AFP, Toronto : US top-seed Coco Gauff advanced to the third round of the WTA Toronto Masters on Thursday with...
Agency : Chinese weightlifter Luo Shifang won the gold medal in the women’s 59-kilogram division at the Paris Olympics on...
Agency : American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone obliterated her own 400metres hurdles world record with a time of 50.37 seconds to retain her Olympic title on Thursday. She took part in that event at Paris Olympics 2024. Anna Cockrell made it a us 1-2 in a time of 51.87 and Dutchwoman Femke Bol, who had been expected to challenge for gold, faded in the last 50metres to take bronze in 52.15. It was the sixth time McLaughlin-Levrone had broken the world record,...
Rafael Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, will not compete in the US Open, he said Wednesday, with the 38-year-old Spaniard adding he did not feel he could perform at his best. “I don’t think I would be able to give my 100 percent this time,” Nadal posted on X, formerly Twitter. Nadal, a four-time US Open champion, said his next event would be at next month’s Laver Cup in Berlin. Missing out on the US Open will mark his...
BSS, Dhaka : Former cricketer and coach Arifa Jahan Bithi has got back his job as the manager of the...
Agency : China advanced into the final of the Paris Olympics women’s hockey after edging world No. 3 Belgium through penalty shootout at Colombes, France on Wednesday. The two teams tied at 1-1 in the regular time, until China survived the shootout competition 3-2 thanks to three successful saves from Ye Jiao. China took the early lead in the second quarter. Zou Meirong hit the ball into the goal in the 18th minute.China began to struggle on the offensive side...
Sports Reporter : Prolific all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin was included in the Bangladesh ‘A’ Cricket team to play a four-day match...
Agency : Britain’s world title holder Katarina Johnson-Thompson led the Paris Olympics 2024 women’s heptathlon through the first two events on Thursday, with Belgium’s twice Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam and American Anna Hall second and third respectively in the standings. Johnson-Thompson is aiming to banish bitter memories of Tokyo, where her Olympic campaign ended with a torn calf muscle, and was second in her 100 metres hurdles heat in 13.40 seconds before clearing 1.92 metres in the high jump on...
AFP, New Delhi : India’s heartbroken Vinesh Phogat on Thursday announced her retirement from wrestling, a day after being disqualified...
Agency : Australia’s Nina Kennedy soared to the gold medal in the Paris Olympics women’s pole vault on Wednesday, a...