Bold swings and cheeky dropshots can earn amateur tennis players bragging rights and a million-dollar payday when they take on top professionals in a single-point showdown ahead of next year's Australian Open main draw.

More than two-thirds of the field is overrun by invasive grass, while the rest remains waterlogged even in the dry season.

This time last year, Anisimova was at world no. 43.

Oro first gained global attention last year when, at just 10 years old, he defeated world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen.

Alexander Zverev on Saturday accused tennis authorities of favouring top-ranked rivals Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in their choice of court surfaces, echoing criticisms made by Roger Federer.

At 59, Niaz Murshed, the subcontinent’s first grandmaster, claimed his seventh national title by winning the 49th National Chess Championship on Wednesday. While his triumph celebrated a living legend, it also highlighted the fragile state of chess in Bangladesh.

Grandmaster Niaz Murshed became unbeaten champion in the 49th National Chess Championship with 10.5 points after beating FM Subroto Biswas in the final and 13th round, held at Level 4 of Youth Tower in Shewrapara, Dhaka yesterday.

The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) on Tuesday confirmed the schedule of a best of three-match series between Bangladesh and Pakistan, with the winners earning a place in the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers.

Carlos Alcaraz battled back to beat Casper Ruud 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Monday in Tokyo and reach his 10th final of a spectacular season, emulating fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal.

Known for his unusual balancing skills, Halim cycled non-stop for 1 hour and 49 minutes at Magura Indoor Stadium without once dropping or hand-touching the ball.

The International Olympic Committee said on Monday it "acknowledged" the decision taken by the International Paralympic Committee to lift a partial suspension of Russia and Belarus.

Women’s team footballers Rupna Chakma and Monika Chakma, men’s team’s goalkeeper Mitul Marma and boxer Suro Krishna Chakma, among others, voiced their concern over the increasing number of rapes and urged for peace to return to the hills.

The competition ran in Hyderabad from September 23-26.

Marie Helena Costa Mendes of the International School Dhaka was among many who competed during the Interschool Gymnastics at National Sports Council Gymnasium in Paltan yesterday.

Becker has endured a tempestuous life off the court as he battled personal issues and financial problems.

Less than four months after setting a new personal best, South Asian Games gold medallist Mabia Akter Simanta outdid herself again on Wednesday, lifting a career-best total weight of 210kg -- 92kg snatch and 118kg clean and jerk -- to win gold in the newly-introduced 69kg weight category in the 41st Men's and 18th Women's National Senior Weightlifting Championships at the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali Handball Stadium.

Novak Djokovic will return to action in Shanghai next month in his first tournament since his US Open semifinal defeat by Carlos Alcaraz, organisers of the Masters tournament said.

Alcaraz is playing at the Japan Open in Tokyo this week, while Sinner will compete at the China Open in Beijing in his first appearance since the US Open.

The Bangladesh Army athlete lifted 94 kilos in clean and jerk and 75 kilos in snatch for a total of 169 kilos.

A record number of nations won medals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with a total of 53 countries making it on to the medal table at the 20th edition of the event which concluded on Sunday.