archery

‘Step by step to the Olympics’: Alif’s measured march

Teenager Abdur Rahman Alif stole the spotlight by winning gold at the Asia Cup Archery Stage-2, especially after senior archers Ruman Sana and Abdur Hakim Rubel migrated to the USA
25 June 2025, 04:43 AM

Hopes of ‘better future’ exposes bitter truths

“I only get Tk 3000 as allowance per month apart from accommodation and food in the national camp. They are giving me an additional Tk 2000 as house rent since I got married… There is no future playing for the national team,” Bangladesh’s star archer Ruman Sana said to The Daily Star in March last year, explaining why he no longer wants to play for the national team.
4 January 2025, 03:00 AM

Wayward Chadian Olympic archer wins hearts of K-Pop star and Koreans

Israel Madaye scored just one point with one of his arrows in the men's individual against top South Korea archer Kim Woo-jin, who rattled home an almost perfect score of 88 out of 90.
3 August 2024, 09:03 AM

'Archery is as much a mental game as it is physical'

Archer Sagor Islam, at just 18 years old, has made history as the youngest athlete from his country to earn a direct spot in the Olympic Games, following in the footsteps of golfer Siddiqur Rahman and archer Ruman Sana who achieved the same in previous editions
11 July 2024, 10:40 AM

Archer Sagor earns direct entry to Paris Olympics

Before Sagor, archer Ruman Sana and golfer Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman were the only other athletes from Bangladesh who earned direct qualification to the Olympics.
17 June 2024, 15:04 PM

Ruman pleads for return to national team

Ace archer Ruman Sana has sought exemption from his suspension in a letter to the president of Bangladesh Archery Federation.
8 May 2024, 16:00 PM

From wheelchair to Paralympics: Jhuma’s inspiring journey

“So what if I’m a person with disabilities?” said Jhuma Akhter, with sparks of defiance and confidence in her eyes, to anyone who ever doubted her.
8 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Jhuma secures Paris Paralympic quota

Jhuma beat Teresa Wallace of the USA 138-134 in the bronze-medal match on Wednesday but her qualification for the Paris Paralympic Games was confirmed on Thursday.
7 March 2024, 15:10 PM

Ruman Sana makes shock retirement from national team

Ruman Sana, Bangladesh's star archer, has decided to not represent the national team anymore, confirmed Bangladesh Archery Federation general secretary Kazi Razibuddin Ahmed Chapol.
3 March 2024, 06:49 AM

Jhuma dreams of Paris Paralympics

Jhuma Akter, a physically-challenged archer, is dreaming of qualifying for the Paris Paralympic Games as a four-member Bangladesh para-archery team is all set to take part in two international tournaments in Dubai from Feb 29 to March 7.
26 February 2024, 14:51 PM

Archers concede two gold medals to India

The Recurve men’s team comprising of Hakim Ahmed, Sagor Islam and Abdur Rahman lost the final by 2-6 set points and had to settle for a silver.
25 February 2024, 12:53 PM

Bangladesh set up two finals against India in Asia Cup Archery

The men’s recurve team comprising of Sagor Islam, Hakim Ahmed Rubel and Abdur Rahman Alif handed Uzbekistan a 5-1 defeat in the semifinal
22 February 2024, 14:48 PM

Another bleak day for Bangladesh at the Asian Games

Ruman Sana and Co squandered an opportunity to make history and win Bangladesh's first ever archery medal in the Asian Games, suffering a 6-0 set points defeat against Indonesia in the bronze-deciding match of the men's recurve team event at Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou yesterday.
6 October 2023, 15:20 PM

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14 September 2023, 10:27 AM

Recurve archers clinch bronze medal in Asia Cup

Bangladesh grabbed the bronze medal in the men’s recurve team event of the Archery Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Stage-3, in Singapore today.
10 June 2023, 10:30 AM

Archers eliminated after primary target achieved

Before leaving for China to take part in the competition, Bangladesh coach Martin Frederick said that he would be pleased if his compound team played in the quarterfinals in their maiden appearance.
17 May 2023, 14:15 PM

Diya excluded over poor performance

Bangladesh’s premier female archer Diya Siddique, who won a gold medal in recurved mixed events of Asia Cup World Ranking tournament in Chinese Taipei in March, has been left out of the World Cup Stage-2 team over poor performance.
14 May 2023, 18:15 PM

Hakim-Diya win gold in Asia Cup

The Bangladeshi pair beat their Kazakh opponents – Ilfat Abdullin and Alina Ilyassova – by 5-3 sets in the final of recurve mixed team event
19 March 2023, 08:05 AM

Archer Ruman Sana's ban temporarily suspended 

Bangladesh archer Ruman Sana's appeal to acquit him of his two-year ban bore fruit on Tuesday as the executive committee of the Bangladesh Archery Federation decided to temporarily put his ban on hold following a meeting.
7 March 2023, 15:09 PM

Ruman Sana excluded from IOC scholarship

Country’s ace archer Ruman Sana was surprisingly not among the five athletes who were awarded a two-year long scholarship last month under the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Paris 2024 Olympic Solidarity Scholarships.
28 August 2022, 18:57 PM