Agency : Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will lock horns in a sequel to last year’s Wimbledon title blockbuster after producing commanding displays to ease through their semi-finals on Friday. Spain’s defending champion Alcaraz took a hammer to the wall that is Russia’s Daniil Medvedev as he beat the fifth seed 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 6-4 before seven-time champion Djokovic clinically disposed of Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 7-6(2) 6-4. Neither match truly captivated the Centre Court crowd but today’s final promises...
Agency : Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan has entered four events at the Paris Games, the marathon plus the 1,500, 5,000...
AFP, Miami : Argentina can become the first South American team to win the ‘triple crown’ of three straight major tournament titles if they can overcome a formidable Colombia in Monday’s Copa America final. Inspired by Lionel Messi, Argentina followed up their 2021 Copa America title with the World Cup triumph a year later and have advanced with little drama to this weekend’s showpiece with the Colombians. Spain are the only other team in international football to have won a...
Agency : The Bangladesh High-Performance team departed for the first-ever tour of Australia after 19 years on Saturday. The 22-member...
Agency : The most exciting player on the most exciting team at Euro 2024 – Spain’s Lamine Yamal – turns...
UNB, Dhaka : Mohakhali Ekadosh earned a comfortable 3-1 goal victory over Motijheel T&T Club in the Bashundhara Group Senior (First) Division Football League 2023-24 at the Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka’s Kamalapur on Saturday morning. Sabbir Hossain Apurba put Mohakhali Ekadosh ahead in the 31st minute (1-0), while Zakirul 1slam doubled the margin in the 44th minute (2-0). Anwar Hossain reduced the margin for T&T Club in the 64th minute (2-1), while Shahriar Ahmed...
Agency : Jessica Hull of Australia blazed to a world record in the women’s 2,000 metres at the Monaco Diamond...
The Bangladesh Olympic Association on Saturday celebrated the Olympic Day 2024 as part of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) global program to popularize the Olympic movement, said a press release. The BOA celebrated the “Olympic Day” in the capital and seven other divisions across the country in a befitting manner with the slogan: “Let’s Move”. On the occasion of the Olympic Day, the BOA organised a grand rally in the capital. BOA president General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed formally inaugurated the...
Agency : Fast bowler Mark Wood will take James Anderson’s spot in the England squad for next week’s second Test against West Indies at Trent Bridge, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Saturday. Anderson, 41, retired on Friday after finishing his 188th Test, having taken 704 wickets in a career spanning 21 years – the third-highest wicket taker in the format, as England beat West Indies by an innings and 114 runs at Lord’s. Wood has played...
Reuters : An Israeli airstrike targeted Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif in Gaza on Saturday, a security official and Israel Army Radio said, in an attack that the enclave’s health ministry said had killed at least 71 Palestinians. It was unclear whether Deif was killed, the security official said. Army Radio said Deif was hiding in a building in the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone Al-Mawasi, west of the southern city of Khan Younis. Deif was one of the masterminds of Hamas’...
Agency : China will send 405 athletes, including 42 Olympic champions, to the upcoming Paris Olympic Games, as a 716-member delegation was officially announced here on Saturday. 136 male and 269 female athletes will compete in 236 events across 30 sports at the July 26-August 11 Games. Gao Zhidan, head of the Chinese Olympic delegation, called on these Paris-bound athletes to “strive for athletic success and show good sportsmanship” at the delegation’s launch ceremony. A total of 223 Chinese athletes...