Football

The Premier League revealed on Monday that 36 players and staff tested positive for coronavirus over the past week, a slight fall from the record number of 40 cases in the previous seven days.Soaring infection rates across Britain have forced the country into a new nationwide lockdown as a new highly infectious strain of Covid-19 has increased pressure on hospitals.“The Premier League can today confirm that between Monday 4 January and Sunday 10 January, across two rounds of testing, 2,593...

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football begins today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Reigning champions Bashundhara Kings will take on Uttar Baridhara Club in the inaugural match of the country’s most prestigious domestic football competition. The match kicks-off at 4.00pm. Private satellite sports channel T Sports will telecast the match live from the big bowl. The BPL Football will be held on home and away basis. The gala football meet will be held at the four different venues across the...

Manchester United will host Liverpool in the fourth round of the FA Cup after the two arch rivals were drawn together on Monday, with the game set to be played a week after their Premier League summit clash.The two sides, who are both top of the Premier League table and go head-to-head in the league on Sunday, meet in the cup for the first time since Dirk Kuyt scored a late winner as Liverpool beat United 2-1 in January 2012.United...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said the process leading to the election of a successor to outgoing president Ahmad Ahmad and executive committee members is in place.The Governance Committee of CAF met in Cairo on Jan 5 and 6 to carry out eligibility checks of candidates for the positions of CAF president and its executive committee members.“Five candidatures officially stood for the presidency and 16 candidatures registered for the position of members of the executive committee,” CAF confirmed last...