Chwalinska will meet Russian eighth seed Mirra Andreeva in Saturday's title-decider.

Speaking to The Daily Star, Afeida reflects on her return to the side, the captaincy change, the team’s dip in form, coping with personal tragedy in the camp, and the challenge of facing India in Saturday’s final.

Sometimes, football is not about how well you play but about finding a way to get the job done.

Responding to Nepal coach calling the win “unlucky,” Bangladesh coach Butler shot back, “The harder you work, the luckier you get. Take that with you, and have it printed on your tombstone.”

Aryna Sabalenka saw her golden opportunity to claim a maiden French Open title go by on Wednesday as the world number one fell into a "deep, dark hole" against Diana Shnaider to crash out of the tournament in the quarter-finals.

Bangladesh’s ability to consistently post big totals, chase 150-plus targets have long been far from convincing. Continuing the trend, they managed only 133 for five against Scotland and then fell eight runs short of 163-run chase.

Serena Williams confirmed her return to tennis after an absence of nearly four years on Monday, with the American great set to play women's doubles at Queen's club later this month.

Defending champions Bangladesh got off to a winning start against Maldives, but the women in red and green suffered a major setback with a 3-0 defeat to five-time champions India.

Joty and teammates will look to bounce back when they face the Netherlands in their next match on Sunday

Bangladesh have so far played eight SAFF Women’s Championship matches against India, winning two, drawing one and losing five.

Recently, the right-arm pacer spoke to The Daily Star’s Samsul Arefin Khan and revealed that she has a secret plan for the mega T20 event.

Switched to the number nine position instead of the wing against Maldives on Thursday, she found the net in just 11 seconds.

The English coach was also critical of the approach Maldives showed throughout the match.

Mehedi said delays in obtaining an Indian visa prevented him from joining the squad earlier.

Townsend, who had beaten Gauff in their only previous meeting in 2019, broke in the opening game.

Nigar Sultana Joty believes Bangladesh women's national cricket team are better equipped to improve their poor record at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup as the Tigresses prepare for this year’s tournament in England starting on June 12.

If the men’s draw revolves around one overwhelming favourite, the women’s field appears far more open.

Barcelona forwards Ewa Pajor and Salma Paralluelo both netted two second-half goals as their side cruised to a 4-0 win over OL Lyonnes to win the women's Champions League final on Saturday.

Swapna bagged the gold medal after she cleared 6.25 metres, surpassing the previous record of 6.06 set by former national athlete Foujia Huda Jui at the South Asian Games in 2004.

Bangladesh Navy finished as overall champions with 21 gold, 16 silver and 10 bronze medals, ahead of Bangladesh Army and BKSP