Agency : Darwin Nunez extended his rich vein of form as Uruguay secured a place in the Copa America knockout phase on Thursday with a 5-0 victory of Bolivia. Facundo Pellistri gave the Celeste a perfect start at MetLife Stadium by nodding home from close range in the eighth minute after Ronald Araujo’s headed cross. Nunez doubled the lead as he ran onto Maximiliano Araujo’s through ball and lashed a first-time effort past goalkeeper Guillermo Viscarra. The Liverpool striker now...
Agency : Kishane Thompson registered a sizzling world-leading mark of 9.77 seconds to win the men’s 100 metres at the...
Agency : Bangladesh Vice-Captain Taskin Ahmed urged everyone not to dwell on the negative side only after their recent performance...
FIDE Master Manon Reja Neer of Bangladesh Navy maintained his solo lead in the points table with five points after the sixth round of SAIF POWERTEC 48th Chess Championship held at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room on Friday. GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Niaz Murshed and International Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh Ansar shared the second place with four points each. Three players shared the third position with 3.5 points each. They are reigning champion Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib & FM...
AFP, Bridgetown : Unbeaten throughout almost a month of cricket across the USA and the Caribbean, India and South Africa...
Agency : Uruguay thrashed tournament minnows Bolivia 5-0 in their Group-C encounter in New Jersey on Thursday to all but book their place in the Copa America quarter-finals. Facundo Pellistri nodded home the opener in the eighth minute and Darwin Nunez doubled Uruguay’s lead just after the 20-minute mark, powering a left-footed shot past Bolivia keeper Guillermo Vizcarra to score in his seventh consecutive international match. Maximiliano Araujo struck from close range to kill off the contest in the 77th...
Agency : Ecuador kept their hopes of qualifying for the Copa America quarter-finals alive with a 3-1 win over Jamaica in Las Vegas on Wednesday that left the ‘Reggae Boyz’ on the brink of elimination. Ecuador went ahead in the 13th minute via a Jamaica own goal, when Piero Hincapie’s cross from the left was deflected off Kasey Palmer’s shin into the net. The South Americans doubled the lead via a Kendry Paez penalty kick just before the interval after...
AFP, Sydney : Australian swimmer Cate Campbell announced on Wednesday her retirement after failing to qualify for a fifth Olympics,...
Jamaica’s two-time Olympic women’s 100m and 200m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah will not defend her titles at next month’s Paris Games after failing to recover from an Achilles injury, the sprint star said on Wednesday. Thompson-Herah, who completed the 100m-200m gold medal double at both the 2016 and pandemic-delayed 2020 Olympics, confirmed her decision after pulling out of this week’s Jamaican trials. “I am hurt and devastated to be missing the Olympics this year but at the end of the day...