Cisse wins first ever gold for Ivory Coast
Cheick Sallah Cisse won Ivory Coast’s first ever gold medal in the Olympics with a kick in the last second of the men’s under-80kg taekwondo...
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Mixed results in a duel night between the US and Jamaica
AP, New York :NBC set up Friday as duel night between the United States and Jamaica in the sprint relays, and what started out well...
Greece’s Stefanidi wins women’s pole vault gold
Greece’s Ekaterini Stefanidi won the women’s pole vault gold medal at the Olympics here Friday after virus-stricken defending champion Jenn Suhr crashed out. European champion...
Kenyan Cheruiyot trumps Ayana for 5000m gold
Two-time former world champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya rained on Ethiopian Almaz Ayana’s bid for an Olympic distance double, kicking with two laps to run...
US swimmers quit Brazil after admitting to inventing mugging
US Olympic authorities apologized to Brazil on Thursday as two US swimmers were allowed to go home having retracted a fabricated story about being mugged...
Bolt wins third Olympic 200m gold
AFP, Rio De Janeiro :Usain Bolt won a third successive Olympic 200m gold on Thursday to keep alive his hopes of an unprecedented “triple triple”...
BCB terminates contract with Ruwan Kalpage
BSS, Dhaka :The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has terminated the contract of assistant coach Ruwan Kalpage after he failed to turn up for wor by...
Argentina win gold in men’s field hockey
AP, Rio De Janeiro :For a few hours Thursday evening, Argentina seemed to have annexed an acre of blue turf on the outskirts of Rio...
Taekwondo team accorded reception
BSS, Dhaka :The Bangladesh Taekwondo Federation (BTF) accorded a warm reception to Bangladesh taekwondo team on Friday at the Sultana Kamal Women’s Sports Complex for...
National Basketball begins today
BSS, Dhaka :The 27th National Basketball Championship begins today (Saturday) at Rajshahi District Sports Association (DSA) Gymnasium with two matches are slated for the opening...