AFP, United States : Caeleb Dressel knows the age-group days of “simply swimming” can never return for a seven-time Olympic...
Agency : Colombia beat Uruguay 1-0 in Thursday’s Copa America semi-final despite playing the second half with only 10 men to set up a title decider against defending champions Argentina, before the night descended into chaos as players clashed with fans. The semifinal in Charlotte, North Carolina ended with Uruguayan players confronting Colombian fans in the stands as security personnel struggled to restore order. South American governing body CONMEBOL said it was investigating the incident. With the majority of the...
Bangladesh U-18 junior youth handball team beat their Nepalese counterpart by 46-26 goals in a match of the IHF Men’s Trophy 2024 Zone 11 held at Sawai Man Singh Indoor Stadium in Jaipur, India on Thursday. The winners’ led the first half by 26-15 goals. In other match, Bangladesh U-20 youth team played out to a 29-29 goals draw with Nepal also held at the same venue. the match was locked 12-12 at the breather. A total of eight teams...
Agency : Real Madrid confirmed on Wednesday that French international forward, Kylian Mbappe will be officially presented to the press...
Agency : Ahead of the semifinal against the Netherlands today, Three Lions captain Harry Kane seems short on goals, with only two in the previous five games. Despite this, there is no reason for greater concern from the 30-year-old’s perspective. “We have reached the last four. We must be doing a fairly good job then,” he said. The striker has never been short on optimism, even during difficult times when scoring wasn’t easy. “You always get stuck in times when...
BSS, Dhaka : Bangladesh youth and junior handball teams left here for India on Tuesday to participate in the IHF Men’s Trophy 2024 Zone 11 (Asia) which will begin today in Jaipur, India. A total of eight teams – youth and junior category teams from four participating countries — will take part in the five-day meet, organised by International Handball Federation. The participating countries are Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh and host India. Both the Bangladesh youth and junior handball teams will...
Agency : Argentina captain Lionel Messi will be fit to play in Tuesday’s Copa America semifinal against Canada in New Jersey, Coach Lionel Scaloni said, despite the forward’s hamstring injury concerns. Messi returned to action on Thursday in Argentina’s quarter-final win against Ecuador after missing the final group-stage match due to injury. He played the entire game, but looked physically hampered. The 37-year-old Inter Miami player missed a penalty in the shootout that decided the game at Houston’s NRG Stadium....
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Tuesday unveiled a nine-member refugee team for the upcoming Games in Paris. The teams are made up of eight competitors and one guide runner. They will take part in taekwondo, athletics, triathlon, power lifting, table tennis and wheelchair fencing. “The world has more than 120 million forcibly displaced people worldwide,” said Andrew Parsons, the IPC president. “Many live in dire conditions. These athletes have persevered and shown incredible determination to get to Paris 2024...
Agency : England great James Anderson hopes future players will relish the challenge of Test cricket rather than just go “chasing the dollar” as he prepares to bow out of the five-day game against the West Indies. The series opener at Lord’s, starting on Wednesday, will be the Lancashire paceman’s 188th and final Test match after a record-breaking career spanning two decades. No fast bowler has taken more than Anderson’s 700 Test wickets and only India batting hero Sachin Tendulkar...
AFP, Las Vegas : Uruguay beat Brazil on penalties (4-2) to reach the semi-finals of Copa America after their game...
AFP, Sydney : Australia’s greatest women’s basketballer Lauren Jackson was selected for a fifth Olympics Sunday, 12 years after her...