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Bangladesh national kabaddi team will leave Dhaka today to participate in the International Friendship Men’s Kabaddi Tournament in Kathmandu, Nepal, scheduled to start from September 21. Bangladesh along with India, Sri Lanka and hosts Nepal will participate in the competition. National kabaddi team skipper Masud Karim was

Bangladeshi archer Shyamoli Roy managed a bronze medal in the recurve women’s category of the ongoing Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament Stage 1 and World Games 2017 Wroclaw Archery Qualification in Thailand on Friday. Shyamoli was the only archer among 16 Bangladeshi participants to reach the last-four in the recurve individual category

Bangladesh women’s kabaddi team was left in disarray ahead of fifth Asian Beach Games in Vietnam due to series of irregularities committed by the Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation. The team is set to play the Games, scheduled from September 24 to October 3, without any coach and a player short because of the ignorance and indifference ... Read more

Bangladesh got off to a flying start in the 42nd Chess Olympiad as both the men’s and women’s team won in their respective opening round games in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday. Bangladesh men’s team thrashed San Marino by 4-0 points with Grand Masters Enamul Hossain Razib, Abdullah Al Rakib, Niaz Murshed and International

Abdullah Hel Baki maintained his supremacy in 10-metre air rifle event when the premier Bangladeshi shooter grabbed his fifth consecutive gold medal in the 28 National Shooting Championship in a nail-biting finish on Wednesday. Baki, who represented Bangladesh in the just-concluded Rio Olympic Games, previously won gold medals in

Bangladesh Hockey Federation is all set to interview controversial German coach Oliver Kurtz for the national team, officials said. Kurtz, an Olympic gold medalist, who was once tested positive for taking cocaine, was scheduled to arrive on Saturday with an eye on the job. The Bangladesh Hockey Federation, who has been searching for a head coach for ... Read more

Mezbahuddin Ahmed, the fastest man of Bangladesh, was eliminated from the preliminary stage of the 100-metre sprint event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after finishing fourth out of seven participants in the respective heat on Saturday. Mezbah, who clocked 11.34 seconds, ended at 14th place among 21 athletes in the preliminary stage. The 21-year-old sprinter

Golfer Siddikur Rahman, the first ever Bangladeshi to directly qualify for the Olympic Games, will begin his mission today as the golf returns to the world’s biggest sports meet for the first time in 112 years. The first round of the competition at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will start at ... Read more

Shooter Abdullah Hel Baki became 25th among 50 participants in the 10metre Air Rifle of Olympic Games and was ruled out from the qualification round at the Olympic Shooting Center on Monday. Baki scored a total of 621.2, less than his best ever of 624.8 that he scored in the ISSF World Cup in Germany, May ... Read more

Bangladesh shooter stays clam before event Bangladesh’s Abdullah Hel Baki will take part in 10metre air rifle event of the Olympic Games at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil today. A total of 58 participants from around the world will vie in the discipline, scheduled to start at 6:00pm Bangladesh Standard time. Baki, ... Read more

Bangladesh began their Rio Olympics Games mission in Brazil on Friday, hours before the opening ceremony with archer Shyamoli Roy finishing 53rd among 64 participants in the ranking round of women’s individual archery events. With the result, Shyamoli set her round of 64 clash against Gabriela Bayardo of Mexico, scheduled on August 11 and the winner

Nobel peace laureate professor Muhammad Yunus was nominated as one of the torchbearers for 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, said a press release on Tuesday. The press release, issued by the Yunus Centre, said Yunus was nominated for the job by the International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.

Former general secretary of Bangladesh Weightlifting Federation, retired wing commander Mohiuddin Ahmed, got a rare honour of working as a technical judge in Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Mohiuddin, who was nominated by World Weightlifting Federation as one of the 45 technical judges of the discipline, will leave for Rio today for the job.

Bangladesh swimming and athletics teams will fly for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to take part in the forthcoming Olympic Games without any coach for the respective events. Bangladesh Swimming Federation general secretary Rafizuddin Rafiz will fly with two swimmers Mahfizur Rahman Sagor and Sonia Akter Tumpa as coach-cum-official

Bangladesh’s Rio Olympic mission starts today as shooter Abdullah Hel Baki will be the first athlete to fly for Rio de Janeiro along with his Danish coach Klavs Christensen. Chef de mission of Bangladesh contingent, lieutenant general ATM Zahirul Alam will also leave here for Rio today alongside director general of BOA and attaché

Siddikur Rahman warmed up for the forthcoming Rio Olympics in the worst possible way when the premier Bangladeshi golfer missed the cut in Thailand’s King’s Cup, now being held in Pattay. Siddik, who finished the opening round in joint 19th place, stumbled to seven-over-par 77 in the second round on Friday to slip to 112th ... Read more

Fahad Rahman, the youngest FIDE Master of Bangladesh, said that the 14th Dubai Junior Chess title was the best achievement of his career so far despite winning four more tournaments abroad. The 13-year old chess sensation returned home on Thursday after lifting the Sheikh Maktoum Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup in the United Arab Emirates ... Read more

Ace Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman made a modest start in Thailand’s King’s Cup, his last competition before the Olympics in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro. The two-time Asian Tour winner finished the first round of the $750,00 tournament in joint 19th place with 13 other players with a two-under-par 68 on Thursday.

Bangladesh’s young chess prodigy Fahad Rahman became unbeaten champion in the 14th Dubai Juniors Chess Tournament at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club on Tuesday. The 12-year old Fide Master earned eight points from nine matches to clinch the Sheikh Mahtoum Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup. Rahul Srivatshav of India

Newly-crowned Premier Hockey League champions Mariner Young’s Club on Friday apologised for their misdemeanour during the title deciding match against Usha Krira Chakra on July 1. Mariners beat Usha by 3-2 goals to claim their maiden title but the success was overshadowed by frenetic behaviour of some of its officials and fans, who allegedly vandalised