Margarita Mamun (MM): It is my first visit after the Rio Olympic Games and I’m really happy and amazed to have received such a warm welcome from Bangladeshi people. I’m really happy to be here with my family. My mother is here, after 15 years, as well as my husband and our two-year-old son, who are here for the first time.

Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz avenged his Indian Wells defeat to Andy Murray on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP event in Vienna.

Polish grandmaster Michal Krasenkow became champion in Sheikh Russel International Grandmasters Chess Tournament after defeating overnight leader GM Vugar Rasulov of Azerbaijan in the ninth and final round at the Dilkusha Hall of Hotel Purbani International today.

Zamal Hossain Mollah won the title of the 3rd Mark Designers Professional Golf Tournament, which concluded at the Army Golf Club today.

An autographed Serena Williams rookie card printed in 2003 has become the most expensive women’s sports card after fetching $44,280 at auction last weekend, New Jersey-based Goldin Auctions said.

As many as 11 national records, including five in the third and final day, were set as the Bangabandhu 30th National Swimming Championships concluded at Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mirpur yesterday.

Sumaiya Dewan, who won 100m sprint on the opening day, did a double by winning the female juvenile 200m sprint title at record time. The youngster from BKSP took 25.35 seconds, breaking a 19-year-old record set by Shamsunnahar Chumki by 0.25 seconds.

Iftekharul Alam Piyal of Kishoreganj Rifle Club won gold in boys’ 10m air pistol event while Krashila Marma of BKSP Shooting Club grabbed the top prize in girls’ 10m air pistol event on the concluding day of the Hamidul Rahman 4th National Youth Shooting Championships at the National Shooting Complex in Gulshan today.

The Bangabandhu 5th Central South Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2021, organised by the Bangladesh Gymnastics Federation (BGF) on the occasion of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be held between October 27-31. 

Three national records were toppled on the opening day of the Bangabandhu 30th National Swimming Championships at Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mipur yesterday.

Bangabandhu 30th National Swimming Championships in set to get underway tomorrow at the Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mirpur with expectations low for setting a new national record following no activities of the swimmers in the recent past due to the pandemic.

Laila Group’s Bando Design Ltd. is set to represent Bangladesh at the upcoming edition of the FIFCO World Corporate Champions Cup (WCCC) 2021, a five-a-side futsal tournament.

Unvaccinated tennis stars are unlikely to get visas to play in the Australian Open, a local official warned Tuesday, throwing defending champion Novak Djokovic's participation into serious doubt.

Club Cup champions Mariner Youngs Club will take on Bangladesh Police in the opening match of the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League, which gets underway at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium today.

Young shooter Rabbi Hasan Munna grabbed the gold medal in 10m air rifle event of the 2nd Sheikh Russel International Airgun Championship (Online), which took place yesterday.

Around 100 chess players including 32 Grandmasters and one Women Grandmaster from will vie for the top awards in the Sheikh Russel International Grandmasters Chess Tournament which starts tomorrow in Dhaka, with 55,000 dollars on offer.

The trophy and logo of the DNCC Mayor Cup was unveiled in a colourful programme at the Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka on Saturday evening.

Young forward Sohanur Rahman Sabuj became the hero of Club Cup Hockey Tournament once more as his brace powered Mariner Youngs Club to their maiden title in the history of the competition yesterday.

Ever since the National Cricket League’s (NCL) inception two decades ago, the improvement of the standard of cricket, preparation of sporting wickets and overall competitiveness have been a far cry from what was promised over the years.

A five-day long Butthan Martial art training camp, organised by Satyapon Janaa Shikshasram, was held from October 10 to 14 in Panchagarh.