Golden-boy Phelps turns silvery
SLPL still uncertain for Tigers
The fate of the five Bangladeshi cricket players auctioned in the forthcoming Sri Lankan Premier League is still uncertain as they are yet to receive their ‘No Objection Certificates’ from the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Full storyLONDON DIARY
Unable to qualify for the medal round, Olympics is already over for many athletes but stories about them are never ending. Some already set their eyes for the next Olympics while some are planning... Full storyNarang wins rare medal for India
Games inspire surprise swim record rush
Swimmers spurred on by the Olympic spotlight are erasing the world records of the high-tech bodysuit era at a clip few expected prior to the London Games. Full storyGreene backs Bolt, but plumps for Blake
Former Olympic 100m champion Maurice Greene thinks Usain Bolt will deliver at the London Games, but backed the world’s fastest man’s Jamaican compatriot Yohan Blake to win the 100m. Full storyA dream come true
China cash in on error
‘A’ team earn three points from drawn match
Bangladesh ‘A’ team drew their first four-day match of the Shafi Dharashah Tournament against Baroda XI on Monday. Chasing 324 runs to win, ‘A’ team ended the last day on 184-6 in 68 overs... Full storyBCB considers ZCA’s request
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is considering Zimbabwe Cricket Association’s request of accommodating them with two practice matches before they take the field for ICC World Twenty20, said officials on Monday. Full story‘A’ team suffer Alauddin blow
The Bangladesh ‘A’ team received a severe blow in India after paceman Alauddin Babu was ruled out from rest of the Shafi Dharashah Tournament with a shoulder injury. Full storyDwyer inspires Aussie rampage
Captain Jamie Dwyer scored a hat-trick as world champions Australia launched their Olympic Games men’s hockey campaign with a thumping 6-0 victory over South Africa on Monday. Full storyRoach underpins Windies win
A five-wicket haul for Kemar Roach and an unbeaten 64 from opener Chris Gayle saw West Indies beat New Zealand by nine wickets on Sunday to win the first Test of their two-match series at North Sound. Full storyVan der Burgh gets front-page splash treatment
Newspapers celebrated South Africa’s first Olympics gold medal since 2004 by giving 100m breaststroke champion Cameron van der Burgh front-page splash treatment Monday Full storyMSC thrash Sonali Bank
Mohammedan Sporting Club thrashed Sonali Bank 11-2 to extend their unbeaten run in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Hockey League as Mamnur Rahman Chayan netted three goals along with double... Full storyLi crushes rivals for -58kg gold
China’s Li Xueying set two new Olympic records as she crushed her rivals on the way to claiming gold in the women’s -58kg class on Monday. Asian Games champion Li, also the current world silver... Full story200,000 temporary seats checked after fault
Olympics organisers said Monday they were forced to check the welding on 200,000 temporary seats across venues after fans complained that seats at the rowing and archery collapsed under them. Full storyBeaten Greek judo champ says she was bitten
Greek judo champion Ioulietta Boukouvala claims she was bitten by her Cuban opponent after losing in the first round of the London Olympic Games on Monday. The 29-year-old was quoted on Greek sports... Full storyOm thanks ‘Great Leader’
North Korean weightlifter Om Yun-Chol struck gold with a remarkable world record-equalling clean and jerk Sunday—and then thanked his reclusive homeland’s ‘Great Leader’ and ‘Great Comrade’. Full storyYe hits back at doping claims
Sixteen-year-old Chinese swimming prodigy Ye Shiwen categorically denied doping on Monday after British media raised suspicions about her world record-breaking start to the London Olympics. Full storyAussies shattered as ‘Missile’ misses relay target
Swimming powerhouses Australia were looking to regroup after the shattering blow of the James Magnussen-led team bombing out of the medals in the 100m freestyle relay at the London Olympics. Full storyMatsumoto says team spirit led to gold
Kaori Matsumoto of Japan said team spirit had helped her to Olympic gold after she won the women’s under-57kg category when Romania’s Corina Caprioriu was disqualified in the final here on Monday. Full storyGiggs asks Welsh not to boo British anthem
Britain’s Welsh captain Ryan Giggs hopes fans do not boo the British national anthem when the team play their decisive group match against Uruguay in Wales on Wednesday. Full storyPolice lose keys to Wembley Stadium
Police guarding Wembley Stadium where Olympic football matches are being played revealed Monday that they have lost a set of keys to the venue. Officers searching the stadium in London ahead of the start of the Games... Full storyGerman press bemoans disastrous medal start
‘Even the Kazakhs are laughing at us,’ screamed mass circulation Bild on its front page under an Olympics medal table showing sporting powerhouse Germany with nothing to show for its efforts. Full storyVan der Burgh pays tribute to Dale Oen
