Diya excluded over poor performance

Bangladesh’s premier female archer Diya Siddique, who won a gold medal in recurved mixed events of Asia Cup World Ranking tournament in Chinese Taipei in March, has been left out of the World Cup Stage-2 team over poor performance.
14 May 2023, 18:15 PM

Bangladesh in handball final

Hosts Bangladesh confirmed final berths in both youth and junior sections of Bangabandhu IHF Challenge Women’s Trophy after notching up back-to-back victories at Shaheed M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium yesterday..Bangladesh’s preliminary target was to play in the final of the U-17 y
14 May 2023, 18:06 PM

Handball teams make flying start

Bangladesh made a flying start in the Bangabandhu IHF Challenge Trophy Women’s (Youth & Junior) at the M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium yesterday,.The hosts beat Maldives by 48-10 goals in the junior (under-17) event before the youth team (under-19) beat their Maldivian counterparts
13 May 2023, 18:20 PM

83-year-old dreams of ‘crowning achievement’ in Paris Olympics

At 83, Barbara Humbert dreams of taking part in next year's Paris Olympic Games 'Marathon For All', a race opening the Olympic route to non-elite competitors for the first time - and she's got the pedigree to beat some runners half her age.
2 May 2023, 14:18 PM

Kremlin vows to ‘defend interests’ of its athletes

The Kremlin on Wednesday said it would defend its athletes, a day after Olympic chiefs recommended they compete as individuals under a neutral flag with no links to the military.
29 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Trans athletes decry ban

Transgender athletes have condemned World Athletics’ exclusion of transgender women from elite female competitions, while the decision was welcomed by some sportswomen as a win for fairness.
24 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Transgender athletes banned from women's events

Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday, citing fairness over inclusion.
24 March 2023, 09:26 AM

Eighteen athletes win Tk 1.65 lakh in Rajshahi half marathon

A total 18 earliest finishers among 1007 participants were awarded with cash prizes worth Tk 1.65 lakh alongside trophies, crests, certificates, and other benefits.
17 March 2023, 14:37 PM

Irregularities mar school athletics championships

The irregularities eventually forced Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) halt distributing medals and cash awards on the first day after it had already those for eight events out of 32
16 March 2023, 03:26 AM

Para archery expands horizon for physically challenged athletes

Aysha is now setting sights on a new sporting ambition – express herself and travel through para archery, a discipline which officially took off in Bangladesh on Monday
27 February 2023, 11:05 AM

Duplantis sets new world pole vault record

Olympic champion Duplantis improved his own record of 6.21m that he set in winning the world title outdoors in Oregon last year.
26 February 2023, 05:03 AM

Juggling two jobs and athletics career is ‘part of life’ for Bangladesh’s fastest

Following decades in doldrums, Bangladesh athletics have found a beacon of hope in Imranur Rahman, who stormed to a stunning 60m gold medal at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Kazakhstan recently. The 29-year-old had already won back-to-back titles in 100m sprint in national athletics and is promising to revive some of the glory days of the sport in the country. In a freewheeling interview with The Daily Star’s Atique Anam, the Sheffield-based sprinter talked about his momentous victory, his ambitions, idols, sacrifices and a lot more. Here are the excerpts of the interview.
25 February 2023, 17:23 PM

Imranur likes Shakib, admires Bashar as leader

Replying to a question about his sporting idols, Imranur said: “My sporting idol outside of athletics is boxer Mohammad Ali,"
25 February 2023, 11:17 AM

Can Bangladesh athletics spring back to life?

For too long the country’s athletics had failed to live up to its celebrated past at the international stage. While the Bangladeshi sprinters -- the likes of Shah Alam, Bimal Chandra Tarafder, MahbubAlam -- contributed to five golds out of the overall eight medals in athletics from 1984 to 2019 at the regional multi-sports extravaganza in the form of South Asian Games, it has been 17 frustrating years since Mahfizur Rahman Mithu won a gold medal in 110m hurdles in the 2006 Colombo edition.  
24 February 2023, 18:00 PM

193 gold medals up for grabs in youth games

Around 4000 athletes will compete in 193 events at 24 venues across Dhaka in the final phase of the Sheikh Kamal 2nd Bangladesh Youth Games, which will get underway at the Army Stadium on February 26, organisers at a press conference informed yesterday.
22 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Imranur accorded 'a unique evening' by BAF, cash-awarded Tk 15 lakh

The England-based sprinter said he wants to inspire the next generation to come into athletics
22 February 2023, 16:49 PM

Imranur waiting for good news

The Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) is seeking further assistance for England-based sprinter Imranur Rahman to help him flourish after the 29-year-old sprinter created history by becoming the first Bangladeshi to win a gold medal in the 60m sprint at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championship in Kazakhstan last Saturday.
15 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Gold winner Imranur touches down in Dhaka

The 29-year-old sprinter clocked his best timing, of 6.59 seconds, in the 60-metre event to win the gold medal in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. 
15 February 2023, 05:13 AM

Imranur wins historic gold in Asian athletics

England-based Bangladeshi sprinter Imranur Rahman created history on Saturday by becoming the first Bangladeshi to win a gold medal at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championship.
11 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Imranur storms to historic gold at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 29-year-old sprinter clocked his best timing of 6.59 seconds to win the gold medal in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan last night.
11 February 2023, 15:16 PM