Everton stun Newcastle to move out of relegation zone

Everton scored three goals in the closing 11 minutes to beat Newcastle 3-0 at Goodison Park on Thursday, lifting them out of the Premier League relegation zone despite a 10-point deduction. Dwight McNeil, Abdoulaye Doucoure, and Beto scored as Everton maintained their outstanding form despite being hit with the Premier League’s harshest sports sentence in … Read more

Messi, Argentina to face old foe Chile in Copa America

Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Argentina will have the opportunity to revenge their Copa America final failures to Chile in 2015 and 2016, after being drawn alongside their old rivals in the draw for next year’s tournament on Thursday. Argentina, the reigning Copa America champion, will defend their title in the United States next summer in … Read more

Academy footballers set to get competitive platform

With lower-level competitions such as school tournaments and national age-group tournaments having been absent for a long time, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has taken the initiative to hold the BFF Academy U-15 Championship, which will include residential and non-residential football academies from across the country. Thanks to financing from FIFA’s talent development system, 169 … Read more

Guardiola searching for solutions after Villa defeat

Pep Guardiola acknowledges “struggling” Manchester City’s stunning drop in the Premier League title chase has left him looking for answers to the champions’ difficulties. Guardiola’s team were defeated 1-0 at Aston Villa on Wednesday, extending their league losing streak to four games. City sits in fourth place, six points behind champions Arsenal and four points … Read more

Emery refuses to label surging Villa as title contenders

Unai Emery declined to describe Aston Villa as Premier League title challengers after their 1-0 victory over champions Manchester City. Villa outplayed triple winners City on Wednesday, highlighting their tremendous development since Emery took over last season. Leon Bailey’s deflected effort in the 74th minute handed Villa their 14th successive home win. Pep Guardiola, the … Read more

Pele’s Santos suffer first-ever relegation

Santos, the birthplace of late football legend Pele, were relegated to the second division for the first time on Wednesday, just days before the first anniversary of his death. Santos were defeated 2-1 at home by Fortaleza in their final league match of the season, relegating them to the “B Series” division for the next … Read more

Klopp slams ‘ignorant’ TV presenter after kick-off comment

Jurgen Klopp slammed a “ignorant” television presenter for making a joke about Liverpool’s next game being on a Saturday lunchtime after Wednesday’s 2-0 win at Sheffield United. Klopp was enraged when Amazon Prime Video broadcaster Marcus Buckland informed him that Liverpool’s next game was against Crystal Palace in the early kick-off on Saturday. The German … Read more