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Bangladesh Boys and Khilgaon Pragoti Sangsad reached the final of the first ever Seven-a-side Rugby Tournament on Saturday. The final will be held at 5 pm today (Sunday) at the outer stadium. National Sports Council (NSC) director (sports) Abdur Rahman will

GM Ziaur Rahman of Biman finished 14th in the 2nd Mumbai Mayor’s Cup Open International Chess Tournament held in Mumbai, India on Saturday. GM Niaz Murshed of Leonine Chess Club became 23rd in the meet. Zia and Niaz both earned eight points each after end of the 11th round matches. In the last round matches, ... Read more

Chittagong metropolis hand-ball team emerged champion, while Chittagong district team finished runners-up in the Zone-C competition of the Exim Bank 19th Men’s National Handball Cham-pionship. Chittagong district team defeated Dhaka 26-13 and Chittagong metropolis team outplayed Chittagong district team 30-15 in the ‘super-three’ competitions at Rangamati Stadium on Thursday. Both champion and runners-up teams earned ... Read more

Rangamati became champion in the Zone-C competition of the Exim Bank 20th National Women Handball Championship defeating Kishoreganj 11-7 in the final at Rangamati Stadium on Saturday. The winners led the first half 6-5. Rina of Kishoreganj was adjudged the best player of the tournament. Chairman of Rangamati sadar upazila Mohammad Musa gave away prizes ... Read more

Railway Hospital Colony City Corporation High School were awarded the second semifinal of the Standard Chartered Young Tigers Under 16 National School Tournament yesterday at the City Club Ground in Dhaka. The match was abandoned due to rain and Railway School got the better of Faridpur Zilla School because of a better average run-rate. Railway ... Read more

KUALA LUMPUR: New Prime Minister Najib Razak has waded into the debate about twilight Formula One racing, saying the 5pm start time at the chaotic Malaysian Grand Prix needs to be reviewed. Sunday’s race, won by Britain’s Jenson Button, was called off after 32 of the 56 laps when a huge storm flooded the track ... Read more

SEPANG, Malaysia: Jenson Button in a Brawn won a chaotic Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday for a second straight victory after the race was abandoned when a ferocious storm lashed the Sepang circuit. Nick Heidfeld in his BMW Sauber came second, benefiting from pitting only once to Button’s four times in a race that became ... Read more

The preparation of Bangladesh national hockey team is going on in full swing for the forthcoming 8th Asia Cup under the guidance of German coaches at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city. Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) has appointed two high profile German coaches for the Bangladesh national team ahead of the Asia Cup, ... Read more

Masudul Karim and Nazmun Nahar Beauty became the fastest man and woman of Bangladesh after grabbing gold in their respective 100m sprints in the UCB 34th National Athletic Championships on Saturday. Masudul and Beauty completed a sprint double in the meet as they also won their 200m events on the opening day of the

With the SA Games looming closer, all the medal-winning athletes in the UCB 34th National Athletic Championships urged the federation and the government to enhance the training facilities at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. The most important point was that most of the old names reigned and no newcomer could make his mark. The ... Read more

TOKYO: Olympic gold medallists South Korea edged out defending champions Japan 1-0 to emerge winners in World Baseball Classic Pool A on Monday, avenging their earlier loss in the double-elimination round. Kim Tae-Kyun hit the winning run with a line-drive single in the fourth inning as South Korea rolled on with six hits against Japan’s ... Read more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado : Record-breaking Olympic champion Michael Phelps has been suspended for three months by USA Swimming after a published photograph appeared to show him smoking marijuana. The national governing body of the sport stressed that the punishment was not for a doping violation, but said they wanted to send a “strong message” to ... Read more