Bangabandhu Asian Central Zone Men's U-23 Volleyball Championship is all set to get underway on Thursday at the Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur with hosts Bangladesh taking on Nepal as the men in red and green keep their sights on the title in a bid to continue their international success.

Bangladeshi archers made a good start in Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament Stage 3 as Hakim Ahmed Rubel finished top among 184 archers in the qualification round of individual recurve bow event in Sharjah today.

Sheikh Kamal 2nd Bangladesh Youth Games, organized by Bangladesh Olympic Association, is all set to get rolled across the country at upazila level from the first week of next month, some five years after the first edition of youth games was held in 2018.

Sinisa Mihajlovic, who played for and coached numerous Italian Serie A teams and was famed for his spectacular free kicks, died on Friday after a long battle with cancer.

Bangladesh returned home with four silver and as many bronze medals from Asia Cup Archery Stage-2 from Iraq in May while riding on individual achievements -- from the likes of Ruman Sana, Diya Siddique and Shyamoli Roy as well as some achievements from teams -- but none of those individuals are in the Bangladesh squad ahead of Asia Cup Archery Stage-3 beginning on December 20 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Roger Federer has only been retired for three months but the eight-time Wimbledon champion is having to get used to ordinary life including being turned away unrecognised at the All England Club.

World champion American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis won the World Athlete of the year awards on Monday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presented the cheque for the winners of the third edition of the Bangabandhu Inter University Sports Championship via digital payment through Bkash at the Army Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.

WFM Noshin Anjum was crowned the new champion after she played a out draw against Nusrat Jahan Alo in the 11th and final round of the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib 41st National Women's Chess Championship at the Chess Federation Hall Room on Monday.

Former boxing referee Carlos Padilla has admitted cheating to help fellow Filipino Manny Pacquiao defeat Australian Nedal "Skinny" Hussein in a fight more than two decades ago.

Former track and field star PT Usha will take over as the first woman president of the Indian Olympic Association, becoming the first former international athlete to head the organisation in more than 60 years.

“It doesn’t matter what field you’re talking about – beating somebody else just doesn’t do it for me. I’m much more interested in whether I reach the goals that I set for myself, so in this sense long-distance running is the perfect fit for a mindset like mine,” renowned Japanese writer Haruki Murakami wrote in his memoir, titled: What I talk about when I talk about running.

Acme Chattogram clinched the title of the Hockey Champions Trophy with a 4-3 win over Monarch Padma in the penalty shoot-out following a 2-2 draw in regulation time of the exciting final at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday.

Wimbledon will relax its strict rules on white clothing at the championships and allow women players to wear dark undershorts and relieve a potential source of anxiety when they have their periods, the All England Club said on Thursday.

Japanese Miya Tanimitsu struck four goals as Monarch Padma came twice from behind to earn a hard-fought 4-3 win over Rupayan City Cumilla in the Qualifiers-2 of the Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium today to set final of the event against Acme Chattogram.

The Bangladesh Sports Press Association is set to accord reception to 10 athletes from seven disciplines to mark the organisation’s 60th anniversary.

Star archer Ruman Sana has been suspended from all international and domestic competitions for two years on disciplinary grounds, confirmed a Bangladesh Archery Federation official yesterday.

Acme Chattogram moved into the final of the Hockey Champions Trophy with a hard fought 2-1 win over Rupayan City Cumilla in Qualifier 1 at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Monday.

Bangladesh’s Sajida Haque, Jafirah Chowdhury and Moumita Riya clinched bronze medal in women’s (youth) 10m air rifle event of the 15th Asian Airgun Championship in Daegu, South Korea yesterday.

The top-four teams lined up for the Qualifiers of the Hockey Champions Trophy today as Rupayan City Cumilla became the fourth and final team to move into the qualifying positions with a hard-fought 6-4 win over Walton Dhaka in the penultimate match at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium.