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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Admin officers to perform duties of local body chiefs聽
The government has temporarily empowered its officials to perform the duties of mayors of the city corporations and municipalities and chairmen of upazila parishads and...
Ramos out for three months
Paris Saint-Germain鈥檚 Portuguese striker Goncalo Ramos needs ankle surgery and will be sidelined for three months, the French club said a day after their Ligue 1 opening day 4-1 win at Le Havre.
PSG begin post-Mbappe era with win at Le Havre
Paris Saint-Germain began their defence of the Ligue 1 title with a 4-1 win at Le Havre on Friday in their first competitive game since the departure of talisman Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid.
Australia's Raygun says Olympic backlash 'devastating'
Australian breakdancer Raygun has spoken out against the 鈥榩retty devastating鈥� hatred unleashed online since her widely lampooned Paris Olympics performance.
Taiwan leader praises Olympic boxing champion in gender row
Taiwan's president praised Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting on Friday for showing 鈥榞race鈥� despite attacks on her gender, as he hosted a party for the island's Olympians.
China's Olympic tennis glory tracks booming middle classes
Zheng Qinwen's historic tennis gold at the Paris Olympics this month followed a decades-long surge in the sport's popularity among China's burgeoning middle class, and her victory is set to boost it even more.
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.
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.
Aussie Olympians defend scorned breakdancer 'Raygun'
Australia's Olympians returned home Wednesday and mounted a resolute defence of their breakdancing colleague against 鈥榓wful鈥� critics, comics and keyboard warriors.
South Korean sniffer dog searches for post-Olympic bedbugs
South Korea said on Tuesday it had deployed its first sniffer dog trained to detect bedbugs to prevent a possible infestation as athletes return from the Paris Olympics.
Hero's welcome for Olympic gender-row boxer Khelif in Algiers
Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif said she had won for her country's women as Algeria's Paris Games medallists received a hero's welcome at Algiers airport on Monday.
Cubans celebrate return of record Olympic champion Mijain Lopez
Thousands of Cubans on Monday night welcomed home the island's Paris 2024 team led by five-time Olympic gold wrestling champion Mijain Lopez.
Olympic flag arrival kicks off 2028 'pressure' for Los Angeles
The Olympic flag arrived under bright skies Monday in Los Angeles, where officials now have four short years to organize a Games capable of rivaling the widely praised Paris edition in a notoriously traffic-clogged metropolis.
Chinese fans, state media bask in golden glow of Olympic success
China celebrated one of its best Olympic performances on Tuesday, while state media attempted to score political points from the golden haul won by its athletes at the Paris Games.
Theatre activists for democratic reform of BGTF, BPNP
Theatre activists on Monday demanded democratic reform of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation, Bangladesh Path Natok Parishad and trial of recently resigned director general of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Liaquat Ali Lucky鈥檚 corruption...
Plain land nat鈥檒 minorities for representative in interim govt
Ethnic minority communities from the plain lands on Monday demanded a representative in the newly formed interim government...
Olympics equipment heads for 'second life' post-Games
The stands have fallen quiet and the Athletes' Village is emptying. What happens to all the equipment now the 2024 Paris Olympics are over? Organisers have plans for it.
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 鈥榞old medal鈥� performance according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.
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.
Marta admits Olympic final 'probably' her last game for Brazil
Brazil legend Marta admitted Saturday that defeat in the Olympic women's football final against the United States was likely her last ever appearance for her country after a remarkable career.
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.
Hassan wins women鈥檚 marathon as Olympic endurance gamble pays off
Sifan Hassan's endurance gamble at the Paris Games finally paid off after she sprinted away for Olympic marathon gold in the French capital on Sunday.
Dramatic jump-off sees 'Flying Kiwi' win high jump gold
New Zealand's Hamish Kerr won gold in the Olympic men's high jump in Paris on Saturday after a dramatic jump-off with American Shelby McEwen.
Kenya's Wanyonyi edges Arop for Olympic 800m gold
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off world champion Marco Arop of Canada to win Olympic men's 800 metres gold in a lightning fast race on Saturday.
Brilliant Kipyegon wins third straight women's 1,500m gold
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon made history on Saturday after becoming the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 1,500m gold medals with a superb display of middle distance running.
USA beat Brazil to win women's football gold
Mallory Swanson scored the winning goal as the United States edged Brazil 1-0 in Saturday's Olympic women's football final to claim the gold medal for a record-extending fifth time.
Rupali Bank committee of Zia Parishad announced
The new Rupali Bank committee of Zia Parishad has been announced, according to a press release...
Gender-row boxer storms to gold
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defied a major gender controversy to win gold at the Paris Olympics on Friday in front of a pulsating Roland Garros crowd that roared her to victory...
China completes historic Olympic diving clean sweep
China completed a historic clean sweep of all eight Olympic diving gold medals after Cao Yuan won the men's 10m platform final in Paris on Saturday.