AFP, Auckland : Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber held off a gutsy fightback from Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta to reach the second round of the Auckland Open on Tuesday. Fifth seed Kohlschreiber, who won the Auckland tournament in 2008 and was a finalist last year, had to dig deep for a 6-2, 3- 6, 7-5 win over Carreno Busta. The German looked to be cruising as he took the first set, before Carreno Busta’s serve found its range and Kohlschreiber found himself...
Sports Reporter : Abahani Limited blanked Dhaka Wanderers Club by 8-0 goals in the opening match of the United Commercial Bank (UCB) Club Cup Hockey at the Moulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. Khorshedur and Niloy of Abahani Limited scored two goals each and their teammates Din Islam, Naeem and Ashraful netted one goal each. Besides, Dhaka Wanderers Club conceded a suicidal goal. Earlier, Executive Vice-President of United Commercial Bank Abu Alam Yousuf inaugurated the hockey meet by releasing...
AFP, Lisbon : Tens of thousands of people turned out in the rain on Monday to say a final farewell to Portuguese football legend Eusebio, who grew up in grinding African poverty to become one of the world’s greatest players. Mourners lined the streets of Lisbon and applauded as the black hearse carrying Eusebio’s coffin, draped in the red and white colours of his club side Benfica, passed by in a funeral cortege broadcast live on TV. Earlier, about 10,000...
AFP, Madrid : Real Madrid moved back to within five points of La Liga c0-leaders Barcelona and Atletico Madrid with...
Rafael Nadal admitted Saturday he was facing a tricky start to the Australian Open after being drawn against home favourite...
Spanish qualifier Garbine Muguruza won her first WTA title with a 6-4, 6- 0 victory over Czech seventh seed Klara...
Sri Lanka produced a professional performance to register their biggest victory over Pakistan by nine wickets in the second Test...
Atletico Madrid and Barcelona showed the battle for the title would be a long, drawn-out affair after the Spanish co-leaders...
Manchester City went top of the Premier League after securing a controversial 2-0 win at Newcastle United on Sunday with...
Mukta Khatun, a master degree student of Philosophy Department of Dhaka University emerged champion in the Annual Sports Competition of Shamsun Nahar of Dhaka University (DU) while Farzana Habib Labonya, a second year honours student of Art & Drama Department of DU became runner-up on Wednesday. The sports meet was held at the Central Play Ground. After the sports competition, Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique distributed the prizes among the winners as the chief guest.Earlier, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Administration)...
