Mighty McLaughlin shatters 400m hurdles world record

American Sydney McLaughlin produced one of the greatest track performances of all time on Friday by shattering her own 400 metres hurdles world record to win World Championships gold.
23 July 2022

China to host Asian Games in Sept-Oct 2023

China will host the 2022 Asian Games in 2023, organisers said on Tuesday, after postponing the event in Hangzhou because of Covid.
19 July 2022

No shooting, not much expectation from Commonwealth Games

All eight medals Bangladesh have earned in the history of the Commonwealth Games have come from shooting, but the exclusion of the discipline from the upcoming Birmingham edition has put Bangladesh into a soul-searching mode.
17 July 2022

Kerley wins world 100m gold in US cleansweep

American Fred Kerley led a US cleansweep as he stormed to victory in the men's 100m at the World Championships in Oregon on Saturday.
17 July 2022

Felix's 19-year odyssey ends with another medal

American veteran Allyson Felix will hang up her spikes having sealed a remarkable 19th world medal on Friday, while Fred Kerley laid down an impressive marker in the heats for the 100m in Oregon.
16 July 2022

Imranur walks off after setting the pace

Bangladesh's fastest man Imranur Rahman could not participate in the World Championship heats, despite qualifying with flying colours, due to a groin injury.
16 July 2022

Africa's fastest man Omanyala faces visa delay for Worlds

Africa's fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala was facing an anxious race against time Wednesday, waiting for a US visa so he can compete in the World Athletics Championships.
13 July 2022

Mo Farah wins UK plaudits after revealing true past

Olympic great Mo Farah won praise from across Britain's political spectrum Tuesday after the shock revelation that he was illegally trafficked as a child to the country and forced to work in domestic servitude.
12 July 2022

Mo Farah says he was trafficked to UK, forced to be a child servant

Olympic great Mo Farah was illegally trafficked to Britain at the age of nine from Djibouti and forced to work as a child servant, he has revealed, saying his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin.
12 July 2022

Sri Lankan sprinter becomes first South Asian to break 10-second barrier

Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon became the first sprinter from South Asia to clock sub-10 seconds in men’s 100m sprint when he blazed to victory in the event at the Resisprint International in Switzerland, clocking 9.96s.
3 July 2022

Bowed but not broken

French hurdler Wilfried Happio won the national title at the weekend despite running with an eyepatch after he was assaulted 20 minutes before his race.
27 June 2022

McLaughlin breaks own 400 meters hurdles record

Focus, skill and a little bit of "Track Town, USA" magic propelled Sydney McLaughlin to break her own world record - again - in the 400 meters hurdles on Saturday.
26 June 2022

Golden Bangladeshi athletes tie the knot

Four-time fastest man of Bangladesh Mohammad Ismail got married to gold-winning hurdler Tamanna Akhtar on Friday.
11 June 2022

Sprinters Sumaiya, Nasrin stay back home as unrest in Sri Lanka prompts event cancellation    

Bangladesh's fastest woman Sumaiya Dewan and 400m runner Nusrat Jahan were supposed to take part in an invitational athletics championships in Sri Lanka next week but the authority concerned suspended the event following the economic turmoil and political unrest in Sri Lanka.  
5 April 2022

Imranur 'does not start' as Marcell Jacobs takes 60m crown

Having created a piece of history by reaching the semifinals of World Indoor Athletics Championship, Bangladesh’s Imranur Rahman exited from the semifinals with disappointment as he failed to start the race.
20 March 2022

Imranur sprints into history

Bangladeshi sprinter Imranur Rahman created a piece of history for the country on Saturday by storming into the semifinals of the 60m sprint in World Athletics Indoor Championship in Belgrade on Saturday.
19 March 2022

Athlete-turned-organiser Hamida Begum passes away

Hamida Begum, a champion athlete of 1960s and a veteran sports organiser, passed away in Dhaka on Saturday morning.
19 March 2022

Kremlin backing Valieva in doping row

The Kremlin said Friday it was fully behind Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, whose Olympic gold medal hangs in the balance after she failed a doping test.
11 February 2022

ASM Ali Kabir no more

President of Bangladesh Athletics Federation and chairman of River Protection Commission ASM Ali Kabir passed away on Monday night at a hospital in Dhaka.
11 January 2022

Ismail happy with long jump gold

Sprinter Mohammad Ismail may have a regret of losing his 100m crown to England-based sprinter Imranur Rahman, but the four-time fastest sprinter found some solace by win gold medal in long jump event of the Shaheed Sheikh Kamal 45th National Athletics championships yesterday.
4 January 2022