United News of Bangladesh

Washington, July 27 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The Rogers Cup will be without two of the game's biggest stars as both Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Juan Martin del Potro from Argentina have announced to miss the ATP Masters 1,000 event, local media reported on Friday.

Gwangju, Jul 26 (AP/UNB) — Simone Manuel wasn't swimming up to her standards, and she felt her relay anchor leg that resulted in a silver medal for the U.S. proved it.

Gwangju, Jul 26 (AP/UNB) — Anton Chupkov of Russia broke the world record in the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the world swimming championships Friday.

Gwangju, Jul 26 (AP/UNB) — Caeleb Dressel broke Michael Phelps' world record in the 100-meter butterfly on Friday at the world swimming championships.

Beijing, July 26 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Naomi Osaka of Japan has targeted gold medal on home soil with the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games approaching within a year.

Montreal, July 26 (AP/UNB) — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup.

Wellington, July 26 (AP/UNB) — The All Blacks and Springboks coaches agree the winner of Saturday's Rugby Championship test in Wellington will take a slight edge into the World Cup where the teams will meet again in the first round of pool play.

Des Moines, July 26 (AP/UNB) — Rai Benjamin: Antiguan cricket player. Just like dad. Sure, the thought perhaps held a certain charm early on.

Dhaka, July 25 (UNB) - Kristof Milak was 13-months-old when Michael Phelps set his first world record, in the 200-meter butterfly. For most of the next 18 years in his native Hungary, Milak studied low-quality videotapes of Phelps’ races, squinting at the grainy images for tips on how to refine his butterfly technique.

Gwangju, Jul  25 (AP/UNB) — American Lilly King was disqualified from the 200-meter breaststroke preliminaries at the world swimming championships on Thursday.