AFP, Tokyo :Caeleb Dressel banked two more titles to end his Tokyo campaign with five gold medals on Sunday, as...
Sports Reporter :The Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the election of the Executive Committee of Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) were held at the Dutch-Bangla Bank Auditorium in Bangladesh Olympic Association on Saturday.The elections for the posts of two Vice-Presidents were held. Rest of the officials were elected unopposed.The officials of the newly elected Executive Committee of BSPA are: Mustafa Mamun (President), Porag Arman (Vice-President), Sheikh Saifur Rahman (Vice-President), Sudipta Ahmed Ananda (General Secretary), Ashraf Hossain Mithun (Joint-Secretary), Samon Hossain...
Monirul of BJMC clinched the Men’s 10000-metre sprint title of the 38th National Athletics Championship on the 2nd day of the meet held at the Army Stadium in Banani on Friday.Abdul Hai of Bangladesh Air Force finished 2nd while Ari Ali Sagor of Ansar & VDP became 3rd in the event.The results of other events decided on Friday are:Men’s Marathon: 1st- Mohammad Hanifur Rahman (Army), 2nd- Mohammad Rakibul Islam (Army), 3rd- Mohammad Firoz Khan (Army), 4th- Mohammad Anwarul Islam (Army),...
AB de Villiers returned from his sabbatical with a blistering 176 off 104 balls to take South Africa surging to 353-6 in the second one-day international against Bangladesh on Wednesday. De Villiers hit his career-best score in 50-over cricket in his first international innings in four months, and was part of century stands with Hashim Amla (85) and JP Duminy (30). De Villiers was the driving force of both those stands, making 86 of the 136 runs he put on...
Second seed Karolina Pliskova has been beaten in the second round by Jelena Ostapenko, who produced a display reminiscent of...
India have the chance to alter the course of cricket history when they face hosts England in the Women’s World Cup final at Lord’s on Sunday. Since the tournament’s inception in 1973 — two years before the men’s World Cup started – it has been dominated by England and Australia, with New Zealand, in 2000, the only other country to have won the event. The final sees this year’s edition come full circle, with India having upset the form book...
AFP, Paris :Rafael Nadal celebrates the 15th anniversary of his first Monte Carlo Masters title on Sunday, a victory which...
Agency :What had been a joyous week for Liverpool went flat on Saturday as they stumbled in the title race,...
BSS, Dhaka : Nova Tasha of DPS STS School emerged unbeaten champion in boys class 5 to 10 group of the DPS STS Interschool Chess Tournament held on Friday at the at DPS STS School at Uttara. On the other hand, Raida Atandrila of DPS STS School emerged unbeaten champion in the girls class 5 to 10 group.Rameen Ahmed of DPS STS School became unbeaten champion in boys’ class 3 to 4 group and Zaeef Chowdhury of same school became...
AP, Lima :Brazil’s Lena Guimaraes risked it all on the last wave and it paid off when she won gold in paddleboard on Friday at the Pan American Games, where surfing is making its debut as a sport.The victory was a huge feat for the Brazilian, who beat International Surfing Association world champion Candice Appleby of the United States. Puerto Rico’s Mariecarmen Rivera took silver.Appleby dominated most of the 5-kilometer (3-mile) distance race that zig-zagged through the main surf break...
Jashim Uddin Rana of Naya Diganta emerged champion in the boys group while Bilkish Irani of Dhaka Tribune became champion in the girls group of the shooting competition of the Prime Bank-Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) Annual Sports Festival held at the Ivy Rahman Swimming Pool here on Sunday.Akhteruzzaman of Alokito Shomoy finished runner-up and Raju Ahmed of GTV became 3rd in the men’s group while Sajida Islam Parul of Daily Samakal was placed 2nd and Naznin Akhter Lucky of Mohona...
Agency :Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced on Thursday to one year in jail, nearly 35 years after he...