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...
Agency : Brazil reached the Olympic women’s football final as they claimed a stunning 4-2 win over world champions Spain in Marseille on Tuesday and will face the United States of America for the gold medal. Playing their sixth Olympic semi, Brazil capitalized on a number of Spanish defensive mistakes to reach Saturday’s final at Parc des Princes where they will seek a maiden title against four-time champions US. Brazil prevailed despite being without captain and all-time leading goalscorer Marta,...
Agency : Afghanistan cricketer Ihsanullah Jannat has been banned from all forms of cricket for five years due to match-fixing, stated by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in a statement on Wednesday.According to ACB, opening batter Jannat violated the ICC’s anti-corruption code during thee second season of the Kabul Premier League this year. “Janat was found guilty of violating Article 2.1.1 of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code, which involves improper influence or efforts to fix the result, progress, conduct, or any...
AFP, Washington : Reigning Champions League and La Liga champion Real Madrid concluded a pre-season US tour on Tuesday with a 2-1 triumph over Chelsea while AC Milan won on penalties after playing Barcelona to a 2-2 draw. There were 62,617 spectators at the home stadium of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, North Carolina to watch Vinicius Junior make his first start in the warm-up matches for Real Madrid’s La Liga opener in 12 days.Spanish midfielder Dani Ceballos knocked...
Agency : Türkiye edge past China in a five-set thriller here on Tuesday to reach the women’s volleyball semi-finals of the Paris Games. Melissa Teresa Vargas scored 42 points to lead the Turkish women to the victory (23-25, 25-21, 26-24, 21-25, 15-12) in the first quarter-final match on Tuesday morning. It was tied 11-all in the fifth set before a smash of Vargas and a spiking error from Wu Mengjie of China pushed Türkiye up at 13-11. Gong Xiangyu had...