Rafa Nadal was not too downhearted by defeat at the Cincinnati Open on Wednesday after the Spaniard lost 7-6(9), 4-6, 6-3 to Borna Coric on his return from a six-week injury layoff.

Overlooked by high-rises on the outskirts of Hong Kong, a group of students practise body-slam tackles and vicious ankle-wrenches at weekly training for an unlikely sport: the ancient Indian game of kabaddi.

The last and only time that the Asia Cup followed the T20 format was in 2016 and after over six years, the upcoming 15th edition of the continental tournament is once again set to be played in the UAE from August 27 in the shortest format.

Jacobs, who was world indoor 60m champion in Belgrade in March, but withdrew before the semi-finals of the 100m at last month's world championships in Oregon, clocked a championship record-equalling time of 9.95 seconds.

Bangladesh archers won one silver and two bronze medals at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya today.

Indian cricket great Sachin Tendulkar exchanged greetings with Bangladesh midfielder Maria Manda and shared sporting advice while talking to the country's representatives of UNICEF as the organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for the South Asia Region on the occasion of International Youth Day through a video call.

Bangladesh's Roksana Akter was set to compete in the bronze-deciding match against a second seed Turkish archer in the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games after suffering a narrow 148-146 defeat to top-seed Yesmin Ucar Bostan of Turkiye in the semifinal of women's individual compound event in Konya yesterday.

Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios will skip the Davis Cup next month, Tennis Australia said on Tuesday, scotching speculation about his return to the team competition.

The Bangladesh think-tank is considering changes to the batting order for the Asia Cup, slated to start on August 27, with the intention of changing the Tigers' dwindling fortunes in the shortest format of the game.

Following a string of failures at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games, the Bangladesh women archers ensured at least a silver medal for their country by finishing second in the compound team event’s qualification round in Konya on Monday.

As there are only two specialist openers in Bangladesh’s 17-member squad for the Asia Cup squad, the Tigers’ team management, according to Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud Sujon, may even opt for Mushfiqur Rahim or skipper Shakib Al Hasan in the opening slot in case of injuries and emergencies. 

With the tension between Shakib Al Hasan and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) coming to an end with the all-rounder handed the T20 captaincy on Saturday, the focus finally turns to preparations for the upcoming Asia Cup tournament, slated to begin from August 27 at the UAE. The newly appointed T20 skipper appeared at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Mirpur yesterday, looking to retrieve some intensity.

Nick Kyrgios confessed that he had little more to give physically as his nine-match win streak came to an end in the quarter-finals of the ATP Montreal Masters on Friday.

Bangladesh have just concluded another campaign in the Commonwealth Games but the athletes hardly drew any attention from the country’s sports fraternity after again failing to perform on a big platform.

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he is retiring from boxing on his 34th birthday on Friday, having previously performed a number of U-turns over his future in the sport.

Ritu Akter, 2021 national high jump champion, produced her career-best result to finish seventh in the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games as she cleared 1.73 meter in women’s high jump event in Konya, Turkey today.

Two Pakistani boxers have gone missing in Britain after the end of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, a team official told local media Thursday.

Australian Nick Kyrgios produced another extraordinary performance to demolish compatriot Alex de Minaur 6-2 6-3 at the Canadian Masters on Thursday, a day after stunning world number one Daniil Medvedev.

Bangladesh's hope of achieving something better in gymnastics in the fifth Islamic Solidarity Games was shattered when New Zealand-based Bangladeshi gymnast Ali Kader Haque and Abu Saeed Rafi finished fifth and sixth in the final of vault table event in Konya, Turkey on Thursday.

Ukraine women clinched gold at the 44th Chess Olympiad as the event concluded in Chennai on Tuesday.