Born and raised in the United States, Zinnat Ferdous balances her career as a Google programme manager with a burning passion for the ring.

With fellow young guns Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner now dominating the game's biggest events, Rune turned to American great Agassi earlier this month in Washington for a three-day training block.

“Hit her, hit her hard,” shouted Afeida Khandokar, captain of the Bangladesh women’s football team, from the stands of the Mohammad Ali Boxing Stadium in Dhaka yesterday.

Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi was narrowly fourth in 2:06.43.

Swimmer Any Akter produced her career-best timing in the 100m freestyle event at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore today. However, the young swimmer remains far behind other South Asian competitors.

Bangladesh national table tennis teams’ bid to finish second in South Asian Regional Championships in both men’s and women’s sections fell apart as both teams suffered miserable defeats in all of their first day matches in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

France's Leon Marchand smashed the 200m individual medley world record in Singapore on Wednesday, setting a new mark of 1min 52.69sec.

New York-based boxer Zinnat Ferdous expressed excitement over making her domestic debut in Bangladesh at the National Boxing Championships on Tuesday -- nearly two years after first representing the country at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games.

Former BKSP swimmers Mahfizur Rahman Sagor and Nazmul Haque Himel successfully crossed the English Channel on Tuesday, becoming the first Bangladeshis in 37 years to accomplish the remarkable feat.

Sabit also has hockey in his blood. His father, Hazi Mohammad Selim Mahmud, played for Mauthtuli Club, and he shares a family connection with national forward Rasel Mahmud Jimmy.

While Afeida shines brightly in the limelight, her elder sister Afra Khandokar has been quietly scripting her own story -- one that, until now, has largely remained out of the public eye.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said Monday that she has split with coach Patrick Mouratoglou after less than a year.

Alex De Minaur rallied from a set down and saved three match points to claim the Washington Open title with a 5-7 6-1 7-6(3) win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final of the ATP 500 event on Sunday.

Tadej Pogacar is cycling's generational great and the Slovenian has silenced any remaining doubters that the sport has found its heir to the great Eddy Merckx.

Drawn in Group F, Bangladesh will face France, Australia, and South Korea.

Iraqi table tennis player Nur al-Huda Sarmad adjusts her wheelchair before striking the ball into play, braving sweltering heat, social stigma and inadequate facilities as she dreams of taking her team to the Paralympics.

Sometimes, a name is more than just a name -- it’s a reflection of identity.

In an unexpected turn of events, the second edition of the Women’s Kabaddi World Cup was postponed just an hour after Bangladesh revealed their 15-member squad for the tournament in a press conference on Saturday.

More than 2,500 athletes from 205 countries are participating in the championship. Singapore is the first country in Southeast Asia to host the World Championships.

The action in the swimming pool begins at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday, when many of the best swimmers on the planet will take to the starting blocks.