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Sri Lanka win 1st test by 6 wickets against New Zealand
Galle, Aug 18 (AP/UNB) — A ninth test century from captain Dimuth Karunaratne propelled Sri Lanka to a six-wicket win over New Zealand in the first cricket test on Sunday.
Barty upset in Cincy semifinal; Djokovic also knocked out
Ohio, Aug 18 (AP/UNB) — Ashleigh Barty's chance to move back to No. 1 was only one victory away. At the end of an up-and-down week, she didn't have another comeback left.
Liverpool beats Southampton 2-1 for 2nd win to open EPL
Southampton, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Liverpool made light of an exhaustive midweek trip to Turkey to post a club-record 11th straight Premier League win with a 2-1 triumph at Southampton, despite a late blunder by goalkeeper Adrian on Saturday.
Dortmund starts Bundesliga campaign with 5-1 win v Augsburg
Berlin, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Paco Alcacer scored twice as Borussia Dortmund began its bid to wrench the Bundesliga title from Bayern Munich with a 5-1 rout of Augsburg on Saturday.
Smith dismissed for 92 after injury, Australia out for 250
London, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Australia batsman Steve Smith was dismissed just short of his third straight century of the Ashes series after briefly retiring hurt after being struck on his neck by a hostile delivery from England paceman Jofra Archer on Saturday.
Bangladesh team leaves for Madrid on Saturday to compete Archery Youth Champs
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) - A 12-member Bangladesh Archery team left Dhaka for Madrid on Saturday evening to take part in the World Archery Youth Championship’2019 scheduled for August 19-25 in Madrid, Spain.
Should not go for result, says advisory hockey coach Bansal
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) - New Advisory Indian coach of Bangladesh Women’s Hockey Team Ajay Kumar Bansal on Saturday said they should not go for result, but should concentrate on team’s presentation in the ensuing Women’s Junior (U-21) AHF Cup Hockey Qualifiers scheduled for September 9–15 next in Singapore.
Bangladesh women’s hockey team to play first foreign opponent Tuesday
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB)- The Bangladesh Women’s Hockey team is set to play their first match against a foreign opponent, the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI)-National Women’s Hockey Academy team on Tuesday at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium here.
BCB calls 35 cricketers to join conditioning camp
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) called 35 cricketers to join conditioning camp beginning on Monday (August 19) under National Team Strength and Conditioning Coach Mario Villavarayen.
Bangladesh Emerging team to play one-day match against Sri Lanka on Sunday
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB)—The first match of the three-match one-day series between Emerging High-Performance (HP) teams of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, begins on Sunday at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) in Savar.