Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal kickstart their 2023 campaigns this week in Adelaide and Sydney respectively, with the superstar veterans and great rivals eyeing up yet more Australian Open glory.

Bangladesh emerged unbeaten champions in Bangabandhu Asian Central Zone U-23 Men's International Volleyball Championship with a nail-biting 3-2 sets win over Kyrgyzstan in a pulsating final at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in Mirpur on Monday.

Imran Rahman and Sumaiya Dewan won the 200m sprint titles as the Bangabandhu 46th National Athletics Championship came to an end at the Bangladesh Army Stadium on Sunday.

Novak Djokovic is hoping he will receive a warm welcome from the public when he returns to the Australian Open next month, now that the drama surrounding his vaccination status and deportation is officially behind him.

On the second day of Bangabandhu 46th National Athletics, three national record were made my the athletes while Bangladesh Army were on top of the table with 15 gold medals at Bangladesh Army Stadium on Saturday.

Bangladeshi archers grabbed three bronze medals in the Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament in Sharjah on Saturday.

The Bangladesh archers crashed out of the semi-finals in all four events of the Asia Cup Archery Stage-3 after losing to India in three categories and falling to South Korea in the one event in Sharjah, UAE yesterday.

Bangladesh got their title bid off to a winning start in the Bangabandhu Asian Central Zone Under 23 Men’s Volleyball Championship with a 3-0 sets win over Nepal at the Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium yesterday.

Bangabandhu Asian Central Zone Men's U-23 Volleyball Championship is all set to get underway on Thursday at the Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur with hosts Bangladesh taking on Nepal as the men in red and green keep their sights on the title in a bid to continue their international success.

Nick Kyrgios believes Novak Djokovic "needs to be playing at all costs" and is happy the Serb will be allowed back into Australia to compete in the opening Grand Slam of the season in Melbourne next month.

Bangladeshi archers made a good start in Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament Stage 3 as Hakim Ahmed Rubel finished top among 184 archers in the qualification round of individual recurve bow event in Sharjah today.

Three-times Grand Slam champion Andy Murray has vowed to compete as long as his body remains in good shape but said he is one "big injury" away from retirement.

Sheikh Kamal 2nd Bangladesh Youth Games, organized by Bangladesh Olympic Association, is all set to get rolled across the country at upazila level from the first week of next month, some five years after the first edition of youth games was held in 2018.

Sinisa Mihajlovic, who played for and coached numerous Italian Serie A teams and was famed for his spectacular free kicks, died on Friday after a long battle with cancer.

Bangladesh returned home with four silver and as many bronze medals from Asia Cup Archery Stage-2 from Iraq in May while riding on individual achievements -- from the likes of Ruman Sana, Diya Siddique and Shyamoli Roy as well as some achievements from teams -- but none of those individuals are in the Bangladesh squad ahead of Asia Cup Archery Stage-3 beginning on December 20 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Roger Federer has only been retired for three months but the eight-time Wimbledon champion is having to get used to ordinary life including being turned away unrecognised at the All England Club.

World champion American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis won the World Athlete of the year awards on Monday.

Nick Bollettieri, the larger-than-life coach whose famed Florida tennis academy changed the face of the game by producing some of its greatest players, has died at the age of 91, with ex-student Tommy Haas leading tributes to the “one of a kind” American.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presented the cheque for the winners of the third edition of the Bangabandhu Inter University Sports Championship via digital payment through Bkash at the Army Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.

WFM Noshin Anjum was crowned the new champion after she played a out draw against Nusrat Jahan Alo in the 11th and final round of the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib 41st National Women's Chess Championship at the Chess Federation Hall Room on Monday.