Brown wins 100m, 200m at Athlos
Agency : American Brittany Brown surprised herself with the sprint double at New York’s Athlos meet on Friday, as Briton Keely Hodgkinson won the 800 metres to end her injury-dented season on a high....
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McKeown sizzles as short course WC kicks off
AFP, Los Angeles : Australian Kaylee McKeown clocked a sizzling 25.42sec to win the women’s 50m backstroke at the World Cup (WC) short course meeting in Carmel, Indiana, on Friday. McKeown, a five-time Olympic...
Gauff overcomes Paolini to reach Wuhan final
Agency : Coco Gauff survived a battle of wills against Jasmine Paolini on Saturday to reach the Wuhan Open final for the first time in her career. The American third seed had lost all...
Tigers vow to level ODI series against Afghanistan
BSS, Dhaka : Bangladesh vowed to learn from the mistakes as they take on Afghanistan in the second ODI match in a bid to level the three-match series at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu...
Sabalenka, Gauff advance to Wuhan Open qtr-finals
Agency : World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka powered into the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open on Thursday, defeating Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-2 to extend her unbeaten record in the central Chinese city, while...
BD Football team off to Hong Kong
BSS, Dhaka : Bangladesh National Football team departed for Hong Kong, China on Friday to play their away match of the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers. All 23 members of the final squad for Thursday’s...
Tuchel’s England thump woeful Wales in friendly
Agency : England racked up an eighth successive victory against Wales with a 3-0 cruise in a FIFA International friendly at Wembley on Thursday to fully justify Head Coach Thomas Tuchel’s decision to omit...
‘I believe, if I dream big, I can achieve something great’
Agency : Bangladesh’s young pace sensation Marufa Akter has emerged as one of the brightest stars of the Women’s ODI World Cup, turning heads with her fiery opening spells. Known for her deadly inswingers,...
Tigresses to face NZ in crucial WC match today
BSS, Dhaka : Bangladesh Women’s team will take on New Zealand (NZ) in their third game of the ICC Cricket World Cup today with a renewed confidence following a tremendous performance in the last...
‘We are 40 runs short from a competitive total’
BSS, Dhaka : Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz believes the outcome of the first ODI against Afghanistan could have been different had they added 40 runs more. A familiar batting collapse that saw Bangladesh...