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Teen medallists take podium to ’80s, ’90s tunes

Sports Desk: A trio of teens had no problem grooving onto the Olympic podium with a soundtrack from another century playing in the background, as Generation Z swept the Paris

Olympics official ‘deeply sorry’ for introducing S Korea as N Korea

Sports Desk: Olympics organisers have “deeply apologized” to South Korea over a “human error” that saw its 143 athletes wrongly introduced as North Korean at the opening ceremony. The mishap

Footballer Aminul Islam Saruj passes away

Sports Desk: Swadhin Bangla Football Team member Aminul Islam Saruj passed away at a hospital in the capital on Monday. He was 74. According to Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), Saruj

Messi-less defending champ Miami wins Leagues Cup opener

Sports Desk: Defending champion Inter Miami, playing without injured star Lionel Messi, blanked Mexico’s Puebla 2-0 at home on Saturday to begin defending their Leagues Cup crown. Paraguay’s Matias Rojas

Biles makes Paris Olympics entrance as Peaty eyes swimming landmark

Sports Desk: Simone Biles will make her eagerly anticipated first appearance at the Paris Olympics on Sunday while British breaststroke king Adam Peaty aims to emulate Michael Phelps in the

Akbar and Co depart for Australia

Sports Desk: Tanzid Hasan Tamim (L) and Akbar Ali (R) are seen in the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport before departing to Darwin, Australia for the Bangladesh High Performance Unit’s one-dayer