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