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Olympics-Athletics-Duplantis breaks own pole vault world record after taking gold
PARIS - Sweden's Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record when he cleared 6.25 metres at the third attempt on Monday having...
Aug 6, 20241 min read


Olympics-Gymnastics-Italy's D'Amato claims balance beam gold, Biles finishes fifth
PARIS - Italian gymnast Alice D'Amato emerged as the surprise champion on the balance beam at the Paris Olympics on Monday after American...
Aug 6, 20242 min read


Olympics-Badminton-South Korea's An, Denmark's Axelsen win gold in singles finals
PARIS - South Korea's An Se-young beat He Bingjiao of China 21-13 21-16 to capture the badminton women's singles Olympic gold medal,...
Aug 6, 20243 min read


Olympics-Shooting-Italy denies Hancock fifth gold, Li seals China's dominance
CHATEAUROUX, France - American great Vincent Hancock fell agonisingly short of a fifth Olympic gold after the Italian pair of Gabriele...
Aug 6, 20242 min read


Olympics-Badminton-Denmark's Axelsen beats Thailand to the men's singles gold
PARIS - Denmark's Viktor Axelsen beat Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand to win his second successive men's singles Olympic gold medal in...
Aug 6, 20241 min read


Olympics-Gymnastics-China's Zou, 'king of parallel bars', retains title
PARIS - China's Zou Jingyuan handily beat his rivals to retain the Olympic parallel bars title on Monday, picking up his third medal of...
Aug 6, 20242 min read


Olympics-Swimming-China's proud Zhang to take a break after six-medal Games
PARIS - China's Zhang Yufei has said she would like to take a break from swimming and experience other things in life after ending her...
Aug 6, 20242 min read


Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina flees, army says interim government to be formed
DHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday after hundreds of people were killed in a...
Aug 6, 20245 min read


IANS Interview: Bangladesh will turn into another Pak if BNP-Jamaat attain power, says Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb
New Delhi, Aug 5 - The weeks-long unrest in Bangladesh over a quota-related issue took an unprecedented turn on Monday with protesters...
Aug 6, 20243 min read


Mob sets former B'desh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza's house on fire
Dhaka, Aug 5 - Protesters have reportedly set on fire the house of former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza as violence and...
Aug 5, 20241 min read


Protesters vandalise Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's statue in Dhaka
New Delhi, Aug 5 - With Sheikh Hasina reportedly resigning as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and fleeing the country amid an...
Aug 5, 20242 min read


Angry protesters set Home Minister's residence on fire in Dhaka
Dhaka, Aug 5 - Local media in Bangladesh reported on Monday that "thousands of protesters" have vandalised the residence of the country's...
Aug 5, 20242 min read
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