Sprint hurdler Nia Ali led a final day gold rush for the United States as the curtain came down on the World Championships on Sunday.

Sprint hurdler Nia Ali led a final day gold rush for the United States as the curtain came down on the World Championships on Sunday.

Justin Gatlin celebrated his first relay gold medal on Saturday as the United States lifted their 4x100 metres curse with victory at the World Championships.

Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser stunned race favourite Shaunae Miller-Uibo to take the women’s 400 metres world title on Thursday in the third fastest time ever run of 48.14 seconds.

Having been ignored from Bangladesh international squads in the past, South Asian (SA) Games double-gold medallist swimmer Mahfuza Khatun Shila removed herself from the ongoing training camp for December’s SA Games, citing a lack of physical fitness.

Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser destroyed the field and stunned Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo as she became the first Asian to win the women's 400 metres world title on Thursday.

American Noah Lyles shot to 200 metres world championships gold on Tuesday, providing a bright finish to a day darkened by yet another doping scandal.

Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce surged to an unprecedented fourth 100m crown and US legend Allyson Felix broke

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce powered her way to 100 metres gold on Sunday to become the first person to win four gold medals over the distance at the athletics world championships.

Christian Coleman stormed to victory in the 100 metres at the World Championships in Doha on Saturday, emphatically shrugging off the missed drug test controversy which had threatened to derail his career.

Despite the fact that athletics in Bangladesh has a storied past, the only time athletes are seen in the spotlight these days is when the National Athletics Championships roll around each year. Although there are numerous athletes in Bangladesh contesting various

The Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) is planning to rope in South African athletics coach named Godwin Odinukaeze for sprinters and hurdlers ahead of the South Asian Games, which will be held in Nepal from December 1 to 10.

Having left athletics, Umme Hafsa Rumki tried her luck in football and saw a good future after being chosen as a member of senior women’s football team. But the girl from Sirajganj again came back to the sport she loved most and broke a 15-year-old high-jump record to justify her decision to continue as a high-jumper.

A nine-member Bangladesh athletic contingent left for Qatar yesterday to take part in the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Doha from April 21 to 24.

Marzana Akter injured her legs in 2015 when she fell off a tree, and has been unable to walk since then. She has to move around in a wheelchair now, but her dreams are much bigger than her condition. She is now first year student of Bangladesh Health Profession Institute (BHPI).

The Freedom fighter Rajob Ali Khan 3rd National Masters (35-70 age groups) Athletic Championships got underway at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.

Diya Siddique won gold in the recurve women’s event at the 3rd ISSF International Solidarity Archery Championships to see Bangladesh secure gold at two events in the tournament.

A senior Indian Olympic official warned Friday that the country faced isolation after it was effectively barred from hosting Olympic-related events for refusing visas to Pakistani shooters.

After sprinter Mohammad Ismail's record-breaking performance on the opening day of the Walton National Athletics Championships, teenager Zahir Rayhan stole the show on the second day by breaking a 32-year-long national record in the 400m run at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.

Gauging the improvement of neighbouring India and Nepal was one of Bangladesh's aims in the first round of Women's Olympic