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Michael Phelps takes plunge, gets engaged

Michael Phelps has taken the plunge and gotten engaged.The 18-time Olympic gold medalist announced on Twitter he’s marrying Nicole Johnson, who was Miss California in 2010 and has dated the swimmer on and off...

France's Gilles Simon (right) and France's Gael Monfils, hold their trophies, after Simon winning their final match at the Open 13 tennis tournament in Marseille, southern France on Sunday.

Simon beats Monfils to win 12th career title

AP, Marseille :Fifth-seeded Gilles Simon claimed his 12th career title after coming out on top of a tense three-set battle with fellow Frenchman Gael Monfils in the Open 13 final on Sunday.Simon withstood 11...

Nilphamari League: Kazirhat SC beat Sabuj KC 2-0

Nilphamari League: Kazirhat SC beat Sabuj KC 2-0

Kazirhat Sporting Club earned a 2-0 goals victory over Sabuj Krira Chakra in the Sheikh Kamal Nitol-Tata Nilphamari DFA League in Nilphamari on Monday. Jaber and Javed scored for the winners, one in each...

Tired Nadal loses in Rio semis

Top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal slumped out of the ATP Rio Open on Saturday, losing his semi-final to Italian Fabio Fognini in three sets.Fognini, who had lost his four previous meetings with...

Bernard Tomic, of Australia, returns the ball to Donald Young during a semi-final tennis match at the Delray Beach Open on Saturday in Delray Beach, Fla. Young won 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Karlovic to face Young in Delray Beach final

AFP, Delray Beach : Fourth seeded Croatian Ivo Karlovic pounded 17 aces, overpowering fifth-seeded Adrian Mannarino on Saturday to reach the ATP Delray Beach Open final.Karlovic, ranked 29th in the world, saved all five...

Halep advances to semifinal against Wozniacki in Dubai

Halep advances to semifinal against Wozniacki in Dubai

AP, Dubai :Top-seeded Simona Halep needed five match points before finally defeating sixth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 in the quarterfinals at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Thursday.“I was a little bit nervous to...

GM Ziaur Rahman becomes unbeaten champion

GM Ziaur Rahman becomes unbeaten champion

Sports Reporter :GM Ziaur Rahman of Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited became unbeaten champion in the Shaheed Sheikh Moni Memorial International Rating Chess Tournament 2015 organised by Golden Sporting Club under the guidance of...

GM Ziaur Rahman (right) of Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited moves his pawn against FM Debraj Chatterjee (left) of Titas Club Chess team at the Auditorium Lounge of National Sports Council Tower on Friday.

GM Ziaur Rahman becomes unbeaten champion

Sports Reporter :GM Ziaur Rahman of Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited became unbeaten champion in the Shaheed Sheikh Moni Memorial International Rating Chess Tournament 2015 organised by Golden Sporting Club under the guidance of...

Army Basketball: 55 Infantry Division emerge champions

Army Basketball: 55 Infantry Division emerge champions

Sports Reporter :The 55 Infantry Division (Jessore Area) emerged the champions of the Bangladesh Army Basketball Competition at the Comilla Cantonment on Thursday. 19 Infantry Division (Ghatail Area) became the runners-up of the basketball...