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SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 20228United Commercial Bank Ltd recently signed an MoU with "SHE" an F-Commerce based women'sorganization having more than 2,50,000 members. Through this MoU, members of SHE will beallowed to open accounts with preferential features. They will also get different banking facilitiesthrough UCB's physical and digital platforms. On behalf of the organizations, Md Shah AlamBhuiyan, Deputy Managing Director, UCB; and PromeDey, Founder of SHE exchanged the agreement.Md Mohsinur Rahman, SVP and Head of SME Banking Division along with other Head ofBranches of UCB; and Joyanta Sen Gupta, spokesperson, SHE were present among others in theevent at UCB Regional Office of Chattogram.Photo: CourtesyMajor US banks canweather severe economicdownturn: FedWASHINGTON : Thelargest banks operating inthe US market havesufficient resources towithstand a severe economicdownturn and continueproviding financing toAmerican families andfirms, the Federal Reservesaid Thursday, reports BSS.The Fed subjected 33banks to its annual "stresstest" exercise, to gaugewhether they would be ableto weather a steep globalrecession.In the hypothetical crisis,financial markets plummet,commercial real estate andcorporate debt markets facesubstantial strain, USunemployment reaches 10percent and the economycontracts by 3.5 percent.The results "showed thatbanks continue to havestrong capital levels,allowing them to continuelending to households andbusinesses during a severerecession," the Fed said.The scenario for this year'stest was even bleaker thanthe one used last year, butthe outcome was the same,showing all the banks wouldmaintain a sufficient"cushion" despite totalprojected losses of $612billion, according to thereport."Despite the larger poststressdecline this year...capital ratios remain wellabove the requiredminimum levelsthroughout the projectionhorizon" of nine quarters,the report said.The stress tests,implemented in the wake ofthe 2008 global financialcrisis, apply to banks with atleast $100 billion in totalassets, including the top tierdesignated as "globalsystemically importantbanks."Japan inflationstays at seven-yearhigh in MayTOKYO: Japan's coreconsumer prices jumped 2.1percent again in May, thesecond consecutive monthlyjump of a level not seen inseven years, official datashowed Friday, reports BSS.The core consumer priceindex, which excludes freshfood, jumped 2.1 percentyear-on-year in May,according to figures releasedby the internal affairsministry.The rise follows a 2.1percent jump in April, thefirst time since March 2015that the figure breached the2.0 percent set by the Bankof Japan (BoJ) as its longterminflation target.The reading, in line withmarket expectations, comesafter the Japanese centralbank last week stuck to itsmonetary easing policy evenas other central banks raiseinterest rates to tameinflation.The BoJ did, however, saidit would "pay due attention"to forex markets after theyen hit a 24-year low.India rushes food, medicineto bankrupt Sri LankaCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka accepted a rice andpharmaceuticals shipment fromneighbouring India Friday as the islandnation battles an unprecedented economiccrisis that has left supermarket shelves andpharmacy cabinets empty, reports BSS.A critical shortage of foreign currency hasleft Sri Lanka unable to pay for enoughimported food, fuel and medicines to meetdemand since the end of last year, causingwidespread hardship.Its 22 million people have also been forcedto endure prolonged daily blackouts andgalloping inflation that has strainedhousehold budgets.India has extended $1.5 billion in creditlines to allow Sri Lanka to keep meeting aportion of its food and energy needs, andFriday's shipment followed a visit by Indianexperts for aid talks. "Both parties discussedat length the future course of action of theIndian aid programme to stabilise and revivethe Sri Lankan economy," Sri LankanPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office saidafter the meeting.An acute lack of petrol has immobilised SriLanka this week, with parliament cancellingtwo days of sittings to help conserve fuel.The United Nations last week appealed foremergency food aid after a survey showedthat four out of five Sri Lankans wereskipping meals to cope with the crisis.A US Treasury delegation is expected inthe capital Colombo next week to assess thecrisis, with Prime Minister RanilWickremesinghe telling lawmakersWednesday that the nation's economy hadreached the point of "complete collapse".Sri Lanka has already defaulted on its $51billion foreign debt and is in bailout talkswith the International Monetary Fund,which could take months.Bangladesh celebrates 'World BusinessAngels Investors Week 2022'The World Business Angels Investors Week-2022https://angelsweek.org/celebrated inBangladesh with a gorgeous event based onthe global theme is Business Transformationfor Post -Pandemic Economics recently. TheWeek is coordinated globally by the WorldBusiness Angels Investment Forum - anaffiliated partner of the G20 GlobalPartnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), apress release said.Professor Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam,Chairman, Bangladesh Securities andExchange Commissionwas the KeynoteSpeaker and Chief Guest where Dr. Md.Sabur Khan, Chairman, Board of Trustees,Daffodil International University was thedistinguished speaker at the ceremony.Mohammad Nuruzzaman, Bangladesh Chairof World Business Angels Investors Week-2022 and CEO of Daffodil Family deliveredwelcome speech on the occasion. BaybarsAltuntas, Executive Chairman WorldBusiness Angels Investment Forum greetedthe event through a video message.After the inauguration, a roundtablediscussion titled 'Role of Angel Investors inthe Development of Startup Ecosystem' washeld on. Munir Hassan, Chief Coordinator ofDigital Transformation and YouthProgram,Prothom Alo, Nirjhar Rahman,CEO, Bangladesh Angels, A K M FahimMashrrur, Co-Founder and CEO,bdjobs.com, M Asif Rahman, CEO, ArComm,WPdeveloper, Serial Entrepreneur and AngelInvestordiscussed at the roundtable as thespeakers. The roundtable was moderated byAsif Iqbal, Senior Lecturer, Department ofInnovation and Entrepreneurship, DaffodilInternational University and BangladeshiCoordinator, WBAW.While presenting keynote paper, ProfessorShibli Rubayat Ul Islam said, AngelInvestment is very important in differentaspects likeAngel Investors' contributionviatime, expertise, knowledge &connectionsto the business; Empirical strongcorrelationbetween national GDP &thenumber of entrepreneursactively engagedin enterprisecreation activity and AngelInvestors be the parentsof SMEs providingmore than money in return for a stake inthestartups' success.Dr. Md. Sabur Khan said, Covid-19 hascreated both new challenges and as well asopportunities for the young entrepreneursand new Start Ups. For initiating 'DigitalBangladesh' program in earlier, Bangladeshis growing fast and set an example of rolemodel of development even in globalpandemic situation. He urged all to be doerand make friendship with the technologieslike 'Internet of Thinking', ArtificialIntelligence and work smartly.It is to be mentioned that 'World BusinessAngels Investors Week-2022' has startedworldwide from last 20th June 2022. Thisspecial week is being celebrated in 132countries across 5 continents, the WorldBusiness Angel Investors Week 2022welcomes more than 200,00 participantsfrom around the world. These include 320keynote speakers, 765 distinguished panelspeakers, speeches by 12 presidents, 6 primeministers, and 32 ministers.World BusinessAngels Investors Week-2022' will end onJune 26, 2022.Dr. Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Daffodil InternationalUniversity and Professor Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam, Chairman, BangladeshSecurities and Exchange Commission, Mohammad Nuruzzaman, BangladeshChair of World Business Angels Investors Week-2022 and CEO of Daffodil Familyare seen at the Bangladesh Chapter Program.Photo: CourtesyHuawei MateBook D to bid Upgraded& Seamless AI Life ExperienceHuawei makes its PCs smarter than ever with the new 11thGen Intel Core i5 Processor, which will significantly improveperformance and cross-device communication. The mostrecent models of Huawei's MateBook D series, the MateBookD14 and MateBook D15, are designed to meet the needs ofyoung people at all stages of online education, remoteemployment and multimedia entertainment, a press releasesaid. The Huawei MateBook D14 & D15 also offered a highcapacitybattery and other cutting-edge features like SuperDevice, Fingerprint PowerButton, Dual Antenna Wi-Fi 6, and reverse chargingfor smartphones. Foryoung people in all kinds ofeducational and everydaysettings, the HUAWEIMateBook D series is nowmore than just aproductivity tool. The newMateBooks are powered byan 11th Generation Intel i5Processor built on 10nmSuperFin technology. Thequad-core, eight-threadprocessor handlescommon usage scenarioswith ease thanks to quicker performance than itspredecessors. It also has integrated Intel® Iris® XeGraphics, which provides graphics performance comparableto entry-level discrete competitors. Additionally, the HuaweiMateBook D provides a high-speed 512GB NVMe PCle SSDand 8GB of memory for improved read and writeperformance and a more streamlined operating experience.The Huawei MateBook D14 features a 14-inch 1080p FullSwisscontact Bangladesh has recentlyteamed up with Geocycle Bangladesh,the waste management wing ofLafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited, toimplement a green initiative in micro,small and medium enterprises(MSMEs) in the leather goods sector ofBhairab, Kishoreganj. The agreement isalso endorsed by the BhairabMunicipality and Bhairab PadukaKarkhana Malik Somobay SomityLimited. Under this multi stakeholderagreement, Swisscontact will deployinnovative solid waste managementsolutions as initiatives of B-SkillFULPhase II and Prabriddhi, twoprogrammes funded by Switzerland, apress release said.A Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed on 23rd June 2022at theHotel Amari, Dhaka between theBhairab Municipality, Bhairab PadukaKarkhana Malik Somobay SomityLimited, Geocycle and Swisscontact.Representations from the Embassy ofSwitzerland in Bangladesh and allparties concerned attended the event.This initiative addressesenvironmental pollution, caused by theenormous volume of solid wastegenerated by Bhairab's leather goodssector, by establishing a safe andenvironment-friendly process of wastecollection, disposal and recycling. As aresult, this initiative will create multipleimpacts in improving workingconditions within MSMEs, reducingenvironmental hazards and promotingcost effective and green productionprocesses.HD IPS anti-glare screen, whereas the Huawei MateBookD15 has a 15.6-inch 1080p Full HD IPS anti-glare screen. Italso keeps the FullView design of its predecessors with an upto 87 percent screen-to-body ratio and a 16:9 aspect ratio fora more immersive viewing experience.The Huawei MateBook D series results in a seamless andexquisite overall appearance with a simple metal body andrefined lines, weighing just 1.38kg and measuring only15.9mm at their thickest point for MateBook D14, andweighing 1.56kg andmeasuring 16.9mm forMateBook D15. The 65W ACadapter can be used tocharge some Huaweismartphones that supportthe Huawei SuperChargetechnology. Furthermore, itsupports reverse charging ofmobile phones from thenotebook, when thenotebook is switched off.Users may enjoy a newsmart office experiencethanks to its ability toseamlessly collaborate withother Huawei products(including phones, tablets, and monitors). Consumers willsoon be able to try out the beta version of AppGallery, whichwill allow them to use specific mobile applications from theAppGallery that are supported by the Mobil App engine.Huawei MateBook D14 and Huawei MateBook D15 areavailable for order and sale at Huawei Stores, HuaweiExperience Stores and authorized retail stores for BDT71,999, respectively.LafargeHolcim signs agreement withSwisscontact BangladeshThis partnership further strengthensSwitzerland's increased focus onclimate change and environment inBangladesh.Implemented by Swisscontact, the B-SkillFUL program me is a four-yearskills and enterprise developmentprogramme of Swisscontact not onlyaims to improve the productivity andcompetitiveness among workers bycreating better jobs but also promotesmore environmentally sustainablepractices among participating MSMEs.And the Prabriddhi programmefocuses on building the capacity ofurban or rural territories to create acompetitive advantage for theirenterprises through a broad set ofactivities and improve the economicwell-being of its people and workers.World leaders seek united front forUkraine as war rages onBERLIN: World leaders including US President Joe Bidenwill seek to close ranks at back-to-back summits fromSunday on offering emphatic support to help Ukraine repelRussian invaders as the relentless war puts internationalunity to the test, reports BSS.In the face-to-face talks, the allies will take stock of theeffectiveness of sanctions imposed so far against VladimirPutin's Russia, consider possible new military and financialaid for Ukraine, and begin turning their eye to longer-termreconstruction plans.But they will also be struggling to maintain a united frontas the fallout from the war-from soaring inflation to loomingfood shortages to fears over energy supplies-tug at theirresolve. Ahead of the summit of G7 most industrialisednations which will be hosted from Sunday at the Bavarianmountain resort of Elmau Castle, German Chancellor OlafScholz warned that allies would need stamina in shoring upUkraine."The truth is, we are still far from negotiations betweenUkraine and Russia" because Putin "still believes in thepossibility of a dictated peace", Scholz said on Wednesday."It is therefore all the more important that we stay firmlyon course-with our sanctions, with internationallycoordinated arms deliveries, with our financial support forUkraine." Scholz will be arriving in Elmau from an EUsummit in Brussels, where the 27-member bloc on Thursdayagreed to grant "candidate status" to Ukraine.After the G7 summit closes on Tuesday, the leaders willhead to a gathering of NATO powers in Madrid.There, cracks are already apparent over Sweden andFinland's bids for accession, after Turkey blindsided the 30-member defence alliance in opposing the applications.Western allies have supplied Ukraine with billions infinancial aid and armaments, with the US leading the chargewith $5.6 billion worth of weapons alone.But as the war drags into its fifth month, Ukraine hasrepeatedly warned that it needs far more support towithstand the grinding Russian assault.Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky will participate inthe G7 and NATO summits in separate video-link sessions,but he has made his agenda abundantly clear with hisrepeated pleas for more pressure on Russia and moreweapons for his troops.Washington said leaders at the G7 plan to "roll out aconcrete set of proposals to increase pressure on Russia".Yet allies' coordinated unprecedented action to shut downRussia's economy has failed so far to work.Instead, it has exposed the Achilles heel of energy reliancethat continues to crimp the ability of major players likeGermany or Italy to go all out in punishing Moscow.
SATURDAY, JUnE 25, 20229Summer McIntosh at World swimming championshipsPhoto: APGold for teenage stars Summer McIntosh,David Popovici at swimming worldsSPORTS DESKThe kids are all right. Canadianteenager Summer McIntosh won thewomen's 200-meter butterfly for herfirst title at the world swimmingchampionships on Wednesday before17-year-old Romanian David Popoviciclaimed his second, reports UNB.They still have some way to go tomatch Katie Ledecky, who claimed her18th gold at a worlds by helping theUnited States win the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. The 25-year-oldLedecky now has 21 medals, extendingher record for the most among femaleswimmers in the competition.Popovici won the mens 100 freestyleto add to the 200 freestyle he won onMonday. He is just the second man toachieve the double at a worlds, afterAmerican swimmer Jim Montgomeryin 1973, and he's the first Romanianswimmer to win two golds at a worlds."The airport is going to be chaotic butI am ready for it," Popovici said of hisreturn to Bucharest. "For Romania itTrans cyclist and two-timeworld champion VictoriaIvy slams FINA's 'Open'category proposalSPORTS DESKWorld swimming's governingbody FINA is setting up aworking group to look intocreating an 'open category' toensure inclusivity after votingto restrict transgender womenfrom competing in elitewomen's competition, reportsUNB.But before the workinggroup has even begun toconsider exactly how anopen category would work,the concept has already beendismissed by trans athletes.Details of who would beeligible to compete in an'open category' and whatevents such a division wouldfeature in have yet to emergewith FINA giving itself sixmonths to formulate a plan.So far FINA has said thatthe open category wouldoffer opportunities forathletes "without regard totheir sex, their legal gender,or their gender identity"But Veronica Ivy, transcyclist and twice UCIMasters world champion,said the proposal was an"extreme indignity"."FINA's choice to forcetrans women into an 'open'category with cisgender menis an unethical non-starter,"she told Reuters in aninterview."It is the very definition of'separate but equal' and anextreme indignity to thewomen affected. Transwomen are legally, socially,and medically women; weare legally, socially, andmedically female."We ought to race withwomen and internationalsports federations need tocease placing limits on who is'woman' or 'female' enough,"she said.So far, the only idea floatedfor swimming has comefrom the World SwimmingCoaches Association, whichproduced a positionstatement before FINA'scongress on Sunday.means a lot and I love the feelings, eventhough I cannot explain it really well, Iam very happy." The 15-year-oldMcIntosh clocked 2 minutes, 05.20seconds in the 200 butterfly to beatthree Olympic medalists to the title."It's one of my biggest dreams in theswimming world to become worldchampion, and especially to do it in 200fly is something I have always wantedto do because this is one of my favoriteevents," said McIntosh, who finished0.88 seconds ahead of American HaliFlickinger. China's Zhang Yufei wasthird and American Regan Smith was1.59 seconds behind in fourth.Popovici had to fight hard to edgeFrance's MaximeGrousset by 0.06seconds in the final with a time of 47.58seconds. Canada's Joshua LiendoEdwards, who was leading at thehalfway stage, took the bronze. Twotimedefending championCaelebDressel didn't race afterwithdrawing from the rest of thecompetition with an unspecifiedmedical condition earlier Wednesday.Paul Pogba is set to return to Juventus as a free agent.The Americans had to wait until thewomen's 4×200-meter freestyle relayfor their 11th gold of the championshipsas Claire Weinstein, Leah Smith,Ledecky and Bella Sims. Australia wassecond and Canada third. "I am soproud," Ledecky said. "I think I realizedwhen we were on the medal podium ithad been a while since we had all beenup there singing the national anthemtogether; trying to hit those highpitchednotes together. So that was a lotof fun." Only the U.S. (11 gold, six silver,nine bronze) and Australia (two gold,five silver, one bronze) have won atleast one medal on each of the fivenights of the swimming competition.Kylie Masse claimed Canada's secondgold of the night by winning thewomen's 50-meter backstroke ahead ofAmerican Katharine Berkoff andAnalia Pigree of France.Masse becamethe first swimmer from Canada, maleor female, to win three golds at aworlds."I was a little tired this morning,"Marchand said.Paul Pogba returns to Juventus on freetransfer after Manchester United exitSPORTS DESKManchester United signed Paul Pogba fora then-world-record fee of £89.3 millionfrom Juventus in 2016. Six years downthe line, the French mid-fielder isreturning to Juventus on a free transferafter leaving Manchester United, reportsUNB.Pogba is moving to Juventus for thesecond time in his career - he previouslyjoined the Italian giants in 2012 fromUnited.Pogba enjoyed a successful four-yearfirst stint in Turin, winning fourconsecutive league titles and two CoppaItalia trophies. He will also be reunitedwith manager Massimiliano Allegri as theclub look to win their first Serie A titlesince 2020.Pogba won three trophies in his debutcampaign, but he fell out with then-United manager Jose Mourinho andstruggled to find consistency undersuccessive bosses Ole Gunnar Solskjaerand Ralf Rangnick. Pogba endured anuneasy relationship with the United fans,and they booed him in his final twoappearances against Norwich City andLiverpool.It is understood that Pogba will nowcommit to a three-year deal through to2025, with those terms worth around€7.5m-per-season (£6m/$8m). PaulPogba is expected to officially sign thecontract at the start of July.Pogba has complained United offeredhim "nothing" despite the midfielderreportedly being offered two contractsworth more than £290,000 a week.In the new Amazon Prime documentarytitled - The 'Pogmentary', it is revealedhow the failed negotiations transpiredbetween the player and the club.The Athletic, which had access topreview material, reported how theFrenchman dismissed United's secondoffer with his late agent Mino Raiola,describing it as 'nothing' as he sat in hisRolls Royce."Paul, you are in a situation which isvery particular. You have no idea. Youhave no idea," Raiola tells Pogba as he isdriving in Miami.Pogba then asks: "Did Manchester(United) make a second offer?" To whichRaiola replies: "Yes. They absolutely wantyou to stay. For me, the offer doesn'treflect that. I told them, "If you want himto stay, don't make that offer"."I will make them understand that ifthey really want you to stay and they wantto build a project around you, this timethey have to act differently and put themoney on the table.""They're bluffing," Pogba replies. "Howcan you tell a player you absolutely wanthim and offer him nothing? Never seenthat." At the end of the documentary,Pogba pledges to "show Manchester thatthey made a mistake in waiting to give mea contract. And show other clubs thatManchester made a mistake in notoffering me a contract."Photo: FileSaif moves to 3rdwith exciting winin BPLSPORTS DESKSaif Sporting Club moved tothe third position inthe pointstable in the TVS BangladeshPremier League footballdefeatingChittagong AbahaniLimited by exciting 4-3 goalsheld on Thursday atShaheedDhirendranathDattaStadium in Cumilla, BSS.In the day's match, strikerFaisal Ahmed Fahim scored abrace while NigerianforwardEmekaOgbugh and Rwandamidfielder Emery Bayisengesupported him witha lone goaleach for Saif who led the firsthalf by 1-0 goal.Afghan midfielder OmidPopalzay, Nigerian forwardCandy Augustine andhiscompatriot PeterEbimobowei netted one goalapiece for ChittagongAbahaniLimited.EmekaOgbugh opened anaccount scoring the first goalfor Saif in the 43rdminutewhile after the breatherOmid Popalzay restored theparity forChittagongAbahani Limited in the 57thminute of the match.Candy Augustine putChittagong Abahani Limitedahead scoring the secondgoalin the 65th minute, butFahim brought back Saif inthe match scoring thetwogoals in span of twominutes. He restored theparity scoring his firstandsecond goal for Saif inthe 72nd minute and putSaif SC ahead againscoringhis second and thirdgoal for his team in the 74thminute of the match.Peter Ebimoboweireduced the margin scoringthe third goal forChittagongAbahani Limitedin the 87th minute whileEmery Bayisenge sealed thevictoryscoring the fourthgoal for Saif in the 90+1stminute of the match.The day's win saw Saif SCsecured 30 points from 16matches while the portcityteam Chittagong AbahaniLimited remained at theirprevious credit of 26pointsplaying the same number ofmatches.Earlier, in the first phase,Saif SC played out to a 3-3goal draw withChittagongAbahani Limited held atBir Flight LieutenantMatiur RahmanStadium inMunshiganj.Organisers in fixon where to hostshooting at the2024 GamesSPORTS DESKParis Olympics organisersare in a fix over where tohost shooting at the 2024Games. The organisers haveconfirmed that shooting willnow be moved from Seine-Saint-Denis, reports UNB.Chateauroux, which is 170miles from Paris has nowbeen a preferred venue forshooting at 2024 Olympics.Shooting, which wasoriginally planned for the LaCourneuve range in Seine-Saint-Denis is moved due toconcerns over the size of thesite."This is one of the optionsbut we need exchanges withlocal elected officials andfederations," said MichaelAloisio, the Paris 2024 chiefof staff was quoted as sayingby L'Équipe."We know that theInternational Federation ispushing for this option butwe are cautious."In January, StéphaneTroussel, the President ofthe General Council ofSeine-Saint-Denis, appearedblindsided by the reports ofthe shooting's possible moveto Châteauroux."You have to work with usand not behind our backs,"he told Agence France-Presse.Paris 2024 said that thisswitch was due to "technicaland not political" reasons,however, including "heat,light and noise" conditionson Suzanne Lenglen.World No. 1 Daniil Medvedevbanned from WimbledonSPORTS DESKDaniil Medvedev finished his tennis seasonon grass after a straight-set loss to RobertoBautista Agut in the quarterfinals of theMallorca Championships on Thursday,reports UNB.The Russian international lost 6-3, 6-2after entering the match with an 8-2 recordon the surface this year, with his lossescoming in consecutive finals in Germany andthe Netherlands.Medvedev, the defending champion inMallorca, had only one break opportunityagainst the 20th-ranked Bautista Agut, whohad advanced without having to play in thelast 16 because Nick Kyrgios withdrew withan abdominal injury. It was the fourth winagainst a No. 1 player for the Spaniard, withhis three previous victories coming againstNovak Djokovic."I had to play very good to beat Daniil,"Bautista Agut said. "He's the No. 1, the lastchampion here in Mallorca. He just beat mea few days ago. I played a really completematch."Medvedev, who will not play atWimbledon because of the ban on RussiansRussia's Daniil Medvedev plays a shot..over the war in Ukraine, needed to comefrom behind to get past Aslan Karatsev in theround of 16 on Wednesday. The Russian hadalso beaten Bautista Agut in two sets in thequarterfinals in Germany last week.Bautista Agut will play in the semifinalsagainst Antoine Bellier, a 303rd-rankedSwiss qualifier who got pastTallonGriekspoor of the Netherlands 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-2. Bellier became the lowest-rankedsemifinalist since then-No. 335 Juan ManuelCerundolo triumphed in Cordoba in 2021.Second-seeded StefanosTsitsipas hadcruised into the quarterfinals but neededthree sets against American Marcos Giron tomake it to the last four on Thursday. His 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3 victory came in more than 2½hours."It was a lot of work today. It was not easy,"Tsitsipas said. "I had to deal with the heat,had to deal with my opponent playing great.It was a big physical effort. I had the fightingspirit."The sixth-ranked Greek, who leads thetour with 38 wins this season, will next faceFrenchman Benjamin Bonzi, who defeatedGermany's Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-4.Photo: FileRussia says 'happy to help' Indiabid for 2036 OlympicsSPORTS DESKWHILE IT continues to be ostracised fromworld sport following the invasion ofUkraine, Russia has offered to help India inhosting the 2036 Olympics if the bid receivesbacking from the International OlympicCommittee (IOC), reports UNB.Russia's Sports Minister Oleg Matytsinsaid his country's "specialists will be happy tohelp in organising the Olympic Games inIndia".Although no concrete official move hasbeen made, India has repeatedly expressedinterest to host the 2036 Games withAhmedabad as the central city.Last year, Indian Olympic Association(IOA) president NarinderBatra proposed aunique multi-city bid that will becentredaround Ahmedabad as the keydestination. Two months ago, Gujarat'sAdvocate General Kamal Trivedi told theGujarat High Court that "we are preparingfor the Olympics of 2036" and that the"Olympic Committee will visit in 2025".On Wednesday, during his visit to India,Matytsin told RIA Sport that Russia was"very happy" that India is hoping to host theGames."If such a dream as hosting the OlympicGames comes true, then this will be anothercriterion for the stable development of thecountry. We are always open to interactionand ready to share our experience of hostingthe Olympic Games, and we have done thismany times, so if a decision is made, thenRussian specialists will be happy to help inorganising the Olympic Games in India,"Matytsin was quoted as saying.Russian state media also reportedthat Matytsin put forward the proposalof a friendly football match betweenRussia, ranked 35 in the world, and104-ranked India if the latterexpressed interest.The Minister is leading a Russiandelegation to the International ConventionAgainst Doping in Sport in New Delhi andheld a meeting with Sports Minister AnuragThakur on Wednesday. RussianAmbassador Denis Alipov was also presentat the meeting.Sports Ministry sources said the ministersexplored areas of cooperation in sports,including the exchange of technicalknowledge between players and coaches.Former Croatia president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic heads the IOC commission thatwill select the host city for the 2036 Games,with a decision to be taken between 2025and 2029.Incidentally, Russia was one of thecountries that showed interest in hosting the2036 Olympics. However, after its invasionof Ukraine, the country has been shunned bythe world's sporting bodies.Matytsin told RIA Sports that "as of May25, international sports organisationscancelled/ postponed 186 internationalsporting events planned in Russia in 2022-2023, including 36 major internationalsporting events".Orlando Magic select PaoloBanchero as No 1 pickSPORTS DESKOrlando Magic took Paolo Banchero as theirfirst overall pick in the NBA Draft onThursday, reports BSS.After leading the Blue Devils to the FinalFour in coach Mike Krzyzewski's final season,the 6-foot-10 forward was called first by NBACommissioner Adam Silver to begin thedraft, beating out fellow first-year forwardsChet Holmgren or Jabari Smith Jr.Banchero, who averaged 17.2 points, 7.8rebounds and 3.2 assists in 39 starts in hisone year at Duke, will look to turn around alackluster Magic after their 22-win and 60-loss season. "I had a feeling from theinformation I was being told is that it was justkind of up in the air," Banchero said."Orlando wasn't really sure yet, and just to beready for whatever." "I didn't find out,though, that I was actually getting pickeduntil about 20 seconds before thecommissioner got on the stage. I didn't evenhave time to really think about it or anything.It just kind of happened. I can't believe it, butI'm ready. I'm ready." In the weeks leading upto the draft, Smith had been widely expectedto be the top selection. But the Magic turnedthings upside down by taking Banchero. Theorder had been debated throughout theprocess, with Smith often considered theplayer who would go No. 1. Instead, he wasn'teven second, falling behind Holmgren toHouston at No. 3."Definitely added a chip, but God makes nomistakes, so I'm happy to be here," Smithsaid. "I'm happy to be where I'm wanted. I'mhappy to get to Houston and just show them,give them what they picked. Just happy to behere." While Banchero was a surprise at No.1, Holmgren was always expected to go toOklahoma City with the second pick.
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