Djokovic withdraws from Indian Wells amid US visa row

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
6 March 2023

Wimbledon to scrap Russia player ban: reports

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year, the UK's governing Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) came under pressure from the British government to impose a ban
4 March 2023

Djokovic happy with injury recovery despite semifinal exit in Dubai

Novak Djokovic suffered his first loss of the season in Friday's semi-final defeat to Daniil Medvedev at the Dubai Tennis Championships but he was pleased with his fitness levels during the tournament, having returned from a hamstring injury.
4 March 2023

Youth Games: Poor input leads to ‘almost zero output’

The final round of the Sheikh Kamal 2nd Bangladesh Youth Games was inaugurated on 26th February by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,
3 March 2023

Urmi’s trajectory verifies Youth Games’ importance

After grabbing the spotlight in the 2018 Youth Games, shuttler Urmi Akter went on to become the country’s number one-ranked female badminton star. In an exclusive interview with Sabbir Hossain of The Daily Star
3 March 2023

Little more than an empty gesture

Despite the introduction of the Bangladesh Youth Games, the nation is still apparently dwelling in the “something is better than nothing” era when it comes to forging a proper pipeline for athletes.
3 March 2023

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“The inaugural edition of the Youth Games produced a lot of talented athletes who later shone in the Bangladesh Games,
3 March 2023

Djokovic eyes elusive gold at Paris Olympics

Djokovic spoke about his ambitions for the Olympic Games next year.
1 March 2023

Return to top spot feels special for Djokovic

Novak Djokovic said his return to the top of the world rankings felt like a big achievement after a year of turmoil where he had to skip several tournaments including two Grand Slams, but the Serbian expects a see-sawing battle for the position in 2023.
1 March 2023

Junior World Kabaddi: Bangladesh off to winning start

Bangladesh, who won a bronze medal in the inaugural edition held in 2019, were drawn in Group C alongside India and Thailand, according to a press release from Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation.
28 February 2023

Selfie attempt proves fatal for national medalist cyclist

Mashrafe Hossain Maruf, the sixth semester student of Dinajpur Polytechnique Institute, had won two silver medals and a bronze medal representing Rangpur Division.
28 February 2023

Djokovic scales another peak

Novak Djokovic achieved another historic milestone yesterday, overtaking Steffi Graf’s record for most weeks as World No. 1 in tennis history.
27 February 2023

Scholastica, RAJUK Uttara Model College, and Shaheed Police Smirty College win HSBC-Mayor’s Cup School Badminton

Scholastica, Rajuk Uttara Model College, and Shaheed Police Smirty College emerged as the winners of the win HSBC-Mayor’s Cup School Badminton Tournament sponsored by HSBC in partnership with Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Bangladesh Badminton Federation (BBF).
27 February 2023

Para archery expands horizon for physically challenged athletes

Aysha is now setting sights on a new sporting ambition – express herself and travel through para archery, a discipline which officially took off in Bangladesh on Monday
27 February 2023

Aspiring Grandmasters Alo, Lubaba shine brighter than superior competitors

Friends turned to competitors as Lubaba became champion in the girl's rapid chess event on Saturday by surpassing Alo, who put Lubaba behind today to win the gold medal in girl’s blitz chess event. Courtesy of the two, Chattogram Division and Dhaka Division are tied in the medals table after Dhaka's Manon Reza Neer, hailing from Narayanganj, won both gold medals in boy’s rapid and blitz events.
26 February 2023

Duplantis sets new world pole vault record

Olympic champion Duplantis improved his own record of 6.21m that he set in winning the world title outdoors in Oregon last year.
26 February 2023

Medvedev halts Murray heroics to take Qatar title

The 27-year-old, who won in Rotterdam last Sunday, convincingly ended his 35-year-old opponent's comeback heroics that saw Murray fight four three-set battles and overcome eight match points to reach the final in Doha
26 February 2023

Juggling two jobs and athletics career is ‘part of life’ for Bangladesh’s fastest

Following decades in doldrums, Bangladesh athletics have found a beacon of hope in Imranur Rahman, who stormed to a stunning 60m gold medal at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Kazakhstan recently. The 29-year-old had already won back-to-back titles in 100m sprint in national athletics and is promising to revive some of the glory days of the sport in the country. In a freewheeling interview with The Daily Star’s Atique Anam, the Sheffield-based sprinter talked about his momentous victory, his ambitions, idols, sacrifices and a lot more. Here are the excerpts of the interview.
25 February 2023

Imranur likes Shakib, admires Bashar as leader

Replying to a question about his sporting idols, Imranur said: “My sporting idol outside of athletics is boxer Mohammad Ali,"
25 February 2023

‘Asian Indoors gold medal is just a start’

The Daily Star (DS): Congratulations for bringing such a big honour for Bangladesh. How was your reaction when you won the gold medal?
24 February 2023