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Emotional Phelps makes history

Michael Phelps ensured his status as the greatest ever Olympian on Tuesday night in London when he swam the anchor leg of a demanding relay race to earn his 19th medal. Full story

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‘Blade Runner’ awaits Olympic debut

South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius is all set to become the first double amputee in an Olympic when he makes his debut in athletics on Saturday. Pistorius has been in the headlines since he qualified 400m individual... Full story

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Shiwen takes ‘biased’ world at her feet

China’s new darling girl Ye Shiwen sprinted to her second swimming gold in London on Tuesday and quickly dubbed rest of the world ‘biased’ against her country because of their doping allegation. Full story

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NBR attaches Gladiators owner’s bank account

The National Board of Revenue has asked to attach the bank accounts of Bangladesh Premier League champions Dhaka Gladiators owner Shihab Trading International for not paying the advance taxes for the sales... Full story

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MSC on brink of title

League leaders Mohammedan Sporting Club moved closer to the Green Delta Insurance Premier Hockey League title despite playing out a 1-1 draw with their arch-rivals Abahani Limited in a bad-tempered match... Full story

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FPWA goes to BFF for lessening foreigners

The Football Players’ Welfare Association on Wednesday has submitted a letter of memorandum to the Bangladesh Football Federation urging the governing body of the country’s football to reduce the foreign... Full story

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LONDON DIARY

A day after doping row cast a dark shadow London Olympics were hit by match-fixing scandal as the World Badminton Federation charged eight female players with the allegation. But it had little impact on the athletes... Full story

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England seek to bounce back against Proteas

England will seek to bounce back after what spin bowler Graeme Swann described as a ‘public humiliation’ when they face South Africa in the second Test starting at Headingley today. Full story

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Armstrong finds perfect gift

Parents often bring a toy back to their children from business trips and American Kristin Armstrong will do just that after retaining her Olympic time trial title on Wednesday. Full story

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Poor show by ‘A’ team

Bangladesh ‘A’ team had a disastrous first day of their second four-day match in the Shafi Dharashah Tournament after they were bundled out for only 110 runs against KSCA Colts XI at BGS Ground on Wednesday. Full story

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BU-Rahmatganj match-fixing report submitted

The match-fixing identification committee of Bangladesh Football Federation on Wednesday submitted its report on the suspicious Bangladesh Premier League match between Brothers Union and Rahmatganj... Full story

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BHF names squad for World Hockey League

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation on Wednesday declared a 20-member squad for the World Hockey League to be held in Singapore from August 31 to September 2. Full story

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Eight disqualified over badminton scandal

Eight players involved in a match-fixing scandal at the Olympic badminton tournament have been disqualified, the Badminton World Federation confirmed on Wednesday. But the eight players—four from South... Full story

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Wiggins claims fourth gold

Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins of Britain bagged the fourth Olympic gold medal of his career here Wednesday after blitzing his rivals to win the men’s road race time trial. Full story

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BCB to issue NOC to fit players for SLPL

The Bangladesh Cricket Board decided to give no objection certificate to the physically fit among the five cricketers who are set to participate in the forthcoming Sri Lankan Premier League, officials said on Wednesday. Full story

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Houghton the heroine as Britain beat Brazil

Great Britain enjoyed their finest result in their brief history as a women’s football nation as they beat female soccer superpower Brazil 1-0 to advance into the Olympic quarter-finals on Tuesday. Full story

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Li stuns Ding in final

Li Xiaoxia stunned Ding Ning to win women’s table tennis gold in a stormy, all-Chinese women’s singles final which ended with the world number one in tears on Wednesday. Full story

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Meilutyte’s life not the same after Olympic win

Ruta Meilutyte’s young life has been turned upside down since her career-changing Olympic gold medal triumph and has become recognisable in the athletes village in London. Full story

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‘Phelps probably not the greatest’

Michael Phelps may be the most successful athlete in Olympic history but he is ‘probably not’ the greatest, according to London Games chief Sebastian Coe. Full story

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Niger rower trained in fishing boat

Niger’s first-ever Olympic rower trained in a fishing boat and fell into the water the first time he stepped into the real thing. Hamadou Djibo Issaka, who only took up rowing in May, has become a rock-solid fans’ favourite... Full story

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Federer keeps gold bid on track

Roger Federer moved into the Olympic Games quarter-finals with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin on Wednesday. After securing a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon title last month, Federer... Full story

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End may be nigh for fallen champ Rice

Australia’s Beijing triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice said she will take a break from swimming and consider whether to continue after a frustrating London Games. Rice, 24, was unable to defend her 200/400m... Full story

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Villa given all-clear to resume full training

Barcelona and Spain striker David Villa has been given the all-clear to resume full training, although he is still some way short of reaching full match fitness, his club announced on Tuesday. Full story

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World record needed to win 110m hurdles: Richardson

Reigning world champion Jason Richardson is in no doubt about what it will take to win the men’s Olympic 110m hurdles - a world record. The field for the men’s high hurdles is of the highest class, featuring the likes... Full story

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Le Clos in tears after beating hero Phelps

South Africa’s Chad le Clos cried tears of joy after ending Michael Phelps’ 200m butterfly reign at the Olympics Tuesday. Le Clos, third at the final turn, relentlessly tracked in Phelps and pipped him... Full story

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Schmitt storms to 200m free gold

American Allison Schmitt, a training partner of Michael Phelps, swam an Olympic record to win the gold medal in the women’s 200m freestyle on Tuesday. Schmitt went one better than her silver medal in the 400m freestyle... Full story

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Dominant USA surge to women’s team gold

The United States won the Olympic women’s team gymnastics final on Tuesday to claim their first gold medal in the event since the ‘Magnificent Seven’ triumphed at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Full story

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Rowing rookie and Army captain bag first home gold

Rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won the women’s pair title Wednesday to give Great Britain its first gold medal at the London Olympics. The pair, who also captured the host nation’s first ever women’s Olympic... Full story

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B R I E F S

Chad le Clos slept with his gold medal on after edging out US Olympics legend Michael Phelps in the 200m butterfly final, his South Africa team-mate Oscar Pistorius revealed Wednesday. Full story

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