Neymar has officially returned to his boyhood club, Santos. The Brazilian superstar, still the world's most expensive player, has signed a six-month contract, marking his comeback to Vila Belmiro. The 32-year-old's return follows the termination of his contract with Al-Hilal

Immigration authorities have been instructed to temporarily restrict Anamul Haque Bijoy from leaving the country due to multiple spot-fixing allegations, said a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official. In response, the BCB’s anti-corruption unit has requested relevant government

Sharaputdin Magomedov, one of the headline UFC draws at the upcoming Fight Night 250 in Saudi Arabia this weekend, met football legend Cristiano Ronaldo at the Al-Nassr team’s training ground in Riyadh. Magomedov, from Russia, is a lifelong fan of the Portuguese player and in a

Manchester United advanced straight to the Europa League last 16 as Kobbie Mainoo scored one and assisted another to help Ruben Amorim's side to a win at FCSB. After a relatively drab first 60 minutes in Bucharest Mainoo's low pass found wing-back Diogo Dalot, who was unmarked

Afghanistan's women cricketers have played their first match since fleeing their homeland following the Taliban’s takeover three years ago.  The team reunited in Australia for a charity game, with captain Nahida Sapan expressing hope that it would spark “a movement

The US Open will become a 15-day tournament in 2025, beginning on a weekend for the first time in the Open era. This year's main draw at Flushing Meadows will start on Sunday, 24 August and end on Sunday, 7 September. It becomes the latest Grand Slam to announce a Sunday start.

Manchester City survived a huge scare as they scraped into the Champions League play-offs with victory over Club Brugge at Etihad Stadium. Pep Guardiola's Premier League champions knew only victory would suffice to avoid the abject embarrassment of slipping out of the top 24 places

A much-changed Liverpool finished top of the Champions League group phase despite losing their 100% winning record after defeat to PSV Eindhoven in a five-goal thriller. Liverpool, who had won their opening seven matches, led twice in the Netherlands before conceding twice at the end

England delivered an impressive bowling display to secure a 26-run victory over India in Rajkot, keeping their hopes alive in the T20 series. After losing the first two games in the five-match series, England needed a win in the third T20 to prevent an early series defeat. Ben

Bashundhara Kings secured a 5-0 victory against Dhaka Wanderers in the Federation Cup, becoming group champions and advancing to the play-off stage.  In the match held at the Rafiquddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh, Kings took an early lead in the 17th minute. Miguel Figueira

Brazilian superstar Neymar has parted ways with Al Hilal by mutual consent, the Saudi Pro League champions said in a post on Tuesday. The 32-year-old sustained a knee injury in Brazil’s World Cup qualifier against Uruguay in October 2023 and has struggled to get back to his best.

Fermin Lopez delivered a stellar performance, scoring twice and assisting twice, as Barcelona dominated Valencia to snap their four-game winless run in La Liga. Frenkie de Jong opened the scoring just two minutes into the match with a low strike into the bottom corner, followed by a

Chelsea signed United States defender Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave in a reported world-record deal for a female footballer. Girma is believed to have cost Chelsea 900,000 euros ($1.1m), surpassing the world record of 685,000 euros ($718,976) paid by Bay FC for Racheal Kundananji in

Jannik Sinner underlined why he is the world's best men's player by securing back-to-back Australian Open titles with a merciless victory over Alexander Zverev. The Italian top seed delivered in the decisive moments to win 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 against the second seed. Despite

Brydon Carse's efforts with bat and ball were in vain as England suffered a two-wicket defeat to India in the second T20 international. Asked to bat first again, England bettered their total from the first match of the series when they posted a defendable, if not particularly

Erling Haaland took advantage of a major blunder from Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez to score the decisive goal as Manchester City won to return to the Premier League's top four. Sanchez was caught badly out of position as he came out, then tried to scurry back as Haaland

Kylian Mbappe scored his first hat-trick for Real Madrid as they went four points clear at the top of La Liga with the 3-0 victory at Real Valladolid. The France captain curled into the far corner from Jude Bellingham's cross in the 30th minute. After the break, Mbappe latched

American underdog Madison Keys finally got her hands on a Grand Slam trophy after holding off defending champion Aryna Sabalenka to win the Australian Open women's title. Keys, playing her second major final and first for more than seven years, overcame the world number one 6-3 2-6

Claudio Echeverri scored two goals and led Argentina's under-20 team to a 6-0 win over archrival Brazil on Friday in the teams' first match in the South American championship's Group B. Argentina scored its first three goals in the first minutes of play, with Ian Subiabre

Bangladesh suffered an eight-wicket defeat in their third and final ODI against the West Indies at Warner Park in St Kitts on Friday. The loss not only cost them the three-match series 2-1 but also dashed their hopes of securing direct qualification for the ICC Women's Cricket World