King Charles III officially opened the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Thursday to launch 10 days in a slimmed down event designed to control costs.

Motafijur Rahman scored the only goal of the match as Eskayef secured the title in the 12-team corporate futsal tournament organised by Gifty Platform Ltd.

Having already wrapped up the series 3-1, the final fixture was a dead rubber for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh's women's kabaddi team clinched the five-match series against Nepal with one game to spare after defeating the visitors 34-22 in the fourth match at the National Kabaddi Stadium in Paltan on Tuesday.

Bangladesh's women's U-20 hockey team were crowned unbeaten champions of the Women's Junior AHF Cup after defeating Kazakhstan 2-0 in the final in Muscat, Oman, on Saturday.

The National Sports Council (NSC) has reconstituted the ad hoc committees of 27 sports organisations, including 26 national federations and the Bangladesh Mahila Krira Songstha (BMKS), with instructions to hold elections within the next 90 days.

Bangladesh's women's kabaddi team made a convincing start to the five-match series against Nepal, defeating the Himalayan nation 34-24 in the opening match at the National Kabaddi Stadium in Paltan on Friday.

Nadira earned player-of-the-match honours after completing a hattrick.

Two years after her frustrated father pulled her out of BKSP over alleged neglect, Fatiha Mahtab Maisha's promising swimming career appeared to be over. But a timely intervention from South Asian Games gold medallist Mahfuza Khatun Shila brought her back to the pool -- a decision that culminated in Maisha winning 10 gold medals and setting four national records in the girls' 13-14 age group at the National Age-Group Swimming Championships, which concluded on Tuesday.

European Athletics and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) introduced guidelines on Tuesday aimed at preventing the sexualisation of female athletes through camera angles and the use of replays.

A 35-member Bangladesh contingent, including 15 athletes, will take part in the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, with officials admitting the country's primary objective is to maintain its presence at the event rather than challenge for medals.

IM Manon Reza Neer maintained his winning streak in the Vezerkepzo Summer 2026 GM Tournament with a win over Belgian Grandmaster Igor Glek in his second match in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday.

Mohammad Abdul Azim continued his record-breaking run in the 38th National Age-Group Swimming Championships as the BKSP student broke a 14-year-old mark in the 200m freestyle of the U-15-17 group on the third day of the competition at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in Mirpur on Monday.

While Alcaraz is the flashy showman of the game, adored by the fans for his high-risk, high-reward tennis, Sinner stays ice-cold on the court and mild-mannered off it.

Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner admitted Alexander Zverev pushed him to the brink in a full-blooded final as the Italian clinched an "amazing" fifth Grand Slam title.

Jannik Sinner was at his clinical best as he successfully defended his Wimbledon title with a bruising four-set victory over French Open champion Alexander Zverev in Sunday's final.

Five more national records were set on the second day of the 38th National Age-group Swimming Championships at the Syed Nazrul Swimming Complex in Mirpur on Sunday, taking the total to 10 in two days.

Alexander Zverev will hope the old adage about London buses -- you wait an age for one and then two come along at once -- holds true for his tennis career on Sunday as he attempts to upset the odds and dethrone Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon final.

Linda Noskova recovered her composure after missing five match points in the second set to beat fellow Czech Karolina Muchova in a decider in Saturday's Wimbledon final, winning her first Grand Slam title.

Bangladesh Women's Sports Association president (BWSA) Barrister Sarwat Siraj Shukla is representing the country at the IWG Global Summit on Women and Sport 2026, the world's largest conference dedicated to gender equality and women's empowerment in sport.