Record number of countries won medals at World Athletics Championships
23 September 2025, 07:12 AM
Hurdler Roni disappoints; BAF looks to Jamaica, Pakistan for coaches
15 September 2025, 13:30 PM
Clearing hurdles, on and off the track
23 August 2025, 15:45 PM
Imranur, Sumaiya regain fastest sprinter titles
22 August 2025, 12:27 PM
Dominant Duplantis has 'high expectations' in Tokyo world c'ships
15 August 2025, 04:53 AM
Duplantis does it again, breaks pole vault world record for the 13th time
13 August 2025, 05:28 AM
Italian athlete dies at World Games in China
12 August 2025, 06:55 AM
Lyles the showman ready to deliver 100m entertainment
18 July 2025, 13:40 PM
'World's oldest marathon runner' dies aged 114 in road accident
15 July 2025, 08:20 AM
BKSP blaze track with record-breaking run
1 June 2025, 02:30 AM
Imranur needs to prove himself again for int’l meets
England-based sprinter Imranur Rahman will not be considered to represent Bangladesh in international competitions until he proves himself in a special trial.
17 February 2025, 05:20 AM
World's oldest Olympic champion Keleti passes away
Agnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic champion and Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 103.
2 January 2025, 17:19 PM
BOA Marathon on December 20
Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) has decided to hold a long-distance race titled BOA Marathon 2024 on December 20, said a press release on Monday.
25 November 2024, 13:35 PM
Paris to honour murdered Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei
The city of Paris will honour slain Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her, the French capital's mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Friday.
6 September 2024, 12:56 PM
Ugandan athlete Cheptegei dies after being set on fire by boyfriend
Cheptegei, 33, had sustained burns to 80 percent of her body, the acting head of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in the Rift Valley city of Eldorect where she was being treated, had told reporters on Tuesday.
5 September 2024, 12:49 PM
Italy's Petrillo to be first transgender athlete at Paralympic Games
Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first openly transgender athlete to participate in the Paralympic Games after the visually impaired sprinter was selected to represent Italy in the women's 200 and 400 metres races in Paris.
13 August 2024, 09:03 AM
Swimmers Rafi, Sonia receive wild cards for Paris Olympics
”Today, we have received a mail from the World Aquatics who provided wild cards to Rafi and Sonia for the Paris Olympic Games. Both swimmers gained the wild card on the basis of their timing and ranking in the World Championship," Saif told The Daily Star today.
2 July 2024, 10:52 AM
First Palestinian Olympic boxer fights hurdles before history
Every morning Palestinian boxer Waseem Abu Sal checks texts from his Cairo-based coach -- a Gazan who cannot travel to him in the occupied West Bank -- to see his daily Olympics training schedule as he prepares to make history.
2 July 2024, 06:39 AM
Bangladesh’s fastest runner Imranur to race in Paris Olympics
“We are also expecting another wild card in swimming within a couple of days,” BOA treasurer AK Sarkar told The Daily Star today.
1 July 2024, 13:26 PM
Italy's Jacobs runs best time since Tokyo Games victory
Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs ramped up his preparations for the Paris Games by breaching the 10-seconds mark twice on Tuesday to win gold at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland.
19 June 2024, 05:40 AM
Mahfuzur adds to Bangladesh's medal rush in Malaysia
High-jumper Mahfuzur Rahman won silver medal in the Caya Mata Malaysian Open Athletics Championship, an invitational tournament in Malaysia.
16 June 2024, 07:20 AM
Bangladesh athletes seal steeplechase gold and two silver medals in Malaysia
All three medal holders hail from Bangladesh Army.
15 June 2024, 14:26 PM
High jumper Ritu bags silver in Malaysia
High-jumper Ritu Akter bagged a silver medal in Cahya Mata Malaysia Open on Friday, clearing 1.75 metres at Stadium Darul Makmur Kuantan in Pahang, said a press release from Bangladesh Athletics Federation.
14 June 2024, 14:23 PM
Seville sets world-leading time to beat Lyles in 100m
Jamaica's Oblique Seville ran the fastest 100 meters in the world this year, 9.82 seconds, to defeat reigning world champion Noah Lyles on Saturday at the Racer Grand Prix meet.
2 June 2024, 05:25 AM
Swimmer Jui breaks two national records
Jui, a BKSP student, clocked 1:25.07 seconds in the 100m breaststroke in girls’ 15-17 group to break the previous record of 1:26.88 seconds
26 May 2024, 16:14 PM
BKSP grab all four 100m gold medals
Bangladesh Krira Shikka Protisthan (BKSP) dominated in all sprint events of the Sheikh Kamal 38th Junior Athletics Championships on the opening day but athletes from districts hogged the limelight in other events at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday.
24 May 2024, 14:40 PM
My journey to marathons
There is a saying: “One run can change your day, many runs can change your life.”
22 May 2024, 08:30 AM
Dhaka Women's Marathon on May 24
Senora Long Dhaka Women’s Marathon will be held at Hatirjheel in Dhaka on May 24 under the auspices Everest Academy and Bangladesh Athletics Federation.
7 May 2024, 12:48 PM
Iconic shared Olympic gold moment will not be repeated, says Barshim
Barshim said he felt "lucky" to have shared the gold with Tamberi.
26 April 2024, 05:41 AM
Beijing half marathon runners stripped of medals after controversial finish
The top three in Sunday's Beijing half marathon have been stripped of their medals, organisers said, following an investigation into the finish that saw China's He Jie controversially win.
19 April 2024, 15:00 PM