Novak Djokovic gained some consolation for missing out on a Grand Slam sweep this year when he was crowned season-ending world number one for a record seventh time on Saturday.

Novak Djokovic stayed on course for a sixth Paris Masters title with 6-4, 6-3 win over American Taylor Fritz while world number two Daniil Medvedev tamed home crowd favourite Hugo Gaston 7-6(7), 6-4 to reach the semi-finals on Friday.

Former Bangladesh national team coach Diego Cruciani (L) receives a bouquet of flowers from Saif SC’s managing director Nasiruddin Chowdhury

Bangladesh archery team’s head coach Martin Frederick is optimistic that the home archers will improve on their individual and team standings by getting into medals table in the upcoming Teer 22nd Asian Archery Championships, which begins in Dhaka on November 13.

Novak Djokovic's hopes of ending the season as world number one for a record seventh time are on hold after Daniil Medvedev battled past French qualifier Hugo Gaston 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 to reach the Paris Master semi-finals on Friday.

Bangladesh’s Rajib Chakma performs in men’s (junior) individual floor exercise event, where he won the silver medal on the third

Uzbek gymnasts kept their domination intact in the Bangabandhu 5th Central South Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championship with seven gold medals while hosts Bangladesh bagged a bronze medal on the second day of the six-nation event at Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Bayern Munich veteran Thomas Mueller has apologised to their fans and admitted the 5-0 thrashing at Moenchengladbach in the German Cup was the worst defeat he has experienced during 13 years playing in the famous red shirt.

Miroshnichenko Anastasiya led from the front to help Uzbekistan win both golds in women’s all-around team and individual events on the first day of the Bangabandhu 5th Central South Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championship at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Margarita Mamun (MM): It is my first visit after the Rio Olympic Games and I’m really happy and amazed to have received such a warm welcome from Bangladeshi people. I’m really happy to be here with my family. My mother is here, after 15 years, as well as my husband and our two-year-old son, who are here for the first time.

Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz avenged his Indian Wells defeat to Andy Murray on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP event in Vienna.

Polish grandmaster Michal Krasenkow became champion in Sheikh Russel International Grandmasters Chess Tournament after defeating overnight leader GM Vugar Rasulov of Azerbaijan in the ninth and final round at the Dilkusha Hall of Hotel Purbani International today.

Zamal Hossain Mollah won the title of the 3rd Mark Designers Professional Golf Tournament, which concluded at the Army Golf Club today.

An autographed Serena Williams rookie card printed in 2003 has become the most expensive women’s sports card after fetching $44,280 at auction last weekend, New Jersey-based Goldin Auctions said.

As many as 11 national records, including five in the third and final day, were set as the Bangabandhu 30th National Swimming Championships concluded at Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mirpur yesterday.

Sumaiya Dewan, who won 100m sprint on the opening day, did a double by winning the female juvenile 200m sprint title at record time. The youngster from BKSP took 25.35 seconds, breaking a 19-year-old record set by Shamsunnahar Chumki by 0.25 seconds.

Iftekharul Alam Piyal of Kishoreganj Rifle Club won gold in boys’ 10m air pistol event while Krashila Marma of BKSP Shooting Club grabbed the top prize in girls’ 10m air pistol event on the concluding day of the Hamidul Rahman 4th National Youth Shooting Championships at the National Shooting Complex in Gulshan today.

The Bangabandhu 5th Central South Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2021, organised by the Bangladesh Gymnastics Federation (BGF) on the occasion of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be held between October 27-31. 

Three national records were toppled on the opening day of the Bangabandhu 30th National Swimming Championships at Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mipur yesterday.

Bangabandhu 30th National Swimming Championships in set to get underway tomorrow at the Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mirpur with expectations low for setting a new national record following no activities of the swimmers in the recent past due to the pandemic.