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Fed Cup Handball: Ansar & VDP will face Tetulia Upazilla in women's final on Wednesday Dhaka, Feb 14 (UNB)- Bangladesh Ansar & VDP team will face Tetulia Upazilla KS in the Women's final of the Walton Federation Cup Handball Tournament on Wednesday. The women's title deciding match will kick-off at 10:45 am at the Shaheed Capt (Retd) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here. In the day's women's competition, Ansar & VDP team reached the final outplaying Bangladesh Police Handball Club by 31-17 goal after dominating the first half by 16-8 goal. In the day's other women's match, Tetulia Upazilla KS booked a seat for the women's final eliminating Handball Training Center, Dhaka by 32-16 goals after leading the first half by 18-10 goals. Meanwhile in the men's group, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) defeated Team Handball, Dhaka by 44-11 goal while Bangladesh Ansar & VDP team beat Bangladesh Police Handball Club by 40-24 goal.

Bangladesh Ansar and VDP team won both the men's and women's matches of the Walton Federation Cup Handball Tournament (Men's and Women's) at the Shaheed Captain Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the capital Monday. In the men's competition, Ansar and VDP team earned a comfortable 47-22 goals victory over Team Handball Dhaka after leading the first half 24-12. In the women's group, Ansar and VDP team outplayed Handball Training Centre Dhaka 36-6 after dominating the first half 20-2. In today's other matches, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) defeated Bangladesh Police Handball Club 49-28 in the men's competition. Tetulia Upazila KS beat Police Handball Club 29-25 in the women's competition. Four more matches will be held Tuesday at the same venue.

Bangladeshi FM Mehdi Hasan Parag beat Azerbaijani GM Azer Mirzoev in the sixth round match of the Paytakht Cup International Chess Festival, a category A tournament, held in the Iranian capital Tehran Tuesday. Parag played with white pieces to beat Azer. After the sixth-round matches, Bangladeshi IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman remained in the third spot with five other players, securing four and a half points. He settled for a draw with Indian IM Himal Gusain in the sixth-round match. Parag bagged four points from six encounters. Read more: Chess Olympiad: Bangladesh beat stronger Czech Republic in 3rd round

Bangladesh beat 11-seed Czech Republic by 3.5-05 game points in the third round match of the 1st FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities held in Serbia's Belgrade Wednesday night Bangladesh time. In the third round of matches, Md Khorshed Alam of Bangladesh (rating 2065) beat IM Orsag Milan (rating 2308). Syed Ejaz Hossain of Bangladesh (rating 1952) defeated IM Babula Milan (rating 2107 while Md Ali Newaz Sarkar of Bangladesh (rating 1809) beat Ryvova Anna (rating 1823). Bappy Sarkar of Bangladesh (rating 1778) drew with FM Valenta Vit Vaclav (rating 2022) of the Czech Republic. Bangladesh was due to five-seed Cuba in the fourth round match of the tournament, scheduled to begin at 8pm Bangladesh time Thursday. FIDE Instructor Masudur Rahman Mallick Dipu is representing Bangladesh in the meet as the non-playing captain and coach.  

Bangladesh team beat Panama in the 2nd round match of the 1st FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities held in Belgrade, Servia  Tuesday night In the 2nd round,   Syed Ejaz Hossain (rating-1952), Bappy Sarkar (Rating-1778) and Md. Ali Newaz Sarkar (Rating-1809) of Bangladesh won against Osorio Jesus Camilo (Rating-1859), Munoz Alba Cristal (Rating-1000) and Singares Mario Oscar (rating-1425) of Panama respectively.  Read more: Sports Bangla clinch 2nd Division Chess League title Md Khorshed Alam (Rating-2065) of Bangladesh lost to Jimenez Moron, Elias (1967) of Panama..  Bangladesh team will play Czech Republic in their 3rd round match scheduled for Wednesday at 8 pm (Bangladesh time) 

Old Ideals earned the 3rd consecutive Victory in the Cute Metropolis First Division Handball League beating Star Sports by 31-16 goal at the Shaheed Capt. (Retd) M. Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Wednesday. The Old Ideals, which beat Satirtho Club and Purbachal Parishad in previous matches, dominated the first half by 20-7 goal today. In the day's other match, Purbachal Parishad registered their 2nd successive victory beating all losers Satirtho Club by 37-14 goal after leading the first half 19-5 at the same venue.  Read more: National Men's Handball: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) emerge champions Earlier, Purbachal Parishad found the winning way in their 3rd league match defeating Star Sports by 28-25 goal on Tuesday after suffering defeats against Victoria SC and Old Ideals.

Victoria Sporting Club and Purbachal Parishad earned victory in the Cute Metropolis First Division Handball League beating their rivals on the 3rd day of the league at the Shaheed Capt. (Retd) M. Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Tuesday. Victoria SC returned to winning run crushing all losers Satirtho Club by 53-8 goal (first half 27-4)  after conceding 31-36 goal defeat against Mansur Sporting Club in the last match on Monday.  Purbachal Parishad found the winning way in their 3rd match defeating Star Sports by 28-25  goal after leading the first half by 15-12 goal. They suffered defeats against Victoria SC and Old Ideals in previous two league matches.      

Old Ideals earned the 2nd consecutive victory in the Cute Metropolis First Division Handball League beating all -losers  Purbachal Parishad by 45-21 goals at the Shaheed Capt. (Retd) M. Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Monday. The winners dominated the first half by 25-11 ;goals, organized by Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF) and sponsored by Mousumi Industries Limited (Cute).   This was the 2nd successive win for Old Ideals in the league after crushing Satirtho Club by 59-11 goals in the first match on Sunday In the day's other match, Mansur Sporting Club forced Victoria SC to concede their first defeat in their 2nd match beating them by 36-31 goals at the same venue after leading the first half 20-17 goals In the afternoon. Six participating teams are: Old Ideals, Victoria Sporting Club, Star Sports, Monsur Sporting Club, Purbachal Parishad and Satirtho Club.    

Victoria Sporting Club made a good start in the Cute Metropolis First Division Handball League beating Purbachal Parishad by 39-30 goals in the opening match at the Shaheed Capt. (Retd) M. Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Sunday. The winners dominated the first half of the match by  18-14 goals, organized by Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF) and sponsored by Mousumi Industries Limited (Cute).  In the day's other league match,  Old Ideals crushed Satirtho Club 59-11 goals after clearly leading the first half by 27-3 goals.  Read: Bangladesh to participate in FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities in Serbia Earlier, Chairman of the meet's sponsor Mousumi Industries Limited (Cute) Kazi Rajibuddin Ahmed Chapal inaugurated the six- team league Sunday afternoon as the chief guest. General Secretary of Bangladesh Handball Federation Asaduzzaman Kohinoor presided the inaugural function. Six participating teams are: Old Ideals, Victoria Sporting Club, Star Sports, Monsur Sporting Club,  Purbachal Parishad and Satirtho Club.

Prizes of the Marcel 2nd Division Chess League, organised by the Bangladesh Chess Federation and sponsored by Walton, were distributed at the hall room of the Bangladesh Chess Federation Saturday. Walton Senior Executive Director FM Iqbal Bin Anwar (Dawn) distributed prizes among the winners as the chief guest. Syed Shahab Uddin, general secretary of the Bangladesh Chess Federation, was also present. Read more: Sports Bangla clinch 2nd Division Chess League title The champions – Sports Bangla team of Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan, India's Ankit Roy, Feroz Ahmed, India's Avigyan Ghosh, Nurul Islam Emon and Mohammad Arhaan – received prize money of Tk25,000 along with the trophy and medals. Runners-up Dipali Memorial Chess Club (1) got prize money of Tk15,000, and second runners-up Agrani Bank Chess Team received prize money of Tk10,000. Sports Bangla and Dipali Memorial earned the right to play in the next first division chess league. A record 52 teams participated in the just concluded nine-round Swiss-league basis competition.