Women archers ensure silver for Bangladesh

Following a string of failures at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games, the Bangladesh women archers ensured at least a silver medal for their country by finishing second in the compound team event’s qualification round in Konya on Monday.
15 August 2022, 14:18 PM

Without goals or vision, Commonwealth Games rut continues

Bangladesh have just concluded another campaign in the Commonwealth Games but the athletes hardly drew any attention from the country’s sports fraternity after again failing to perform on a big platform.
13 August 2022, 03:59 AM

Tyson Fury to retire from boxing

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he is retiring from boxing on his 34th birthday on Friday, having previously performed a number of U-turns over his future in the sport.
12 August 2022, 13:48 PM

Pakistan boxers missing following C’wealth Games

Two Pakistani boxers have gone missing in Britain after the end of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, a team official told local media Thursday.
12 August 2022, 05:57 AM

Hamilton could have been a Top Gun

Lewis Hamilton says he had to turn down an offer to feature as a fighter pilot in Tom Cruise's hit movie "Top Gun: Maverick" because of his Formula One commitments.
10 August 2022, 14:46 PM

Paddlers into quarters of Islamic Solidarity Games

Bangladesh Men’s table tennis team moved into the quarterfinals of the Islamic Solidarity Games after a hard-fought 3-2 win over the Maldives in Konya today.
10 August 2022, 12:54 PM

Bangladesh Women’s team fare better in 44th Chess Olympiad

Bangladesh Women's chess team beat South Africa 3.5-0.5 while the Men's team lost 1.5-2.5 against Indonesia in the final and 11th round of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai on Tuesday.
9 August 2022, 21:41 PM

Australia hammer India to win hockey gold

Australia demolished India 7-0 in the men's hockey final on Monday to maintain their perfect record at the Commonwealth Games and end their gold medal hunt in style.
8 August 2022, 14:40 PM

How a Czech football hooligan became a UFC champion

Jiri Prochazka was a football hooligan in his native Czech Republic until martial arts and an ancient Japanese text inspired him to turn from street fighting to cage fighting -- and become a UFC world champion.
8 August 2022, 04:18 AM

Commonwealth Gold is Delicious for rising England boxing star

England's Delicious Orie was crowned the Commonwealth Games super-heavyweight champion on Sunday, as the Northern Ireland brother and sister duo of Aidan and Michaela Walsh also won boxing gold medals.
8 August 2022, 01:33 AM

Ten Lankans missing from Commonwealth Games

Ten members of crisis-hit Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games contingent in Birmingham have disappeared in a suspected attempt to remain in Britain, a top sports official from the island nation told AFP on Sunday.
7 August 2022, 18:30 PM

Borrowed clothes maketh the woman

As a professional golfer Jessica Korda is used to living out of a suitcase but the American has had to borrow clothes from her rivals at the Women's British Open in Scotland this week after her luggage failed to arrive from Zurich.
6 August 2022, 14:16 PM

Grandmother's spirit drives walker Montag

Australian race walker Jemima Montag says she draws on the strength of her late grandmother, who was a Holocaust survivor, after winning her second Commonwealth Games gold medal on Saturday.
6 August 2022, 13:26 PM

Miller becomes oldest Commonwealth Games winner

Scotland's George Miller became the oldest gold medallist in the history of the Commonwealth Games when Scotland beat Wales in the B2/B3 mixed pairs bowls on Friday.
6 August 2022, 09:28 AM

Indian, Pakistani weightlifters unite on and off Commonwealth podium

Two hulking weightlifters from opposite sides of the often-tense India-Pakistan frontier shared the podium at the Commonwealth Games -- and then celebrated together to their favourite rapper.
5 August 2022, 19:11 PM

Flagbearer Mabia uplifts Bangladesh’s image

Bangladesh's most renowned weightlifter Mabia Aktar Simanta lived up to her reputation as she pulled off her national-record score at the women’s 64-kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham earlier this week on Monday.
4 August 2022, 18:39 PM

Liton, Diya, Baki, Sabira among 11 NSC Awards recipients

The country's three renowned athletes - cricketer Liton Das, shooter Abdullah Hel Baki and weightlifter Sabira Sultana - have been named as the recipients of the Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council (NSC) Awards in the sportsperson category.
4 August 2022, 09:56 AM

McKeon makes Commonwealth history

Australian swim star Emma McKeon made Commonwealth Games history on Tuesday by winning her 19th medal as Jacob Kiplimo raced to victory in the 10,000m on the first day of track and field.
3 August 2022, 04:09 AM

Imranur improves timing

Bangladesh's fastest man Imranur Rahman bettered his timing in 100m sprint but had to be eliminated from Birmingham Commonwealth Games after finishing third in the heats at Alexander Stadium in yesterday.
2 August 2022, 18:08 PM

'Love triangle' creating waves for Australia in Games pool

Australian swimmers have swept the podium, broken world records, set milestones and won a mountain of medals at the Commonwealth Games pool but all anyone wants to talk about is a supposed 'love triangle' with golden girl Emma McKeon at the centre.
2 August 2022, 06:17 AM