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Mohan takes the field today
Mohan Khan, Bangladesh’s last remaining athlete in Olympics 2012, will take the field today when he will sprint in men’s 100-metre pre-qualifying heats at the Olympics Stadium. Full storyA game far too wide
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Before the Olympics started the athletes were warned about boozing many times but it seemed a few of them hardly listened. It led to the first arrest of an athlete, one which sent another shock... Full storyBolt, Isinbayeva make bow
The cream of men’s sprinting and Russian pole vaulting legend Yelena Isinbayeva will make their bow on the second day of the athletics programme of the Olympics today. Full storyPhelps finally recaptures his glory days
‘A’ team face defeat despite Sohag heroics
Off-spinner Sohag Gazi’s struck another five-for in the second innings, taking his match tally to 11 wickets, but his brilliant effort went in vain as Bangladesh ‘A’ lost to Karnataka State Cricket ... Full storySouth Africa all out for 419
Alviro Petersen hit a career-best 182 as South Africa stretched their first innings to 419 before they were bowled out at tea on the second day of the second Test at Headingley on Friday. Full storyEnnis makes flying start
British poster-girl Jessica Ennis made a flying start to the heptathlon Friday as the London Games athletics programme got under way in front of a vocal, 80,000-capacity Olympic Stadium crowd. Full storyBlack Caps out for 260 against WI
Kemar Roach took four wickets as the West Indies dismissed New Zealand for 260 before stumps on the first day of the second test at Sabina Park on Thursday. Full storyPupo wins rapid fire pistol gold
Cuba’s Leuris Pupo proved he had the steadiest arm in the Olympic men’s 25 metre rapid fire pistol final on Friday, grabbing gold with a record-equalling total. The 35-year-old hit 34 of the 40 targets to... Full storyEngland make solid reply
England made a solid start to their reply after South Africa stretched their first innings to 419 on the second day of the second Test at Headingley on Friday. England were 48 for no wicket when bad... Full storyFederer wins an epic
The cry came from the shadows of the Centre Court stands when Roger Federer fell behind in his Olympic semi-final. ‘Not enough, Roger!’ a British spectator shouted. And so Federer gave the crowd more - in the end, more tennis than anyone... Full storyU-19 beat PNG
Lower-order batsmen Naeem Islam Jr and Nurul Hasan struck half-centuries to help Bangladesh Under-19 team beat Papua New Guinea by a huge 120 runs in their second unofficial practice match at Brisbane on Friday. Full storyChina ‘love couple’ win badminton gold
China won the opening badminton title of the London Games as Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei became the first boyfriend and girlfriend duo to win Olympic gold medals together. Full storyUsha-Abahani game postponed for power outage
The crucial Green Delta Insurance Dhaka Premier Hockey League encounter between title contenders Usha Krira Chakra and Abahani Limited has been postponed for one day as the match could... Full storyGrainger hits Olympic jackpot
Great Britain’s Katherine Grainger finally became an Olympic champion while New Zealand took two titles at the London 2012 rowing regatta on Friday. Grainger, with Anna Watkins, sent the capacity... Full storyLaughing Dong bounces to gold
China’s gold medal-winning trampolinist Dong Dong has a simple two-word entry for the journal he has been keeping of his London Games experiences in the youngest event of the Olympic gymnastics programme. Full storyHarrison hopes to be golden inspiration
Kayla Harrison defeated Gemma Gibbons in the Olympic judo final to become the first American to win a gold in the sport at the Games—now both want to inspire the next generation of fighters. Full storyArsenal wrap up Cazorla deal
Arsenal have completed the signing of Spanish international Santiago Cazorla from Spanish side Malaga, the player said on his Twitter account Thursday. ‘I can say I am a new Arsenal player,’ said the 27-year-old midfielder. Full storyKromowidjojo wins 100free in record
Dutch flyer Ranomi Kromowidjojo set an Olympic record to clinch the women’s 100m freestyle swimming gold medal on Thursday. The Netherlands’ newest swimming star went into the Olympic... Full storyZhang wins table tennis grand slam
China’s Zhang Jike won the Olympic men’s singles table tennis gold medal as he completed a career grand slam by defeating compatriot Wang Hao 4-1 in the final on Thursday. Full storySaudi woman’s historic bow over in 82 seconds
Judoka Wojdan Shaherkani, the first Saudi Arabian woman to compete at the Olympics, sobbed as she admitted to being overwhelmed by her historic debut which lasted just 82 seconds on Friday. Full storyRiner finally lands judo title
Five-time world champion Teddy Riner finally landed the Olympic crown that had previously eluded him as he claimed heavyweight gold at the ExCel Arena on Friday. Full storyGermany handed team sprint gold
Germany’s Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel were crowned inaugural Olympic women’s team sprint champions in controversial fashion following the relegation of China at the Velodrome Thursday. Full storyRonaldo not Messi deserved Ballon d’Or: Mourinho
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said Friday that his Portuguese striker Ronaldo should have won this year’s Ballon d’Or and not Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. ‘For me, the best player of a... Full storySharapova sinks Kirilenko to reach final
Maria Sharapova swept into her first Olympic final as the Russian world number three defeated compatriot Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-3 in the semi-finals on Friday. The 25-year-old will play Wimbledon champion... Full storyFit-again Vidic joins United
Manchester United skipper Nemanja Vidic will be part of the English Premier League team’s tour of Scandinavia after missing their trips to South Africa and China last month. Full storyFergie not gaining from MU IPO
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said on Thursday he would not gain financially from the English Premier League club’s planned flotation on the New York Stock Exchange after being dragged into a row over the plan. Full storyFerdinand denies FA charge
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has denied a Football Association charge of improper conduct following comments he made on Twitter at the end of the John Terry racism trial. Full storyFergie not gaining from MU IPO
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said on Thursday he would not gain financially from the English Premier League club’s planned flotation on the New York Stock Exchange after being dragged into a row over the plan. Full storyReal trounce Galaxy
Real Madrid opened their four-game tour of the US by routing Major League Soccer champions Los Angeles Galaxy 5-1 in an exhibition match Thursday at the Home Depot Centre stadium. Full storyPetrov winning battle with leukaemia
Aston Villa skipper Stiliyan Petrov is in remission and winning his fight to overcome acute leukaemia, the English Premier League club announced on Thursday. ‘It is with great delight that the club... Full storySoni’s Pacific training gets her gold again
