Taylor Fritz battled through excruciating pain to bring Rafa Nadal's 20-match winning run to an end with a 6-3 7-6(5) victory in the Indian Wells final on Sunday, becoming the first American to lift the title since Andre Agassi over two decades ago.

Hosts Bangladesh confirmed their semifinal berth in the 2nd Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi tournament following an emphatic 56-21 points victory over lowly Malaysia in a Group A encounter at the Shaheed Noor Hossain Volleyball Stadium yesterday.

Having created a piece of history by reaching the semifinals of World Indoor Athletics Championship, Bangladesh’s Imranur Rahman exited from the semifinals with disappointment as he failed to start the race.

Rafael Nadal battled past Carlos Alcaraz and the elements on Saturday, beating his talented young Spanish compatriot 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to book an ATP Indian Wells Masters title clash with American Taylor Fritz.

Led by Nasrin Akter Bangladesh stormed to three gold medals in archery’s Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Stage-1, in Phuket yesterday.

Bangladeshi sprinter Imranur Rahman created a piece of history for the country on Saturday by storming into the semifinals of the 60m sprint in World Athletics Indoor Championship in Belgrade on Saturday.

Bangladesh ensured their Asia Cup berth while moving into the final of the AHF Cup following an 8-1 thrashing of Kazakhstan in the second semifinal in Jakarta on Saturday.

Hamida Begum, a champion athlete of 1960s and a veteran sports organiser, passed away in Dhaka on Saturday morning.

Bangladesh earned their first gold medal at the 2022 Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament Stage 1 as archers Ruman Sana and Nasrin Akter proved themselves to be the superior duo in the recurve mixed event against their Indian counterparts in Phuket, Thailand today.

The trophy of the second edition of the Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi was unveiled at a hotel in the capital today.

Bangladesh already secured a gold medal before the actual gold-medal event as archers Diya Siddique and Nasrin Akter landed in the final of the women’s

French Open organisers said on Wednesday that Novak Djokovic is allowed to defend his title as the tournament prepares to stage what is expected to be the first Grand Slam without any COVID-19 related restrictions since the pandemic broke two years ago.

Daniil Medvedev was sent crashing out of the ATP/WTA Indian Wells Masters in a stunning defeat to Gael Monfils on Monday that ended the Russian's three-week reign as world number one.

Bangladesh Navy won the Walton Independence Cup Volleyball tournament with a straight 3-0 sets victory over Bangladesh Air Force in the final at the Shaheed Noor Hossain National Volleyball Stadium today.

A brilliant hat-trick from Sohanur Rahman Sabuj powered Bangladesh to a resounding 7-0 win over Singapore in their second match of the AHF Cup at the Gelora Bung Karno Hockey Field in Jakarta today.

The second edition of the Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi is set to get underway at the capital from March 19. 

Bangladesh national hockey team will look to start from where they left off against Indonesia when they take on Singapore in their second match of the AHF Cup tomorrow.

Rafa Nadal credited his uncle Toni and the rest of his family for teaching him from a young age how to control his emotions on the court and fight for every point after his epic come-from-behind win at Indian Wells on Saturday.

Rafael Nadal pulled off another great escape Saturday, rallying from two breaks down in the third set to beat young American Sebastian Korda in the second round at Indian Wells.

A 16-member Bangladesh archery team will leave for Phuket today to participate in the 2022 Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Stage-1.