World number one Aryna Sabalenka sailed into the second round of the China Open with an imperious 6-1, 6-2 defeat of Sofia Kenin on Sunday.

Eighth seed Veronika Kudermetova claimed her first title of the season and second overall with a comprehensive 7-5 6-1 win over world number four Jessica Pegula in the Pan Pacific Open final in Tokyo on Sunday.

An athletics official suffered a broken leg at the Asian Games in Hangzhou after being hit by a hammer hurled during competition by Kuwait's Ali Zankawi.

Boxer Selim Hossain stormed into the quarterfinal of the U-57kg category in Asian Games after he knocked down Asror Vokhidov in the second round of the pre-quarterfinals at Hangzhou Gymnasium yesterday.

Chinese tennis trailblazer Zhang Zhizhen claimed the nation's first men's singles gold medal at the Asian Games in nearly 30 years on Saturday, riding a wave of crowd support to beat Japan's Yosuke Watanuki 6-4 7-6(7) in Hangzhou.

The Beximco Xcel Boxing Championship 2.0 Fight Night will be held on September 30 at the InterContinental Hotel in Dhaka, according to a press release from the organisers.

Newly crowned world number one Aryna Sabalenka said Friday she is "super motivated" to finish the year in top spot as she prepares to compete in the China Open in Beijing.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh shooters could not match expectations on the day.

Courtesy of a timing of 10.44 seconds, he finished overall 17th among 33 athletes to qualify for the 24-athlete semifinals.

The Olympic 200m butterfly champion is on track to reach her target of seven gold medals in Hangzhou.

Djokovic and Alcaraz have split their four meetings on tour and the veteran hoped they would continue having matches.

The mini gold rush took North Korea's overall tally in Hangzhou to 12 medals.

It was a good day for Bangladesh in hockey and golf at the Asian Games on Thursday.

They bludgeoned 314-3 in their 20 overs with Kushal Malla crashing 137 not out off 50 balls, including 12 sixes and eight fours, and Dipendra Singh Airee hitting eight sixes in 10 balls in his unbeaten 52.

High expectations for boxer Zinnat Ferdous were dashed yesterday at the Hangzhou Asian Games as she suffered a 5-0 defeat against her Mongolian counterpart Yesugen Oyuntsetseg in the pre-quarterfinals of the 50kg weight category.

Bangladesh hockey team suffered a 5-2 defeat at the hands of Pakistan in their second match of the Asian Games at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium on Sunday.

The 12th Kyokushin Karate National Competition 2023 was held at the Sultana Kamal Mahila Sports Complex in Dhanmondi on Friday on the occasion of commemorating the 100th birthday of the renowned Grand Master Masutatsu Oyama.

They had declined to enter any teams on the two previous occasions cricket had been played at the multi-sport event, at Guangzhou in 2010 and Incheon in 2014

Alegado, thought to be the youngest athlete at the Games in Hangzhou and representing the Philippines, qualified for the "women's" park final and came seventh out of eight

The Indian trio of Divyansh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwary Tomar blew away the field with a new world best 1,893.7 points to win the men's 10m air rifle team event on day two of the multi-sports extravaganza