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US Sports Envoys Visit Bangladesh to Promote Sports Cooperation, Inclusivity
US Sports Envoys Schellas Hyndman, a retired soccer coach, and Vlastimir Davidovic, a coach at Phoenix College, have arrived in Dhaka to promote sports cooperation and development between the United States and Bangladesh.
The envoys' visit aims to foster mutual understanding and exchange best practices between the two countries in the field of sports.
On their first day in Bangladesh, the envoys met with officials, coaches, and athletes from the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). They trained members of the Bangladesh National Women's Football team and visited a football academy run by a person with a disability. The envoys also toured various stadiums and sports facilities in Dhaka.
During their visit, they showcased drills and exercises to help the girls improve their game. The envoys also visited the Bangabandhu National Stadium, the National Handball Stadium, the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, and the Mohammed Ali Boxing Stadium to gain a better understanding of how sports are administered in Bangladesh and to share best practices from the United States.
The envoys also visited the Soccer Academy for persons with disabilities, run by coach Rahman, to demonstrate support for inclusivity through sports. In the coming days, they will also meet the players and coaching staff of Bashundhara Kings, a top football club in the country, to gain insight into the Premier League football structure in Bangladesh.
Other activities on their itinerary include a soccer training session with underground soccer players aged 12-16, a visit to the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP), and a session with high school girls where the envoys will run a short training session and a 10-minute soccer match.
The US Embassy in Bangladesh brought the Sports Envoys to Bangladesh to promote mutual understanding and cooperation in sports.
Bangabandhu Asian Chess: Nine players share top slot
Nine players sharing the top slot in the Open Section of the Bangabandhu Asian Zone-3.2 Chess Championships securing 4 points each after the 5th round natches held at Dilkusha Hall of Hotel Purbani International here on Saturday.
The leaders are: GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Enamul Hossain, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, FM Subrota Biswas, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed and FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka.
CM Manon Reja Neer and CM Md. Sharif Hossain sharing 2nd slot securing 3.5 points each
In the women’s section, FM Nazrana Khan Eva of Bangladesh took solo lead securing 3. 5 points after the 4th round.
Four players sharing the 2nd position with 2.5 points each.
They are: FM Noshin Anjum, WCM Jannatul Fedous, WCM Ahmed Walijah and Wadifa Ahmed.
Three players sharing thev3rd position with 2.5 points each.
They are: Warsia Kushbu, Neelava Choudhury and WCM Mehak Gul of Pakistan.In the open section of the day's 5th round, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman drew with GM Ziaur Rahman. IM Fahad played with white pieces against Tarrasch defense of GM Zia and drew in 41 moves. GM Razib drew with FM Tahsin. GM Razib played with black pieces, choosing the Modern Defense and drew with FM Tahsin at 87th moves. FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed beat GM Niaz Murshed. FM won in 51 moves with white pieces against GM Niaz's Sicilian defense system. FM Subrota defeated FM Md. Taibur Rahman. FM Subrota played with white pieces Sicilian defense of FM Taibur and won in 61 moves. IM Minhaz beat Shafiq Ahmed. IM Minhaz won against Shafiq in 70 moves by adopting the French defense method with black pieces. FM Parag defeated FM Khandaker Aminul Islam.
FM Parag played the Ruy-Lopez opening system with white pieces and won against FM Amin in 47 moves. FM Ranindu Dilshan defeated CM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh. FM Dilshan defeated CM Chanchal in 58 moves using the Sicilian Defense method with Black pieces. CM Manon Reja Neer beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, CM Md. Sharif beat FM Rupesh Jaiswal of Nepal, FM Mohammad Javed beat Md. Shariatullah, FM Mohammed Abdul Malek beat Md. Sajidul Haque, Md. Abzid Rahman beat Kazi Afsan Rawank Anan, Md. Abu Hanif beat CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid, Avik Sarker beat CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed, Siam Chowdhury beat Md Sagor, FM Amir Karim of Pakistan beat Md Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan, Mohammed Enayet Hossain beat Safayat Kibria Azaan, Md Masum Hossain beat FM Muhammed Shuaau of Maldives, Tutul Dhar beat Ali Kaiser, Afnan Zarif Haque beat Ananda Kumar Sharma, Rayan Rashid Mugdho beat Hanif Mollah, Md Abu Tarique beat Akramul Azam. CM Nayem Haque drew with CM Sohel Chowdhury, Marzouq Chowdhury drew with Md. Azmaeen Parvez Sayor, Tasriq Saihan Shan dre with Zoar Haque Prodhan, FM Md. Saif Uddin drew with CM Md. Shawket Bin Osman Shaon, Shadat Kibria Ayaan drew with SK. Rashedul Hasan.
In the day's 5th round matches of the Women’s section: WFM Nazrana Khan Eva drew with WCM Ahmed Walijah. WCM Walijah played with white pieces against Sicilian defense of WFM Nazrana Khan Eva, WCM Walijah started well in the opening against the Sicilian defense but leveled after 32 moves and the game was drawn in 44 moves. WFM Noshin Anjum also drew with Wadifa Ahmed. WFM Noshin Anjum played against Wadifa Ahmed's Rui-Lopez opening with black pieces and drew in 35 moves. WCM Jannatul Ferdous defeated WCM Mehak Gul of Pakistan. WCM Jannatul Ferdous won in 50 moves against WCM Mehak Gul's Sicilian Defense style with white pieces. Warsia Khusbu defeated Neelava Choudhury. Warsia Khusbu played with white pieces and won the move by playing the Ruy-Lopez opening system and won 74th movies. Kazi Zarin Tasnim beat WFM Tanima Parveen, Nushrat Jahan Alo beat Sabikun Nahar Tanima, Ashiya Sultana beat Yeshey Lhaden and Omnia Binte Yusuf Lubaba beat Fatiha Eyenoor Diya. WIM Rani Hamid drew with WCM Sanudula KM Dahamdi of Sri Lanka and WFM Sujanna Lohani drew with Abesinghe Janandani of Sri Lanka
The 6th round matches of the both open and women's sections will held on Sunday from 3 PM at the same venue.
Logo of Bangabandhu IHF Challenge Trophy Women's Handball unveiled
The logo of the four-nation Bangabandhu IHF Challenge Trophy Women's Handball (Youth and Junior) ceremonially unveiled on Saturday (May 6) at the Shaheed Captain (Retd) M Monsur Ali National Handball Stadium here.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell officially unveiled the logo of the five -day tournament Saturday afternoon, approved by International Handball Federation and organized by Bangladesh Handball Federation.(BHF).
All the four participating countries --India, Nepal, the Maldives and hosts Bangladesh --will field two teams of Under-17 and Under-19 age group each in the tournament beginning here on May 13.
It will be the 2nd edition of the meet after the first tournament was held seven years ago.
Bangladeshi racers set to compete in Malaysia Championship Series
Avik Anwar and Aiman Sadat, two promising racers from Bangladesh, are set to participate in the Malaysia Championship Series at the Sepang International Circuit this weekend.
Avik, a premier Bangladeshi motorsport driver, will compete in the Touring Production category, while 21-year-old Aiman will race in the Stock Production 1 category.
In the qualifying rounds held on Friday, Avik finished P3 overall, while Aiman finished P8 in his class and P12 overall. Despite the tough competition, Avik expressed confidence in his abilities and hoped to finish first in the championship.
Bangabandhu Asian Chess: 3 players share top slot in open section
Three players sharing the top slot in the open section of the Bangabandhu Asian Zone-3.2 Chess Championships securing full 3 points after the 3rd round matches held at Dilkusha Hall of Hotel Purbani International on Thursday.
The leaders are: IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, GM Enamul Hossain and FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia.
Seven players sharing the 2nd position with 2.5 points each.
They are: GM Ziaur Rahman, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, CM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh, FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka and FM Rupesh Jaswal of Nepal.
Four Bangladeshi players maintained their top slot jointly in the Women’s section of the meet securing 2.5 points each after the day's 3rd round matches.
They are: FM Noshin Anjum, FM Nazrana Khan Eva, WCM Jannatul Fedous and Warsia Kushbu.
Five players earned 2 points each. They are: WIM Rani Hamid, WCM Ahmed Walijah, Kazi Zarin Tasnim, Wadifa Ahmed & WCM Sanudula K M Dahamdi of Sri Lanka.
In the day's 3rd round matches of Open Section, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman beat CM Nayem Haque, GM Enamul Hossain Razib beat FM Md. Taibur Rahman, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia beat Md. Sajidul Haque, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed drew with FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan, GM Ziaur Rahman beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin beat CM Sohel Chowdhury, FM Rupesh Jaswal drew with GM Niaz Murshed, FM Khandaker Aminul Islam beat Marzouq Chowdhury, CM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh beat CM Manon Reja Neer, FM Subrota Biswas beat CM Md. Sharif Hossain, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag beat Md. Masum Hossain, Shafiq Ahmed beat Zoar Haque Prodhan, FM Mohammed Abdul Malek beat Md. Sagor, Md. Sariatullah beat CM Md. Shawket Bin Osman Shaon, Md. Abzid Rahman beat Tutul Dhar, CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid beat FM Amer Karim of Pakistan, Md. Abu Hanif beat Afnan Zarif Haque, Kazi Afsan Rawnak Anan drew with CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed, Tasriq Shaihan Shan beat Md. Azmaeen Parvez Sayor, Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan drew with Avik Sarker, FM Muhamed Shuaau beat Ananda Kumar Sharma, Mohammed Enayet Hossain beat Rayan Rashid Mugdho, Safayet Kibria Azaan beat Sk. Rashedul Hasan, FM Mohammad Javed beat Md Abu Tarique, FM Md Saif Uddin beat Akramul Azam, Dr. Ratan Kumar Paul beat Hanif Mollah, Shadat Kibria Ayaan beat Ali Kaiser and Siam Chowdhury beat Tashi Tobgay of Bhutan .
In the day's 3rd round of matches of the Women’s section, FM Noshin Anjum drew with Warsia Kushbu, FM Nazrana Khan Eva drew with WCM Jannatul Fedous, Wadifa Ahmed beat Nusrat Jahan Alo, Kazi Zarin Tasnim beat Neelava Choudhury, WCM Ahmed Walijah beat WCM G P Y Wijesuriya, WIM Rani Hamid beat Omnia Binte Yusuf Lubaba, WFM Sujana Lohani drew with WCM Mehak Gul of Pakistan, WCM Sanudula K M Dahamdi beat Abeysinghe H M H Janandan, WFM Tanima Parveen beat Ashiya Sultana, Sabikun Nahar Tonima drew with Nihaya Ahmed of Maldives and Yeshey Lhaden of Bhutan beat Fatiha Eyenoon Diya.
The 4th round matches of both the open and women's sections will be held on Thursday from 3 pm at the same venue.
Asia Cup Archery:Bangladesh to compete in two bronze medal matches of compound division Friday.
The BKSP Archery team, under the banner of Bangladesh team, will compete in two bronze medal matches of the compound men's team and mixed team events of the 2023 Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Stage-2, in the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent on Friday.
Bangladesh compound men's team members— Topu Roy, Radin Bin Taleb and Abdullah Al Kafi —will face Saudi Arabia on Friday for the event's bronze medal.
On the other hand, Bangladesh compound mixed team consists of Topu Roy and Puspita,Zaman who will meet Iraq for the event's bronze medal on Friday.
Bangabandhu Asian Chess: 9 players share top slot
Nine players sharing the top slot in the open section of the Bangabandhu Asian Zone-3.2 Chess Championship securing full two points after the second round matches held at Dilkusha Hall of Hotel Purbani International in the capital on Wednesday.
The leaders are: IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, GM Enamul Hossain, FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, CM Nayem Haque, FM Md. Taibur Rahman, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, FM Rupesh Jaswal of Nepal and Md. Sajidul Haque.
Four Bangladesh players sharing top slot in Women’s section securing full 2 points each after the day's 2nd round games.
They are: FM Noshin Anjum, FM Nazrana Khan Eva, WCM Jannatul Fedous and Warsia Kushbu.
In the 2nd round of Open Section, M Mohammad Fahad Rahman beat FM Mohammed Abdul Malek, GM Enamul Hossain Razib beat FM Md. Shawket Bin Osman Shaon, FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan beat Md. Abzid Rahman, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia beat FM Amer Karim of Pakistan, CM Nayem Haque beat Md. Abu Hanif, FM Md. Taibur Rahman beat CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed, FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed beat Md Azmaeen Parvez Sayor, FM Rupesh Jaswal beat Tutul Dhar, Md. Sajidul Haque beat Shafiq Ahmed, CM Md. Sharif Hossain drew with cM Chanchal Kumer Ghosh, GM Ziaur Rahman beat CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid, GM Niaz Murshed beat Avik Sarker, CM Manon Reja Neer beat FM Muhamed Shaau, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin beat Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan, FM Khandaker Aminul Islam beat Mohammed Enayet Hossain, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman beat Safayat Kibria Azaan, CM Sohel Chowdhury beat Rayan Rashid Mugdho, Marzouq Chowdhury beat FM Mohammad Javed, FM Subrota Biswas beat Dr. Ratan Kumar Paul, FM mehdi Hasan Parag beat Siam Chowdhury, Tashriq Saihan Shan beat FM Md Saif Uddin.
In the 2nd round of matches of the Women’s section, FM Noshin Anjum beat WFM Sujana Lohani of Nepal, FM Nazrana Khan Eva beat WCM Sanudula K M Dahamdi of Sri Lanka, WCM Jannatul Fedous beat Wadifa Ahmed, Warsia Kushbu beat Abeysinghe H M H Janandan of Sri Lanka, WCM Ahmed Walijah beat WCM Mehak Gul of Pakistan, Nusrat Jahan Alo drew with Neelava Choudhury, Sabikun Nahar Tonima drew with WFM Tanima Parveen.
The 3rd round matches of both the open and women's sections will be held on Thursday from 3-00 pm at the same venue.
BSPA Suspends Kazi Salahuddin's Honorary Membership
The Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA), the largest body of sports journalists in Bangladesh, has suspended the honorary membership of Kazi Salahuddin, the President of the Bangladesh Football Federation.
According to a BSPA notice, Salahuddin's membership was suspended after he insulted the journalists by saying that journalists should submit photos of their parents to the BFF in order to enter its headquarters, with their father's shoes visible in the image.
Salahuddin made these disparaging comments just before a press conference at the BFF, and the comments were recorded on a device that journalists had set up to record the press conference.
Following the public release of his cheap comments on social media, Salahuddin faced widespread criticism from the public. He subsequently offered an apology to the journalists.
“How much they hate journalists is revealed in their words,” the BSPA statement read. “BSPA offered honorary membership to Salahuddin in 2012. Now, after his disrespectful comments to journalists, we have decided to remove him from our organization.”
Salahuddin and BFF have recently landed in hot water after FIFA banned its secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag for involving in corruption. BFF, however, denied the allegation but did not come up with an explanation.
Dhaka Union of Journalists(DUJ) and Dhaka Reporters Unity(DRU) also condemned remarks made by Salahuddin.
Int'l Rating Chess: FM Subrota Biswas takes solo lead
Fide Master Subrota Biswas took solo lead in the Marcel International Rating Chess Tournament securing 5.5 points after the 6th and penultimate round matches held at Manha’s Castle Hall-Room in Green Road on Wednesday.
Five players are sharing the second position with 5 points each. They are Anata Choudhury, FM Mohammad Javed, Sharif Hossain, Md Abzid Rahman, and Feroz Ahmed.
Another five players shared the third position with 4.5 points each.
They are IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, FM Khandekar Aminul Islam, Tutul Dhar, Mukitul Islam Ripon, and Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan.
In the day's 6th round, FM Subrota Biswas beat IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, Anata Choudhury drew with CM Md. Sharif Hossain, and FM Mohammad Javed beat Md. Azmaeen Parvez Sayor, Md. Abzid Rahman beat Md,. Masum Hossain, Feroz Ahmed beat CM Sohel Chowdhury, FM Khandekar Aminul Islam beat Abdul Momin, Jabed Al Azad drew with Sk. Rashedul Hasan, Tutul Dhar beat AB Bappi, Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan got a walk-over against Md. Sagor, and Mukitul Islam Ripon beat Din Mohammad.
The 7th and last round matches will be held on Thursday from 10:30 am at the same venue.
International Rating Chess: Eight players share top slot
Eight players shared the top spot in the Marcel International Rating Chess tournament, securing 3 points each after the third round matches held in the capital's Green Road Sunday.
They are FM Subrota Biswas, FM Mohammad Javed, Anat Choudhury, CM Md Sharif Hossain, Jabed Al Azad, Md Abzid Rahman, Md Masum Hossain and Md Azmaeen Parvez Sayor.
IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, CM Sohel Chowdhury, Tutul Dhar and Osman Gani shared the second position with 2.5 points each.
In today's matches, CM Sohel drew with IM Minhaz, FM Subrota beat Feroz Ahmed, Sayor beat FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, Anata beat SK Rashedul Hasan, Masum beat FM Khandaker Aminul Islam, CM Sharif beat Rubel Hossen, FM Javed beat Md Sagor, Jabed beat Moniruzzaman Moni, Abzid beat Abdul Momin, Tutul beat Mukitul Islam Ripon, and Osman beat Md Abu Sayed.
The fourth round matches will be held Monday from 2pm at the same venue.