Bangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz was named sportsperson of the year 2024 during a colourful Kool-BSPA Sports Award 2024 ceremony held at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka on Friday.
Bangladesh’s new “Hridoye Bangladesh” football jersey, designed by Tasmit Afiyat Arny, blends heritage with innovation. Featuring water lily motifs, river lines, and a bold typography design, it challenges traditional red-green norms while ensuring functionality, sustainability, and national pride.
The 20-day-long country-wide ‘Festival of Youth 2025’ has entered its final stretch and will come to a close on February 19, said a press release from the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing.
With the theme "Run for Unity, Run for Humanity" the highly anticipated Dhaka International Marathon-2025 was held in 300 Feet area of Dhaka under the overall supervision of the Bangladesh Army.
The National Sports Council (NSC) has formed new ad-hoc committees for seven sports federations today. The seven sports federations are: Swimming, table tennis, volleyball, karate, weightlifting, bodybuilding and fencing.
The cartoons, drawn by The Daily Star’s Staff Cartoonist Biplob Chakraborty, were composed according to the essence of the stories – ranging from criticism of player selection, incumbent sports officials to global showpiece events.
World No.1 chess player Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen took shots at Viswanathan Anand, the deputy president of chess' global governing body FIDE, saying the Indian chess great is ‘not ready for the job’ after confirming he would compete in the World Blitz Championship.
The U.S. Embassy in Dhaka was joined by Bangladesh national women’s football team captain Sabina Khatun and players Maria Manda, Ritu Porna Chakma, and Masura Parvin for an event to promote the USAID “Healthier in Motion” wellness campaign at the BRAC University campus on December 9.
Sura Krishna Chakma’s Rangamati W.B. Club uses boxing and Wushu to empower youth with discipline, resilience, and teamwork. This inclusive initiative fosters leadership, combats negative habits, and unites communities, shaping brighter futures in the Hill Tracts.
Why limit scholarships and quotas to sports?
As Ten Hag continues his journey with Manchester United, the spotlight is firmly on him, both on and off the pitch.
What if you are unable to tread that path in the conventional way? If you have the courage to never give up, you may become a champion of hope in the face of impossible challenges. So, goes the inspiring true tale of Mohammad Mohasin, captain of the Bangladesh Wheelchair Cricket team.
There is more squash in the book than most readers will take a liking to, but the game sometimes works as a metaphor for the bigger picture.
Not all of us are cricket gurus or analysts. Some watch the game purely for entertainment. And the Bangladesh national cricket team brings a stroke of joy into our otherwise mundane lives. However, this iota of joy comes at the cost of our frazzled nerves.
Women’s bodybuilding is on the rise in Bangladesh. Even if we rewind the clock to a few years back, we would hardly find any news that had women and bodybuilding paired together. But despite the lack of opportunities and the alarming number of obstacles they have to overcome, more and more women are entering the field of professional bodybuilding and the number of participants in such events are rapidly increasing with each passing event.
The boy from Madrid leaves with his place secured among the pantheons of the United greats.
On Thursday, 6 July, 2023 Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from international cricket. Having been one of the key players of the Bangladesh cricket team for quite a long time, it came as a shock and fans across the country had all sorts of emotions and reactions to the announcement.
Vinicius has been incessantly targeted for racist attacks.
A quick overview of the races providing a clear picture of the current pecking order of the grid.
