Alcaraz has immense respect for Nadal and Djokovic, but the world number one's hero growing up was Roger Federer.

Carlos Alcaraz swept past Novak Djokovic to win his first Australian Open on Sunday and become the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam, denying the Serbian great an unprecedented 25th major.

Mostafa Kamal, a renowned sports organiser-cum-coach in volleyball, breathed his last on Sunday morning. He was 88.

The match will start at 2:30 p.m. Bangladesh time today.

The 22-time Grand Slam winner, who retired from tennis in 2024, is set to attend the blockbuster title match in Melbourne.

Elena Rybakina produced a thunderous display to dismantle Aryna Sabalenka 6‑4, 4‑6, 6-4 on Saturday and capture a maiden Australian Open title, turning the tables on the world number one in their Melbourne Park final rematch from three years ago.

Sixth seeds Neal Skupski and Christian Harrison beat Australia's Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans 7-6(4) 6-4 to win the Australian Open men's doubles title on Saturday as the British-American duo first Grand Slam event as a team.

Belgium's Elise Mertens and Chinese partner Zhang Shuai clinched their first Grand Slam women's doubles title as a team Saturday when they downed Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic at the Australian Open.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka clashes with Elena Rybakina in what promises to be a hard-hitting women's Australian Open final on Saturday.

Carlos Alcaraz said he did not think he had cramp initially when he took a medical timeout that left Alexander Zverev fuming in their marathon Australian Open semi-final on Friday.

Novak Djokovic called it one of his best performances in a decade after outlasting Jannik Sinner early Saturday in a five-set marathon to set up an Australian Open final against Carlos Alcaraz.

Novak Djokovic will face Carlos Alcaraz in the Australian Open final after stunning reigning two-time champion Jannik Sinner early Saturday in a five-set marathon to move to the brink of history.

Carlos Alcaraz battled past Alexander Zverev and through cramp Friday in five gruelling sets to reach his first Australian Open final and move within a match of becoming the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam.

Novak Djokovic says two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner is the "absolute favourite" in their Australian Open semi-final on Friday but vowed to bring his "A-game" and pull off an upset.

Serena Williams has tennis players buzzing about a possible return after she playfully dodged questions about re-entering the sport's anti-doping testing pool during a television appearance that left more questions than answers.

Belarusian world number one Aryna Sabalenka crushed Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in a politically charged Australian Open semi-final on Thursday and faces Elena Rybakina for a third Melbourne title.

Elena Rybakina battled past Jessica Pegula into the Australian Open final on Thursday with the fifth seed setting up a repeat of her 2023 title match against Aryna Sabalenka.

Like other players from Ukraine, Svitolina does not shake hands with opponents from Russia or Moscow's ally Belarus because of the war.

A two-member Bangladesh shooting team on Wednesday received government approval (GO) to travel to India for the Asian Shooting Championships, scheduled to be held in New Delhi from February 2 to 14.

The 14th edition of the South Asian (SA) Games has once again been postponed. According to the revised schedule, the nine-day multi-sport event will now be held in Pakistan in March next year.