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Sheikh Kamal National 'B' Chess begins Thursday
Sheikh Kamal National 'B' Chess Championship'2022, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation, begins here on Thursday at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room. .
Players of different divisions, districts, organisations, universities, national junior and girls under-20 champions, 2100 plus rated players, except the grandmasters of last year's national chess, will participate in the eleven-round Swiss-League System basis competition.
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Top nine players of the championship will get the opportunity to participate in the Bangabandhu 47th National Chess Championship'2022.
Country's five grandmasters--Enamul Hossain Razib, Ziaur Rahman, Niaz Murshed, Molla Abdullah Al Rakib and Reefat Bin Sattar --have been invited to participate in the Bangabandhu national championship directly.
Sk Russell Chess: FM Mohammad Javed emerges champion
FIDE Master Mohammad Javed emerged unbeaten champions in the Sheikh Russell Metropolis FIDE Rating Chess Tournament securing seven and half points after the 9th and final round matches at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room on Tuesday.
Candidate Master M Shawkat Bin Osman Shawon became runner-up collecting same points in the meet, organized by Bangladesh Chess Federation.
After the 9th and final round, both the FM Javed and CM Shawon secured seven and a half points each and in the tie-breaking system Javed emerged champions and Shawon finished runner-up
Seven players bagged seven points each and their positions were finalized through the tie-breaking system
They are: 3rd-CM Saqlain Mustafa Sajid, 4th -CM Mahtabuddin Ahme, 5th -CM Sadnan Hasan Dihan, 6th- Md. Abu Hanif, 7th - Md. Sajidul Haque, 8th - Md. Abzid Rahman and 9th - Neloy Debnath.
Ten players secured six and a half points, among them Tutul Dhar, Sheikh Rashedul Hasan, Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan, Md. Siddiqur Rahman, Md. Shariatullah, Dewan Shahidul Amin and Rubel Hossain were placed 10th to 16th positions respectively.
The top 16 players of the meet will get an opportunity to participate in the Sheikh Kamal National 47th 'B' Chess Championship-2022 to be held on Thursday (October 27). Total 158 players participated in this 9-round Swiss-League tournament.
Feroz Ahmed, Khondakar Nazre Mowla and Mohammad Anisuzzaman were eliminated with six and a half points each.
In the day's 9th and last round matches, FM Javed drew with Hanif, CM Dihan drew with Mahtab, CM Shawon beat Rubel, Sajid drew with Abzid, CM Sakline beat Md. Mesbah Uddin, Neloy beat Afnan Zarif Haque, Rashed beat CM Sohel Chowdhury, Feroz beat Din Mohammad, Tutul beat Shamsul Kabir Chowdhury, Siddiq beat Mohammed Salim, Anis beat Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan, Shahidul beat Yasir Ali Khan Evan and Mowla got walk-over against Abdullah Al Raison.
‘Sports for All’: Young Bangla holds “Let’s Talk” with policymakers, students in Ctg
Centre for Research and Information’s (CRI)’s youth platform, Young Bangla, held its latest instalment of “Let’s Talk” – an interdisciplinary discussion between policymakers and university students – in Chattogram city on October 23, 2022.
This session focused on ‘Sports for All’, where policymakers and young leaders discussed and shared their views on abovementioned topic with around 360 participants at Premier University Bangladesh in port city, according to a press release.
Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP and ex-President of Bangladesh Cricket Board and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Sayeda Zakia Noor Lipi, MP, from Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare; Krishna Rani Sarker, footballer of Bangladesh Women’s National Football Team; and Santwana Rani Ray, Founder of Lalmonirhar Taekwon-Do Association (LTA) and Joy Bangla Youth Awardee, answered questions from the participating students, as well as took part in a discussion in “Let’s Talk” on ‘Sports for All’. The event was moderated by Israt Jahan Noor Eva.
Vice Chancellor and Ekushe Padak recipient, prominent scholar, sociologist and sports enthusiast Dr. Anupam Sen gave the welcome speech, thanking CRI and Young Bangla for such innovative initiative on his campus. He expected that his students will understand the value of healthy upbringing to build a more creative, humane nation.
Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP emphasized on ensuring the possibilities of positive outcome in different sports as well as private and public sector involvement in sports development at the root-level. He also expected that CRI will carry the words and questions of the students to the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
‘’We often lack the right questions and right issues to discuss in our standing committee. Today, all of you have asked the right questions. We should not hold an elitist mindset when it comes to sports. Sports is all about equal opportunity on the playground,” he noted.
Franchise-based Women's Kabaddi League next January
The first-ever franchise based Women's Kabaddi League, organized by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, begins here in January next year.
The six franchise teams are: Motlab Thunders, Adventure Land Park, Bengal Warriors, Dhaka Twelves, Eco Fresh International and Techno Media -- will participate in the inaugural meet.
Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation (BKF) from the very beginning took the initiative to arrange franchise based men's kabaddi league, but it was possible due to various reasons and finally they decided to organize Women's Kabaddi in next January.
Meanwhile, BKF formed a strong committee to arrange the Franchise Women's Kabaddi League with Federation's joint secretary and additional DIG (Development) of Bangladesh Police Gazi M Mozammel Haque as chairman and Federation treasurer Arif Mihir as the member secretary.
The committee in its last meeting on Saturday, finalized the league schedule and format.
Kabaddi Federation will select 12 players for every participating team with one icon player in each side without any players drafted and later all the 72 players of the six teams will be given a two-month long training prior to the league under the supervision of Kabaddi Federation.
The remaining 66 players except six icons, will be put in different categories and different payment structures.
Six Icon players are: Bristi Biswas, Rupali Akhter, Hafiza Akhter, Sharmin Sultana, Dishamoni Sarkar and Smriti Akhter.
T20 World Cup: India seal a nail-biter with Kohli leading the way v Pakistan
With Virat Kohli showing his class once again, India sealed a nail-biter against Pakistan in their T20 World Cup opener on Monday in Melbourne.
In the last five overs, India needed 60 runs to chase down the target of 160 runs. Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah conceded 12 runs in the 16th and 17th overs. But in the 18th over, Virat hit three fours off Shaheen Afridi and the target came down to 31 in the last two overs.
Haris conceded 15 in the 19th over with two consecutive sixes off fifth and sixth deliveries by Kohli.
In the last over, India needed 16 runs with six wickets in hand. Mohammad Nawaz scalped the wicket of Hardik Pandya in the first ball. In the next two, he conceded only three runs, but off the fourth delivery, Virat hit a six. The fifth one was a no-ball that was also smashed for a six by Virat.
Eventually, India sealed the match by four wickets with Virat remaining unbeaten for 82 off 53 balls.
For Pakistan, Haris and Nawaz scalped two wickets each, but their efforts went in vain as Pakistan failed to hold their nerve at the end of the match.
Earlier, Pakistan batted first in this match after losing the toss. Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed hit a fifty each for them.
Apart from them, none of the other Pakistan batters was able to offer some challenges to Indian bowlers.
Babar Azam suffered a duck while playing a straight delivery from Arshdeep Singh who also sent back the other opener Rizwan Ahmed for only four. It was a rare failure from both of Pakistan's openers.
For India, Arshdeep and Hardik Pandya bagged three wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami took one wicket each.
In reply, India lost three wickets inside the powerplay. They lost the fourth wicket in 31 runs. And after that, Virat and Hardik came up with a match-winning partnership of 113 off 78 balls with Hardik scoring 40 off 37 balls.
With this win, India continued to dominate Pakistan in the ICC events.
Sk Russell Chess: Three players sharing top slot with 5.5 points
Three players--FM Mohammad Javed, CM Sadnan Hasan Dihan and CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid--shared the top slot in Sheikh Russel Metropolis FIDE Rating Chess Tournament securing 5.5 points each after the 6th round matches held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room on Saturday.
Eight players shared the 2nd position with 5 points each. They are: Md. Abzid Rahman, CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed, Md. Sajidul Haque, Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan, Rubel Hossen, Shatadru Shovan Roy, Md. Hasan and Neloy Debnath.
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In the day's 6th round matches, FM Javed beat Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan, CM Sadnan beat Tutul Dhar, CM Sakline beat Md Siddiqur Rahman, Abzid beat Din Mohammad, CM Mahtab beat Khondakar Nazre Mowla, Sajidul beat Md Mesbah Uddin, Nasim beat Mihir Lal Das, Rubel beat Sk. Rashedul Hasan, Shovan beat Md Moniruzzaman Masud, Hasan beat Omnia Binte Yusuf Lubaba and Neloy beat Md Faysal Yusuf.
The 7th round matches will be held tomorrow (Sunday) from 3pm at the same venue.
Police clinch Premier Division Table Tennis League title
Bangladesh Police Club clinched the Metropolis Premier Division Table Tennis League title beating Wari Club by 3-2 sets in the title decider at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium in Dhaka Thursday.
Earlier, Police also clinched the women's table tennis league title.
Bijoy Table Tennis Club emerged as the champions of the First Division Table Tennis League which also ended today.
Read: Dhaka Table Tennis League under way
Director (Training) of BKSP Mohammad Mizanur Rahman was the chief guest at today's closing ceremony and later distributed the prizes.
Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation acting president Khandokar Hasan Monir Sumon and FM Iqbal Bin Anwar, executive director of the competition's sponsor Walton, were also present.
Chattogram district emerge champions of divisional handball tournament
Hosts Chattogram district clinched the title of the Sheikh Kamal Cup Chattogram Divisional Handball Tournament 2022 beating Bandarban district 22-20 in the final Wednesday.
At the Chattogram Divisional Women's Sports Complex here, the winners dominated the first half 11-4. But Bandarban came back strongly in the match in the second half, scoring 16 goals.
Taju and Sohel scored five goals each while Alamgir and Arafat netted three goals each for Chattogram.
Ocho scored eight goals – the match's highest – and Azad five for Bandarban.
General Secretary of Chattogram Divisional Sports Association (CDSA) Sirajuddin Mohammad Alamgir was the chief guest of the closing ceremony and distributed the prizes.
Area Sales Manager of the tournament sponsor Polar ASM Insanur Rahman was also present.
Sheikh Russell Chess: Sri Lanka beat Nepal by 3-1 points
Sri Lanka beat Nepal by 3-1 game points in the second round Super League match of the six-nation Sheikh Russell Cup Invitational Team Chess Championship 2022 Wednesday in Dhaka.
Bangladesh Chess Federation is hosting the tournament to mark the birth anniversary of Sheikh Russell, the youngest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, with the support of Saif Powertec, at its hall room.
IM De Silva, FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan and Tennakone Lisara Samadith of Sri Lanka won against FM Rajbhandari Rijendra, FM Bilam Lal Shrestha and Bajracharya Rajendra of Nepal.
Singhesor Das of Nepal beat Kaluarachchi, Achinthya Shamen of Sri Lanka in the day's second round.
The Super League match between Bangladesh and Nepal will be held on Thursday at 2:30pm at the same venue.
The prize distribution and closing ceremony of the competition will be held on the same day at 8pm at a city hotel.
State Minister for Youth and Sports M Zahid Ahsan Russell will be the chief guest and distribute prizes among the winners.
Benazir Ahmed, president of Bangladesh Chess Federation and South Asian Chess Council, Mesbah Uddin, secretary at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and Tarafder Md Ruhul Saif, director of Saif Powertec, will also be present.
Asian Youth Chess: Bangladesh's Manon Reja shares top spot with four others
Bangladeshi Candidate Master Manon Reja Neer shared the top spot in the open U-12 group of the Asian Youth Chess Championships 2022 with four other players, securing six points after the eighth-round matches in Bali, Indonesia Wednesday.
In the open U-18 group, FIDE Master Tahsin Tazwar Zia shared the third spot with six other players after earning five points at the end of the eighth-round matches.
Also, Warsia Khusbu of Bangladesh earned 4.5 points from eight matches in the girls' Under-10 group.