Ahmedul Hasan Ashique of Dainik Jugantor emerged champion in marathon race of the Walton-Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (CRAB) Sports Festival held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Thursday.

Kamal Hossain Talukder of bdnews24.com finished 2nd while Masud Rana of Dainik Sangbad became 3rd in the event.

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In the shooting competition at the same venue on Thursday, Rashed Nizam of Channel 24 emerged champion, Shahriar Arif of the same team became runner-up while Jahangir Alam of UNB finished 3rd.

Executive Director of the meet's sponsor Walton Group FM Iqbal Anwar Dawn was the chief guest at the day's sports meet.

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Hornets Sporting Club has finished runners-up in the six-team Bangabandhu Unimed UniHealth Premier Division Basketball League 2020.

They beat Rangers Club by 70-56 points in the last league match at the Dhanmondi wooden floor gymnasium on Sunday.

On Saturday, Dhumketu Club emerged as the new champions with unbeaten records of securing full 10 points from five matches while Hornets SC became runners-up with nine points from the same number of games.

At the competition's closing ceremony, Bangladesh Basketball Federation President Dr Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin, also the president of Bangladesh Medical Association, was the chief guest and M Mosaddek Hossain, Unimed UniHealth Pharmaceutical managing director, was the special guest.

Champions Dhumketu Club received prize money of Tk30,000 while runners-up Hornets SC got Tk25,000.

Also, all the six participating teams received appearance money of Tk30,000 each.

In the day's last league match, Hornets SC dominated the first half by 38-23 points.

Wadud scored 24 points, and Elias grabbed 13 points for the winners while Mehedi contributed 22 and Linkon 18 for the losers.

Tariq Aziz of Dhumketu Club was adjudged the most valuable player, Shamsuzaman Khan Shoeb of the same club named as the highest scorer.

And Ishtiaque Noor of Josephites Club was adjudged the most promising player of the league.

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Came from behind, Bangladesh Ansar & VDP team clinched Walton First Federation Cup Women's Handball crown beating Bangladesh Police Handball Club by 31-23 goals in the final at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Saturday.

The winners were trailing by 13-16 goals in the first half.

Khadiza scored six goals for Ansar & VDP while Khaleda contributed the match highest seven goals for the runners-up Police team in the final.

Rubina of Police team was adjudged the best player of the tournament, arranged on the occasion of Mujib Borsho.

Turkish Ambassador in Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan witnessed the day's final as the chief guest and distributed the champions and runners-up trophies.

Executive Director of the meet's sponsor Walton Group FM Iqbal Bin Anwar Dawn and Head of the Programme Development of Radio Today Zahirul Islam Tutul were also present as special guests.

Earlier in the semifinals,  Ansar & VDP eliminated 

Naogaon DSA by 40-17 goal after leading the first half by 19-6 goal while Bangladesh Police Handball team outplayed Jamalpur Sports Academy by 38-13 goal after dominating the first half by 16-8 goal.

Bangladesh Ansar & VDP to play Bangladesh Police Handball Club in the final of the Walton First Federation Cup Women's Handball Tournament Saturday morning.

The final match of the tournament, arranged on the occasion of Mujib Borsho, will Kicks-off at 11:30 am at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here.

Turkish Ambassador in Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan will be the chief guest in the final and later he will distribute the prizes

Earlier in the semifinals,  Ansar & VDP eliminated
Naogaon DSA by 40-17 goals after leading the first half by 19-6 goals while Bangladesh Police Handball team outplayed Jamalpur Sports Academy by 38-13 goals after leading the first half by 16-8 goals.

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Bangladesh Police Handball Club moved into the final of the Walton First Federation Cup Women's Handball Tournament on Wednesday, arranged on the occasion of Mujib Borsho marking the birth centenary of the nation's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Police will lock horns with Bangladesh Ansar &  VDP on Dec 5 at 11:30am for the championship.

In the day's second semifinal, Bangladesh Police Handball team eliminated Jamalpur Sports Academy beating them by 38-13 goals after leading the first half by 16-8 goals at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in Dhaka.

Rubina scored 22 goals for Police while Sharmin netted four goals for the Jamalpur.

Two losing semifinalists -- Naogaon DSA and Jamalpur Sports Academy -- will meet each other in the 3rd place decider on Thursday morning at the same venue.