Rybakina, playing in her first WTA 1000 final, saved three set points in the opening frame and was never really tested in the second where she cruised to a victory that will send her to a career-high seventh in the rankings

"I'm playing great. Of course today, the conditions today were pretty tough. Of course Daniil didn't play at his best, obviously," said Alcaraz

Diya Siddique and Hakim Ahmed Rubel promised to improve their performance in international events after winning a gold medal at the Asia Cup World Ranking Archery event in Chinese Taipei on Sunday.

The Daily Star (DS): You’ve seen and done it all by overcoming so many obstacles. Now you’ve come to Bangladesh to fight for the Intercontinental Flyweight Title. What has the experience been like so far?

The Bangladeshi pair beat their Kazakh opponents – Ilfat Abdullin and Alina Ilyassova – by 5-3 sets in the final of recurve mixed team event

Spain's second-ranked Alcaraz, the top seed who can return to the summit with a third Masters 1000 title on Sunday, defeated 13th-ranked Italian Jannik Sinner 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 to reach his third final of 2023

This was Bangladesh’s fifth win in five matches and they will face the runners up of group B in the first semifinal on Monday.

A total 18 earliest finishers among 1007 participants were awarded with cash prizes worth Tk 1.65 lakh alongside trophies, crests, certificates, and other benefits.

The irregularities eventually forced Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) halt distributing medals and cash awards on the first day after it had already those for eight events out of 32

Defending champions Bangladesh notched up back-to-back victories in the Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi tournament with an emphatic 72-23 win over Argentina in Group A encounter at the Shaheed Noor Mohammad National Volleyball Stadium on Tuesday.

A total of 12 teams from Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America, split into two groups, will be taking part in the tournament. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals and the top two Asian teams will earn a place at the 4th Kabaddi World Cup

The 38-year-old Bangladeshi started the day in pole position, but finished way back in joint 27th position after carding a two-over-par (74) in the final round.

Siddikur Rahman described yesterday as a ‘wonderful day’ after shooting one of the lowest rounds of his 18-year professional career, an eight-under-par 64 in the International Series Thailand at the Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin.

Siddikur is one of the shortest hitters on Tour, not suited to Black Mountain, which favours the long ball players, but the Bangladeshi countered that with a brilliant short stick display.

In her field, Bangladesh’s table tennis icon Zobera Rahman Linu remained a cut above the rest during her stellar 24-year playing career between 1977 to 2001, having bagged a whopping 16 national titles from 1977 to 2001

In conversation with Ashreen Mridha, founder of Deshi Ballers and former shooting guard of the national women’s basketball team, Naziba Basher of The Daily Star delves into some of the deeper questions of why the women are still made to lag behind.

Karateka Marzan Akter Priya hurdled obstacles from within her family to take up sports as a profession. She won gold in karate in the 2019 South Asian Games. In an interview marking International Women’s Day on Wednesday, the fine arts student of Jagannath University talked to The Daily Star’s Anisur Rahman as she spoke about the special occasion and the scope and advancement of women in sports in general in the country.

Bangladesh archer Ruman Sana's appeal to acquit him of his two-year ban bore fruit on Tuesday as the executive committee of the Bangladesh Archery Federation decided to temporarily put his ban on hold following a meeting.

The Bahrain Grand Prix was exciting while also being clean with only one virtual safety car deployment.

The Serbian, who is one of the most high-profile athletes unvaccinated against the virus, applied to the U.S. government last month for special permission to play at ATP Masters events at Indian Wells and Miami