The National Sports Council (NSC) on Thursday issued letters to the ad-hoc committees of 49 sports federations and associations in the country to "immediately" take initiatives to hold elections in their respective bodies.

Bangladesh will compete in 10 sports out of 21 disciplines: athletics, fencing, karate, swimming, table tennis, weightlifting, wrestling, wushu, judo, and taekwondo.

BRAC Bank, one of Bangladesh’s leading commercial banks, had earlier supported the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) in organising a women’s development hockey tournament earlier this year.

Bangladesh's disappointing results at the recently concluded 4th South Asian Senior Athletics Championships only highlight the long-standing decline of the country's athletics.

Frenchman Nicolas Mahut delivered an emotional farewell to professional tennis after his doubles defeat at the Paris Masters.

The six-time Grand Slam champion has failed to win the Paris Masters in five attempts and now faces losing his place atop the rankings should rival Jannik Sinner win the tournament.

"We will now focus fully on the South Asian Games... and need to nurture this group of young players to make quick decisions during matches, which can only grow through playing a lot of international games."

Jannik Sinner said Tuesday that he had come to terms with finishing the season behind rival Carlos Alcaraz in the rankings.

Zhao Yitang had always dreamed of playing football for China and this summer he finally did -- not in boots on a pitch, but on a smartphone.

Hosts Bangladesh's bid to play in the final of CAVA (Central Asian Volleyball Association) Cup was crushed with a 3-1 sets defeat to Afghanistan in their final group match at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur on Monday.

Lando Norris regained the lead in the drivers' world championship for the first time in six months on Sunday when he steered his McLaren to a commanding victory in a breathless Mexico Grand Prix.

Jannik Sinner clinched his fourth title of the season on Sunday as the Italian rallied from a set down to beat Alexander Zverev in the final of the Vienna Open.

Bangladesh youth hockey team's coach, Siegfried Aikman, has expressed his disappointment at the cancellation of a proposed Switzerland tour ahead of the upcoming FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, which will be held from November 28 to December 10 in India.

Jannik Sinner beat Alex de Minaur in straight sets at the Vienna Open on Saturday to reach his eighth final of the year.

The Fifth Inter-Club Sports Carnival, alternatively termed as Gulshan Club Olympiad 2025, will be the biggest and most inclusive of its kind, hoped organisers at a press briefing at the club headquarters in Dhaka on Saturday.

Hosts Bangladesh continued their dream run in the CAVA Cup Men’s Volleyball Championship 2025, clinching a 3–2 match over Sri Lanka on Friday at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.

Promising swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi has once again been named the best male swimmer at the recently concluded National Swimming Championships. The Daily Star's Anisur Rahman caught up with the Rajbari-born swimmer to talk about his journey, progress, and aspirations.

Bangladesh boys bagged bronze medal at the 3rd Youth Asian Games after thrashing hosts Bahrain 106-17 in their sixth and final group match at the Isa Sports Complex in Bahrain on Thursday.

Hosts Bangladesh recorded a hard-fought 3-2 sets victory over Nepal in their second match of the CAVA (Central Asian Volleyball Association) Cup at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.

The 34th National Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Championships witnessed three more national records fall on the third day of competition, bringing the total number of new records to 15.