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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.
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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.
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