AFP, London : Chelsea forward Sam Kerr has signed a new two-year contract keeping her at the club until 2026,...
AFP, Munich : Euro 2024 will kick-off on Friday in Germany as the continent’s footballing heavyweights prepare to fight it out over the next month with the aim of taking the crown away from reigning champions Italy. Germany will play Scotland in the opening game in Munich and the host nation are hoping their journey will continue all the way to the final in Berlin on July 14. It is the first time the country has hosted a major men’s...
Agency : Seven-member of Bangladesh Archery Contingent left on Thursday morning for Turkiye to take part in the ‘2024 Final World Quota Tournament and 2024 Archery World Cup Stage-3’ which will be held in Antalya, the resort city of Turkiye. The seven members Bangladesh Archery team included one team manager, one head coach and five archers. Organized by Bangladesh Archery Federation, City Group is patronizing the Turkiye-bound Archery Contingent in the event. Bangladesh Archery Contingent – Kamrul Islam (Team Manager),...
Norway’s Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 1,500 metres in Rome on June 12 for a record sixth European Championship gold medals. The 23-year-old charged down the final metres and was all by himself when he crossed the finish in 3min 31.95sec, a championship record, to become the most decorated male athlete ever in the continental championship. Belgian Jochem Vermeulen took the second spot on the podium in 3:33.30 while Italian Pietro Arese was third in 3:33.34. “Today it’s about...
Agency : Former Roma coach Paulo Fonseca is to return to Italy as the new boss of AC Milan, the...
AFP, Orlando : The United States of America (USA) bounced back from their 5-1 defeat to Colombia to earn a morale-boosting 1-1 draw with Brazil in their final warm-up game before the Copa America on Wednesday. USA skipper Christian Pulisic’s rasping first half free-kick ensured a share of the spoils for Gregg Berhalter’s side after Brazil had taken the lead through Real Madrid striker Rodrygo at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium. Berhalter, who faced calls to resign after watching his team...
Agency : Japan’s Naomi Osaka will meet Canada’s Bianca Andreescu in the Libema Open quarter-finals in the Netherlands. Osaka defeated...
Agency : Spain’s Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will team up to play doubles at this year’s Olympics in Paris,...
China narrowly advanced into the third round of the Asian Qualifiers and 2026 FIFA World Cup (WC) Qualifiers despite losing to South Korea 1-0 away in Group-C on Tuesday night. After being held to a 1-1 draw by Thailand at home last week, China had to take at least one point in the final game of the second round against South Korea to survive, otherwise their fortunes would be decided by the result of the game between Thailand and Singapore....
Agency : Heavy rain and a waterlogged outfield led to the abandonment of the T20 World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Nepal on Tuesday in Florida. The result meant that Group-D leaders South Africa, who have won all three of their games, become the first team to qualify for the Super Eight stage of the tournament. Rain had poured down for most of the day, with flood warnings in place around the region, but a break in the weather...