It was the 25-year-old's third record of 2025 having also cleared 6.27m in Clermont-Ferrand in February.

Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis died on Tuesday at the World Games in Chengdu, China after collapsing during competition, organisers said.

Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles insisted he was ready to bring his showman persona to a sell-out London Stadium in the 11th Diamond League meet of the season on Saturday.

India's Fauja Singh, believed to be the world's oldest distance runner, has died in a road accident aged 114, his biographer said Tuesday.

BKSP athletes alone set 10 of the 13 new records, with the remaining three coming from Noakhali, Ansar & VDP athletes.

As many as 500 athletes from different districts, divisions, educational boards and BKSP are expected to vie for 42 events.

For the most talented youngsters, the next step of the journey is Jamaica's Boys and Girls Championships, a springboard to elite sprinting which takes place every year in a packed national stadium.

Promising swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi produced his career-best timing in Arena Thailand Age Group Swimming Championships 2025 to win a silver medal in 50m backstroke in Thailand today.

Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis headlined three modern-day greats of track and field to glory in an electrifying night of action at the world indoor championships in Nanjing on Saturday.

Ruthe surged over the line in 3 mins 58.35 secs at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on Wednesday evening, driven on by his pacesetters, including two-time Olympian Sam Tanner who won the race.

Australian sprinting prodigy Gout Gout ran the fastest men's 200m in the world this year on Sunday, with the 17-year-old saying he felt "literally free".

Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) picked 14 athletes while leaving out England-based sprinter Imranur Rahman for preparation for the South Asian Senior Athletics Championships, which are scheduled to take place in Ranchi, Jharkhand from May 3-5.

The last edition of the South Asian Games was held in Nepal in 2019.

The previous record belonged to Bangladesh Navy’s Abdur Rahim Nayeem, who had set it in December, 1993 with a timing of 51.87 seconds.

Sorowar improved by 0.61 metres in one year since he set a new record by clearing 14.89 metres in the last edition of the competition, held in February 2024.

Shirin Akter, meanwhile, maintained her dominance in the women’s 100m event, securing the title for a record 16th time.

England-based sprinter Imranur Rahman will not be considered to represent Bangladesh in international competitions until he proves himself in a special trial.

Agnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic champion and Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 103.

Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) has decided to hold a long-distance race titled BOA Marathon 2024 on December 20, said a press release on Monday.

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson slapped opponent Jake Paul as the two men faced off for the final time on Thursday ahead of their controversial Netflix-backed bout.