Real Madrid end troubled Liga season with win

Real Madrid ended a troubled La Liga campaign with a 4-2 win over Athletic Bilbao in Alvaro Arbeloa's last game at the helm, while Mallorca and Girona were relegated from the Spanish top flight on Saturday.
24 May 2026, 11:00 AM

Iran move World Cup base from US to Mexico

Iran are moving their World Cup training base to Mexico after football's world governing body FIFA approved a request to transfer it from Tucson, Arizona, the head of Iran's football federation said on Saturday.
24 May 2026, 09:58 AM

Trial, error and absurdity

In less than 24 hours since the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) staged its dramatic unveiling of Thomas Dooley as the new head coach of the national men’s team, the appointment has already descended into uncertainty -- exposing, yet again, the confusion and short-termism that continue to reflect recurring issues in Bangladesh football.
24 May 2026, 09:00 AM

Kane hattrick helps Bayern to domestic double

Bayern Munich forward Harry Kane scored a second-half hat-trick to steer the Bundesliga champions to a 3-0 victory over holders VfB Stuttgart in the German Cup final on Saturday as they claimed the domestic double for the first time in six years.
24 May 2026, 02:23 AM

Barcelona thrash Lyon 4-0 to win Women's Champions League final

Barcelona forwards Ewa Pajor and Salma Paralluelo both netted two second-half goals as their side cruised to a 4-0 win over OL Lyonnes to win the women's Champions League final on Saturday.
24 May 2026, 00:13 AM

Abahani runners-up again, Arambagh relegated

Abahani secured the runners-up spot in the Bangladesh Football League after cruising to a 3-0 victory over Arambagh KS in the final round of the season on Monday, while Fortis FC dropped crucial points in a 2-2 draw against PWD SC in Gazipur.
23 May 2026, 19:22 PM

'Dooley's appointment not final yet': Sports minister drops bombshell

A day after Bangladesh Football Federation unveiled new head coach Thomas Dooley in a dramatic fashion, Aminul Haque, the State Minister for Youth and Sports, has claimed that a contract with the German-born American has not been finalised yet.
23 May 2026, 17:46 PM

Letting Joe Hart leave is Pep Guardiola's biggest regret at City

"When you take a lot of decisions, a lot, lot of decisions, you make mistakes," Guardiola, who will leave City after Sunday's final Premier League match at home to Aston Villa, told Sky Sports in an interview.
23 May 2026, 17:14 PM

Bruno Fernandes named Premier League player of the season

Fernandes emerged as the Premier League's best playmaker this season when he created a league-high 132 chances. The next best player was Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai, who created 89 chances.
23 May 2026, 16:46 PM

North Korean women crowned Asian club champions in South

Women's football is one of North Korea's strongest international sports, with their national sides regularly competing at the highest levels in Asia and globally.
23 May 2026, 14:19 PM

‘I can’t wait’: Florian Wirtz ready for his FIFA World Cup moment

"It’s true that there’s typically a lot expected of Germany because we’re four-time world champions and have been a force to be reckoned with at so many tournaments."
23 May 2026, 13:36 PM

Alaba to leave Real Madrid after five years

Austrian defender David Alaba will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season when his contract expires, Los Blancos said Friday.
23 May 2026, 11:30 AM

Pep 'made me believe I could be a coach', says Kompany

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany said former mentor Pep Guardiola, who announced on Friday he is leaving Manchester City, gave him the belief to become a manager.
23 May 2026, 10:45 AM

Mbappe: The lonely hero of Lusail

Three goals. Three. In a World Cup final. And still, a defeat.
23 May 2026, 10:00 AM

Ebola precautions: DR Congo World Cup squad must isolate for 21 days before entry to US

DR Congo's World Cup squad must isolate for 21 days before they will be allowed into the United States due to the African country's deadly Ebola outbreak, authorities said Friday.
23 May 2026, 09:53 AM

Ronaldo wins it at last

Cristiano Ronaldo finally did it.
23 May 2026, 09:00 AM

He came, he saw, he conquered

When Pep Guardiola arrived at Manchester City in 2016, the Spaniard was already a decorated coach, having won top honours at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
23 May 2026, 08:15 AM

The great Bangladesh coach reveal

The Bangladesh Football Federation had promised a transparent, exhaustive and perhaps even revolutionary search for the next head coach of the national team.
23 May 2026, 08:00 AM

De Zerbi wants Spurs to play with 'blood, character, spirit' in final survival battle

Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi brushed aside injured captain Cristian Romero's decision to depart for Argentina ahead of Sunday's relegation decider against Everton, instead demanding his team play with "blood, character and spirit".
23 May 2026, 03:37 AM

Mario Zagallo: Brazil's four-time World Cup winner

In football’s vast and colourful history, there are certain figures without whom the story of the FIFA World Cup feels incomplete. Mario Jorge Lobo Zagallo was one of them.
23 May 2026, 03:23 AM