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Sprinter Jahir handed six-month ban

The Bangladesh Athletics Federation on Wednesday handed a six-month ban to gold medal winner in the 400-metre sprint at the last National Athletics Championships, Jahir Rayhan, from domestic and international competitions for providing misleading information to the media following his dismal exit from the men’s 400-metre event of the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 in Nanjing, China, on March 21.

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LGIS holds sports event

London Grace International School, dedicated to fostering excellence in academics and athletics for 29 years, held its annual sports event at Strikers Field in Mohammadpur, Dhaka on Monday...

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National Athletics end with two more new records

Bangladesh Navy emerged champions with two more new national records set on the third and final day of the 48th National Athletics Championship at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday...

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Three new national records on day two

Bangladesh Army runner Najimul Hossain Roni broke a 31-year-old record in the men’s 400-metre hurdles as three new national records were created on the second day of the 48th National Athletics Championship at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.

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Ismail regains 100m title

Mohammad Ismail of Bangladesh Navy regained the title of the country’s fastest man after four years in the absence of England-based national record holder Imranur Rahman in the 48th National Athletics Championship that began...

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Nat’l Athletics begins sans Imranur

The 48th edition of the National Athletics Championships begins without the participation of the country’s fastest man, Imranur Rahman, at the National Stadium in Dhaka today.

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INTER-DIV ATHLETICS: Maruf, Ozaifa become fastest men, women

Maruf Hasan and Ozaifa Khatun secured the titles of fastest men and women in the 100m race, respectively as the Festival of Youth Inter-Division Athletics Competition 2025 concluded at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday.

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Shah Alam plans to reshape country’s athletics 

Former sprinter and 14-time gold medal winner in national athletics, Mohammad Shah Alam, has been appointed general secretary of the Bangladesh Athletics Federation when the National Sports Council approved the...

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Athletics Fed secretary Montu resigns

Bangladesh Athletics Federation general secretary Abdur Rakib Montu stepped down from his post on Wednesday citing personal reasons...

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Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins 5,000m gold

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet produced a masterful display of tactical running to win gold in the Olympic women's 5,000m on Monday to end defending champion Sifan Hassan's dream of a long-distance treble.

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Sifan Hassan: from 'shy' refugee to Olympic champion

On a gloriously sunny Tuesday night training session at the Eindhoven athletics club, young hopefuls are put through their paces, dreaming of emulating their most famous member -- double Olympic champion Sifan Hassan.

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Alfred overcomes obstacles to become sprint queen

‘I'd love to be the first,’ Julien Alfred said of the possibility of becoming the first Olympic medallist from the tiny Caribbean island of St Lucia -- on Saturday she achieved that in style by winning the women's 100 metres in Paris.

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Life has passed sport for Ukrainian star Mahuchikh

Ukraine's women's high jump world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh, their great hope for an Olympic athletics gold medal, said on Friday life not sport had become the priority since the Tokyo Games.

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