As many as 11 national records, including five in the third and final day, were set as the Bangabandhu 30th National Swimming Championships concluded at Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mirpur yesterday.

Sumaiya Dewan, who won 100m sprint on the opening day, did a double by winning the female juvenile 200m sprint title at record time. The youngster from BKSP took 25.35 seconds, breaking a 19-year-old record set by Shamsunnahar Chumki by 0.25 seconds.

Iftekharul Alam Piyal of Kishoreganj Rifle Club won gold in boys’ 10m air pistol event while Krashila Marma of BKSP Shooting Club grabbed the top prize in girls’ 10m air pistol event on the concluding day of the Hamidul Rahman 4th National Youth Shooting Championships at the National Shooting Complex in Gulshan today.

The Bangabandhu 5th Central South Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2021, organised by the Bangladesh Gymnastics Federation (BGF) on the occasion of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be held between October 27-31. 

Three national records were toppled on the opening day of the Bangabandhu 30th National Swimming Championships at Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mipur yesterday.

Bangabandhu 30th National Swimming Championships in set to get underway tomorrow at the Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mirpur with expectations low for setting a new national record following no activities of the swimmers in the recent past due to the pandemic.

Laila Group’s Bando Design Ltd. is set to represent Bangladesh at the upcoming edition of the FIFCO World Corporate Champions Cup (WCCC) 2021, a five-a-side futsal tournament.

Unvaccinated tennis stars are unlikely to get visas to play in the Australian Open, a local official warned Tuesday, throwing defending champion Novak Djokovic's participation into serious doubt.

Club Cup champions Mariner Youngs Club will take on Bangladesh Police in the opening match of the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League, which gets underway at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium today.

Young shooter Rabbi Hasan Munna grabbed the gold medal in 10m air rifle event of the 2nd Sheikh Russel International Airgun Championship (Online), which took place yesterday.

Around 100 chess players including 32 Grandmasters and one Women Grandmaster from will vie for the top awards in the Sheikh Russel International Grandmasters Chess Tournament which starts tomorrow in Dhaka, with 55,000 dollars on offer.

The trophy and logo of the DNCC Mayor Cup was unveiled in a colourful programme at the Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka on Saturday evening.

Ever since the National Cricket League’s (NCL) inception two decades ago, the improvement of the standard of cricket, preparation of sporting wickets and overall competitiveness have been a far cry from what was promised over the years.

Young forward Sohanur Rahman Sabuj became the hero of Club Cup Hockey Tournament once more as his brace powered Mariner Youngs Club to their maiden title in the history of the competition yesterday.

A five-day long Butthan Martial art training camp, organised by Satyapon Janaa Shikshasram, was held from October 10 to 14 in Panchagarh.

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Andy Murray expects unvaccinated players to compete at the Australian Open but says he would support moves by local authorities to impose stricter conditions on them at Melbourne Park than those who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Rasel Mahmud Jimmy, the veteran forward of Bangladesh hockey, has been suspended for one match from the ongoing SIBL Club Cup Tournament for assaulting an umpire and attacking opposition players during Mohammedan’s group-stage fixture against Bangladesh Police on Monday.

Bangladesh’s fastest sprinter Mohammad Ismail has been suspended from participating in any domestic and international meet for one year by the Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) over disciplinary ground.

U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev showed no signs of a Grand Slam hangover with a business-like 6-4 6-2 win over Mackenzie McDonald to reach the third round at the Indian Wells tournament on Saturday.