Bangladesh under-16 national women's football team coach Golam Rabbani Choton and his assistant Mahbubur Rahman Litu left the ongoing training camp yesterday after a disagreement with Bangladesh Football Federation's (BFF) technical and strategic director Paul Smalley.

Serena Williams gave compatriot Nicole Gibbs a lesson in grand slam tennis with a 6-1 6-3 towelling to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday.

Even though Bangladesh's women's teams have recently been doing well both at junior and senior level in international tournaments, BFF has surprisingly decided not to send the women's national team to the AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers, which will get underway in Amman on April 3.

Bangladesh women's series against South Africa ended on a poor note as the hosts crumbled to an eight-wicket defeat in the fifth one-day at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium at Cox's Bazar yesterday as Rumana Ahmed and co ended up losing the series 4-1.

Serena Williams exploded any doubts about her form on Tuesday as she swept into the Australian Open second round on her return to Grand Slam action.

Bangladesh's women's team is set to begin their five-match ODI series against South Africa in Cox's Bazar tomorrow and yet it's still not confirmed as to whether the team's chief selector and the tour manager, Athar Ali Khan, will be present in Bangladesh to observe the tour.

Slovakia's world number six Dominika Cibulkova dropped just two games in blistering heat to win her opening match at the Sydney International on Monday.

Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) and Bangladesh Ansar registered victories in their second round matches of the Exim Bank 27th National Women's Handball Championship at the Shaheed M Mansur Ali Stadium yesterday.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has assured the female duo of Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp that they will be safe on the forthcoming tour of Bangladesh for a five-match ODI series.

National women's team coach Golam Rabbani Choton believes his charges have overcome the fear of playing against mighty opponents after a first-time runners-up finish in the SAFF Women's Championship recently.

Serena Williams suffered a shock second-round defeat at the Auckland Classic Wednesday following her sister Venus's earlier withdrawal with an arm injury.

Fresh from an inspiring 6-0 win over Afghanistan, Bangladesh will be looking to carry the performance when they take on three-time champions and hosts India in their final group match of the 4th SAFF Women's Championship at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri today.

Former world No 1 Ana Ivanovic on Wednesday announced her retirement from tennis, admitting that the physical toll of the circuit had proved too much.

Walton have become the sponsors for the women's football team for the 4th SAAF Women's Championship, which is scheduled to begin from December 26 in Siliguri, India.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will need at least three months of rest after surgery to her left hand cut by a knife-wielding burglar on Tuesday, her spokesman said.

The women's wing chairman of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), Mahfuza Akter Kiron, lamented the fact that one of the teams withdrew and went home ahead of the semifinal of the JFA U-14 Women's National Championship on Monday.

Kushtia kept their hopes of a last four berth in the JFA U-14 Women's National Championship alive after a 3-0 win over Khagrachari at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday.

North Korea's under-20 women's soccer team paraded through the streets of Pyongyang in a flower-covered vehicle on Tuesday, celebrating their World Cup win upon their return to the isolated nation's capital.

Bangladesh suffer the ignominy of being bowled out for their lowest T20 total as they go down by nine wickets to Pakistan in the ninth match of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup at the Asian Institute of Technology ground in Bangkok.

Bangladesh move to the second position of the points table after they thump Nepal by 92 runs in the 8th match of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup at the Asian Institute of Technology ground in Bangkok.