Bangladesh earned one silver and two bronze medals in archery competition of the ongoing 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkish city Konya on Wednesday. Bangladesh archery team comprising Roxana Akter, Shymoli Roy and Puspita Zaman clinched the silver medal in the women's compound team event losing to hosts Turkey by 229-222 points in the event's final on Wednesday. This was the first silver medal for Bangladesh in the ongoing Islamic games that came easily from women's compound team event, participated by only two countries--Bangladesh and host Turkey. Read: Islamic Solidarity Games: Bangladesh's prospective event archery begins Monday Bangladesh men's and women's recurve teams also clinched two bronze medals on the day. Bangladesh men's team consisting of Hakim Ahmed Rubel, Ruman Shana and Sagar Islam won the bronze medal in the  men's recurve team event beating Saudi Arabia by 6-0 sets points in a bronze medal deciding match. Earlier, Bangladesh men's recurve team beat Sudan in the pre quarter final, beat Iran in the quarterfinal and lost to Indonesia in the semifinal.    In the women's recurve team event, Bangladesh team comprising Diya Siddiqui, Nasrin Akter and Beauty Roy won the bronze medal beating Uzbekistan by 6-2 sets points  Earlier, Bangladesh women's recurve team defeated Malaysia in pre quarter final, beat Iran in the quarter final and lost to Indonesia by tie breaker in the semifinal.          Besides, Bangladeshi swimmer Mahmudun Nabi Nahid reached the semifinals of the men's 50-meter butterfly with a timing of 26.22 seconds.  In Karate, Al Amin of Bangladesh advanced to the quarter final of the men's under-60 kgs Kumi competition beating his rival from Yemen .

Bangladeshi female weightlifter Sohayaba Rahman set a new national record in the ongoing Islamic Solidarity Games now being held in the Turkish city of Konya on Tuesday, lifting total 148 kgs in the women's 80+ Kg weight category.Sohayba lifted 64 KGs in the snatch to break the previous national record of lifting 62 Kgs. In Clean and Jerk, she lifted 84 Kgs to improve the previous national marks of 77 Kgs. In total, she lifted 148 Kgs - bettering the previous best 139 Kgs. But, her performance was not enough to earn a medal in the event as she finished eighth out of eight participants in the 80+ KG weight category.Archery is considered Bangladesh's most prospective event in the ongoing Islamic games. but country's two famed archers Ruman Shana and Diya Siddique did not fulfill their expectation and were eliminated from the quarterfinals of their favorite recurve singles events in the Islamic Solidarity Games. Read: Islamic Games: Imranur finishes 6th in 100-meter sprintIn the women's recurve singles, Diya lost to Yasemin Ecem of Turkey by 7-3 set points in the quarterfinals. Ecem won the first set by 28-25, the second set ended in a draw (29-29), third set Ecem won by 27-25. Diya won the fourth set by 28-26 and kept the game alive but in the next set, she lost by 28-24 points. In the men's recurve singles, Ruman Shana lost to Ungalov Ozodbek of Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals, he lost by 6-0 (29/27, 27/26, 29/25). Two other male recurve archers, Hakim Ahmed Rubel and Shagor Islam failed to reach the quarterfinals, they were eliminated in the pre-quarterfinals. In women's recurve, Nasrin Akter was eliminated in the pre-quarterfinals and Beauty Roy was eliminated in the second round. In the games swimming, Asif Reza of Bangladesh participated in the 100 meter freestyle in the third Heat and Asif finished sixth with a timing of 54.27 seconds.In fencing, Bangladeshi fencer  lost to Lebanon by 45-41 points in the second round of Men's individual foil.

Bangladesh will start their campaign in their most prospective event of the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games Archery on Monday in the Turkish city of Konya The qualifying round of the games archery will begin at 1 pm Bangladesh time on Monday.Twelve archers will represent Bangladesh in all the ten events of the 5th Islamic Solidarity GamesBangladeshi archers are -Ruman Shana, Hakim Ahmed Rubel, Sagar Islam (recurve men's), Diya Siddiqui, Nasrin Akhter, Beauty Roy (recurve women's) , Mithu Rahman, Mohammad Ashiquzzaman, Sohel Rana (compound men's), Shymoly Rai, Pushpita Zaman and Roxana Akhter (compound women's). Also read: Islamic Games: Imranur finishes 6th in 100-meter sprintMeanwhile, Bangladeshi athletes took part in the day's fencing and shooting competitions of the games. Kamrul Islam of Bangladesh lost to Asranov Yousuf of Uzbekistan 1-15 in the fencing table of sixteen while another Bangladeshi Monir Hossain lost to Elias Molinar. Also read: Islamic Games: Bangladeshi sprinter Imranur Rahman advances to 100-meter semifinalIn the day's shooting competition, two Bangladeshi shooters scored 25 and 23 points in the first round while the shooters of Oman and Kuwait scored 27 and 28 points respectively.

Bangladesh's fastest man Imranur Rahman finished 6th in the men's 100-meter sprint of the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games held in Turkish city Konya on Wednesday. He was placed 6th in the eight-men finals with a timing of 10.02 seconds. He was deprived of a medal narrowly for just three seconds for losing concentration several times in the finals and semifinals due to repeated false start by other competitors. Among the eight sprinters, only six athletes completed the finals successfully. Arthur Cisse of Ivory Coast emerged as the fastest man of the games by clinching men's 100-meter sprint gold medal with a timing of 9.89 seconds. Read: Islamic Solidarity Games: 64 athletes will represent Bangladesh in 11 disciplines of sports Mohammed Abdullah Akbar of Saudi Arabia won the event's silver clocking 9.95 seconds while Emre Zafer Barnes of hosts Turkey and Barakat Al Harthy of Oman took the bronze jointly with a timing of 9.99 seconds each. Earlier, Imranur advanced to the semifinal of the men's 100-meter sprint finishing 2nd in heats number 4 with his and new national record timing of 10.01 seconds and later qualified for the final as the first Bangladeshi clocking 10.06 seconds. An 84-member contingent are representing Bangladesh in the Islamic Solidarity Games Konya' 2022 in eleven disciplines of sports--Athletics, Archery, Fencing, Gymnastics, Handball, Karate, Shooting, swimming, Table Tennis, Wrestling, and Weight-lifting. 

A-two member  Bangladesh Athletics team left Dhaka for Turkey Friday night to participate in the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games to be held in Turkish city  Konya from August 9-18. A four-member national athletics team comprising three athletes and  one official will represent Bangladesh in the Islamic Games. Manager cum coach of Bangladesh athletics team Farhad Jesmin Lity accompanied by high jumper Ritu Akhter left Dhaka for Turkey Friday night by a Turkish Airlines flight. Two other Bangladeshi athletes --Imranur Rahman (100-meter sprint) and Umme Hafsa Rumki (high jump)--  who participated in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, are scheduled to reach Turkey from England. Read: Islamic Solidarity Games: 64 athletes will represent Bangladesh in 11 disciplines of sports Fencer Fatema Mujib, who won gold medal in the last SAFF Games,will carry the red and green flag  in the Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, 2022. An 84-member contingent will represent Bangladesh in the ensuing Islamic Solidarity Games Konya' 2022 in eleven disciplines of sports--Athletics, Archery, Fencing, Gymnastics, Handball, Karate, Shooting, swimming, Table Tennis, Wrestling, and Weight-lifting.

The ninth edition of the country’s biggest sporting event, Bangabandhu Bangladesh Games, will be held during April 1-10, almost exactly a year later than originally scheduled.