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Two Indian shuttlers--Gagan Balyan and Surya Charisma Tamiri --emeregd men's and women's singles champions in the Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Junior International (Badminton) Series that concluded on Thursday (December 15) at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium here State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam MP was the chief guest at the day's closing function and later he distributed the prizes. Gagan clinched the men's singles crown beating his compatriot Anishraj Rajkumar by 21-19, 21-18 point in the final while Surya lifed the women's singles title beating her countrymate Navya Kanderi ny 21-18. 21-20 point in the final. The men's doubles title also went to Indian pair Venkata Uneeth Krishna and Shashank Chhetri, who beat another Indian pair Charan Ganesh Anupoju and Mohith Kothapalli by 19-21, 21-15, 21-14 point in the final. However, Bangladeshi pair Nasima Khatun and Smrity Rajbongshi won the women's doubles title of the meet defeating their compatriot Mathena Madhurjya Biswas and Sheikh Pretha partner by 21-18, 10-21. 21-15 point in all Bangladesh final. Indian partner Vignesh Thathineni and Rashmitha Donepudi clnched the mixed doubles crown beating their Bangladeshi rivals Nazmul Islam Joy and Nasima Khatun by 21-6, 21-13 points in the event's final.

Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Bangladesh Ansar & VDP team retained the men's and women's titles of the Victory Day Handball Tournament'2022 eliminating their rivals in the finals at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Thursday. Former Rajuk chairman and former vice president of Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF) Abdur Rahman witnessed the day's final as the chief guest and later he distributed the trophies at the closing function, chaired by BHF general secretary Asaduzzaman Kohinoor. Border Guard Bangladesh clinched the men's crown for the 5th time, four time in a row, beating their traditional rivals Bangladesh Ansar & VDP team by 32-26 goal in the final Thursday afternoon. The match was locked in 12-12 goal in the first half. Read more: V Day Handball: BGB, Ansar reach men's final

Two Bangladeshi swimmers – M Asif Reza and Sonia Akter Tumpa – were eliminated in the heats in men's and women's 100-metre freestyle of the 16th FINA World Swimming Championship in Australia's Melbourne Wednesday. In the day's event, Asif's 52.91 seconds was his best time. But, with a time of 01:05.05 seconds, Sonia could not exceed her best time – 1:04.55 seconds. However, they will compete in their next event of 50-metre freestyle swimming on Friday. Read more: Three world records set in swimming at FINA Worlds A three-member swimming team, including coach and team manager Rezaul Hossain Badsha, is now representing Bangladesh at FINA. It will return home on December 20.

Defending champions Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Bangladesh Ansar & VDP tean reached the men's final of the Victory Day Handball Tournament' 2022 eliminating their rivals at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Wednesday. In the women's section, Holders Bangladesh Ansar & VDP and Badalgachi Handball Association qualified for the final beating their rivals at the same venue this afternoon. Both the men's and women's finals and the prize distribution ceremony of the meet will be held on Thursday (December 15) afternoon at the same venue. Read more: Victory Day Handball begins on Monday Bangladesh Ansar & VDP team will play Badalgachi Handball Association in the women's final at 1 pm while Border Guard Bangladesh will face Ansar & VDP team in the men's final at 3 pm. Former Rajuk chairman and former vice president of Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF) Abdur Rahman will be chief guest in Thursday's closing function to be chaired by BHF general secretary Asaduzzaman Kohinoor. In the day's men's group matches, Boarder Guard Bangladesh beat Ansar & VDP team 32-26 while Bangladesh Police defeated Team Handball Dhaka by 36-23 goals.  Read more: V Day Handball: Ansar & VDP, BGB maintain all win run   In the day's women's group matches, Ansar & VDP team beat Jamalpur Sports Academy by 30-10 goals while Badalgachi Handball Association defeated Police Handball team by 21-17 goals.         

The Bangabandhu 47th National Chess Championship 2022, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation under the financial support of Abul Khair Group, begins on Thursday (December 15) from 3 pm at the Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall-Room here. The number drawing ceremony and technical meeting of the meet will be held on Wednesday. A total 14 players are taking part in this year's Bangabandhu 47th National Chess Championship-2022 on round robin league system.  Four of them ---reigning national chess champion GM Enamul Hossain Razib, runner-up GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Niaz Murshed and GM Reefat Bin Sattar are directly playing in the meet.  Read more: Sheikh Kamal National 'B' Chess begins Thursday Ten other players, who qualified from Sheikh Kamal National 'B' Chess Championship 2022, are: FM Subrota Biswas, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, CM Manon Reja Neer, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, FM Khandaker Aminul Islam, Anata Choudhury, Hrishin Talukder, IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin and CM Md Shawket Bin Osman Shaon. 

Bangladesh Ansar & VDP and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) maintained their all-win run in the Victory Day Handball (Men's and Women's) Tournament' 2022 beating their rivals on the 2nd day of the meet at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Tuesday.BGB, which made a good start outplaying Team Handball, Dhaka by 38-11 goals in the men's inaugural match on Monday. today (Tuesday) beat Bangladesh Police Handball Club by 33-25 goals after dominating the first half 17-11 this morning at the same venue.In the day's other men's group match, Bangladesh Ansar & VDP team also registered their 2nd consecutive victory outplaying Team Handball, Dhaka by 35-16 goals after leading the first half by 23-11 goals Tuesday afternoon.Earlier on Monday, Bangladesh Ansar & VDP men's team made a good start beating Bangladesh Police Handball Club by 38-30 goals after leading the first half 15-13 goals at the same venue.In the day's women's group match, Bangladesh Ansar & VDP also earned 2nd successive victory defeating Bangladesh Police Handball Club by 28-16 goals after dominating the first half by 12-9 goals Tuesday afternoon. Read more: Victory Day Handball begins on MondayEarlier on Monday, Bangladesh Ansar & VDP women's team defeated Badolgachi Handball Association by 23-15 goals after dominating the first session by 16-8 goals at the same venue.In Tuesday's other women's group match, Badolgachi Handball Association managed a 31-23 goals victory over Jamalpur Sports Academy after leading the first half by 15-11 goals.Four more matches will be held on Wednesday.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) made a good start to the Victory Day Handball (Men's and Women's) Tournament 2022, beating Team Handball Dhaka by 38-11 goals in the men's group Monday. At the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the capital, BGB led the first half 19-4. Read: Final phase of National Basketball begins Sunday In the morning, actor Abul Hayat inaugurated the competition at a ceremony as the chief guest, with Bangladesh Handball Federation General Secretary Asaduzzaman Kohinoor in the chair. In the day's other men's group match, Bangladesh Ansar and VDP beat Bangladesh Police Handball Club 38-30 after leading the first half 15-13 at the same venue in the afternoon. In the women's group, Ansar and VDP defeated Badalgachhi Handball Association 23-15 after dominating the first session 16-8 at the same venue.  

The Victory Day Handball (Men's and Women's) Tournament' 2022, organized by Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF) on the occasion of the Victory Day, begins here on Monday (December 12) at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in Paltan. Cultural personality, popular actor and sports lover Engineer Abdul Hayat will inaugurate the tournament as chief guest Monday morning at a function to be chaired by BHF general secretary Asaduzzaman Kohinoor. Read more: Premier Handball: Flame Boys Club finish 5th Four matches-- two for men's and two for women's--will be held on the opening day (Monday). In the men's section, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will play Team Handball, Dhaka at 11:30 am while Bangladesh Ansar & VDP will face Bangladesh Police Handball Club at 2:30 pm on the opening day In the Women's section, Bangladesh Ansar & VDP will meet Badolgachi Handball Association at 1 pm while Jamalpur Sports Academy will encounter Bangladesh Police handball Club at 4 pm on Monday.

Three Bangladesh pairs reached the men's doubles pre-quarterfinals of the Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International (Badminton) Challenge 2022 beating their rivals in the round of 32 at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium Thursday. National player Rahat Ul Nayeem paired with Md Mizanoor Rahman to beat Kanjanakeereewong and Vichayapong Laotherdpong Narueset of Thailand by 21-18, 21-17 points. Also, Bangladeshi pair Md Nazmul Islam and Md Nishan Uddin beat their Indian rivals Umang Kaushik and Bhawesh Pandey by 21-16, 21-19 points. Read: Yonex-Sunrise Int'l Badminton Challenge begins Wednesday Another Bangladeshi pair Abdul Hamid Lukman and Gourav Singha eliminated India's Shubham Bhatt and Sumit Sharma by 21-10, 21-17 points.

The Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International (Badminton) Challenge' 2022, begins on Wednesday (December 7) at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium, adjacent to Bangabandhu National Stadium here. Minister for Textile and Jute Golam Dastagir Gazi MP will inaugurate the meet Wednesday morning, organised by Bangladesh Badminton Federation, under the supervision of Badminton World Federation and Badminton Asia.  Secretary to the Ministry of Youth and Sports Mesbahuddin will also present as special guest. Former parliament member and Managing Director of China-Bangla Ceremic Industries Sirajul Islam Mollah will also present at the function to be chaired by BBF president and Information Commissioner Dr Abdul Malek. Read more: Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge Badminton begins Tuesday Some 251 shutters, including 108 women from 17 countries will compete in the meet, a regular International Badminton competition of Bangladesh. Participating countries are: India, Thailand, Turkiye, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia. Canada, Mongolia. Indonesia, Bahrain, Japan, Maldives, Iran, Germany, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and hosts Bangladesh will compete in the meet.    Read more: Yonex Int’l Badminton: Bangladeshi men shuttlers make good start