Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was on hand on Tuesday to watch China’s Eileen Gu as she won gold in the Big Air competition in Beijing to put the host nation at the top of the medals table.

Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot took home the Olympic gold medal in men's slopestyle on Monday, just over three years after he was diagnosed with cancer.

Alexander Bublik stunned top seed and Olympic champion Alexander Zverev to win his maiden ATP title in Montpellier on Sunday.

After years of underachievement, Sadio Mane’s Senegal finally lived up to their billing as Africa’s outstanding team with victory in the Cup of Nations, even if they did it the hard way in the final against Egypt.

From being a torchbearer at the world's top sporting event to competing in her first Winter Olympics race, cross-country skier Dinigeer Yilamujiang experienced two memorable moments in just 18 hours.

Nilufar Yeasmin has been ruled out of the Indonesia-bound shooting team after returning positive for Covid-19.

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) yesterday declared a 28-member preliminary squad for the AHF Cup in March with the inclusion of three new faces – goalkeeper Nuruzzaman Nayan, midfielders Raju Ahmed Tapu and Abed Uddin.

A Chinese curling duo’s unexpected gift to their victorious USA opponents at the Beijing Winter Olympics brought a temporary thaw to the chilly atmosphere between the two world powers.

New Zealand cricket great Chris Cairns revealed Saturday he has suffered a further health setback and has been diagnosed with bowel cancer.

A Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and taking place inside a strict Covid-secure bubble will officially begin in Beijing on Friday with an opening ceremony at the "Bird's Nest" stadium.

Unlike the prevailing scenario nowadays, many disciplines had a place in the country’s sporting arena in the past and regularly produced stars that would hog the national spotlight.

Eight players from Dhaka dominated the National Table Tennis Championships by sharing 23 men’s single events titles out of 39. Only six players from outside the capital bagged titles in the past 47 years (since 1974).

Dr. Manash Chowdhury is a dentist, musician and five-time national table tennis champion. He spoke to The Daily Star about the despondent environment in the country’s table tennis circuit and shared his thoughts about how it could overcome the gloom while also expanding on how he manages to juggle his multi-dimensional life. The excerpts are below:

Today, cricket gets maximum priority. They get big sponsors, jobs, all kinds of opportunities. If a third of this money and opportunities

Khandokar Hassan Monir, vice-president of the Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation (BTTF), plays an important role in the development of table tennis in Bangladesh and he spoke to The Daily Star’s Anisur Rahman about the past, present and future. The excerpts are below:

Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard have said they do not condone any form of discrimination after a photo of them with controversial British rap artist Wiley drew criticism.

A team of Bangladeshi amateur cyclists bagged a Guinness world record by cycling 1600 km distance in 48 hours.

Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation has appointed Iranian rifle shooting coach Mohammad Zaer Rezaei as its coach for the next three years.

Moulvibazar and Jhenaidah emerged champions in the boys’ and girls’ sections of the IGP Cup National Youth Kabaddi Championships after beating their respective rivals in the finals at the makeshift courts in Paltan Ground yesterday.

Women’s participation in sports in the country formally began soon after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Breaking all the barriers,