The biggest sporting events in 2025 include the Champions Trophy, IPL, Women’s Euro, Women’s ODI World Cup, Club World Cup. 

The cartoons, drawn by The Daily Star’s Staff Cartoonist Biplob Chakraborty, were composed according to the essence of the stories – ranging from criticism of player selection, incumbent sports officials to global showpiece events.

As 2024 draws to a close, the year presents both progress and persistent challenges. While there have been achievements in football, cricket, and hockey, the need for comprehensive reform and greater investment in sports infrastructure is more evident than ever.

Three achievements, according to The Daily Star Sports team, stood out among all.

Andy Murray's trophy-filled career came to an end at the Paris Olympics on Thursday as another chapter closed on tennis's golden generation.

Ideally, sports and politics should never mix, but inevitably, sports and politics always mix.

Abdur Razzak, a local coach who holds an AFC A level certification, was involved with the selection process in all three talent hunt programmes and accompanied the four promising players in Brazil as coach. The 55-year-old, who has been in the coaching profession for 23 years, spoke with The Daily Star’s Anisur Rahman about what happens in such overseas training programmes and why have the budding footballers not been able to make it big after returning home.

In July of 2020, at a time when Bangladesh like the rest of the world was battling the coronavirus, an image of a young man wielding a broom started making rounds in the country’s social media.

Kohli delighted the crowd with a wide array of shots after a shaky start to his quest to reach 50 ODI tons and eclipse Sachin Tendulkar's record, but Roelof van der Merwe briefly silenced fans by breaking his stumps with a flatter one.

Afghanistan have won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa. It was a good toss to win given that according to ESPNCricinfo, bowling first would have seen them automatically eliminated from the World Cup given their equations at the World Cup.

South Africa paceman Kagiso Rabada said that he wanted to break New Zealand paceman Trent Boult’s bat. Rabada said it in a light-hearted video, released by the ICC ahead of the New Zealand vs South Africa match today.

Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in Chennai today.

Hockey player Rezaul Karim Babu shared his and the team’s goals for the forthcoming Asian Games, and his expectations from a sport that has left its heydays long behind during an interview with The Daily Star.   

It can be quite hard to imagine hockey’s popularity in the country was only second to football in the 80’s. Although football’s craze was unmatched back then, hockey boasted a fair share of spectators who thronged stadiums to watch domestic and international matches.

It shouldn't come as a massive surprise if the Piacenza-born tactician lands the biggest prize of all in Istanbul on Saturday night, even though Manchester City will definitely go into the game as the favourites.

City are only one step away from being the second English and the eighth European team in history to complete the prestigious continental treble. Tonight, in Istanbul, City will be up against Inter Milan -- “the best Italian team at present,” according to Zlatan Ibrahimovich -- in the Champions League final.

Utterly unforgettable was the delivery of sports in 2022, a year jam-packed with major events – a few of which were postponed since 2020 by the Coronavirus pandemic.

Cameroon and Serbia go into Monday’s Group G match knowing that anything less than a victory could send them packing from the World Cup by the time Brazil and Switzerland play later in the day.

Three years after Adrian Diaz popped the question to Madison Hubbell on a high cliff overlooking the romantic port city of Barcelona, the two Olympic ice dancers are looking forward to finally planning their dream wedding.