Four new records were produced on the opening day of the Bangabandhu 31st National Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Championships at the Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mirpur today.

Bangabandhu 31st National Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Championships is set to get underway at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in Mirpur today.

Star archer Ruman Sana was eliminated in the individual recurve bow event of the 13th National Archery Championships when the Olympian suffered a 6-4 defeat to Rakib Miah in the quarterfinals while Diya Siddique progressed to the final of the same event at the Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium in Tongi yesterday.

As general secretary of the Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, Habibur Rahman has been playing a key role in reviving the sport in the country.

Tuhin Tarafder has been representing the national kabaddi team for six long years and has taken on the captaincy. The 36-year-old, who also has experience in the Indian Pro-Kabaddi League, spoke to The Daily Star’s Anisur Rahman about the problems and prospects of Bangladesh’s national sport.

Bangladesh’s international achievements in Kabaddi

The Shaheed Noor Hossain Volleyball Stadium in Paltan recently staged the Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi Tournament for the second time.

Ukrainian athlete Valentyna Veretska, who fled Russia's invasion of her country and took refuge in Israel, on Friday won the Jerusalem marathon, race organisers said.

Having succeeded in the Stage I of the Asia Cup Archery event, Bangladesh’s national archers are set to face off against their local rivals in the 13th Teer National Archery Championships, beginning on Sunday at the Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium in Tongi.

Bangladesh retained the Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi title after handing a dramatic 34-31 defeat to Kenya in an exciting final at the Shaheed Noor Hossain National Volleyball Stadium yesterday.

Multi-talented Ashleigh Barty excels at so many sports that she has played professional cricket and even won a golf tournament, but it was in tennis where she rose to become the best in the world.

Holders Bangladesh and previous edition’s runners-up Kenya moved into the final of the second Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi tournament after defeating their respective rivals in the semifinals at Shaheed Noor Hossain Volleyball Stadium today.

Yassin Elshafei of Egypt turned champion of Bangamata International Squash Tournament 2022 by defeating Abhishek Agarwal of India while, in the female category, Malaysia’s Vinikasheinie Kulasegaran edged past Sri Lanka’s Fathoum Issadeen in three-two sets to grab the title, with both matches held at the Chittagong Club Limited on Tuesday.

Hosts Bangladesh confirmed their semifinal berth in the 2nd Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi tournament following an emphatic 56-21 points victory over lowly Malaysia in a Group A encounter at the Shaheed Noor Hossain Volleyball Stadium yesterday.

Led by Nasrin Akter Bangladesh stormed to three gold medals in archery’s Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Stage-1, in Phuket yesterday.

Bangladesh ensured their Asia Cup berth while moving into the final of the AHF Cup following an 8-1 thrashing of Kazakhstan in the second semifinal in Jakarta on Saturday.

Bangladesh earned their first gold medal at the 2022 Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament Stage 1 as archers Ruman Sana and Nasrin Akter proved themselves to be the superior duo in the recurve mixed event against their Indian counterparts in Phuket, Thailand today.

The trophy of the second edition of the Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi was unveiled at a hotel in the capital today.

Bangladesh already secured a gold medal before the actual gold-medal event as archers Diya Siddique and Nasrin Akter landed in the final of the women’s

A brilliant hat-trick from Sohanur Rahman Sabuj powered Bangladesh to a resounding 7-0 win over Singapore in their second match of the AHF Cup at the Gelora Bung Karno Hockey Field in Jakarta today.