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Bangladesh athletics team leaves for Turkey to participate in Islamic Solidarity Games
A-two member Bangladesh Athletics team left Dhaka for Turkey Friday night to participate in the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games to be held in Turkish city Konya from August 9-18.
A four-member national athletics team comprising three athletes and one official will represent Bangladesh in the Islamic Games.
Manager cum coach of Bangladesh athletics team Farhad Jesmin Lity accompanied by high jumper Ritu Akhter left Dhaka for Turkey Friday night by a Turkish Airlines flight.
Two other Bangladeshi athletes --Imranur Rahman (100-meter sprint) and Umme Hafsa Rumki (high jump)-- who participated in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, are scheduled to reach Turkey from England.
Read: Islamic Solidarity Games: 64 athletes will represent Bangladesh in 11 disciplines of sports
Fencer Fatema Mujib, who won gold medal in the last SAFF Games,will carry the red and green flag in the Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, 2022.
An 84-member contingent will represent Bangladesh in the ensuing Islamic Solidarity Games Konya' 2022 in eleven disciplines of sports--Athletics, Archery, Fencing, Gymnastics, Handball, Karate, Shooting, swimming, Table Tennis, Wrestling, and Weight-lifting.
C'wealth Games :Bangladesh eliminated from Table Tennis losing to India in quarterfinals
Bangladesh was eliminated from the men's team event quarterfinal of the the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham losing to India on Sunday..Bangladesh, which reached the quarterfinal defeating Fiji and Guyana, faced stronger India and lost the matchIn the doubles match, Indian Harmeet Desai pairing with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, defeated Rahhimliam Bawm and Ahmed Ridoy of Bangladesh by 3-0 sets. The Indian pair won the games by 11-8, 11-6, and 11-2 points.In the singles match, Sharath Kamal Achanta defeated Rifat Sabbir by 3-0 sets. Achanta won the games by 11-4, 11-7, and 11-2 points.
Also read: Commonwealth Games: Bangladeshi lifter Ashiqur Rahman Taj finishes fifth in weightliftingIn the another singles, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran defeated Moutasin Ahmed Ratul by 3-0 sets. He won the games by 11-2, 11-3, and 11-5 points.In the games swimming, Bangladeshi swimmers Asif Reza and Sonia Khatun participated in their events and failed to qualify for the next round.In the women’s 50m Butterfly, Sonia Khatun finished 42nd with a timing of 30.94 seconds.In men’s 100m freestyle, Asif finished 50th with a timing of 54.24 seconds.Bangladeshi athletes will take part in five more events on Monday.In the swimming, Sukumar Rajbonashi will take part in the heat of the Men’s 50m breaststroke, Mahamudun Nobi Nahid will participate in the heat of Men's 100m Butterfly and Morium Akter will compete in Women's 100m Breaststroke.In Boxing, Bangladesh’s Salim will face India’s Mohammed Hussam Uddin in the round of 16 fights in the Men’s over 54kg- 57kg (Featherweight) category.
Also read: 22nd Commonwealth Games starts in Birmingham early Friday;athletes to start campaign in four eventsMabia Akter, the national flag bearer of Bangladesh in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games will compete in her event on SundayMabia will be competing in the women’s 64 Kg category of Weightlifting.
Commonwealth Games: Bangladeshi lifter Ashiqur Rahman Taj finishes fifth in weightlifting
As expected, Bangladeshi athletes displayed their dismal performances in five events of the three disciplines of sports on the 2nd day of the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday.
But, the day's best moment was created by Bangladeshi weightlifter Ashikur Rahman Taj, who came close win a medal in his event. He became fifth in the men's 55-Kg category of the games weightlifting, according message received by BOA from Birmingham
Ashik lifted total 211 kgs-- 93 Kilograms in snatch and 118 kgs in clean & jerk.
Malaysia's Mohamad Aniq Bin Qasdan won the event's gold medal lifting 249 kilograms by setting a games record.
Sanket Mahadev Sargar of India lifted just one Kg short of Qasdan to win the silver, Dilanka Isuru Kumara Yodage of Sri Lanka lifted 225 Kg to win the event's bronze medal.
In the women’s 49-Kg category, Bangladesh’s Marjia Akter Ekra lifted a total 125 Kilograms -- 55 Kg in snatch and 70 Kg in clean and jerk.
The event's silver medal winner of Tokyo Olympics, India’s Mirabai Saikhom Chanu also competed in Birmingham Games. She lifted 80 Kg in snatch and 105 Kg in Clean and Jerk.
Marjia finished overall 10th out of 11 competitors.
Bangladesh participated in two swimming events--women’s 50m freestyle and men’s 100m Breaststroke on the day..
Read: First batch of Bangladesh contingent off to Birmingham for Commonwealth Games
In women’s 50m freestyle, Sonia Khatun finished last in her heat with a timing of 30.22 seconds. Overall, 70 swimmers competed in this event where two got disqualified, and out 68 of successful swimmer, Sonia finished 61st.
Sukumar Rajbonashi became 6th in his heat of the men's 100m breaststroke with timing of 1:07.92 taking eight seconds more than the swimmer, who finished first.
Rajabonashi became 30th out of 36 swimmers.
In the Table Tennis competition, Bangladesh moved into the quarterfinals as group runner-up despite losing to England by 0-3 sets in men’s team event.
Sam Walker pairing with Paul Drinkhall defeated Md Rifat Sabbir and Mufradul partner by 11-1, 11-5, and 11-6 games in the doubles match.
In the singles, Liam Pitchford defeated Mohutasin Ahmed Ridoy by 11-3, 11-8, and 11-3 while Paul Drinkhall defeated Mufradul Hamza by 11-2, 11-1, and 11-8.
Daley protests LGBTQ+ intolerance at Commonwealth Games
Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley protested intolerance toward the LGBTQ+ community at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.
The British diver, who is married to Oscar-winning director Dustin Lance Black, played a key role as one of the last bearers in the Queen’s Baton Relay.
The 28-year-old Daley entered Alexander Stadium surrounded by a group carrying Pride flags as part of a broader campaign regarding the toxic culture toward homosexuality held by more than half of the competing nations in the Games.
The two-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist did so with a broad smile, mindful the event is celebrating a theme of diversity and inclusion, though he also paid tribute to the six people who walked into the stadium carrying the Pride flags.
“In over half of the Commonwealth countries, homosexuality is still a crime and in 3 of those countries the maximum penalty is the death sentence," Daley wrote on his Instagram account. "These laws are a legacy of colonialism. This opening ceremony for us is about showing LGBTQ+ visibility to the billion people watching...”
The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport Olympic-style event made up of mostly former British colonies. Seventy-two countries and territories are represented.
Denise Lewis, an Olympic gold medalist from Birmingham, was the final baton bearer and handed it to Commonwealth Games Foundation president Louise Martin.
Read:22nd Commonwealth Games starts in Birmingham early Friday;athletes to start campaign in four events
The opening ceremony was described as a love letter to Birmingham, its history and its vibrant, multi-cultural community, with 30,000 tickets sold for the occasion.
Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, arrived at the stadium in an Aston Martin he bought in 1970.
The vehicle was a nod to a tribute that featured in the opening ceremony to the West Midlands’ automotive industry featuring cars forming the Union Flag.
Prince Charles read a message on behalf of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, to open the competition, which will run over the next 11 days.
“My warmest thanks go to all those who have worked so hard to ensure the success of this particularly special sporting event and I wish each athlete and team every success,” he said on the Queen’s behalf.
Daley is not competing in Birmingham, and Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Katie Sadleir said the organization was aware of his stand.
“We have been working with Tom and we have been working with a wider group,” she said. “You will see Pride flags (in Birmingham). This is a city that absolutely embraces Pride and Pride messaging and it’s definitely something that we’re working in close co-operation with Tom Daley on.”
Daley will feature in a BBC documentary titled “Tom Daley: Illegal To Be Me,” scheduled to be released in August at the completion of the event in Birmingham.
“I’ve experienced homophobia all my life, competing in countries where it’s illegal to be me and where I don’t feel safe to leave the venue I’m competing in,” he told the BBC. “If I feel like that as a privileged man, I can’t imagine what day-to-day life is like for LGBTQ+ people around the commonwealth. We wanted it to be something that actually makes a difference.”
The LGBTQ+ community demonstrated in Birmingham on Thursday to greet the arrival of the Queen’s Baton at Aston Hall after a journey that began at Buckingham Palace in October 2021.
A massive global audience was expected to watch the opening ceremony, which has been planned by Steven Knight, the creator of hit Birmingham-based series Peaky Blinders.
More than 5,000 athletes have arrived in England for the competition and it has been reported that more than 1 million tickets have been sold.
The Progress Pride flag is on display throughout the city and organizers are promoting the inclusivity of the sixth edition of the Commonwealth Games held in England.
But Sadleir conceded there were limits to the action the Commonwealth Games Foundation is able to take when it comes to the intolerance towards the LGBTQ+ community of several participating nations.
“We can’t go in to change the rules in countries, but what we can do is create opportunities for people to discuss issues in a safe environment,” she said. “Whenever we’re given the opportunity to talk about our values, we do that.”
22nd Commonwealth Games starts in Birmingham early Friday;athletes to start campaign in four events
The 22nd Commonwealth Games' 2022, the biggest sports carnival of the Commonwealth countries, set to begin early hours of Friday (Bangladesh time) at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham amid a colorful opening ceremony.Some 6500 athletes and officials from 72 countries will participate in the 12-day sports festival of the Commonwealth Games, which was introduced in 1930 as the British Empire Games.A 50-member contingent will represent Bangladesh in seven disciplines of sports --Athletics, Boxing, Gymnastics, Swimming, Weight-lifting, Wrestling, and Table Tennis.
Also read: SAFF U-20 Championship: Bangladesh to play Maldives on FridayCountry's famed weight-lifter Mabia Akther Simanta, who clinched the gold medals in the last two SAFF Games, is scheduled to carry the national flag during the march past of the opening ceremony of the Birmingham Games.Bangladesh will start their campaign on the very first day of the games (Friday) in four disciplines of sports--Boxing, Swimming, Gymnastics and Table Tennis.Bangladesh gymnastics team will start their campaign first at 9 am local time at the Birmingham arena, in the men's team event and preliminary round of the men's singles. Three gymnasts --Shisir Ahmed, Abu Sayed Rafi and Ali Kader Haque--will represent Bangladesh in the events .The first round of the Men's Table Tennis competition will also begin on Friday at the same time. Mufdradul Khair Hamza, Ramhin Loon Boom, Rifat Mahmud Sabbir and Muhtasim Ajmed Hridoy will participate in the events.
Also read: Sri Lanka to host Asia Cup in UAE, ACC confirmsThe preliminary round of the swimming competition will also begin on Friday at 10:30 pm at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre there. swimmer Mahmud-Un Nabi Nahid will compete in 50-meter butterfly while Marium Akhter in the 50-meter breaststroke.Three boxers will take to the ring on the day. Hossain Ali, Suro Krishna Chakma and Salim Hossain will fight in their respective events.
LAN tournament: Grand finale of D1 Cup Bangladesh 2022 held
The grand finale of the esports championship "D1 Cup Bangladesh 2022," "the largest LAN tournament in the country's history," was recently held at International Convention City Bashundhara, Dhaka.
The tournament, hosted by Discovery One, started on June 14 with a prize pool of over Tk40 lakh – "the highest to date."
One hundred and twenty-eight teams took part in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and Valorant; 36 teams participated in the Dota 2 game.
Covenant won the Dota 2 tournament, Septem Exierant Valorant and Venom CR Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.
Prottoy Hossain, chairman of Discovery One, Shadab Hossain, managing director of Discovery One, Razib Khan, CFO of Dekko ISHO Venture Capital, Md Masudur Rahman, COO of Dekko ISHO Venture Capital, Mohammad Jahidul Abedin, CFO of Paramount Venture Capital, and Md Aliur Rahman Sohan, CEO of Level 7 Solutions and Zenetic E-sports, were present at the final event Sunday.
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Bangladesh national team to leave Dhaka for Chennai to participate in Chess Olympiad
Bangladesh National Chess team will leave Dhaka for Chennai on Wednesday (July 27) to participate in the 44th World Chess Olympiad to be held in Mahabalipuram in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from July 29 to August 9.
A record number of 162 teams from 157 countries will participate in this year's Chess Olympiad while a record number of 188 teams from 183 countries will compete in three other categories --Braille, Silence and Physically Disabled.
Read: 2nd Div Chess: Eight teams sharing top slot
Members of Bangladesh Chess Team in 44th World Chess Olympiad are : KM Shahidullah (Vice President, Bangladesh Chess Federation and Delegate to Congress): Syed Shahabuddin Shamim (General Secretary, Bangladesh Chess Federation, Head of Delegation), Dr. Shoaib Riaz Alam (Joint Secretary, Bangladesh Chess Federation), Zakir Ahmed, Noor Alam (Bangladesh Chess Federation), Haroon Or Rashid ( Match Arbiter and International Referee), Open Division Men's teams: Captain -FIDE Instructor Masudur Rahman Mallick. players: Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Rajib (Rating-2377), Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman (Rating-2424), Grandmaster Niaz Murshed (Rating-2413), FIDE Master Mehdi Hasan Parag (Rating-2227) and FIDE Master Tahsin Tajwar Zia (Rating-2307), Women's Team: Captain: National Instructor Mahmuda Haque Chowdhury Moly, players: Woman Candidate Master Jannatul Ferdous (Rating-1815), Woman FIDE Master Shamima Sharmin Shireen (Rating-1995), Woman Master Najrana Khan Eva (Rating-1829) and Woman FIDE Master Noshin Anjum (Rating-2027) and Umme Taslima Prativa Talukdar (Rating-1769).
Grand Master Niaz Murshed has already reached Chennai.
First batch of Bangladesh contingent off to Birmingham for Commonwealth Games
In the first batch 20 atheletes from the 50-member Bangladesh contingent left Dhaka for England on Monday evening to participate in the 22nd Commonwealth Games' 2022.
The Games will be held in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8.
The Bangladesh contingent includes 29 athletes in seven disciplines of sports --Athletics, Boxing, Gymnastics, Swimming, Weight-lifting, Wrestling, and Table Tennis.
There are 21 officials in the contingent.
Bangladesh's most prospective discipline "Shooting", from which the country earned eight medals including two golds, was not included in the ensuing games. So, this time, Bangladesh is just looking for improving their individual best and gathering experiences.
Country's famed weight-lifter Mabia Akther Simanta, who clinched the gold medals in the last two SAFF Games, will carry national flag during the march past of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. General Secretary of Bangladesh Athletics Federation Advocate Abdur Rakib Montu will lead the contingent in the parade. Rakib will fly to Birmingham from the US.
All the athletes excluding those in Athletics and Wrestling, left the capital in the first batch. The Athletics and Wrestling teams will join the Bangladesh contingent in Birmingham later.
Read: Bangladesh Women’s Team Misses Out to Qualify for Commonwealth Games Cricket Tournament 2022
The expatriate gymnast of Bangladesh team Ali Kader Haque already reached Birmingham fron New Zealand with his coach Devid Michal.
The athletes who departed are: Boxers Hossain Ali, Sur Krishna Chakma, Salim Hossain; Gymnasts Shisir Ahmed, Abu Sayed Rafi; Swimmer Asif Reza, Sukumar Rajbongshi, Sonia Khantun, Mahmudun Nabi Nahid, Marium Akhter; Lifters Mabia Akhter Simanta, Marzia Akhter Ikra, Monira Kazi, Ashiqur Rahman and Table tennis players Mohtasin Ahmed Hridoy, Rifat Mahmud Sabbir, Mufdradul Khair Hamza, Ramhin Rion Boom, Sonam Sultana Soma and Sadia Rahman Mou.
37th National Badminton Championship begins
The 37th National Badminton Championship, organized by Bangladesh Badminton Federation (BBF), began on Sunday at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium in the capital.State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russel, MP inaugurated the meet as the chief guest while secretary of the Youth and Sports Ministry Mesbah Uddin was also present as the special guest at the opening ceremony, chaired by BBF president and Information Commissioner Dr Abdul Malek.
Read: National Ranking Open Archery Tournament in Tongi on ThursdayA total of 377 shuttlers – 313 men’s and 64 women’s – from 71 teams are taking part in the national championship.After the opening ceremony of the championship, the State Minister inaugurated the modernization works of the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium, costing Taka 3.06 crore (three crore and six lacs).
Sports Journalists’ Association’s AGM held
The 15th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Sports Journalists’ Association (BSJA) was held on Saturday at its office premises at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here.BSJA general secretary Anisur Rahman Paltu and treasurer Mazhar Uddin Omi presented their reports at the AGM, presided over by BSJA President ATM Saiduzzaman. The AGM gave emphasis on forming a welfare fund to help the BSJA members during crisis situation. Former BJSA Presidents Majurul Haque and Syed Mamun, former Vice Presidents Dilu Khodakar, Kamal Ahmed, Arifur Rahman Babu, among others, took part in the discussion on different issues.
Read: Babu emerges best player in Walton-BSJA Sports CarnivalCountry's leading sports journalists and sports editors of national dailies, news agencies, electronic and online media were present at the meeting.