Athletics federation bans Jannat, Kabita from women's events after gender tests
15 August 2026
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Athletics
Eligibility row in female category hits Bangladesh athletics
10 August 2026
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Athletics
European Athletics, broadcasters issue guidelines on preventing sexualisation of female athletes
15 July 2026
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Athletics
Jahid, Rifat, Rafia, Sabina set the pace at national junior meet
3 July 2026
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Athletics
Nat'l athletics / Motaleb follows idol to 200m crown, Shirin doubles up, Navy dominate meet
19 May 2026
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Athletics
Nat'l athletics / Two records, two realities as Swapna celebrates while Mehedi waits
20 May 2026
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Athletics
A race fewer women run
18 May 2026
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Athletics
National athletics meet still without sponsors
16 May 2026
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Athletics
Season best not enough as Imranur exits 60m at World Indoors
20 March 2026
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Athletics
Award-winning athlete Mimu no more
14 March 2026
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Athletics
Imranur eases through preliminary qualifying round
Bangladesh’s fastest sprinter Imranur Rahman eased through the preliminary qualifying round of the 100m sprint in the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary today.
19 August 2023
Imranur to run in World Athletics today
Bangladesh's fastest man Imranur Rahman is all set to compete in the 100m sprint in World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary today.
19 August 2023
Top Indian sprinter gets four-year doping ban: reports
Top Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has been banned from competition for four years after she failed two doping tests, local media reported Friday.
18 August 2023
Jahir Rayhan disappoints in semifinals
Jahir Rayhan finished seventh among eight sprinters in one of the three semifinals of 200m sprint in the Asian Athletics Championship today.
15 July 2023
Jahir Rayhan confirms Asian Athletics semifinal spot
Bangladesh sprinter Jahir Rayhan qualified for the semifinal in the Asian Athletics Championship in Thailand today.
15 July 2023
Imranur misses out on final by 0.02 seconds
Bangladesh’s fastest sprinter Imranur Rahman failed to qualify for the finals of the 100m sprint in Asian Athletics Championship in Thailand today after clocking 10.40s, which is 0.15 seconds more than the time that he had set in the heat yesterday.
14 July 2023
Imranur records personal best to move into Asian Athletics semis
Bangladesh sprinter Imranur Rahman recorded his personal best to qualify for the semifinals in the 100m sprint in the 25th Asian Athletics Championships at the Suphachalasai Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday.
13 July 2023
Gymnast Rafil narrowly misses bronze
Gymnast Rafil Ahmed stood tall in an individual event of 2023 Asian Artistics Gymnastics Championships but narrowly missed the bronze medals in the final of vault junior event in Singapore on Monday.
12 June 2023
Kipyegon adds 5,000m world record to 1500m mark in Paris
The 29-year-old produced a stunning performance to crush the world 5,000 mark at the Paris Diamond League on Friday, beating world record-holder Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia in the process.
10 June 2023
The last-placed runner who became toast of Cambodia
The Cambodian runner has become a star of the Southeast Asian Games since her gritty performance in the 5,000m. Although she came last, her determination to finish the race under torrential rain charmed the country and even won plaudits from Prime Minister Hun Sen.
16 May 2023
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
Bangladesh in handball final
Hosts Bangladesh confirmed final berths in both youth and junior sections of Bangabandhu IHF Challenge Women’s Trophy after notching up back-to-back victories at Shaheed M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium yesterday..Bangladesh’s preliminary target was to play in the final of the U-17 y
14 May 2023
Handball teams make flying start
Bangladesh made a flying start in the Bangabandhu IHF Challenge Trophy Women’s (Youth & Junior) at the M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium yesterday,.The hosts beat Maldives by 48-10 goals in the junior (under-17) event before the youth team (under-19) beat their Maldivian counterparts
13 May 2023
83-year-old dreams of ‘crowning achievement’ in Paris Olympics
At 83, Barbara Humbert dreams of taking part in next year's Paris Olympic Games 'Marathon For All', a race opening the Olympic route to non-elite competitors for the first time - and she's got the pedigree to beat some runners half her age.
2 May 2023
Kremlin vows to ‘defend interests’ of its athletes
The Kremlin on Wednesday said it would defend its athletes, a day after Olympic chiefs recommended they compete as individuals under a neutral flag with no links to the military.
29 March 2023
Trans athletes decry ban
Transgender athletes have condemned World Athletics’ exclusion of transgender women from elite female competitions, while the decision was welcomed by some sportswomen as a win for fairness.
24 March 2023
Transgender athletes banned from women's events
Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday, citing fairness over inclusion.
24 March 2023
Eighteen athletes win Tk 1.65 lakh in Rajshahi half marathon
A total 18 earliest finishers among 1007 participants were awarded with cash prizes worth Tk 1.65 lakh alongside trophies, crests, certificates, and other benefits.
17 March 2023
Irregularities mar school athletics championships
The irregularities eventually forced Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) halt distributing medals and cash awards on the first day after it had already those for eight events out of 32
16 March 2023
Para archery expands horizon for physically challenged athletes
Aysha is now setting sights on a new sporting ambition – express herself and travel through para archery, a discipline which officially took off in Bangladesh on Monday
27 February 2023