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To hold each other’s flag

WHILE India and Pakistan can and do unfurl their flags in distant territories — say, in a cricket stadium in Sharjah or when they secure a medal at the Olympics, as the javelin throwers of the two countries did recently and expressed spontaneous respect for each other to everyone’s joy — there is no reason why both can’t hoist their flags in the other’s...

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Army chief elected BOA president 

Chief of army staff general Waker-Uz-Zaman has been elected unopposed as the president of the Bangladesh Olympic Association, BOA said through a media release on Friday.   

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BOA president Shafiuddin resigns

Bangladesh Olympic Association president and former chief of Army Staff, General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, resigned from his post around a year before the end of his four-year tenure, according to a letter received by the BOA office on Wednesday...

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Djokovic eyes Slam record

Novak Djokovic, fueled by an emotional Olympic triumph, has new Grand Slam records in his sights at the US Open, where title rival Jannik Sinner hopes to shake off a...

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Henry resigns as France U-21 coach

Thierry Henry has decided to step down from his role as coach of the France under-21 football team after guiding the side to a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the French...

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CAS rejects Indian wrestler Phogat's Olympic appeal

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Thursday lost her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after her disqualification from the women's 50kg final at the Paris Olympics for being overweight.

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Kenyans ridicule 'hideous' statue of Olympic star Kipyegon

Kenyans poured scorn and ridicule Thursday on a statue they said depicted Olympic running icon Faith Kipyegon, among several erected in the world-renowned running hub of Eldoret to fete the nation's victorious Olympians.

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French police win plaudits after high-risk Olympics

The vaulting ambition of the Paris Olympics made them risky and hard to police, but French security forces kept thousands of athletes and millions of fans safe -- a ‘gold medal’ performance according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.

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France bids reluctant farewell to dazzling Paris Olympics

Hollywood star Tom Cruise abseiled from the roof of the Stade de France at the climax of the Paris Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday, leaving the country to reluctantly bid farewell to a Games hailed as one of the most successful in history.

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LeBron's USA clinch basketball gold

The United States won their fifth straight Olympic men's basketball crown on Saturday, holding off a battling France 98-87 to take their tally of Olympic golds to 17.

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