AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Michael Phelps has acknowledged a “small part” in his own dramatic Olympic defeat by Singapore hero Joseph Schooling but bears no grudge. Phelps spent most of the Olympic swimming contest beating swimmers he had inspired into the pool. But Schooling, who was photographed…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Renaud Lavillenie was left fuming at a jeering partisan crowd as Brazilian Thiago Braz snatched Olympic pole vault gold in a thrilling…

AFP, COLOMBO: A gritty century from Kaushal Silva gave Sri Lanka a commanding 288-run second innings lead Tuesday, dimming Australia's hopes of a…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Joao Havelange, Brazil's corruption-tainted former FIFA president who helped bring the Olympic Games to Rio, has died at the…

Spin all-rounder Mosharraf Hossain Rubel believes that the development camp for the spinners will come as good for them as it would help them sort out the problem they have. “Spinners had played a vital role behind the success of the Bangladesh team but they always stayed behind the shadow. I…

Mohammad Ashraful will soon start his individual practice in a bid to play domestic cricket under Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). He first appeared in Mirpur after the end of three-year suspension that he received for his involvement of spot and match-fixing in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Former…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Simone Biles’s bid for a record five women’s gymnastics gold medals in Rio ended Monday when the US star was beaten into…

AP, RIO DE JANEIRO: The US women’s water polo team pushed around Brazil for most of Monday afternoon. Led by Ashleigh Johnson’s six saves,…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Charlotte Dujardin won her third Olympic dressage gold medal on Monday, watched by her fiance who made good on a longstanding marriage…

AP, RIO DE JANEIRO: The Netherlands survived its toughest test yet in Olympic women’s field hockey when it edged No. 2-ranked Argentina 3-2 on Monday…

AGENCIES, RIO DE JANEIRO: The Mammoth proved too much for the Americans. Brazil’s top-ranked team of 6-foot-8 Alison “The Mammoth” Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt eliminated Team USA’s Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in the quarterfinals of the Rio Olympics men’s beach…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Olympic boxing was at the centre of a judging controversy after Russian Evgeny Tishchenko added Rio heavyweight gold to his world and European titles on Monday at the expense of Kazakhstan’s Vassiliy Levit. Loud boos rang out in the crowd after the announcement that the judges…