Though football and cricket already got underway four days before, the curtain of the 19th Asian Games opens tonight with a lot more to offer than just a visual spectacle as hosts China look to surprise the world with a high-tech showcase of its historical and cultural attractions.

Following two unsuccessful visits since its Asian Games debut in 1978, Bangladesh won its first medal in 1986. It was boxer Mosharraf Hossain who opened the mark, bagging a bronze, and Bangladesh went on to win at least one medal in each of the next seven editions until 2014, with kabaddi and cricket accounting for all 11 medals.

The Bangladesh contingent was officially been received on Wednesday afternoon at the Hangzhou Asian Games Athletes Village by a colourful welcome ceremony that reflected the culture of China.

New York-based boxer Zinnat Ferdous is the ninth expatriate athlete set to represent Bangladesh She will fight in the 50kg weight category in the Hangzhou Asian Games, scheduled to get underway on September 23. Zinnat shared her desire to win a medal for Bangladesh at the continental multi-sport event and her experiences of becoming a boxer in a conversation with The Daily Star's Anisur Rahman on Wednesday.

Hong Kong is one of the smaller Asian Games teams by population, but when it comes to fencing the city is a regional heavyweight with ambitious medal hopes.

Players will battle in EA Sports FC, PUBG Mobile, Arena of Valor, Dota 2, League of Legends, Dream Three Kingdoms 2 and Street Fighter V.

North Korean athletes have travelled to China for the Asian Games, state media said, signalling an end to the country's more than three-year isolation from global multisport competitions.

The High Court has questioned the legality of the chief election commissioner’s notification of a 28-member executive committee of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF).

North Koreans are listed on the Games' website for accredited media to compete in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in sports.

Mohammad Shamsuzzaman Arafat completed the Ironman World Championship in Nice with the best timing amongst Bangladeshi participants on Sunday.

Bangladesh are set to take part in the upcoming 19th Asian Games in China with 'their best possible team' even though there is no guarantee from the Bangladesh officials of a medal from Asia's biggest multi-sports extravaganza, scheduled for September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, China.

The Commonwealth Games could be pushed back by a year to allow an Australian host to salvage the multi-sport event after Victoria state withdrew from staging the 2026 edition, the nation's Games boss said.

Sunnydale and Viqarunnisa Noon School & College emerged as the champions in their respective divisions of the Polar Ice-cream 28th School Handball Tournament at the M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium on Tuesday.

India emerged champions in the Men's Hockey5s Asia Cup here on Saturday, beating arch-rivals Pakistan 2-0 in a shootout after both teams were locked at 4-4 in regulation time.

A tenacious Novak Djokovic survived a US Open late-night fright battling back from two sets down to tame fellow Serb Laslo Djere 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, and 6-3 on Friday, and move into the fourth round at Flushing Meadows.

Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF) organised this event with the patronisation of Dhaka Ice Cream Industries Limited.

Tsitsipas struggled against Stricker's massive serve and booming forehand before bowing out 7-5 6-7(2) 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-3.

Sonam Sultana Soma and Sadia Rahman Mou are set to represent Bangladesh again in international competitions after serving one year of a two-year ban, but there was more controversy surrounding the eight-player Bangladesh table tennis contingent for the upcoming Asian championships

Red Bull's runaway Formula One leader Max Verstappen credited a rare defeat for setting in motion a record-equalling run of nine wins in a row.

Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine retained his world heavyweight titles with a ninth-round knockout of Britain's Daniel Dubois in Wroclaw, Poland on Saturday.