Manchester City's Erling Haaland has won the PFA men's Players' Player of the Year award, with Arsenal's Bukayo Saka named Young Player of the Year. Norway forward Haaland, 23, scored 52 goals in all competitions in his debut season with Pep Guardiola's side.

Former Premier League players Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane and Riyad Mahrez were on the scoresheet in Tuesday's Saudi Pro League fixtures. Ex-Manchester United striker Ronaldo netted two penalties for Al-Nassr in their 4-0 win over Al-Shabab - and had a goal disallowed in between.

The Spanish Football Federation is exploring its options over whether it can sack Women's World Cup-winning head coach Jorge Vilda. Vilda remains in post despite most of his coaching staff resigning in protest against federation president Luis Rubiales' refusal to quit for

American hope Coco Gauff survived a scare as she fought back from behind to beat German qualifier Laura Siegemund in the US Open first round. Gauff was outplayed in the first set but turned things around to win 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the New York night session. Earlier, Polish world number

Atletico Madrid hammered city rivals Rayo Vallecano 7-0 for their biggest ever away win in La Liga. Diego Simone's side were 3-0 up inside 36 minutes as Antoine Griezmann, Memphis Depay and Nahuel Molina got on the scoresheet. Four goals in 13 second-half minutes then completed

Canadian Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul has died in a car accident aged 31. She was killed when a truck crashed into a number of stationary vehicles in Ontario on Tuesday, police said. Her baby, who was in the vehicle with her, survived and was treated for non-life threatening

Spanish Football Federation regional leaders have called on their president Luis Rubiales to immediately resign after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso. Rubiales, 46, has been widely criticised after the incident following Spain's Women's World Cup final win. Hermoso, 33, said

Roberto Mancini has been named as the new coach of the Saudi Arabia national team on a deal reported to be worth more than $25m a year, after his surprise decision to quit the Italy job earlier this month. The Saudis, who beat eventual champions Argentina at last year’s World Cup

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles has won a record-setting eighth all-around title at the US Gymnastics Championships, another step on a comeback trail pointing towards next year’s Paris Olympics. Ten years after she first leapt to the top of her sport as a teenage

The Uruguayan equalised in the 81st minute and then fired in a dramatic stoppage-time winner as the Reds overcame the dismissal of captain Virgil van Dijk – which came shortly after Anthony Gordon had put Eddie Howe’s team ahead midway through the first half – to claim a

Manchester City were given an almighty scare by Sheffield United at Bramall Lane, but a late Rodri strike meant they secured a 2-1 triumph. It looked like it was going to be one of those days for the champions as a system malfunction meant the Nordic machine, Erling Haaland, missed a

Defending La Liga champions Barcelona emerged 4-3 winners in an all-action encounter at Villarreal. Robert Lewandowski's goal sealed the win for Barca, three minutes after Ferran Torres' equaliser. Villarreal came back from 2-0 down to lead 3-2 after 50 minutes, with goals

Bengal Tigers Reached Sri Lanka carrying the dreams and aspirations of millions of Bangladesh cricket admirers. Whatever be the controversies in the selection of squad, hope that those will remain buried and team gelling like well oiled machine under the dynamo of the world’s best

FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee has provisionally suspended Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) head Luis Rubiales for 90 days after he grabbed player Jenni Hermoso’s head and kissed her on the lips after Spain’s victory at the Women’s World Cup. Rubiales had

Kylian Mbappe's double helped Paris St-Germain beat Lens to claim their first Ligue win of the season. Making his first start of the campaign following a dispute over his future at the club, the French forward thumped a first-time effort into the top corner to double the hosts'

England lost to Fiji for the first time ever and slumped to a fifth defeat in six games as their Rugby World Cup preparations ended with another blow. The Pacific Islanders scored three second-half tries at Twickenham as England's fragile defence struggled to contend with their

Pakistan beat Afghanistan by 59 runs in the third and last ODI to complete a 3-0 whitewash on Saturday, August 26, at R Premadasa stadium in Colombo.  The result meant that Pakistan now have become the No 1 ODI team in the world. They overtook Australia, who were the No 1 before.

It took premier league champions Bashundhara Kings Tk13.25 lakhs or 1.325 million to get goalkeeper Mohammad Asif during the auction of Bangladesh Football Federation Elite Academy players in the capital Saturday. Earlier, the 10 players have been divided into two categories –

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has high hopes on the players, coming from the Under-19 World Cup winning team as he believes these players would create a winning culture in the team, which could lead them to win a major trophy in the multinational tournament. As many as five

Irin Akter Riya scored a brilliant hat-trick as Bangladesh national women's hockey team thrashed Iran by 9-3 goals in their third match of the ongoing Women's Asian Hockey five-a-side World Cup Qualifier on Saturday. The winners led the first half by 5-1 goals in the match held