Bangladesh's shooter Abdullahel Baki finished 41st among 47 competitors in the 10m air rifle event of the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday morning.

Captain Aaron Finch will return to Australia to try to be fit for the Twenty20 World Cup after a knee injury ended his involvement in the current tour of the West Indies and the up-coming series in Bangladesh.

Half-centuries from Nicholas Pooran and Jason Holder guided the West Indies to a series-levelling four-wicket win the second One-Day International of the three-match series against Australia at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed yesterday that there was no doubt over hosting Australia in a five-match T20I series, next month.

Indian cricket team players pose with the trophy after winning the three-match ODI series 2-1 against Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo

Bangladesh will be aiming to rectify the mistakes from their second T20I performance as Mahmudullah Riyad and his troop look to wrap the tour on a high note when they take on Zimbabwe in the series-deciding third and final game in Harare today.

The Bangladesh national cricket team’s youngsters are eager to take responsibility in the series-deciding T20I against Zimbabwe in Harare despite the visitors struggling to balance the squad in the absence of key players.

Tokyo 2020’s oldest competitor, 66-year-old Australian horse rider Mary Hanna, said on Saturday she also aimed to take part in the 2024 Olympics unless her body gave way.

The deteriorating Covid situation in the country has prompted robbed Bangladesh of hosting two major two regional football events in the coming months.

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Novak Djokovic launched his bid to stay on course for a Golden Slam with a clinical 6-2, 6-2 win over 139th-ranked Hugo Dellien of Bolivia on Saturday, as sweltering conditions in Tokyo took a toll on the players on the opening day of tennis at the Games.

Richard Carapaz of Ecuador produced a powerful late burst after six-hour slog to win gold in a thrilling Olympic men’s road race as favourite Tadej Pogacar was beaten into third place at the Fuji International Speedway on Saturday.

Sport stretched out over Tokyo on Saturday and gold medals rained down as the Olympic Games burst into life, finally casting aside some of the shadow of COVID-19 and controversy that has plagued the global showpiece.

Archers Ruman Sana and Diya Siddique were eliminated by the eventual gold-winning South Korean team in the pre-quarterfinal stage of recurve mixed event of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday morning.

Bangladesh have been the superior side in their ongoing tour of Zimbabwe and the results spoke volumes of the Tigers’ authority. The only hitch along the way was the 23-run defeat in the second T20I on Friday that saw Zimbabwe level the three-match series.

China's Zhihui Hou won the gold medal in women's 49-kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics, bagging the second gold for China in as many competitions, with a comfortable win over Indian and Indonesian medalists.

The second ODI between West Indies and Australia is set to resume in Barbados today, two days after the scheduled fixture was postponed after a staff member from the West Indies' contingent tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.

Avishka Fernando and Bhanuka Rajapaksa hit half centuries as Sri Lanka beat India by three wickets for a consolation win in the rain-hit third one-day international on Friday.

Ice-cold Chinese shooter Yang Qian claimed the first gold of the Tokyo Games on Saturday, keeping her cool while Russian Anastasiia Galashina lost hers in a dramatic finale.

Archers Ruman Sana and Diya Siddiqui were eliminated from the pre-quarterfinal stage of recurve mixed event of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday morning.