarians

Arsenal bid for Suarez rejected Arsenal have had a £30 million bid for Luis Suarez rejected by Liverpool, according to reports in the British media. The Telegraph and The Times have revealed the Gunners’ first concrete offer for the Uruguay international was swiftly turned down, with the fee falling well short of Liverpool’s expectations. Reports ... Read more