This document discusses the traditional and modern sports played in Bangladesh. It notes several traditional rural sports still played as well as kabaddi being the only traditional international sport. It outlines cricket as the most popular modern sport and football also being popular. It provides details on Bangladesh's participation in Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, South Asian Games, and Special Olympics, achieving several gold medals in cricket, shooting, football and other events. It also mentions the role of girls in sports and Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan being the national sports school.
2. Prof. Muhammad Shahiduzzaman Head, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology , Dhaka Medical College Hospital , Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh: Sports
3. Traditional Sports "dariabandha", "gollachut", "satchara", "borofpani", "birinchi", "kutkut", "kanamachi", "tillo", "Sologuti", "Bagh-chagol" etc are still popular in sub-urban and rural areas. Bangladesh
4. Kabbadi Kabbadi, the only international traditional sports in Bangladesh Bangladesh
8. Football Football is still popular. We won 2003 SAFF football and Gold in South Asian Games in 2010 Bangladesh
9. Olympics Bangladesh competed seven Olympic Games including the first time at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Bangladesh
10. Bangladesh Asian Games Bangladesh participating in Asian games since1986. Won first gold medal in Cricket in 16th Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou, China
11. Bangladesh Commonwealth Games Bangladesh have competed at six Commonwealth Games, with the first in 1978. We won first gold in CWG in shooting 1990.
12. Bangladesh South Asian Games Bangladesh hosted three SA games, with the last one in 2010. We won 63 gold medals in 12 SA Games including football.
13. Bangladesh Special Olympics Bangladesh Appeared in Special Olympic World Summer Games in 1995 for the first time and won six golds, seven silvers and another seven bronze medals.