The “Fu Wang Food Cup Golf Tournament -2016” ended through a colourful prize-giving ceremony held at the auditorium of Rangpur Cantonment here on Saturday night.More than 100 contestants from different Golf Clubs participated in the male, female, junior and sub-junior…
Former world number one Rafael Nadal reached the Rio Open semi-finals without even hitting a ball Friday as Aleksandr Dolgopolov withdrew injured from their last-eight tie.Nadal is playing at the low-key clay court event in a bid to find his…
The 1st Beach Tennis competition begins tomorrow (Saturday) at the world longest sandy sea beach in Cox’s Bazar.
Rafael Nadal won through to the quarter-finals of the clay-court event in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, beating compatriot Nicolas Almagro in straight sets 6-3, 7-5.The troubled Mallorcan is the top seed in what is his second tournament since being…
The 1st Beach Tennis competition begins tomorrow (Saturday) at the world longest sandy sea beach in Cox’s Bazar.
Swimming great Ian Thorpe Thursday revealed he has battled mental health issues since his teenage years as he opened up about his struggle with depression. Australia’s most decorated Olympian, with five gold medals at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens…
Hong Kong’s Olympic athletes face a bigger threat from the tainted waters of Rio de Janeiro than the Zika virus, the city’s former windsurfing gold medallist warned Tuesday.Lee Lai-shan is the southern Chinese city’s only Olympic gold winner and a…
England’s Danny Willett seeks further fuel for his rapid rise in world golf at this week’s inaugural Maybank Championship Malaysia, where he heads a field including past Major champions Louis Oosthuizen and Martin Kaymer.Willett arrives in Kuala Lumpur on a…
Some 23 players are sharing lead in the points table with maximum 2 points after 2nd round games of the Latif Travels International Rating Chess tournament now being held at Abul Mal Abdul Muhit Sports Complex in Sylhet.They are GM…
Defending champion Rafael Nadal suffered another setback Saturday when he squandered a match point before losing 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4) to Austria’s Dominic Thiem in the Argentina Open semi-finals.Top seed Nadal, playing on his favourite clay surface, finally wilted in…
Bangladesh Women’s Handball team made a good start in the SA Games outplaying Afghanistan by 62-5 goals at the LNIPE Tepesia, Sonapur on Wednesday.Bangladesh led the first half by 30-2 goals.
She hasn’t earned an Olympic medal just yet, but fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is already making history.The 30-year-old Maplewood, New Jersey, native will be the first U.S. athlete to compete in the Olympic Games in a hijab, a headscarf worn by…
Pregnant women should not travel to Brazil for the Olympics because of the risk posed by the Zika virus, suspected of causing fetal brain damage, President Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff said Monday.”The risk, which I would say is serious,…
When Roger Federer dominated men’s tennis a decade ago, few would have predicted that another player would come along in the same era and replicate the Swiss’ achievements.
Angelique Kerber stunned Serena Williams in a 6-4 3-6 6-4 thriller to open her grand slam account and deprive the American of a 22nd title at a major that would have tied Steffi Graf for the Open Era lead.Just how…
Serena Williams will take aim at Steffi Graf’s Open-era record of 22 Grand Slam titles on Saturday when she plays the Australian Open final against Germany’s Angelique Kerber, who is hoping to pull off a major upset.The world number one…
In the dog-eat-dog world of competitive tennis, “sympathy” doesn’t feature in the dictionary. The shelf-life of players is limited and it’s all about doing as well as you can — results wise and financially — in that limited time, even…
Ali Sports Club and Sun Shine Sporting Club moved to the final of 2nd Division Kabaddi League eliminating their respective rivals in the semifinals held on Wednesday at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city.The final will be held tomorrow (Thursday)…
News Desk Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was invited by president of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach for a discussion with him and visit the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at Lausanne, Switzerland when Professor Yunus met…
Gonzalo Higuain struck his 21st goal of the season to help Napoli tighten their grip on Serie A with a 4-2 win at Sampdoria on Sunday as Juventus’s 1-0 win over Roma threatened to be overshadowed by a racism row.As…
British explorer Henry Worsley has died attempting to be the first person to cross the Antarctic unaided, in an epic charity mission inspired by Ernest Shackleton.
The 2nd Division Kabaddi League will begin Sunday at the Kabaddi Stadium.A total of eight teams,split into two groups, will take part in the league, organised by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation (BKF).
Katie Ledecky crushed her own women’s 800m freestyle world record on Sunday, clocking a stunning 8min 6.68sec to win at the Pro Swim meeting in Austin, Texas.The 18-year-old American obliterated the previous record of 8:07.39 that she set at the…
Rafael Nadal admitted Saturday he faces a “very, very dangerous” Australian Open first-round clash against Fernando Verdasco with memories still fresh of their epic 2009 semi-final duel.At five hours and 14 minutes, that battle seven years ago was then the…
Former world number one Victoria Azarenka won her first title since 2013 by beating Angelique Kerber in the Brisbane International final.The unseeded Belarusian, who has been plagued by injuries in recent years, beat the fourth-seeded German 6-3 6-1.World number 22…
GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh Navy and Uten are jointly leading the Prime Bank 18th International Rating Chess Tournament securing full five points after the 5th round matches at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room on Sunday.IM Abu Sufian Shakil of Golden…
Bangladesh National Volleyball team, now preparing for the 12th South Asian Games, reached Iran early Tuesday for a higher training as well as to play 10 friendly matches there ahead of the biggest regional sports meet.A 19-member Bangladesh National Men’s…
Britain’s Tyson Fury pulled off one of the great boxing upsets as he outpointed Wladimir Klitschko to become heavyweight champion of the world. It was a dour and often messy fight but Fury, courtesy of his superior boxing skills, fully…
Bangladesh stunned hockey aficionados beating giant South Korea by 2-0 goals in their 3rd and last pool B match of the 8th Junior Asia Cup (Men’s) Hockey in Kuantan city of Malaysia on Tuesday, says news agency UNB.With the day’s…
Russia should be banned from athletics competition, a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report has recommended. Wada’s independent commission examined allegations of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics, which also implicated the IAAF, the sport’s world governing body. It says…