Everton players unfazed by points deduction: Calvert-Lewin

According to striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, the Everton players will not allow the Premier League’s 10-point deduction to have an impact on their play. Last week, Everton became the first Premier League team to lose points for breaking the regulations governing financial sustainability. Following an immediate deduction by an impartial committee, the Merseyside outfit fell from … Read more

Di Maria to quit internationals after Copa America

After 15 years of international football play, Argentina striker Angel Di Maria, 35, announced on Thursday that he will be retiring from the game after the Copa America next year. Since making his debut in 2008, Di Maria has played in four World Cups and scored in Argentina’s 2022 final victory against France. He has … Read more

BFF could hire former West Ham midfielder as development coach

According to BFF president Kazi Salahuddin, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is thinking of appointing former West Ham United midfielder Peter James Butler as the development coach of the BFF Elite Academy. “We’ve been talking with him [Butler] about a number of topics over the past few days. He would start working as the development … Read more

Celtic fined for fans displaying Palestine flags in Champions League

UEFA announced on Wednesday that Celtic had been fined 15,200 pounds ($19,000) for their supporters’ waving of Palestinian flags during their Champions League encounter against Atletico Madrid last month in Glasgow. UEFA said in a statement that the hundreds of flags were considered to be “provocative messages of an offensive nature”. In a video that … Read more

Football and entertainment, not politics: FA adopts new policy to light Wembley arch

A new guideline agreed by the Football Association board of England states that Wembley Stadium would only light its arch for football and entertainment events. According to The Telegraph, the decision was made after the FA faced criticism for choosing not to illuminate the arch in the Israeli flag’s colours in response to Hamas’s October … Read more

BCB sees activity but plans still cloudy

After a few days of nothing going on at the BCB offices, yesterday’s events got some media notice, especially since all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and head coach Chandika Hathurusingha were there. Both Shakib and Hathurusingha had not been to Mirpur since the mess in India during the World Cup. Coach Hathurusingha and team head Khaled … Read more

India series dampens Aussie celebrations

Australia won the World Cup, but they couldn’t have a full heroes’ return home because they have a lot of cricket games coming up. On Thursday, they play India in the first game of a Twenty20 series, four days after playing them in the one-day final. Australia won the ODI World Cup for the sixth … Read more

Rashid Khan out of BBL with back injury

Star Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan had to pull out of the Big Bash League on Thursday because he hurt his back and needs to have minor surgery, according to his team. It was set that the best Twenty20 bowler in the world would play for the Adelaide Strikers for the seventh year in a row … Read more