football
Liverpool beats Southampton 2-1 for 2nd win to open EPL
Southampton, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Liverpool made light of an exhaustive midweek trip to Turkey to post a club-record 11th straight Premier League win with a 2-1 triumph at Southampton, despite a late blunder by goalkeeper Adrian on Saturday.
Dortmund starts Bundesliga campaign with 5-1 win v Augsburg
Berlin, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Paco Alcacer scored twice as Borussia Dortmund began its bid to wrench the Bundesliga title from Bayern Munich with a 5-1 rout of Augsburg on Saturday.
North Korean club April 25 SC in city to play AFC Cup match
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) - A 28-member team of April 25 Sports Club (4.25 SC) of North Korea arrived here on Saturday to play their away match of the knockout phase of the AFC Cup against Dhaka Abahani Limited at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on August 21.
FIFA bans two-medal Olympic coach in fixing bribes case
Zurich, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — The coach who led Nigeria to two Olympic Games medals has been banned for life by FIFA for agreeing to receive bribes to fix soccer matches.
Without Messi, Barcelona loses 1st league opener in 10 years
Madrid, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Barcelona lost its opening Spanish league match for the first time in a decade on Friday, falling at Athletic Bilbao 1-0 as Antoine Griezmann couldn't make up for Lionel Messi's absence.
Soccer divides Berlin with Hertha and Union in Bundesliga
Berlin, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Berlin is divided again — by soccer — with two rival clubs in the Bundesliga.
Lyon routs Angers 6-0 to continue Sylvinho's winning start
Lyon, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Memphis Depay and Moussa Dembelé both scored twice as Lyon won again in the French league under new coach Sylvinho by routing Angers 6-0 on Friday.
Suárez out injured in 1st half of Barcelona's opening game
Bilbao, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Barcelona striker Luiz Suárez had to be substituted because of an injury in the first half of the team's opening Spanish league game on Friday.
After missing Copa América, Neymar to play Brazil friendlies
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — After missing the Copa América because of injury, Neymar will play with the Brazilian squad in September's friendlies against Colombia and Peru.
BFF announces preliminary squad for FIFA, AFC qualifiers
Dhaka, Aug 16 (UNB)- Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Friday announced a 25-member preliminary team of Bangladesh national football for the joint qualification (round 1) for the FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023.