Ruman Sana's Olympics journey ended in the second round where he lost against Duenas Crispin of Canada by 6-4 set points in Tokyo today.

Plenty of concerned parents can empathise with newly-crowned Olympic champion Tom Pidcock’s mum, Sonia, who says keeping tabs on her 21-year-old son in Japan is proving to be trickier than ever.

Eldric Sella went through an arduous journey to get to Tokyo, spending years visualising himself throwing punches in the Olympic boxing ring but when his Games experience finally became a reality on Monday it lasted only 67 seconds.

Ryusei Ouchi has all the usual trappings of a skateboarder -- the baggy T-shirt, the low-slung trousers, the flat-peak baseball hat. But he also skates with something else: a cane.

A 13-year-old skateboarder struck gold for Japan and British diver Tom Daley was finally crowned an Olympic champion as the duel in the pool between the United States and Australia heated up at the Tokyo Games on Monday.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today informed its intention of having former South Africa batsman Ashwell Prince as Tigers’ batting consultant at least till the next T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in UAE in October-November this year. 

Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo underwent a medical in Turin on Monday ahead of his fourth season with Juventus, along with four other returning Euro 2020 participants.

Bangladesh cricket team completed a highly fruitful tour by scooping all three trophies against hosts Zimbabwe. The scenario could not have been any better for a team as they return home with such tremendous success on the backdrop of a series of failures.

Opener Liton Das is currently with the Bangladesh team in Harare and is expected to return home on the scheduled date of July 29 with the rest of the members of the team, informed Bangladesh Team media manager Rabeed Imam today.

At a press conference today, the CEO of a South Korean TV channel apologised for using “inappropriate” images and captions to describe countries during the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony.

Bangladesh maintained a stranglehold over Zimbabwe, getting the perfect finish in the T20I series to ensure that they scooped all three trophies on the tour by chasing their second-highest target, a formidable 194 posted by the hosts in third and final T20I in Harare yesterday.

The remaining matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which was suspended in May due to COVID-19, will resume from September 19 in the United Arab Emirates, the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) said on Sunday.

American and Chinese shooters have thoroughly amazed everyone with their improved skilful display by grabbing all three medals in the 10m Air Rifle event of Tokyo Olympics. However, Bangladesh’s experienced shooter Abdullah Hel Baki failed to live up to the expectations of the shooting fraternity and ended up finishing 41st among 47 shooters at Asaka Shooting Range yesterday. 

          A Japanese skateboarder claimed a piece of Olympic history as the host nation enjoyed a gold rush on a day of upsets at the Tokyo Games on Sunday. The second full day of competition saw 18 gold medals up for grabs,

Tunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaoui was so shocked to see his name in the gold medal position for the 400m freestyle on Sunday he did not believe his eyes but after letting his stunning win at the Tokyo Olympics sink in he said he hoped to have made his family proud.

France got their Olympic men's soccer campaign back on track as Teji Savanier netted a stoppage-time winner in their 4-3 victory over South Africa on Sunday while defending champions Brazil were held to a goalless draw by Ivory Coast.

Bangladesh have won the third and final T20I by five wickets to clinch the three-match T20I series at Harare today. Soumya Sarkar’s 68 off 49, laced with nine fours and a six provided the platform to chase down Zimbabwe’s 193 for 5 before Shamim Hossain laid the finishing touch as Bangladesh won with four deliveries and five wickets to spare.

Bangladesh bowlers curbed things back after a blistering start from Zimbabwe batsmen but the hosts still managed to put on 193 runs on the board for five wickets in the third and final series-deciding T20I match at Harare today after winning the toss.

Bangladesh won the first match by eight wickets but the hosts bounce back and beat Bangladesh by 23 runs in the second one. 

Japan's Naomi Osaka won in straight sets on her highly-anticipated return to court at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, while world number one Ashleigh Barty crashed out in the first round.