Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was injured in a fatal highway accident that killed two people Monday, Nigerian media reported.

The 40-year-old announced this month that he plans to call it quits, with the United Cup in Perth starting Friday the beginning of the end for the popular Swiss star.

Critics had warned that the match risked trivialising the women's game.

The Norwegian secured his 19th world championship title overall.

The world number seven is yet to beat either player and admits he has to find new weapons to challenge the Spaniard and Italian who have shared the last eight Grand Slam titles.

The piercing pop-pop of pickleball paddles starts before sunrise and ends after midnight at dozens of newly built courts across Hanoi, as residents relish one of Vietnam's fastest-growing sports -- or rage at the noise it makes.

Nick Kyrgios beat women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the "Battle of the Sexes" on Sunday, in a highly-publicised showdown with modified rules that divided tennis fans.

Golf in Bangladesh is entering a defining phase. Over the past decade, the sport has shown steady and encouraging growth, supported by world-class courses, structured tournaments and a committed golfing community.

Sunday's showdown between four-times Grand Slam champion Sabalenka and former world number 13 Kyrgios is seen by many as entertainment, but critics believe it risks undermining women's tennis by trivialising decades of progress toward equality.

The four-day 4th Prime Bank New Year Cup Golf Tournament 2025 has commenced with great enthusiasm. Although the tournament began on December 24, its formal inauguration took place on December 26 at the Army Golf Club.

Bangladesh’s Gaurab Singha and Abdul Zahir Tanvir clinched the men’s doubles title at the Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International Series, winning an all-Bangladesh final at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium on Friday.

With six Grand Slam titles under his belt to Sinner's four, Alcaraz will look to eclipse Nadal and become the youngest man to complete the set of all majors when he heads Down Under in the New Year.

After scripting history a day earlier by sending four pairs into the quarterfinals, the home shuttlers maintained their momentum, winning three of the four last-eight encounters to secure places in the final four.

The Bangladesh women’s team avenged their earlier group-stage loss by defeating Afghanistan 25–20, 25–20, 25–15 to secure the bronze medal.

While women’s sport surged globally in 2025, Bangladesh also found moments that pointed toward a more promising future.

Bangladesh’s Al-Amin Jumar and Urmi Akter fought bravely but went down in straight sets in the mixed doubles final of the Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge badminton championship at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium on Saturday.

Stan Wawrinka says the 2026 season will be his last as the three-time Grand Slam singles champion aims to finish his career "on the best note possible".

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), along with three leading sports journalists’ organisations, has strongly condemned the attack, vandalism and arson carried out at the offices of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo.

Bangladesh badminton scaled a historic height on Friday night as Al-Amin Jumar and Urmi Akter stormed into the mixed doubles final of the Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge, becoming the first Bangladeshi pair to reach the final of any event in the tournament’s history.

The day also saw a surprise success as the unheralded pairing of Mashud Ahmed and Sadakat Robin Asfaq booked a place in the quarterfinals with a win over a Malaysian pair.