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A nine- member Bangladesh National Archery team will fly for Chinese Taipei Tuesday early hour at 1:30 am to participate in the 2023 Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Stage-1, beginning there on Thursday (March 16). Bangladesh team, comprising six archers and three officials, will compete in seven events out of the tournament's ten events. Bangladesh's participating seven events are: recurve men's singles, recurve women's singles, recurve men's team, recurve mixed team, compound men' s singles, compound women's singles and compound mixed team. Read: Bangabandhu Cup Int'l Kabaddi: Bangladesh make flying start beating Poland in opener Bangladesh team will also attend the team managers meeting there on Wednesday before participating in the qualifying round of the meet on Thursday. Members of Bangladesh team: Mohamnad Hakim Ahmed Rubel, M Sagor Islam, Ram Krishna Saha (recurve men's archer), Diya Siddiqui (recurve women's archer), Mohammad Ashiquzzaman (compound men's archer) and Shymoli Rai (compound women's archer). Officials: Aynal Haque Swapan (team manager), Martin Frederick ( head coach) and Mohammad Hasan (coach).  

Last two times' champions and hosts Bangladesh made a flying start in the 12-nation Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi Tournament' 2023 beating Poland by 50-22 points in the opening match at the Volleyball Stadium here on Monday. Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr. Muhammad Hasan Mahmud MP inaugurated the 3rd edition of the meet as the chief guest at a gala l ceremony,at the volleyball stadium, adjacent to Kabaddi Stadium in Paltan area of the capital Monday afternoon. The cultural presentation of the opening ceremony reflecting the tradition and culture of all the 12 participating countries was highly appreciated by the capacity audience at the stadium. The inaugural function was chaired by President of Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation (BKF) and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun. BKF general secretary and Additional IGP Habibur Rahman and BKF joint secretary and Additional DIG of Police Gazi Mozammel Huq were also present on the occasion, organized by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation. In the tournament's opener on Monday, Bangladesh started their hattrick mission in style outplaying European side Poland by 50-22 points, despite trailing by 11-14 points in the first half.    

The 12-nation 3rd edition of the Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi Tournament will begin on Monday (March 13) at the Kabaddi Stadium in the capital. A record 12 countries:  England and Poland from Europe, Argentina from Latin America, Kenya from Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Chinese Taipei from South East Asia,  Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh from South Asia and Iraq from the Middle East of Asia-- will compete in the eighth-day meet. The first edition was held with the participation of five teams and the second edition held last year with the participation of eight teams. The trophy unveiling ceremony of the meet was held on Sunday at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city in presence of the captains of all the 12 participating teams, also featuring the official press meet of the tournament. Habibur Rahman, general secretary of Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation and Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police was present on the occasion.  Also read: Victory Day Kabaddi: Bangladesh Army, Navy reach final Joint Secretary of the federation and Additional DIG of Bangladesh Police Kazi Mozammel Huq and tournament's Technical Director E. Prasad Rao were also present on the occasion. Tuhin Tarafder, the skipper of Bangladesh team expressed high optimism about retaining the trophy. “We have worked hard for the last couple weeks and the team is stronger than the last editions, we are going through hard training  under foreign coaches, now, we are very hopeful to retain the title” said Bangladesh captain Tuhin.   Grouping of the tournament: Group A- Bangladesh, Iraq, Nepal, England, Argentina, Poland Group B- Kenya, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Chinese Taipei.  

Coming from behind, Nepal won the team event of the Orion 36th Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship 2023 after carding a four-over-par 292 on the second day of the competition at the Kurmitola Golf Club in the capital Thursday. Nepal's Subash Tamang and Sadbhav Acharya clinched the team crown after carding a 292, just two-par ahead of Bangladesh B. Liton Modal's dismal six-over-par 78 after his one-under-par 71 in the first round led Bangladesh to defeat in the team event. Subash, who was in the fourth spot after the first round carding 72, strongly came back in the second round with a six-under-par 66 to guide Nepal to the victory after carding a six-under par (72+66) 138. Sadbhav carded 10-over-par (77+77) 154. Read: Orion Amateur Golf: Bangladesh B take solo lead after first round Bangladesh B, comprising Shafiqul Islam and Liton Mondal, dominated the first round after carding 143. They finished runners-up after carding 294. Shafiqul carded (72+73) 145 and Liton Mondal carded (71+78) 149 to be the runners-up with 294. Two other Bangladesh sides – A and C teams – finished third after carding 297 each. In the men's singles, Subash dominated the day's second round after carding a six-under-par (72+66) 138. Abu Bakkar Siddik of Bangladesh (72+72), Shat Mishra of India (70+74) and Arav D Shah of Australia (70+74) remained in the second spot after carding equal par 144 each.  

The country's first International Beach Rapid Chess Tournament will begin in Cox's Bazar Friday at Laboni Beach Point. National top-rated chess players, promising and budding ones will take part in the tournament. Bangladesh's two grandmasters Ziaur Rahman and Enamul Hossain Razib are among the 100 players who will compete in the tournament. With the support of the Bangladesh Chess Federation, the tournament is also bringing a good number of chess players, coaches and organisers from all over the country to Cox's Bazar to promote the game in the beach city as well as in the country. Cox's Bazar Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Shaheen Imran will inaugurate the tournament. Bangladesh Chess Federation General Secretary Syed Shahab Uddin will also be present.

The Bangladesh B team of Shafiqul Islam and Liton Mondal took the solo lead in the men's team event of the Orion 36th Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship 2023 Wednesday, scoring 143 after the first round on the first day at the Kurmitola Golf Club. The South Korean team scored 145 and the Indian team 147. The Bangladesh A team finished in the fifth spot, scoring 150. The Bangladesh C team finished in the sixth spot, scoring 154. In the men's singles, Arav D Shah of Australia and Shat Mishra of India topped the list making two under par 70 each. Liton Mondal of Bangladesh and Beonggu Kim of South Korea finished in the third spot with one under par 71.

The Orion Group 36th Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship 2023, will begin Wednesday at the home of Bangladeshi golf Kurmitola Golf Club in the capital. Bangladesh Golf Federation Senior Vice president Major General Md Zahirul Islam will inaugurate the four-day tournament Tuesday at 3:30pm at the Kurmitola Golf Club. Leading golfers from Australia, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will take part in the tournament. The closing ceremony of the tournament will be held on March 11 at 7pm at the Kurmitola Golf Club.

Police Officers Tennis Club clinched the men's team event title of the Dhaka Club President's Cup Tennis Tournament' 2023 title beating Dhaka Club Limited in the final held at the Dhaka Club Tennis court here on Saturday. Hosts Dhaka Club Limited finished runners-up in the men's team. State Minister for Shipping Khalid Muhammad Chowdhury witnessed the final as the chief guest and later he distributed the prize prizes among the winners at a function chaired by Dhaka Club president Khandaker Moshiuzzaman Romel. Read: Youth Games Handball: Rangpur Div clinch women's title beating Dhaka Div by 30-17 goal Besides, Nasaf Ahmed Nasir emerged boys' singles champion, Tara Saba Rahman emerged girls' Under-12 champion while Humaiara Haider Zara emerged girls' under-15 champions. A total of 103 players from 15 tennis clubs took part in five categories of the meet in the five-day tournament.      

Rangpur Division clinched the Women's Handball title of the Sheikh Kamal 2nd Bangladesh Youth Games' 2023 beating Dhaka Division by 30-17 goal in the final at Shaheed Capt (retd) M Monsur Ali National Handball Stadium in Paltan area of the capital on Tuesday. Senior Secretary to the Home Ministry M Aminul Islam Khan witnessed the day's final as the chief guest and later he distributed the medals. General Secretary of Bangladesh Handball Federation Asaduzzaman Kohinoor was also present on the occasion. Champions Rangpur Division earned the event's gold medal, Dhaka Division won the silver while Rajshahi Division took the bronze medal.  Also Read: Ansar lift National Women's Handball title beating Panchagarh 30-19 Earlier in the semifinals, Rangpur Division eliminated Rajshahi Division beating them by 34-11 goal while Dhaka Division reached final defeating Khulna Division by 20-10 goal. Rajshahi Division finished 3rd beating Khulna Division by 37-14 goal in a place deciding match at the same venue.  

Para Archery Bangladesh, a new sports federation for physically disabled archers under the initiative of the National Paralympic Committee, began its journey through a launching ceremony at a local hotel Monday. State Minister for Youth and Sports M Zahid Ahsan Russell inaugurated the campaign in Bangladesh as the chief guest to open the door to the international arena for the country's physically disabled archers. Russell said the government is constructing a separate stadium for the talented disabled sportsmen near the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on 4.16 acres of land at the cost of Tk14 crore.