Bangladesh Karate Federation is going to organise the Commonwealth Karate Championship for the first time in Dhaka.

In an interview over phone with The Daily Star, golfer Siddikur Rahman spoke about the disappointment of the last season, his target for the new season, the changes in his game and in the golfing landscape overall and other aspects.

Halep is also seeking punitive damages. She sued in a New York state court in Manhattan.

Rafael Nadal on Wednesday hailed longtime rival Novak Djokovic as the best player in the history of the sport.

Lewis Hamilton admitted it felt "emotional" and "surreal" to take part in the final Formula One car launch of his Mercedes career on Wednesday.

A record 123.4 million people tuned in to watch the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday's Super Bowl -- with the added attraction of an Usher-headlined halftime show and the attention-stealing presence of Taylor Swift.

Naomi Osaka said she had taken a leaf out of Novak Djokovic's tactical playbook and tweaked her return game at the Qatar Open after the former women's world number one earned back-to-back wins for the first time in almost two years.

Bangladesh’s premier golfer Siddikur Rahman is in a quandary over his participation in the International Series in Oman due to non-issuance of his visa for the gulf nation.

"An athlete who had a whole life ahead of him to achieve incredible greatness," said Kenyan marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge.

The 24-year-old was driving from Kaptagat to Eldoret around 11 pm (2000 GMT) on Sunday when the car rolled, killing the young sensation and his Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana.

A former member of the force which provides security for the Prime Minister and the President, Sarwar had a couple of pauses in his athletic pursuits. But he keeps coming back to track and field, which helped him clear 14.89 metres in the shot put event and eclipse the previous record set by Mohammad Ibrahim in 2019 by 0.36 metres.

Games like kanamachi, gollachut, dariyabandha have provided unfiltered joy to generations of young children in Bangladesh.

Ideally, sports and politics should never mix, but inevitably, sports and politics always mix.

Sprinters Imranur Rahman and Shirin Akter continued their dominant streak in the domestic circuit, winning the gold medal in their respective events in the opening day of the 47th National Athletics Championships at Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) yesterday.

Podium finishers at the upcoming Paris Olympics will be rewarded with a piece of the Eiffel Tower, organisers said on Thursday, unveiling the event’s medals which are set with hexagon-shaped tokens forged out of scrap metal from the monument.

The FIFA Women's World Cup final, which England lost 1-0 to Spain at Stadium Australia, was 2023's most-watched women's sport event on TV with 38.4 million viewing hours.

“I call the hockey league ‘Dhaka Olympics’, because it happens once every two-three years,” said veteran hockey player Rasel Mahmud Jimmy, poking fun at the irregular nature of the Premier Division Hockey League which is set to be held after a gap of over two years.

France's government is asking Paris residents to avoid ordering parcel deliveries this summer during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to an official website.

Margaritis Schinas, the vice president of the European Commission, referred to quotes of Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh in a letter penned to the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach.

Despite years of speculation it still came as a bombshell when the news filtered through that Lewis Hamilton would be switching from Mercedes at the end of the coming season to drive for Ferrari, the most iconic of racing stables.