A nine-member Bangladesh archery team left the capital for the US to participate in the qualifying round of the Yankton 2021 Hyundai World Archery Championship in Yankton of South Dakota from September 20-26. The qualifying round of the world meet will begin Tuesday at 8pm Bangladesh time, and 9am local time. READ: Youth Handball: Bandarban make a flying start outplaying Sunamganj by 32-11 goal The Bangladesh team will participate in men's and women's recurve and men's combined division. Bangladesh team Team leader: Kazi Razibuddin Ahmed Chapal Team manager: Rashiduzzaman Serniabad Head coach: Martin Federick READ: Sheikh Hasina Intl Chess Tournament begins Sunday Archers: Ruman Shana, Ram Krishna Saha, M Hakim Ahmed Rubel, Beauty Rai, Dia Siddique (recurve division) and Ashim Kumar Das (compound division)

Archers Mohammad Ruman Shana and Diya Siddique clinched the first silver medal in archery for Bangladesh, the country's best result in a World Cup so far. As the number 17 seed, the Bangladeshi pair failed to bring the gold home. The duo lost to the Netherlands' Gabriela Schloesser and Sjef Van Den Berg by 1-5 set points in the recurve mixed event at the second stage of the 2021 Hyundai Archery World Cup in Switzerland's Lausanne Sunday. Also read: World Archery: Ruman Shana, Diya Siddiqui reach mixed doubles final

Bangladesh Recurve Men's and Women's teams were eliminated from the Archery World Cup' 2021 Stage-2 from pre-quarter final stage in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Friday. Bangladesh Recurve Men's team, consisting of Ruman Shana, Ram Krishna Saha and Tamimul Islam, conceded 4-5 set points defeat against Spain in the elimination round of 8. Recurve Women's team, comprising Diya Siddique, Beauty Rai and Mehnaj Akhter Monira, suffered 2-6 set points defeat against France, also in the elimination round of 8. Also read: World Archery: Ruman Shana, Diya Siddiqui reach mixed doubles final Earlier on Thursday, Ruman Shana pairing with Diya Siddique made a landmark in the country archery by reaching the final of the Recurve Mixed Doubles of the World meet. The Bangladeshi mixed pair smartly booked a seat for the final eliminating their Canadian rivals by 5-3 set points in the semifinal. They will play mixed doubles final against the Netherlands on Sunday (May 23) at 3:29pm (Bangladesh time). Also read: World Archery: Ruman Shana eliminated from recurve singles Earlier, they eliminated Iran by 5-3 set points in round-12, beat Germany by 5-1 set points in round-8 and eliminated Spain by 5-4 set points in the quarterfinal to reach the semifinal. Ruman Shana was eliminated from his favourite Recurve Men's Singles in round-16 while Diya Siddique was eliminated from Recurve Women's Singles in round-24 on Wednesday.

Bangladesh's celebrated archer Mohammad Ruman Shana's journey in the Archery World Cup stage-two ended Wednesday with his loss to the USA's Brady Ellison in round-16 of the men's recurve individual event in Switzerland's Lausanne. Shana lost to Ellison by 2-6 set points after eliminating Estonia's Mart Oonna by 6-0 set points in round-24. Also, Bangladeshi female archers Diya Siddiqui and Beauty Roy were eliminated from recurve women's singles in round-24. In the compound men's singles event, archer Asim Kumar Das lost to Iran's Kowsar Seyed Hesameddin by 134-136 points. On Tuesday, Bangladesh recurve men's team – comprising of Ruman Shana, Ram Krishna Saha and Tamimul Islam – advanced to round-8 where they will play against Spain.

An 11-member Bangladesh Archery team left Dhaka for Switzerland Sunday morning to participate in the World Archery Championships. The global event will take place between May 17-23 in the Swiss city of Lausanne. Also read: Heralding a new era in Bangladesh Archery Bangladeshi archers will compete in stage-2 of six events – men's recurve individual and team, women's recurve individual and team, recurve mixed team and men's compound individual. The Bangladesh team includes head coach Martin Frederick, coach Ziaul Haque; Ruman Shana, Ram Krishna Saha, Hakim Ahmed Rubel, Tamimul Islam, Ashim Kumar Das, Beauty Roy, Diya Siddiqui and Mehnaj Akhter Monira. Also read: National archery: Ruman Shana finishes with bronze consolation Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed Chapol, general secretary of Bangladesh Archery Federation, also accompanied the team as a delegate.