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Arch rivals meet in Premier Hockey
Table toppers Mohammedan Sporting Club will be desperate to avenge their Club Cup Hockey Championship defeat when they take on archrivals Abahani Limited in the Dhaka Hockey Premier League today. Full storyLONDON DIARY
With only two days left for the opening ceremony, London is buzzing with athletes, coaches and officials from 204 countries. More than 4,000 athletes have already landed at the city and there... Full storyShield Phase of Fed Cup to be held outside Dhaka
The competition committee of Bangladesh Football Federation in its first meeting on Tuesday has decided to hold the shield phase of the season’s curtain raiser Federation Cup outside Dhaka. Full storyFPWA urges to reduce foreign players
The Football Players’ Welfare Association in a meeting on Tuesday has decided to give a letter of memorandum to the Bangladesh Football Federation urging to reduce the number of foreign players’ quota in the upcoming season. Full storyI’ll never replace golden girl Cathy: Pearson
World champion Sally Pearson shrugged off comparisons with Australian golden girl Cathy Freeman on Monday, insisting she’ll never replace the darling of the Sydney Games in people’s affections. Full storySPORTSLINE
Sonali Bank post sixth win Sonali Bank posted their sixth win in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey when they beat Mariners Youngs Club by 2-1 goals at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey... Full storyDefeat has left sour taste: Strauss
England captain Andrew Strauss was left with a ‘sour taste in the mouth’ after his team suffered a crushing innings and 12-run defeat by South Africa in the first Test on Monday. Full storyPerera, Mathews set up big win
Pacemen Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews each grabbed three wickets to set up Sri Lanka’s comfortable nine-wicket win over India in the second one-day international on Tuesday. Full storyMalaysian Olympians can postpone Ramadan fast
Malaysian Islamic and Olympic officials said athletes from the predominantly Muslim country are excused from fasting for Ramadan while competing at the London Games. Full storyTravel forces Wimbledon stars to snub Village life
Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova are among a host of top tennis stars who have snubbed the Athletes’ Village in a bid to avoid the travel headaches that have plagued the build-up to the Olympics. Full storySocial media buzzing with ceremony ‘secrets’
Social media was buzzing Tuesday with leaks from a rehearsal of the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, despite director Danny Boyle’s plea for spectators to ‘save the surprise’. Full storyFast Merritt points to Liu as hurdles favourite
A change in technique has made Aries Merritt the hottest high hurdler in the world, but the American on Monday refused to brand himself the favourite for the London Olympics. Full storyVenus eyes Rio 2016
Venus Williams may be about to become the first American tennis star to feature in four Olympics, but she intends to keep playing until the 2016 Rio Games when she will be 36. Full storyVillas-Boas blasts Modric
Andre Villas-Boas has launched a fresh attack on Luka Modric after branding the Tottenham midfielder as unprofessional following his summer revolt. Modric, a target for Real Madrid, is desperate to force... Full storyLondon Olympics start in Wales
The first event of London 2012 won’t take place at Olympic Park but some 132 miles away in Wales, where women’s football gets the Games underway today—two days before the opening ceremony. Full storyMalaysian mum-to-be targets gold
When Malaysia’s first women’s Olympic shooter takes aim in London, she will offer a silent prayer to Allah to keep her unborn child from kicking until the mum-to-be can pull the trigger. Full storyFlag bearing: a potted history
If you look closely at pictures from the 1948 Olympics opening ceremony, the last Games to be held in Britain, you might notice the British flag is smaller than the others and is flying from... Full storyOscar vows to focus on Games
Brazil midfielder Oscar has insisted talk of a proposed transfer to Chelsea won’t distract him from the business of trying to win football gold at the London Olympics. Full storyUnited target Moura
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed his interest in Brazil international Lucas Moura. But Ferguson denied a deal, reported to be £26million ($40.3m), had been... Full storyBrazil suffer goalkeeper blow
Gold medal favourites Brazil suffered their first Olympic Games setback on Tuesday when first-choice goalkeeper Rafael Cabral was ruled out of the tournament with an elbow injury. Full storySuarez relaxed about Old Trafford return
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez took a swipe at the English media on Tuesday as he prepared to return to Old Trafford for the first time since his spat with Patrice Evra last season. Full storySOCCERLINE
Messi injured for Hamburg friendly Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has suffered an injury during training and will not travel to play Hamburg for the... Full storyAdidas sees benefits from healthier lifestyles
