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JU student becomes 3rd in 7.5km run organised by BYLC
Dhaka, Aug 2 (UNB)- A student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) became 3rd in the 7.5km run competition organised by Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) marking Int’l Youth Day 2019.
Mexico's Celaya wins diving gold in his first Pan Am Games
Lima, Aug 2 (AP/UNB) — Mexico's Juan Manuel Celaya plunged with power and emerged from the pool with a smile, knowing that the most challenging days had been worth a gold medal at the 1-meter springboard at the Pan American Games on Thursday.
Canada wins Pan Am gold, Olympic berth at artistic swimming
Lima, Aug 1 (AP/UNB) — After they soared with acrobatic skills in the water, Canada's Claudia Holzner and Jacqueline Simoneau embraced Halle Pratt, who wept tears of joy when they won the artistic swimming overall team gold Wednesday at the Pan American Games and an Olympic ticket to Tokyo 2020.
Ex-Olympic skater Ashley Wagner writes of 2008 sex assault
Former Olympian Ashley Wagner says she was sexually assaulted by another figure skater in 2008 when she 17.
Ryan Lochte returns to competition with fast 200 IM
Stanford, Aug 1 (APUNB) — Olympic champion Ryan Lochte made an emphatic return to competition Wednesday, swimming the fourth-fastest time by an American in the 200-meter individual medley during a time trial at the Phillips 66 National Championships at Stanford University.
Andy Murray, brother Jamie advance in doubles at Citi Open
Washington, Aug 1 (APUNB) — Brothers Andy and Jamie Murray have advanced in doubles at the Citi Open.
Allyson Felix competes for medals, campaigns for motherhood
About a month after her daughter's emergency delivery , sprinter Allyson Felix went through one of her toughest workouts — a 30-minute walk.
Inter-Club Shooting: BKSP emerge champions, Army finish runners-up
Dhaka, July 31 (UNB) – BKSP Shooting Club emerged champions and Army Shooting Association finished as runners-up in the four-day 24th Inter-Club Shooting Competition that concluded at the National Shooting Complex in Gulshan on Wednesday.
Rubik's Rookie: Jets' Calvin Anderson has puzzling talent
Florham Park, Jul 31 (AP/UNB) — Calvin Anderson was in middle school the first time he watched in amazement as a football teammate deftly solved a Rubik's Cube.
Spieth adds tournament to help chances of East Lake return
Dhaka, Jul 31 (AP/UNB) -Jordan Spieth hasn't played the Wyndham Championship since he lost in a playoff to Patrick Reed in 2013, a finish that allowed him to start the FedEx Cup playoffs in the top 10. He returns to Greensboro, North Carolina, facing a little more urgency.