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Dhaka – Bangladesh Women’s Handball team left here for India on Monday night to participate in the 8th Asian Women’s Youth Handball Championship’2019 beginning in the Indian city of Jaipur on August 21. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh Women’s Handball Team will participate in the 8th Asian Women’s Youth Handball Championship’ 2019, scheduled to be held on August 21-30 at Jaipur, India. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh Women’s Hockey team will play some six preparatory matches against the touring Sports Authority of India (SAI) team in the 3rd and 4th week of this month, ahead of their maiden Women’s Junior Asia Cup Hockey Qualifiers beginning in Singapore on September 9. Read More »

Johannesburg (AP/UNB) — Springboks captain Siya Kolisi will play some part in the Rugby World Cup warmup test against Argentina this weekend, coach Rassie Erasmus said on Monday, with little time left for the flanker to prove his fitness. Read More »

London, Aug 12 (AP/UNB) — England left center Ben Te’o out of its Rugby World Cup squad on Monday after he was involved in a scuffle with a teammate at a training camp in Italy. Read More »

Montreal (AP/UNB) — Top-seeded defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain advanced to the Rogers Cup final Saturday night when Gael Monfils of France withdrew before their semifinal. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) will arrange a two-day National Summer Athletics Competition at Bangabandhu National Stadium on August 30-31. Read More »

Dhaka – Grand Master Ziaur Rahman of Saif Sporting Club emerged unbeaten champion in the Walton Air Conditioner International Rating Chess Tournament securing eight points after the 9th and final round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room on Thursday. Read More »

Dhaka – GM Ziaur Rahman of Saif Sporting Club dominated in the Walton Air Conditioner International Rating Chess Tournament 2019 securing 7.5 points after 8th round matches held at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall Room on Wednesday. Three players are sharing 2nd slot with 6.5 points each. They are: IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin and CM Md. Sharif Hossain of Bangladesh Navy ... Read More »

Dhaka – Three players shared the top slot in the Walton Air Conditioner International Rating Chess Tournament on Monday securing full four points from four matches at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room. The leaders are: FM Mehdi Hasan Parag of Golden Sporting Club, CM Md Sharif Hossain of Bangladesh Navy and Kazi Taherul Islam of Learning Chess Club. Another ... Read More »

Dhaka – Former General Secretary of the ad-hoc committee of Bangladesh Athletics Federation Advocate Abdur Rakib Montu-led panel swept the Athletics Federation election bagging all the posts on Saturday. Read More »

Moscow (AP/UNB) – Russia will become a force in the medals table at next year’s Tokyo Olympics despite its current doping problems, the country’s sports minister said Wednesday. Read More »

Dhaka – Faisal Ahmed of Bangladesh Army emerged men’s champions in the 16th National Long Distance Swimming Competition’ 2019 covering a distance of 13 meters in two hours eight minutes at the Kaptai Lake on Tuesday. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh National Hockey team conceded a 1-3 goals defeat to the hosts and upper-ranked team Thailand in their lastPool A match of AHF Men’s Asian Indoor Hockey 2019 at the Thai city of Chonburi on Thursday. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh National Hockey team conceded a 0-8 goals defeat to the holders Iran in their second match of AHF Men’s Asian Indoor Hockey 2019 at Chonburi of Thailand on Tuesday. Read More »

Wimbledon (AP/UNB) – Simona Halep’s Wimbledon championship has lifted her from No. 7 to No. 4 in the WTA rankings, and runner-up Serena Williams moved up to No. 9, her best placing since returning to the tour last season after having a baby. Coco Gauff’s magical run from a wild-card entry in qualifying all the way to the fourth round ... Read More »

England, July 15 (AP/UNB) — For nearly five tight, tense and terrific hours, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer traded the lead, playing on and on and on until an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker was required to settle their memorable Wimbledon final. In the end, it was Djokovic who emerged victorious, coming back to edge Federer 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, ... Read More »

Pamplona, Jul 14 (AP/UNB) — A bull broke from the pack and gored two Australians and a Spaniard during Sunday’s final bull run of this year’s San Fermin festival, health officials from the northern Spanish city of Pamplona said. Read More »

Simona Halep beats Serena Williams to win Wimbledon 2019 women’s singles Simona Halep won her first Wimbledon title and crushed Serena Williams’ latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam success with a devastating 56-minute display of athleticism. The Romanian won 6-2 6-2 in front of an incredulous Centre Court, running after everything the American threw at her. “It was ... Read More »

England (AP/UNB) – Going for No. 24, Serena Williams will face Simona Halep in the Wimbledon final. Read More »

Dhaka – A five-member swimming team comprising of three swimmers and two officials will represent Bangladesh in the 18th FINA World Championship scheduled to be held in Gwangju of South Korea from July 12-28. Of the five member team, two officials -M Abdul Hamid (Team Official) and Tapan Chanda (Congress representative) are due to leave Dhaka for Korea on Wednesday ... Read More »

Wimbledon, July 9 (AP/UNB) — Slowed by a balky ankle, trailing by a service break in the third set of her Wimbledon quarterfinal, Serena Williams appeared to be in trouble Tuesday against an opponent playing the tournament of her life. Williams was down, yes. But out? No way. And now she is two victories from that 24th Grand Slam title ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh’s premier archer Mohammad Ruman Shana will fly for Tokyo early Wednesday to participate in Tokyo 2020 Olympics Test Event which is scheduled to be held at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo from July 12-18. The German Coach of Bangladesh Archery team Martin Frederick who is now in Germany will also join Ruman Shana in Tokyo. Convener ... Read More »

Dhaka – Dhaka Mariner Youngs’ Club maintained their all win record in the Cute Women’s Handball League beating Viqarunnisa Noon Sports Club 37-26 goals at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Monday. They dominated the first half by 21-14 goals.Bhabna scored 17 goals for the winners while Rubina and Misti netted eight goals each for ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladeshi WCM Noshin Anjum beat WFM Revita Samantha Glo of Philippines and drew with Derotas Vic Glysen of Philippines in the 7th and 8th round girls group matches of the Asian Junior Chess Championships at Solo in Indonesia on Sunday.   After the day’s 7th and 8th round matches, Noshin earned 4 points out of 8 games.UNB Read More »

Dhaka – Viqarunnisa Noon Sports Club crushed Jamalpur Sports Academy by 39-19 goals in the Cute Women’s Handball League at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Thursday. They led the first half by 21-8 goals. Earlier in the day’s first match, RN Sports Home beat Quantum Foundation by 28-13 goals after dominating the first half ... Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh’s premier archer Mohammad Ruman Shana advanced to the round of 16 in the men’s recurve singles on the 2nd day of ongoing Archery World Cup, Stage-4 at Maifield in Berlin on Wednesday. Shana will now face Brady Ellison of the USA on Thursday at 2:15 pm local time. On the day, Shana defeated Rajan Kalapurayil of Switzerland ... Read More »

Dhaka – Dilkusha Sporting Club outplayed Quantum Foundation by 52-9 goals in the Cute Women’s Handball League at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Monday. They dominated the first half by 23-4 goals. In the day’s other matches, Dhaka Mariner Young’s Club crushed Jamalpur Sports Academy by 50-23 goals after leading the first half by ... Read More »

Dhaka -Arambagh Krira Sangha upset Viqarunnisa Noon Sports Club by 35-15 goals in the Cute Women’s Handball League at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Sunday. They dominated the first half by 16-9 goals. In the day’s other match, RN Sports Home crushed Gafur Baluch Smriti Sangsad by 36-0 goals after leading the first half ... Read More »

Dhaka – Dhaka Mariner Youngs’ Club got off to a flying start in the Cute Women’s Handball League’2019 outplaying Dilkusha Sporting Club by 38-19 goals in the opening match at Shaheed (Captain) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium on Saturday. The winners clearly dominated the first half by 21-4 goals. In other matches of the day, Viqarunnisa Noon Sports Club ... Read More »