The 60-minute match eventually took nearly two-and-a-half hours to complete.

Having spent five years, Fahad finally achieved one of three GM norms yesterday.

Bangladesh’s International Master Fahad Rahman took his first step towards becoming a Grand Master after winning the first of three GM norms today.

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Saturday Russian and Belarusian athletes "were not welcome" at the Olympics being staged in the French capital this year.

Italy's  Jannik Sinner destroyed defending champion Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-2 in just 69 minutes on Friday to reach the final of the ATP Miami Open, where he will take on Grigor Dimitrov.

Mohammad Yusuf, who served as the vice-president of the current executive committee of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation and the acting general secretary of the previous committee, is no more. This veteran organiser breathed his last at Chattogram’s Evercare Hospital today.

Some of the sporting events this week were accompanied by incredible photos.

Djokovic has had a poor start to the year by his standards.

"Several foreign nations are going to reinforce us in certain critical areas, such as dog-handling capabilities where the needs are enormous," an official at the defence ministry told AFP on condition of anonymity.

One of the players seeking anonymity stated that the unpaid salaries are expected to be between Tk 20 to 25 lakh.

Novak Djokovic and Goran Ivanisevic are to go their separate ways, the tennis world number one announced on Wednesday, ending a five-year association which yielded 12 Grand Slams.

“I’m very happy. It’s amazing for me because I had never faced [Carlsen],” said Oro after the game on Saturday.

The emotion of the game itself, a missed chance for a third straight win in a tournament for the first time in over a year, was enhanced by Murray knowing this week was his final appearance in a city he calls his "tennis home".

Defending champions Dhaka Mariner Youngs Club dropped more points in the Green Delta Insurance Dhaka Premier Division Hockey League with a 5-5 draw against Bangladesh Police at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Saturday.

A reset is not something Sinner has had to do this campaign.

"Konstantin's death is an unthinkable tragedy," Sabalenka said in a statement released by her agent.

Mariners' fourth consecutive victory helped them raise their tally to 12 points from five matches

Organisers of the Paris Olympics are to distribute 220,000 condoms to athletes who want to get romantic during this year's Games in the City of Love.

Russia launched a furious tirade at the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, arguing the IOC's restrictions on Russian athletes and its criticism of the Moscow-organised Friendship Games amounted to "neo-Nazism".

Sabalenka's partner, Belarusian former NHL ice hockey player Konstantin Koltsov, 42, died late Monday after jumping from the balcony of a room in an upmarket resort in Miami, police said.