Bangladesh hockey will be up for the challenge to defend its sixth position in the Hangzhou Asian Games after being drawn in a tough group alongside three superior rivals.

Azmi Khatun, a BKSP student, was eliminated from the semifinals of the women's 100m sprint in the Youth Commonwealth Games at Hasely and Crawford Stadium in Trinidad on Tuesday.

Russia's Daniil Medvedev has returned to his tennis heaven with the summer hardcourt season starting Monday in North America at the Toronto Masters.

The pre-Olympics swimming test competition due to take place Sunday in the Seine in Paris has been cancelled due to pollution of the river, the international swimming federation said after analysis of the latest water samples.

Biles electrified a sellout crowd in suburban Chicago with a stunning performance, receiving an all-around judges' total score of 59.100 points

Sports personalities from different disciplines have expressed their elation after receiving Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council Award from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital yesterday.

Bangladesh archer Hakim Ahmed Rubel exited from the pre-quarterfinals of the Men’s Recurve Individual in World Archery Championships in Berlin on Thursday after suffering a defeat against fourth-seed Kim De Deok of South Korea.

State Minister for Youth and Sports, Zahid Ahsan Russel, today revealed the names of 12 awardees – athletes, organisers, sports federation, sponsors, sports journalists and sports commentators – from eight categories.

Bangladesh's four chess players made an early exit in the FIDE World Chess Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan after losing their first round matches over the last two days. 

Ramhim Lian Bawm fell in love with table tennis in his childhood, after watching a game on television. That love dragged him towards the game some eight years back, eventually seeing him becoming the first indigenous player to lift the crown in men’s singles event of the National Table Tennis Championships on Saturday.

Alamin emerged victorious by Technical Knockout against his Thai counterpart, bringing pride to Bangladesh with his remarkable performance in the ring by completing the 4-round bout within the first round, according to a press release from Xcel Sports Management & Promotions

Ramhim Lian Bawm created a piece of history in the National Table Tennis Championship in Chattogram today, becoming the first player to win both boys’ and men's singles titles.

Rafiqul Islam Tipu, a renowned face in Bangladesh’s sports community, passed away today at a hospital in Dhaka.

British Open champion Brian Harman says he will celebrate his first major win at Hoylake by jumping on his new tractor, joking that he is a man of many layers "like an onion".

Jonas Vingegaard won his second successive Tour de France on Sunday after Jordi Meeus claimed the final stage honours on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.

Mahfuza Khatun Shila is the country's first and only female swimmer to win a gold medal in the South Asian Games. Shila, currently an employee of Bangladesh Navy, won two gold medals in 2016 SA Games while setting a record in 50m breaststroke. After calling time in 2021, the 33-year-old prepared herself for the coaching profession before getting appointed as the assistant coach of Bangladesh swimming team for the upcoming Asian Games. In an interview with Anisur Rahman of The Daily Star, Shila expressed her thoughts on coaching, present condition and scope of swimming here. The excerpts of the interview are as follows:

Shooter Sharmin Akter emerged champion from the open group of boys and girls in the Inter-Club Shooting Championship in 2000 when she was a sixth grader. The BKSP student then shone in the Islamabad SA Games in 2004, bagging gold in the 10m air-rifle, before winning a silver in the next edition of the SA Games in 2006 in Sri Lanka. Sharmin was on a roll in domestic competitions after that, becoming champion a total of five times in the national and inter-club shooting championships. After calling time on her long 22-year playing career following the 2021 Bangladesh Games completion, the 34-year-old former shooter stepped into coaching and started working as one of the three assistant coaches to the national shooting team’s Iranian head coach Zaer Rezaei. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star’s Anisur Rahman, Sharmin talked about different aspects of the sport. The excerpts from the interview are as follows:    

With more and more success of women in different sporting disciplines in recent times, there has been a considerable amount of transition from athletes to coaches from among former female athletes in recent times than ever before.

Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Warsia Khusbu won the gold medal in the Girls Under-11 Group of the Asian School Chess Championships after the ninth round in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Wednesday.

China's Zhang Shuai retired from her Hungarian Grand Prix match in tears on Tuesday after her local opponent Amarissa Toth erased a ball mark on the clay court following a disputed line call.