Football icon Lionel Messi created the first goal and scored the second as world champions Argentina beat Angola 2-0 in an international friendly in Luanda on Friday.

Bangladesh will look to find the right combination and fine-tune their strategy for the upcoming India fixture when they face Nepal in an international friendly at the National Stadium today.

Argentina will be without Atletico Madrid trio Julian Alvarez, Nahuel Molina and Giuliano Simeone for Friday's friendly in Angola after they failed to complete procedures linked to the yellow fever vaccine, Argentina's FA said on Monday.

The Bangladesh national football team will play a FIFA friendly against Nepal on November 13, confirmed BFF competitions committee chairman Golam Gauss, after Myanmar’s refusal to play in Dhaka forced cancellation of Bangladesh’s scheduled friendly against Afghanistan.

Bangladesh women's football team coach Peter Butler expressed anger and disappointment over what he described as "a lack of respect and bad manners" from some of his players following a 3-0 defeat against Thailand in the first of two FIFA international friendlies on Friday.

Bangladesh suffered a 3-0 defeat against Thailand in the first of their two FIFA friendly matches at the Bangkok Thonburi University Football Training Centre on Friday.

Argentina shrugged off the absence of Lionel Messi to ease to 1-0 victory over Venezuela in a friendly international in Miami on Friday.

Initially, the second friendly against Puerto Rico was scheduled to take place in Chicago. However, due to ongoing social protests in the Illinois city, the match has been moved to Chase Stadium — home of Inter Miami and, by extension, Lionel Messi.

Bangladesh will look to fine-tune their preparations for October's Asian Cup Qualifiers against Hong Kong as they take on Nepal in the first of two international friendlies at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu on Saturday, with the match is scheduled to kick off at 5:45pm Bangladesh time.

Although today's fixture between Bangladesh and Bhutan is officially a FIFA friendly, it carries significant weight. It marks the long-awaited return of international football to the National Stadium (NS) and serves as vital preparation ahead of the high-stakes match against Singapore on June 10.

The women in red and green impressed in their tournament opener, holding much higher-ranked Indonesia (94th) to a goalless draw on Saturday. The spirited performance from Bangladesh, ranked 133rd, drew praise from both their captain and head coach.

Young midfielder Papon Singh came off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner as Bangladesh fought back from a goal down to beat Maldives to a 2-1 in their FIFA international friendly at the Bashundhara Kings Arena on Saturday.

Inspired by the success of women's team, Bangladesh men's football team are looking to pull off a good result against visiting Maldives in the first of two FIFA Friendly matches at the Bashundhara Kings Arena today.

Maldives team arrived here on Monday to play two FIFA friendly matches against Bangladesh, with the hope of winning both matches following their return to international football after a year.

Bangladesh national football team is likely to play an away friendly match against Bhutan in FIFA September window, Bangladesh Football Federation’s (BFF) general secretary Emran Hossain Tushar said on Sunday.

The women in red and green will fly out to Thimphu on July 8 and will be in action on July 11 and 14, before returning home on July 15.

Brazil will hope not to break an ignominious 23-year-old record when they visit Wembley Stadium to square off against hosts England in a mouthwatering friendly on Saturday.

Although there are no trophies or prize money, the series is designed to benefit national teams that do not have the opportunity to play teams from other confederations, with FIFA set to cover travel costs.

The two friendlies will be the last before Lionel Messi and company gear up for the Copa America, to be held in United States in June. 

Mahfuza Akter Kiran, chairman of Bangladesh Football Federation’s women’s committee, today said that the game’s local governing body will arrange FIFA friendly matches for the women’s team on all the FIFA windows.