Defending champions Senegal beat Guinea 2-0 in the other Group C match

Palestine squeeze into the last 16 as one of the four best third-placed teams.

Sardinia was mourning the loss of a sporting deity on Monday after the death of former Italy striker Luigi "Gigi" Riva, who did more than anyone else to put the Italian island on the footballing map.

National forward Faisal Ahmed Fahim scored for the first time this season to guide Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club to the quarterfinals of the Federation Cup as they cruised to a 4-1 victory over Rahmatganj MFS in Dhaka today.

"For me, today is a sad day," Ronaldo told a Tuesday evening press conference, during which he apologised to Chinese fans.

Al-Ittihad offered to loan the French striker to another club in the Saudi Pro League but he has refused, the source added.

Lautaro Martinez shot Inter Milan to a third straight Italian Super Cup after netting in the final moments of Monday's 1-0 win over furious Napoli in Riyadh.

Udinese will ban for life a man found to have racially abused France goalkeeper Mike Maignan, the Serie A club announced on Monday.

Egypt coach Rui Vitoria on Monday confirmed that the hamstring injury suffered by captain Mohamed Salah at the Africa Cup of Nations would require a longer recovery period than first suggested as the forward prepares to return to Liverpool to undergo treatment.

Lionel Messi's Inter Miami slumped to a 1-0 defeat against FC Dallas in a pre-season friendly on Monday before the team set off on a hectic international tour.

Riva is Italy's leading all-time national team goalscorer.

It was a night of drama as Group A drew to a thrilling conclusion full of twists and turns.

Like Xavi, Almeria coach Garitano refrained himself from dissecting the refereeing decisions.

"I said we cannot play football like this," Maignan said

After Real Madrid scraped a controversial 3-2 win over bottom side Almeria and a treble by Ferran Torres helped Barca win 4-2 at Real Betis, Girona demonstrated their title credentials

Sheikh Morsalin, one of the rising stars in Bangladesh football, has been struggling to find a place in the Bashundhara Kings playing XI this season, having not played a match for the club since December 11.

Liverpool shrugged off the absence of Mohamed Salah to move five points clear at the top of the Premier League as Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez struck twice in a 4-0 win at Bournemouth on Sunday.

Real Madrid produced a controversial comeback to beat winless Almeria 3-2 on Sunday and moved provisionally top of La Liga.

Al Nassr superstar Cristiano Ronaldo said he ‘no longer believed’ in two of football’s greatest individual accolades after he won three awards at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on Friday.

Youth and sports minister Nazmul Hassan Papon on Sunday emphasised on the completion of the renovation work at the country’s premier sporting venue, the Bangabandhu National Stadium, within its December timeframe.