WNBA players slam sex toys thrown onto court

WNBA players have called for improved stadium security after two games in four days were halted when sex toys were thrown onto the court.
2 August 2025, 19:43 PM

Annie, Rafi fail to match personal best in 50m events

Despite failing to improve their personal bests in the 50m events today, both had earlier achieved their career-best timings in the 100m category.
2 August 2025, 10:24 AM

Magnus Carlsen claims first Esports World Cup title

Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won the inaugural Esports World Cup chess tournament on Friday, defeating Alireza Firouzja in Riyadh.
2 August 2025, 05:15 AM

‘Finishing last not unexpected’: Table tennis federation GS Sonnet

Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation general secretary and former paddler Captain Maksud Ahmed Sonet talked to The Daily Star's Anisur Rahman from Kathmandu about what led to the disappointing performances and the path ahead.
2 August 2025, 04:00 AM

Punches, purpose, and ‘something meaningful’

Born and raised in the United States, Zinnat Ferdous balances her career as a Google programme manager with a burning passion for the ring.
1 August 2025, 10:16 AM

Rune counts on Agassi boost ahead of US Open

With fellow young guns Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner now dominating the game's biggest events, Rune turned to American great Agassi earlier this month in Washington for a three-day training block.
1 August 2025, 06:49 AM

Family’s constant support, and a golden debut

“Hit her, hit her hard,” shouted Afeida Khandokar, captain of the Bangladesh women’s football team, from the stands of the Mohammad Ali Boxing Stadium in Dhaka yesterday.
1 August 2025, 02:30 AM

McIntosh wins 200m butterfly gold, misses world record by 0.18s

Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi was narrowly fourth in 2:06.43.
31 July 2025, 11:42 AM

Any Akter produces career-best timing

Swimmer Any Akter produced her career-best timing in the 100m freestyle event at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore today. However, the young swimmer remains far behind other South Asian competitors.
31 July 2025, 06:32 AM

Table tennis teams fall apart in South Asian Regional C'ships

Bangladesh national table tennis teams’ bid to finish second in South Asian Regional Championships in both men’s and women’s sections fell apart as both teams suffered miserable defeats in all of their first day matches in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
30 July 2025, 15:16 PM

Marchand smashes long-standing 200m medley world record

France's Leon Marchand smashed the 200m individual medley world record in Singapore on Wednesday, setting a new mark of 1min 52.69sec.
30 July 2025, 13:16 PM

Zinnat eager to showcase skill and technique in final

New York-based boxer Zinnat Ferdous expressed excitement over making her domestic debut in Bangladesh at the National Boxing Championships on Tuesday -- nearly two years after first representing the country at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games.
29 July 2025, 17:00 PM

Sagor, Himel first Bangladeshis to cross English Channel in 37 years

Former BKSP swimmers Mahfizur Rahman Sagor and Nazmul Haque Himel successfully crossed the English Channel on Tuesday, becoming the first Bangladeshis in 37 years to accomplish the remarkable feat.
29 July 2025, 15:59 PM

FIH Hockey Junior World Cup: Sabit the outlier in Bangladesh's preliminary squad

Sabit also has hockey in his blood. His father, Hazi Mohammad Selim Mahmud, played for Mauthtuli Club, and he shares a family connection with national forward Rasel Mahmud Jimmy.
29 July 2025, 04:00 AM

Afra’s quiet punch behind Afeida’s football fame

While Afeida shines brightly in the limelight, her elder sister Afra Khandokar has been quietly scripting her own story -- one that, until now, has largely remained out of the public eye.
29 July 2025, 03:00 AM

Osaka splits with coach Mouratoglou

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said Monday that she has split with coach Patrick Mouratoglou after less than a year.
28 July 2025, 08:56 AM

'Lucky' De Minaur saves three match points to lift Washington Open title

Alex De Minaur rallied from a set down and saved three match points to claim the Washington Open title with a 5-7 6-1 7-6(3) win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final of the ATP 500 event on Sunday.
28 July 2025, 05:55 AM

Four-time Tour de France winner Pogacar - greatest cyclist of his generation

Tadej Pogacar is cycling's generational great and the Slovenian has silenced any remaining doubters that the sport has found its heir to the great Eddy Merckx.
28 July 2025, 04:28 AM

Bangladesh U-21 hockey team start World Cup preparations

Drawn in Group F, Bangladesh will face France, Australia, and South Korea.
28 July 2025, 03:39 AM

Iraqi women table tennis players chase Paralympic dreams

Iraqi table tennis player Nur al-Huda Sarmad adjusts her wheelchair before striking the ball into play, braving sweltering heat, social stigma and inadequate facilities as she dreams of taking her team to the Paralympics.
27 July 2025, 08:51 AM