Former boxing referee Carlos Padilla has admitted cheating to help fellow Filipino Manny Pacquiao defeat Australian Nedal "Skinny" Hussein in a fight more than two decades ago.

Former track and field star PT Usha will take over as the first woman president of the Indian Olympic Association, becoming the first former international athlete to head the organisation in more than 60 years.

Thailand’s Danthai Boonma won the US$400,000 Bangabandhu Cup Golf Bangladesh Open today after an enthralling two-horse race with close friend and compatriot Kosuke Hamamoto.

Thailand’s Kosuke Hamamoto opened up a one-shot lead over countryman Danthai Boonma after the third round of the US$400,000 Bangabandhu Cup Golf Bangladesh Open today.

Bangladesh’s Siddikur Rahman and Jamal Hossain Mollah made considerable stride in the second round of the Bangabandhu Cup Golf Bangladesh Open at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Friday as Itthipat Buranatanyarat continued to lead the pack at the 400,000-dollar event.

Siddikur Rahman, the undisputed King of golf in Bangladesh, is always an ever-present threat in the Bangabandhu Cup Golf Bangladesh Open, helped by the fact it is played on his home course, Kurmitola Golf Club – where he learned to play the game and where he has enjoyed phenomenal success.

Novak Djokovic said  winning a record-equalling sixth ATP Tour Finals title on Sunday was a "deeply satisfying" ending to his troubled and truncated year.

“It doesn’t matter what field you’re talking about – beating somebody else just doesn’t do it for me. I’m much more interested in whether I reach the goals that I set for myself, so in this sense long-distance running is the perfect fit for a mindset like mine,” renowned Japanese writer Haruki Murakami wrote in his memoir, titled: What I talk about when I talk about running.

Acme Chattogram clinched the title of the Hockey Champions Trophy with a 4-3 win over Monarch Padma in the penalty shoot-out following a 2-2 draw in regulation time of the exciting final at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday.

Wimbledon will relax its strict rules on white clothing at the championships and allow women players to wear dark undershorts and relieve a potential source of anxiety when they have their periods, the All England Club said on Thursday.

Novak Djokovic will be able to bid for a record-extending 10th men's singles title at next year's Australian Open after being granted a visa to travel to the tournament.

Rafael Nadal says he is "going to die" trying to return to the level of tennis that saw him capture a record 22 Grand Slam singles titles after his hopes of a first-ever ATP Finals title and becoming year end world number one were extinguished on Tuesday.

Japanese Miya Tanimitsu struck four goals as Monarch Padma came twice from behind to earn a hard-fought 4-3 win over Rupayan City Cumilla in the Qualifiers-2 of the Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium today to set final of the event against Acme Chattogram.

The Bangladesh Sports Press Association is set to accord reception to 10 athletes from seven disciplines to mark the organisation’s 60th anniversary.

Former world number one Novak Djokovic will be granted a visa to play in the 2023 Australian Open, local media reports said Tuesday, despite his deportation from the country ahead of this year's tournament in January.

Novak Djokovic had enough of an edge at the beginning and the end as he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) on Monday in the ATP Finals, a defeat that ended the Greek's hopes of finishing the year at number one.

Star archer Ruman Sana has been suspended from all international and domestic competitions for two years on disciplinary grounds, confirmed a Bangladesh Archery Federation official yesterday.

Acme Chattogram moved into the final of the Hockey Champions Trophy with a hard fought 2-1 win over Rupayan City Cumilla in Qualifier 1 at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Monday.

Shota Iizuka, a Rio Olympic silver medallist from Japan’s 4X100 relay team, today spent an hour with some 30 primary students of Sunnydale Junior School in the capital on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relationship between Japan and Bangladesh.

Bangladesh’s Sajida Haque, Jafirah Chowdhury and Moumita Riya clinched bronze medal in women’s (youth) 10m air rifle event of the 15th Asian Airgun Championship in Daegu, South Korea yesterday.