Sacred Assailants, a women’s sports team of BRAC University, won 14-1 over the Galacticos yesterday at Baridhara DOHS basketball court.

Dharma Alrie Guna of Indonesia and Achininimeshika Rathnasir of Sri Lanka became champions in the men’s and women’s singles of the Bangladesh International Badminton Series which concluded at the Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium yesterday.

Bangladesh women’s cricket team suffered their second successive defeat against Sri Lanka when the visitors conceded a two-wicket defeat in the second of three ODIs at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium yesterday.

Serbia’s top seed Janko Tipsarevic won the ATP title of the joint WTA/ATP 1.5-million-dollar Kremlin Cup tournament here Sunday, beating second seed and his compatriot Viktor Troicki.

Australia national coach Tim Nielsen has decided to step down rather than reapply for his job, he said Tuesday, soon after the team posted a 1-0 Test series win over Sri Lanka in Colombo.

Federation Cup Invitational Table Tennis Tournament commences today at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium with 18 teams participating in the meet.

Australia’s Sam Stosur won her first Grand Slam title with a stunning victory over favourite Serena Williams in a controversial US Open final.

World number one Caroline Wozniacki came back from a set and 4-1 down to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova and reach the US Open last eight on Monday just as her lofty status again looked too heavy a burden to bear.

The fixtures for the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2011, to be held in Dhaka from 14 to 25 November, have been announced by the International Cricket Council yesterday.

Mamatha Maben, the former India women’s cricket team captain, is all set to become the first foreign coach for the Bangladesh women’s cricket team.

Serena Williams shrugged off her unseeded status and delivered a dominating 6-1, 6-3 victory over second-seeded Maria Sharapova to reach the semi-finals of the WTA Stanford tournament.

Eden Girls College set up final clash with holders Viqarunnisa Noon School & College in the 14th Delta Life Women’s College/University Handball Tournament as the two teams win their respective semi-final matches at the Handball Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.

Eden Women’s College, Siddheswari Girls College, and Home Economics College finished comfortable winners on the opening day of the 14th Delta Life Women’s College/University Handball Competition yesterday.

The 14th Delta Life Women’s College-University Handball tournament gets underway today at the Handball Stadium with four matches slated for the opening day.

Sharmin Akhter Ratna set a new national record in the women’s 10m air rifle event when SA Games gold medalist shot 500.3 out of 509 in the 25th National Shooting Championship at the National Shooting Complex in Gulshan yesterday.