Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh Sports Press Association nominated national team cricketer Liton Das, women’s football team forward Sabina Khatun, and recurve women’s team archer Nasrin Akther for Sportsperson of the Year 2022 during a press conference at the BOA auditorium on Thursday. The awards ceremony, namely the Kool BSPA Awards, will be held … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medalist and the 100-meter world champion in 2017, has died at the age of 32, her management company and World Athletics said on Wednesday. Bowie won three gold medals in her career, the first being at the 2016 Olympics in the 4x100m relay. She also secured … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Wayne Rooney’s football career was undoubtedly one of the best in recent memory but that could all change now that the England legend could try his luck as a boxer. It would be quite a remarkable change, since he had a very special career, leading teams such as Manchester United and … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com On the final SmackDown before WrestleMania, Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes faced off each other one last time before the ultimate main event. The show was kicked off by the Usos. Plus, Andre the Giant battle royal match also took place on the night. About 24 hours before the biggest Pay-Per-View … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius who was sentenced to prison in 2016 for killing his partner Reeva Steenkamp, has been refused parole,South African prison authorities and a lawyer for the victim’s family said on Friday. Pistorius has been in prison since 2016 for the murder of his girlfriend, model Reeva … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe says. No female transgender athlete who had gone through male puberty would be permitted to compete in female world ranking competitions from March 31, Coe … Read more
Stars of tennis and cricket tied the knot in 2010 and now have a son together. Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik, the power couple of the sports world, reportedly broke up recently. Reports have surfaced suggesting that tennis prodigy Sania Mirza and her husband Shoaib Malik have divorced. Mirza and Pakistani … Read more
A Chess.com report has found that the scale of Niemann’s cheating is far greater and has lasted longer than he has publicly admitted Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Chess grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann may have cheated more than 100 times, according to new research published by a leading chess website. “Overall, we have found that Hans … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The USA have been crowned the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup champions after they beat China 83-61 in the final on Saturday. Ariel Atkins hit a three-point jump shot as the USA extended the gap to double digits in the second quarter, 29-18. At the Sydney Superdome, the USA led … Read more
Japanese team in 3rd spot at 3-1 in Pool D Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Japan defeated Brazil 3-1 on Friday at the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship 2022. The Japanese team won the Pool D match 25-22, 25-19, 17-25 and 25-20 at the Arnhem’s GelreDome in the Netherlands.. Japan’s outside hitter Arisa Inoue delivered a … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The founder of Bangladesh Youth Leadership Centre (BYLC), Ejaj Ahmad, finished the 2022 BMW Berlin-Marathon in four hours, 55 minutes, and 18 seconds. Following a full marathon in San Francisco the previous year, he raced this marathon as his second race. The 42.195 km long BMW Berlin-Marathon 2022 is a race … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com France toppled 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup host nation Australia 70-57 in a Thursday opener in Sydney. French forward Gabby Williams scored 23 points against Australia to be the key player for Les Bleues. Marine Fauthoux, another French player, scored 10 points. Australia’s Bec Allen racked up 16 points for … Read more
Yuki Tsunoda debuted in Formula 1 with his team in 2021. Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Yuki Tsunoda will remain with the Scuderia AlphaTauri team for the 2023 season, the team announced on Thursday. “I want to say a huge thank you to Red Bull, Honda and Scuderia AlphaTauri for continuing to give me the opportunity … Read more
The FIA has officially announced the F1 2023 calendar Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The 2023 season will begin earlier than usual on March 5 in Bahrain before moving on to Saudi Arabia. On April 16, the Chinese Grand Prix makes its first appearance since 2019. Imola has been moved to May for the Emilia Romagna … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The sporting world on Thursday offered its condolences to the royal family and to Britain after the death of longtime monarch Queen Elizabeth II. The English Premier League, English football clubs, the English Football Association (The FA), Team GB or the British Olympic team, Formula 1 and Wimbledon each wrote messages … Read more
British decathlete Ben Gregory, who was critically hurt in a bike accident, is reportedly struggling for his life while in a coma.His partner Naomi Heffernan said the Team GB star suffered fractures to his skull and neck and multiple haemorrhages to his brain in the accident, and is on life support.Gregory, 31, represented Britain and … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh archers won one silver and two bronze medals at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey on Wednesday.Bangladesh compound women’s team of Roksana Akter, Shamoli Ray and Puspita Zaman had to remain content with a silver medal as they lost to the Turkey team comprised of Bostan Ucar Yesim, … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Brittney Griner, a star player for the US basketball team, was found guilty of narcotics possession and smuggling by a Russian court on Thursday and given a nine-year prison term. Despite Griner’s claims that it was a “honest mistake,” Judge Anna Sotnikova stated in her decision that Griner had committed the … Read more
The WBC heavyweight championship belt of boxing legend Muhammad Ali from his 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” fight was sold at auction on Sunday for $6.18 million, making it the fourth most expensive item of sports memorabilia ever sold. The winner of the heated competition for the belt was Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, according … Read more
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Last week at the Moscow Open Chess Tournament, a robot became uneasy after a 7-year-old responded quickly and grabbed and fractured his finger. This incident epitomized the fear of technology gone astray. The child had just had a piece taken by the robot and rushed to make his next move which … Read more