Athletics
Paris Olympics: Bangladeshi archer Sagor Islam finishes 45th in ranking round of recurve singles
Bangladesh started their campaign in the 33rd Olympic Games, Paris 2024, with archer Sagor Islam competing in the ranking round of the men's recurve singles at Invalides on Thursday (July 25).
Bangladesh's teenage archer Sagor, who directly qualified for the Olympics as just the 3rd Bangladeshi ever (after golfer Siddikur Rahman and archer Ruman Shana), today (Thursday) ranked 45th among 64 archers scoring 652 in the ranking round of the games men's recurve singles archery.
He will compete in the men's individual elimination round of 1/32 on July 30, according to a message received from the Bangladesh Archery Federation.
Bangladeshi shooter Rabiul Islam will appear in the qualification round of the men's 10-metre air rifles on July 28 at the Chateauroux Shooting Complex.
Swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi of Bangladesh will compete in the men's 100-metre freestyle heats at the Paris La Defence Arena also on July 30.
Another Bangladesh swimmer, Sonia Khatun, will compete in the women's 50-metre freestyle heats at the same venue on August 3.
Bangladesh's fastest man, Imranur Rahman, will compete in his favourite men's 100-metre sprint heats on the following day (August 4) at the Stade de France Stadium.
A 13-member contingent, consisting of five athletes and eight officials, is representing Bangladesh in the Paris Olympics 2024, the biggest show on earth.
The opening ceremony of the 17-day biggest sports carnival of the world will be held on Friday (July 26) on the River Seine in Paris, first of its kind, through a colourful ceremony, will start at 11:30 pm Bangladesh time.
Leading athletes from 206 countries around the world will compete in 32 disciplines of sports in the battle for 329 medals.
Meritorious archer Mohammad Sagor Islam, who directly qualified for the Paris Olympics, will carry the Bangladesh national flag in the march past the opening ceremony.
Five Bangladeshi athletes are taking part in four disciplines of sports: archery, athletics, swimming, and shooting.
Sagor Islam is competing in archery, M Samiul Islam Rafi and Sonia Khatun in swimming, and Bangladesh's fastest man, Imranur Rahman, in athletics.
Int'l Veteran Athletics: Bangladesh Customs secure top slot
Bangladesh Customs clinched the top slot in the country's first-ever International Open Veteran Athletics Championship 2024 securing 78 gold, 52 silver and 30 bronze medals on the 3rd and final day of the meet at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Saturday.
The Masters' Games Association of Bengal, India finished 2nd collecting 52 gold, 47 silver and 27 bronze medals while the Masters Athletics team of Sri Lanka became 3rd with 20 gold, 9 silver and 29 bronze medals.
Two hundred four events were decided on the three-day meet that concluded here on Saturday.
Int'l Open Veteran Athletics: Bangladesh Customs maintain top spot
General Secretary of Bangladesh Athletics Federation Advocate Abdur Rakib Montu declared the meet closed at a simple ceremony on Saturday.
Some 353 men's and women's athletes from five South Asian countries -- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and hosts Bangladesh--took part in 204 events of the three-day meet.
A total of 253 athletes from 36 different teams and organisations represented Bangladesh in the meet.
Country's first Int'l Open Veteran Athletics begins
Veteran men's athletes of 35 to 70 years age groups, divided in eight groups and women's athletes of 35 to 65 years age group, split into seven groups, participated in the meet, for the first time in Bangladesh.
Int'l Open Veteran Athletics: Bangladesh Customs maintain top spot
Bangladesh Customs maintained their top spot in the country's first-ever International Open Veteran Athletics Championship 2024 securing 51 gold, 31 silver and 19 bronze medals on the 2nd day of the three-day meet at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Friday.
The Masters Games Association of Bengal, India followed the Customs team collecting 38 gold, 34 silver and 12 bronze medals while Sri Lankan team is the 3rd slot with 16 gold and 9 silver medals.
One hundred and forty events were decided on the first two days of the three-day meet.
Some 353 men's and women's athletes from five South Asian countries -- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and hosts Bangladesh--are competing in 233 events of the three-day meet.
A total of 253 athletes from 36 different teams and organisations are representing Bangladesh in the meet.
Veteran men's athletes of 35 to 70 years age groups, divided in eight groups and women's athletes of 35 to 65 years age group, split into seven groups, are competing in the meet, for the first time in Bangladesh.
Country's first Int'l Open Veteran Athletics begins
Country's first-ever International Open Veteran Athletics Championship 2024, began on Thursday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) here with Bangladesh Customs dominating the medal table securing 23 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze medals on the first day.
The Masters Games Association of Bengal, India followed the leader collecting 17 gold, 14 silver and 6 bronze medals while Sri Lankan team is in the 3rd slot with 6 gold, 3 silver and 9 bronze medals.
Fifty eight events were decided on the first day (Thursday) of the three-day meet.
Earlier, vice-president of Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) and Joint Commission of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Mohammad Zayedul Alam inaugurated the three-day meet, organised by Bangladesh Veteran Athletes Association, under the supervision of BAF.
BAF general secretary Advocate Abdur Rakib Montu,vamong others, was present at the day's inaugural function, presided by BAF EC member Faroqul Islam.
Some 353 athletes, 60 coaches and officials from five South Asian countries -- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and hosts Bangladesh--are competing in 233 events of the three-day meet.
A total of 253 athletes from 36 different teams and organisations are representing Bangladesh in the meet.
Veteran men's athletes of 35 to 70 years age groups, divided in eight groups and women's athletes of 35 to 65 years age group, split into seven groups, are competing in the meet, for the first time in Bangladesh.
First-ever Int'l Open Veteran Athletics begins here on Thursday.
The country's first-ever International Open Veteran Athletics Championship organised by Bangladesh Veteran Athlete Association, under the co-operation of Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) begins on Thursday (June 27) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) here.
Some 345 athletes, 60 coaches and officials from six South Asian countries -- India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and hosts Bangladesh-- will compete in the 233 events of the three-day meet.
A total of 232 athletes from 33 different teams and organisation will represent Bangladesh in the meet.
President of Bangladesh Masters Athletics Association and the vice president of BAF Advocate Nur Uddin Chowdhury Noyon MP, will inaugurate the three-day meet Thursday afternoon.
BAF EC member Faroqul Islam presided over Thursday's opening ceremony.
The details of the meet were disclosed by the meet organisers at a press conference at the BNS conference room on Tuesday.
BAF general secretary Advocate Abdur Rakib Montu among others, addressed the day's press conference.
Veteran men's athletes of 35 to 70 years age groups, divided in eight groups and women's athletes of 35 to 65 years age group, split into seven groups, will compete in the meet.
Malaysian Athletics: Bangladesh's Al Amin wins gold in 3000m steeplechase
Bangladeshi athlete Al Amin clinched the gold medal in the 3000- metre steeplechase event of the Malaysian Invitational Open Athletics Championship 2024 held at the Stadium Darul Makmur in Pahang, Malaysia on Saturday.
Al Amin brought laurel for the country by winning the event's gold medal with a timing of 9:32.39 seconds.
Jr AHF Cup Hockey: Bangladesh Women's team make good start beating Thailand
Gouranga Roy emerged as the first Bangladeshi athlete to win the first-ever silver medal abroad in hammer throw covering a distance of 50.28 metres.
Another Bangladeshi athlete Sourav Mia won the bronze in the pole vault jumping 4.40 metres.
National Archery: Police Archery team clinch top slot securing four gold, four silver medals
All the three medal winning Bangladesh athletes belong to Bangladesh Army.
Earlier in the opening day (Friday), Ritu Akter of Bangladesh clinched silver medal in the high jump.
Wimbledon prize money is increasing to a record amount of about $64 million
Wimbledon's total prize money fund will rise to a record 50 million pounds (about $64 million), with the singles champions each earning 2.7 million pounds ($3.45 million), All England Club officials announced Thursday at the annual spring briefing.
The total amount is 5.3 million pounds ($6.8 million) more than last year, an increase of 11.9% — and exactly twice the 25 million pounds ($32 million at the current exchange rate) handed out to competitors at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament 10 years ago.
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Ticket demand “has never been greater” than it was this year, said Deborah Jevans, the new chair of the All England Club.
The winners’ checks for 2024 represent a jump of 350,000 pounds each (nearly $450,000), a 14.9% jump.
Players who lose in the first round of singles will get 60,000 pounds (about $76,000) each, up from 55,000 ($70,000) in 2023.
The prizes for the qualifying event will go up 14.9% to 4.8 million pounds (about $6 million).
Other topics addressed by Jevans and Sally Bolton, the club chief executive:
— The club has been in contact with other Grand Slam hosts about the possibility of creating a domestic violence policy. “Clearly that’s something that the sport would want to do on a unified basis,” Bolton said about forming a policy. “It is something that is pertinent and therefore has been discussed.” At the just-concluded French Open, Alexander Zverev competed — and ended up reaching the final — while being involved in a trial in Berlin related to accusations by a former girlfriend of physical abuse during a 2020 argument; the case ended via an out-of-court settlement hours before Zverev played in the semifinals in Paris.
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— The club has plans in place to celebrate two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray's career if, as expected, he announces this will be his last appearance at the tournament. Murray's 2013 singles title was the first for a British man at the All England Club in 77 years, and he won the tournament again in 2016. “We've certainly got plans in place and we’re ready and prepared, but ultimately it's Andy’s decision," Bolton said. "We’ll very much be led by him and we can amend our plans accordingly. We’re ready in any eventuality.”
— Centre Court will continue to begin play at 1:30 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m. EDT), despite concerns expressed by Novak Djokovic that such scheduling inevitably leads to late starts for a day's last match. “We’ve reviewed it, we’ve thought long and hard and looked at the data around length of matches and the trends that are occurring in that space," Bolton said, “and were very confident and happy with the decision that we’ve made this year.” Added Jevans: “We’re very comfortable with the situation.” Djokovic, who has won seven of his 24 Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon but is expected to miss this year's tournament after knee surgery, said a year ago that maybe the All England Club should consider opening its main stadium at noon (Court No. 1 starts play at 1 p.m.; smaller courts at 11 a.m.). Because the tournament site is in a residential area, there is an 11 p.m. curfew for competition.
Sheikh Kamal 38th National Jr Athletics conclude on Sunday featuring seven new national records
The three-day Sheikh Kamal 38th National Junior Athletics Championship '2024, concluded today (Sunday) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here featuring seven new records
Two more new national records were made on the 3nd and final day (Sunday) to raise the total record tally to seven including five records on the first two days.
National Junior Athletics: Two more new national records created on 2nd day, Saturday
Azmi Khatoon of BKSP made the day's first record by clinching the gold medal of the 400-metre run with a timing of 58.58 seconds to better the event's previous mark of 1:00.00 seconds made by China Khatun of Rajbari DSA.
Tamim Hossain, also from BKSP, made the day's other record by winning the triple jump gold medal covering a distance of 14.56 metres to improve the event's old record of 14.41 metres made by Misbah Ahmed of BKSP.
Sheikh Kamal 38th National Junior Athletics to begin Friday
Earlier, five new national records were created in the first two days--three records on the first day (Friday) and two records on the 2nd day (Saturday)
On the first day (Friday), Sumaiya Akter of BKSP made the meet's first record in the 100-metre sprint with timing of 12. 49 seconds, Mohammad Shawon of Kurigram set the 2nd national mark in the1500-metre run with a timing of 5:14.12 seconds while Sharmin Akter of BKSP made the 3rd record in the shot put covering a distance of 12.10 metres.
On the 2nd day (Saturday), Tasnia Hossain of BKSP made new record in the 100 -metre hurdles with a timing of 15.74 seconds to better the event's prevous record of 16.41 seconds, made by Roksana Begum of Noakhali in 2019.
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Smriti Akter of Kishoreganj DSA created the Saturday's 2nd record in the 800- metre run with a timing of 2:27.55 seconds to improve the event's old marks of 2:27.86 seconds made by China Khatun of Rajbari DSA in 2002.
After the three-day meet on Sunday, BKSP clinched top slot in the medal table of the meet securing 26 gold, 12 silver and nine bronze medals.
Noakhali DSA finished distant seconds in the meet collecting four gold, five silver and six bronze medals while Kishoreganj DSA became 3rd with three gold, one silver and three bronze medal.
A total of 392 athletes from 45 teams took part in 42 events in four groups of the three-day meet.
Sheikh Kamal 38th National Junior Athletics to begin Friday
The Sheikh Kamal 38th National Junior Athletics Championship, organised by Bangladesh Athletics Federation, will begin on Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here.
Secretary of the Prime Ministers Office Mohammad Salahuddin will inaugurate three-day meet Friday afternoon, while Secretary General of the Bangladesh Olympic Association Syed Shahed Reza will also present as special guest.
Two Bangladeshi famed athletes, the 11th Asian Indoor Athletics Championship's silver medalist in the 400- meter run M Jahir Rayhan and the high jump's bronze medalist M Mahfuzur Rahman, will also be honoured during the Friday's opening ceremony.
Some 500 boys and girls from 64 districts, eight divisions, Education Board, BKSP and other oranisations will compete in 41 events of four groups.
The record holders athletes of the meet will be awarded with TK 5,000 each.
General Secretary of Bangladesh Athletics Federation Advocate Abdur Rakib Montu disclosed it at a press conference held at BNS conference room on Thursday.
Bangladesh Athletics team leaves for Iran to compete in Asian Indoor Athletics
A seven-member Bangladesh Athletics team left Dhaka for Iran Thursday (Feb 15) morning without any coach to compete in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championship 2024.
The 11th version of the Asian Indoor Athletics championship will be held in the Iranian capital Tehran from February 17-19 where last three-time fastest man of Bangladesh Imranur Rahman will compete in his favourite men's 60- meter sprint for gold.
The 30- year old England-based Bangladesh origin athlete Imranur Rahman bring laurel for the country as he emerged as the first Bangladeshi athlete to win the first- ever Asian gold medal in the men's 60- meter sprint of the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics held in Astana, Kazakhstan February last year.
Bangladesh athletics team consists of five athletes and two officials.
General Secretary of Bangladesh Athletics Federation Advocate Abdur Rakib Montu accompanied the Bangladesh side as the team leader cum congress delegate while Federation's treasurer M Jamal Hossain also accompanied the team as an official.
Five athletes of the team are: Imranur Rahman, Rakibul Hasan (60-meter sprint), Zahir Raihan (400-meter run), Mahfuzur Rahman (High Jump) and Shirin Akhter (60-meter sprint).
On eve of departure, athlete Imranur Rahman sought blessing from the country’s people .
The Athletics team is expected to return home on February 20.