Ledecky won her seventh career gold in the event but she was challenged like never before, touching the wall in a championship-record 8min 05.62sec -- a fingertip ahead of Australia's Lani Pallister (8:05.98) and McIntosh (8:07.29). It was Canadian sensation McIntosh's first

The Bangladesh women’s U-20 football team departed for Laos today to participate in the AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers 2026. The reigning SAFF U-20 Women’s Champions, Bangladesh has been placed in Group H alongside South Korea, Timor-Leste, and hosts Cambodia.

Amit Bikram Roy, student of Computer Science and Engineering, and Justin Matthias Baroi, student of International Business at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), have clinched the second and third places respectively in the “July Memorial FIDE Chess Championship – IUB

Florian Wirtz scored his first Liverpool goal as the Premier League champions beat Yokohama F. Marinos 3-1 in a pre-season friendly in Japan on Wednesday. French forward Hugo Ekitike made his debut for Liverpool, one week after joining from Eintracht Frankfurt for a reported 69 million

The Bangladesh Army conducted a raid early Tuesday targeting a suspected hideout of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) in the remote hill district of Baghaichhari in Rangamati. According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), army troops engaged in

Bangladesh Premier League champions Bashundhara Kings have completed the signing of Cuba Raul Mitchell, a 19-year-old midfielder who recently featured for Sunderland AFC’s U-21 side in England. Mitchell, born in Birmingham to a Bangladeshi mother and Jamaican father, officially

Leylah Fernandez collected the biggest title of her career at the D.C. Open with her most lopsided victory of the tournament, defeating Anna Kalinskaya 6-1, 6-2 in the final on Sunday. The left-handed Fernandez, a 22-year-old from Canada who is ranked 36th, earned her fourth singles

Nineteen-year-old International Master Divya Deshmukh etched her name into chess history on Monday, defeating Grandmaster Humpy Koneru 1.5–0.5 in the rapid tiebreaks to win the 2025 Women’s World Cup. With this victory, the Nagpur-born teenager becomes the third-ever

FIFA inaugurated Saturday a regional office in Morocco — the first in North Africa and fifth in the continent — as the kingdom ramps up preparations for the 2030 World Cup which it will host jointly with Spain and Portugal. “This is a day that will be written in

Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba have been suspended for one match after failing to appear in the MLS All-Star Game without prior league approval, Major League Soccer announced on Friday. The Inter Miami duo, both named to the All-Star roster, did not participate in Wednesday’s

German chancellor Friedrich Merz never got to see Germany play at the Women’s European Championship. “If it goes well we’ll see each other Sunday evening in Basel for the final,” Merz posted on social media before the German team faced World Cup champion Spain

Doha is bidding to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, authorities said on Tuesday, as the wealthy Gulf state sets its sights on yet another major sport event to diversify its energy-reliant economy. One of the smallest and wealthiest states in the Gulf, Qatar had already

Bangladesh clinched their maiden T20I series victory over Pakistan with a thrilling eight-run win in the second match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday night. After being sent to bat first, the hosts were reduced to 30 for four before Zakir Hasan Anik

Bangladesh will face Pakistan in the second T20 of the three-match series today at 6pm at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. The match will be broadcast live on T Sports and Nagorik TV. A win today would seal Bangladesh’s first-ever T20 series victory over

Bangladesh’s women’s football team secured the championship in dominant fashion, defeating Nepal 4-0 in their final round-robin match at the Bashundhara Kings Arena on Monday (July 21).  The win confirmed Bangladesh as undefeated champions, having won all six of their

Bangladesh cruised to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the first T20I at Mirpur on Sunday, chasing down a target of 111 with 27 balls to spare. Opener Parvez Hossain Emon starred with an unbeaten 56 off 39 balls, while Towhid Hridoy added 36. Jaker Ali hit the winning boundary.

Pakistan have set target of 111 runs for Bangladesh in the opening game of the three-match T20I series. Batting first, the green shirts crumbled like a house of cards against the Bangladeshi bowlers, getting all out for 110 runs in 19.3 overs. Fakhar Zaman was the top scorer with 44

Bangladesh have won the toss and opted to bowl first in the first T20I of the three-match series against Pakistan here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan squad: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Hassan Nawaz, Hussain

Lionel Messi delivered a commanding performance with two goals and two assists to power Inter Miami to a 5-1 comeback victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night. Trailing 1-0 in the first half, Miami erupted with three quick goals — including two from Telasco Segovia

The IUB Basketball Club has become Champion in the All Age Boys division and Runners-up in the Co-Ed All Age division of the 2THE RIM 3x3 Showdown 2025 tournament.  Held in Dhaka on July 11, the tournament featured 31 teams across Co-Ed, All Age, and U-18 categories who competed