Sports Desk:

Rani Hamid carried on her remarkable winning run in the 45th Chess Olympiad 2024. This time, the 80-year-old beat higher-ranked Swedish opponent to record her fifth straight win from as many matches she competed in the ongoing competition.

Riding on Rani’s incredible feat in Budapest, Bangladesh women team also beat higher-ranked Sweden team and climbed to 28th in the ranking after the end of the 8th round.

Bangladesh won the 8th-round game by 2.5-1.5 points as Rani and Nusrat Jahan Alo defeated Margarita Zaritovskaja and Inna Agrest respectively.

Wadifa Ahmed drew with Anna Cramling while Walijah Ahmed lost to Pia Cramling.

While it was five in a row for Rani, it was third consecutive victory for Bangladesh women team. They earlier beat Uruguay and Dominican Republic.

In Open section, Bangladesh lost the 8th-round match to Kazakhstan by 3-1 points.

The women team is up against Argentina while the open team will face Lebanon in the 9th round Friday.