Bangladesh will start their campaign in the 33rd Olympic Games, Paris 2024, with archer Sagor Islam competing in the men's ranking round archery today.

Sagor Islam is only the 3rd Bangladeshi athlete ever to qualify directly for the Olympics Games directly after golfer Siddikur Rahman and archer Ruman Shana, reported UNB.

Sagor Islam will also compete in the men's individual elimination round on July 30.

Shooter Rabiul Islam of Bangladesh will appear in the qualification round of the men's 10-meter air rifles on July 28.

Bangladeshi swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi will compete in the men's 100- meter freestyle heats also on July 30.

Meanwhile, a 13-member contingent will represent Bangladesh in the Paris Olympics 2024, the biggest sports extravaganza on earth, scheduled to be held in France's capital Paris from July 26 to August 11.

Some 20,714 athletes from 206 countries around the world will compete in 32 sports disciplines in the battle for 329 medals.

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics Games 2024 will be held in the Paris River Seine on July 26.

Ace archer Mohammad Sagor Islam, who directly qualified for the Paris Olympics, will also carry the Bangladesh national flag in the march past the opening ceremony.

The Bangladesh contingent, which consists of five athletes and eight officials, will compete in four disciplines of sports: archery, athletics, swimming, and shooting.

M. Sagor Islam will compete in archery, M Samiul Islam Rafi and Sonia Khatun in swimming, and Bangladesh's fastest man, Imranur Rahman, in athletics.

Bangladeshi wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim is set to feature for Fortune Barishal in the forthcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Mushfiqur had played for Sylhet Strikers in the last edition. His price was fixed at 80 lakhs in the players' draft according to the category. Which means he was in 'A' category.

The top category player will play along with other star players like Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, and Khaled Ahmed in Fortune Barishal.

Neymar said he was relishing “new challenges and opportunities in new places” after he joined Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal from Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year deal Tuesday, becoming the latest big name lured to the oil-rich Gulf state.

The Brazil forward, 31, ends a six-year stay in the French capital and follows in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Sadio Mane in swapping Europe for the Middle East.

“I have achieved a lot in Europe and enjoyed special times, but I have always wanted to be a global player and test myself with new challenges and opportunities in new places,” Neymar said in a statement from the Saudi Pro League.

“I want to write new sporting history, and the Saudi Pro League has tremendous energy and quality players at the moment,” he added.

Neymar was “in negotiations” on Sunday to become the latest football superstar to decamp for Saudi Arabia, leaving Paris Saint-Germain just as Kylian Mbappe was brought back in from the cold by the French champions.

A source close to PSG told AFP that 31-year-old Neymar “no longer figures in the club or manager’s plans” with the Brazilian immediately linked to Al-Hilal in the Gulf kingdom.

Another source in Saudi Arabia said that “direct negotiations” between Neymar’s agents and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) were ongoing.