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DMP make flying start beating SMP by 18-1 points

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) team made a flying start in the Bangladesh Police Baseball Championship outplaying Sylhet Metropolis Police (SMP) team by 18-1 points in the opening match, reports UNB.The match was held at the Rajarbagh Police Lines ground in the city on Monday.In the day's other match, Dhaka...

Bankers' Cup T20 Cricket to begin Oct 12

The Bankers Cup Cricket Tournament will begin in the city on October 12 to create new opportunity for the cricketers of the banking sector, reports UNB.Imago Sports Management organised the tournament.Twelve teams, including Standard Chartered Bank, Mutual Trust Bank, Eastern Bank, Prime Bank and AB Bank Limited will compete in...

Cook scores farewell hundred as England pile on agony for India

LONDON, Sept 10 (AFP): Alastair Cook marked his final Test innings with a storybook hundred as England piled on the runs against India at the Oval on Monday.England were 243 for two in their second innings at lunch on the fourth day of the fifth Test, with Cook 103 not...

Djokovic beats Potro to win US Open

NEW YORK, Sept 10 (AFP): Novak Djokovic clinched his third US Open title on Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 triumph over Juan Martin del Potro, taking him level with Pete Sampras's mark of 14 Grand Slams.Djokovic, playing in his eighth final in New York and already the champion...

Djokovic passes Federer's record prize-money haul

When Novak Djokovic won the US Open for a third time on Sunday, he regained his place as his sport's biggest ever on-court earner, reports BBC Sport.That is despite winning fewer Grand Slams - the most lucrative tournaments in tennis - and fewer ATP Tour titles than Swiss great Roger...

WTA backs Serena as row grows over US Open 'sexism'

NEW YORK, Sept 10 (AFP): Serena's claim that the code violations that sparked her meltdown in the US Open final were sexist stirred debate, with WTA Tour chief executive Steve Simon backing her on Sunday.Williams was handed three code violations -- and docked a point and then a game --...

France beat Netherlands, Germany sink Peru, Eriksen stars for Denmark

GENEVA, Sept 10 (AP): It took a stunning goal for World Cup champion France to get its first win in international soccer's newest competition on Sunday.Not from superstar Kylian Mbappe - who did tap in the first goal of France's 2-1 win over the Netherlands in the UEFA Nations League...

Finger injury rules SL's Chandimal out of Asia Cup

COLOMBO, Sept 10 (AFP): Sri Lanka Test captain Dinesh Chandimal was withdrawn Monday from the 16-member squad for the Asian Cup because of an injury during a recent domestic tournament, the board said.The 28-year-old batsman had injured a finger during a domestic Twenty20 match and needed more time to recover,...

Police probe fraud of England tour cash at Sri Lanka Cricket

COLOMBO, Sept 10 (AFP): Criminal investigators were called in Monday to investigate an alleged $5.5 million fraud at Sri Lanka Cricket involving money from a looming England tour, officials said.Detectives from the police Criminal Investigation Department went to the offices of the national governing body in Colombo to begin a...