Fazle Rabbi Moon of Dhaka Tribune earned double crown in the table tennis competition on the first day of the Walton-BSJA Sports Carnival '2024 that began here on Tuesday (Sept 17) at the Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association (BSJA) office premises.
Senior Executive Director of the meet's sponsor Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC FM Iqbal Bin Anwar Don inaugurated the week- long festival, organised by Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association.
Coach of national table tennis team Mohammad Ali and former national women's champions Sonam Sultana Soma were also present on the occasion as special guests.
Moon clinched the table tennis singles title beating Mazharul Islam of Independent Television in the final while he shared the doubles title with Jotirmoy Mondal beating Mazharul Islam and Tayeb Ananta pair in the event's final.
The call bridge competition will be held on Wednesday at the BSJA office.
Seven disciplines of sports---badminton, chess, shooting, swimming, call bridge, carom (singles and doubles) and table tennis (singles and doubles) were included in the week long sports festival only for the BSJA members.
Shooting will be held at the Hockey Stadium, Badminton events at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium, Swimmers at the ivy Rahman Swimming Pool while remaining four sports ---table tennis, carom, chess and call bridge --scheduled to be held at the BSJA office at the Bangabandhu National Stadium premises.