women's sports

Sabina and Co brace for SAFF defence showdown

Bangladesh will start their campaign by taking on Pakistan in a Group A encounter on October 20 before facing five-time champions India in the group’s second and final match on October 23, after the seven-team tournament gets underway on October 17 in Kathmandu.

England show their class to get revenge over South Africa

In a repeat of the 2023 semi-final, England got their revenge with an all-round team display to chase down 125 with four balls remaining.

Joty and Co ready to ‘dream of something bigger’

The momentum for women's cricket in Bangladesh would have had a far bigger boost had they been staging the event as planned.

‘For us, the biggest thing is respect’

"In abroad, they give women's sports the same amount of importance as men's sports. I don't know if the men's and women's sports are getting the same importance, but the situation has improved a lot."

Women's sport draws record viewership in 2023: UK research

The FIFA Women's World Cup final, which England lost 1-0 to Spain at Stadium Australia, was 2023's most-watched women's sport event on TV with 38.4 million viewing hours.

Women's sport draws record viewership in 2023

A record 46.7 million viewers in Britain tuned in to watch women's sport on TV in 2023, eclipsing 2019's mark by almost a million, according to research published by the Women's Sport Trust on Tuesday.

Women's sports soar in 2023

Let’s revisit the cream of the crop from a stellar year.

Bangladesh find Russia too tough to handle

Hosts Bangladesh tasted their first defeat in the ongoing SAFF U-17 Women’s Championship when the girls in red and green suffered a 3-0 defeat to their Russian counterparts at the Shaheed Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium on Wednesday.

‘Encouragement is key’

In conversation with Ashreen Mridha, founder of Deshi Ballers and former shooting guard of the national women’s basketball team, Naziba Basher of The Daily Star delves into some of the deeper questions of why the women are still made to lag behind.

October 15, 2024
October 15, 2024

Sabina and Co brace for SAFF defence showdown

Bangladesh will start their campaign by taking on Pakistan in a Group A encounter on October 20 before facing five-time champions India in the group’s second and final match on October 23, after the seven-team tournament gets underway on October 17 in Kathmandu.

October 7, 2024
October 7, 2024

England show their class to get revenge over South Africa

In a repeat of the 2023 semi-final, England got their revenge with an all-round team display to chase down 125 with four balls remaining.

October 4, 2024
October 4, 2024

Joty and Co ready to ‘dream of something bigger’

The momentum for women's cricket in Bangladesh would have had a far bigger boost had they been staging the event as planned.

March 8, 2024
March 8, 2024

‘For us, the biggest thing is respect’

"In abroad, they give women's sports the same amount of importance as men's sports. I don't know if the men's and women's sports are getting the same importance, but the situation has improved a lot."

February 7, 2024
February 7, 2024

Women's sport draws record viewership in 2023: UK research

The FIFA Women's World Cup final, which England lost 1-0 to Spain at Stadium Australia, was 2023's most-watched women's sport event on TV with 38.4 million viewing hours.

February 7, 2024
February 7, 2024

Women's sport draws record viewership in 2023

A record 46.7 million viewers in Britain tuned in to watch women's sport on TV in 2023, eclipsing 2019's mark by almost a million, according to research published by the Women's Sport Trust on Tuesday.

December 30, 2023
December 30, 2023

Women's sports soar in 2023

Let’s revisit the cream of the crop from a stellar year.

March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023

Bangladesh find Russia too tough to handle

Hosts Bangladesh tasted their first defeat in the ongoing SAFF U-17 Women’s Championship when the girls in red and green suffered a 3-0 defeat to their Russian counterparts at the Shaheed Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium on Wednesday.

March 11, 2023
March 11, 2023

‘Encouragement is key’

In conversation with Ashreen Mridha, founder of Deshi Ballers and former shooting guard of the national women’s basketball team, Naziba Basher of The Daily Star delves into some of the deeper questions of why the women are still made to lag behind.

November 10, 2022
November 10, 2022

Are we doing enough for aspiring young female athletes?

The primary barriers girls face in regards to sports come from the families themselves.