Created by and for men, football has belatedly (and begrudgingly) opened its arms to welcome women supporters.

The legendary footballer, however, claimed he was alluding to requirements at another institution and not the BFF, when talking to The Daily Star later in the day.

"In sport you can't talk about failure, in life you can't talk about failure. Failure is only when you don't try to do something the best that you can, that is failure," Ancelotti said.

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has accepted that he has been performing inconsistently for the club this season.

Manchester City's legacy under Pep Guardiola will not be defined by the trophies they have won but instead by the joy they have brought to fans, the Spaniard said as his side edge closer to winning their fifth Premier League title in six seasons.

Thousands of joyous Napoli supporters greeted the team early Monday as they returned from their victory over Juventus, which brought the prospect of a historic Serie A title within touching distance.

Romelu Lukaku shot Inter Milan to a 3-0 win over struggling Empoli on Sunday with his first Serie A goals from open play since the opening day of what has been a difficult return season in Italy.

Bayern Munich full-back Alphonso Davies has been ruled out of the club's "upcoming games" with a hamstring injury, the German side announced on Sunday.

The players like Ruma Akter, Souravi Akanda Prity, Trishna Rani, Joynab Bibi, Kanon Rani, Sanggita Rani, Puja Das and  Nusrat Jahan Ritu may not be the familiars yet like Sabina Khatun, Maria Manda, Krishna Rani, Monika Chakma, Ritu Porna Chakma, Sirat Jahan Swapna but the budding footballers are waiting to prove them in upcoming the AFC U-17 Women's Asia Cup Qualifiers, starting from April 26 in Singapore.

The Merseyside club are now unbeaten in their last four games and are seventh in the standings with 50 points - six adrift of Newcastle United in fourth, who play fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur later on Sunday

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) once struggled to roll tournaments on the ground due to financial constraints as the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) together had provided the board an inadequate USD 500,000 per year.

On Friday,  FIFA's adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee sanctioned  General Secretary of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Abu Nayeem Shohag, imposing on him a two-year ban from all football-related activities and a fine of approximately BDT 12 lakh (CHF 10,000) for having used false and/or falsified documents to justify payments made by the BFF with FIFA funds.

The 22-year-old Norwegian could overhaul Mohamed Salah's record of 32 goals in a 38-game Premier League season this weekend, with relegation-threatened Leicester the fearful visitors.

Retiring on your own terms and at the top of your game isn’t really as bad as it sounds.

Harry Maguire claimed that he has done himself justice whenever he has had an opportunity to play for Manchester United this season.

Messi has now scored 702 goals in Europe's top five leagues, one more than Ronaldo. The Argentine has reached the mark in 105 lesser games than the Portuguese

Lionel Messi should return to to Barcelona “for the love of football”, says Thierry Henry, with jeers from PSG fans considered to be “embarrassing”.

The England women's team will swap their white shorts for blue, the Football Association (FA) said on Monday, after players voiced concerns about playing in white on their period.

Erik ten Hag has said a club like Manchester United must play Champions League football as he looks to guide them back into the competition.

The Argentina national cricket team sent their team jersey as a gift to the Bangladesh cricket team on Friday.