The isolation practice camp of the national football team for the remaining four Joint Qualification matches of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, begins on Wednesday (August 5) at Sara Resort in Gazipur.

Out of initially selected 36 booters, 12 new and comparatively junior booters will join the camp on the first day (Wednesday) while the remaining footballers are scheduled to join camp in batches on August 6 and 7 respectively depending on their Covid-19 test reports.

Three injured booters of Bashundhara Kings -- Masuk Mia Zony, Motin Mia and Atiqur Rahman Fahad--will not join camp as the club did not release them. 

Bangladesh-origin Denmark citizen and Bangladesh captain Jamal Bhuiyan and Tariq Raihan Kazi, a player of Finland U-17 and U-19 team, who receive a fresh call for the Bangladesh national squad, will not able to join the camp on schedule as they failed to manage air tickets due to travel restriction to Bangladesh.

However, the BFF maintaining a close touch with two booters for make them available in Bangladesh at an earliest possible time.

Earlier, the  BFF announced the 36-member  preliminary squad on July 26 with a mixture of youth an experienced players, drafted by national head coach Jamie Day, including four fresh booters--Tariq Raihan Kazi  (Bashundhara Kings) , Nazmul Islam Russel, MS Bablu (Bangladesh Police) and Sumon Reza (Uttar Baridhara). 

The local players are out of the any footballing activities since last March due to outbreak of deadly Coronavirus in the country. So, the BFF has decided to call a big squad of 36 members initially before it reduced to 23- member final squad.

Among the 36 booters, maximum 14 booters picked up from Bashundhara Kings, seven each from Dhaka Abahani and Saif SC, three from Chattagram Abahani, two each from Sheikh Russel KC and Bangladesh Police and one from Uttar Baridhara.

The selected footballers will join the practice camp under the local instructors as per guideline of the reappointed  Head Coach of Bangladesh National  Football Team Jamie Day, who is expected to arrive here on August 16 to take over the charge eyeing on some points from the matches playing a positive football.

As per the new schedule, Bangladesh will play Afghanistan India and Oman on October 8, November 12 and 17 respectively in their home matches all at the Sylhet Stadium while they will meet the  Asian champions Qatar in their lone away match on Oct 13 in Doha.

Earlier, Bangladesh started their campaign in FIFA and AFC joint qualifiers with a 0-1 defeat against Afghanistan in the first match in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe on September 10, conceded a 0-2 goals defeat against Asian champions Qatar in the second match in Dhaka on October 10, played to a 1-1 draw against India in their third match in Kolkata on October 15 and conceded 1-4 goals defeat against Oman in the fourth match at the Seeb Sports Stadium in Al Seeb city of Oman on November 14 last year.    

In the five-team Group E, Qatar is now leading the point table with 13 points from five matches while Bangladesh are at the bottom place with one point from four matches. Among others, Oman secured 12, Afghanistan 4 and India 3 points.                  

Selected 36 booters are: Custodians -Ashraful Islam Rana, Anisur Rahman Zico, Shahidul Islam Sohel and Pappu Hosssin.

Defenders- Tapu Barmon, Yesin Khan, Biswanath Ghosh, SusantaTripura, Tutul Hossain Badsha, Rayhan Hassan, Rahmat Mia, Yeasir Arafat, Tariq Raihan Kazi and Manjurul Rahman Manik,

Midfielders- Atiqur Rahman Fahad, Rabiul Hasan, Biplu Ahmed, Mohammad Ibrahim, Masuk Mia Zony, Mamunul Islam Mamun, Sohel Rana, Arifur Rahman, Riadul Hasan, Jamal Bhuiyan, Manik Hossain Mollah, Rakib Hossain and Nazmul Islam Russell.

Forwards- Mahbubur Rahman Sufil, Motin Miah, Towhidul Alam Sabuj, Saaduddin, Nabib Newaj Jibon, Faisal Ahmed Fahim, Mohammad Abdullah, MS Bablu and Sumon Reza.

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) initially picked up 36 booters to start an isolation practice camp from August 5 to form a national team for  the remaining  four Joint Qualifications matches of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023.

After Bangladesh-origin Denmark citizen and Bangladesh captain Jamal Bhuiyan, Tariq Raihan Kazi, a player of Finland U-17 and U-19 team and a defender of local Bashundhara Kings, is the 2nd foreign player  to receive a call for the Bangladesh national squad.

The BFF announced the 36-member  preliminary squad on Sunday (July 26) with a mixture of youth an experienced players , drafted by national head coach Jamie Day, including four fresh booters--Tariq Raihan Kazi  (Bashundhara Kings) , Nazmul Islam Russel, MS Bablu (Bangladesh Police) and Sumon Reza (Uttar Baridhara).

The local players are out of the any footballing activities since last March due to outbreak of deadly Corona virus in the country .

So, the BFF has decided to form a big squad of 36 members initially before it reduced to 23- member final squad due to long gap for football activities for  Covid- 19. 

Among the 36 booters, maximum 14  booters picked up from Bashundhara Kings, seven each from Dhaka Abahani and Saif SC, three from Chattagram Abahani, two each from Sheikh Russel KC and Bangladesh Police and one from Uttar Baridhara.

The selected footballers will join the  isolation practice camp from  August 5 at Sara Resort in Gazipur under the local instructots as per guideline of  the reappointed  Head Coach of Bangladesh National  Football Team Jamie Day ,who will arrive here in mid August to take over the charge eyeing on some points from the matches playing a positive football.

As per the new schedule, Bangladesh will play Afghanistan India and Oman on October 8, November 12 and 17 respectively in their home matches while they will meet the  Asian champions Qatar in their lone away match on Oct 13.

Earlier, Bangladesh started their campaign in FIFA and AFC joint qualifiers with a 0-1 defeat against Afghanistan in the first match in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe on September 10, conceded a 0-2 goals defeat against Asian champions Qatar in the second match in Dhaka on October 10, played to a 1-1 draw against India in their third match in Kolkata on October 15 and conceded 1-4 goals defeat against Oman in the fourth match at the Seeb Sports Stadium in Al Seeb city of Oman on November 14 last year.   

In the five-team Group E, Qatar is now leading the point table with 13 points from five matches while Bangladesh are at the bottom place with one point from four matches. Among others, Oman secured 12, Afghanistan 4 and India 3 points.                 

Selected 36 booters are: Custodians -Ashraful Islam Rana, Anisur Rahman Zico , Shahidul Islam Sohel and Pappu Hosssin.

Defenders- Tapu Barmon, Yesin Khan, Biswanath Ghosh, SusantaTripura, Tutul Hossain Badsha, Rayhan Hassan, Rahmat Mia, Yeasir Arafat, Tariq Raihan Kazi and Manjurul Rahman Manik,

Midfielders- Atiqur Rahman Fahad, Rabiul Hasan, Biplu Ahmed, Mohammad Ibrahim , Masuk Mia Zony, Mamunul Islam Mamun, Sohel Rana, Arifur Rahman, Riadul Hasan, Jamal Bhuiyan, Manik Hossain Mollah, Rakib Hossain and Nazmul Islam Russell .

Forwards- Mahbubur Rahman Sufil, Motin Miah, Towhidul Alam Sabuj, Saaduddin, Nabib Newaj Jibon, Faisal Ahmed Fahim, Mohammad Abdullah, MS Bablu and Sumon Reza.

Bangladesh Premier League ( BPL) Football champions Bashundhara Kings has received Tk 13.47 lac (Euro 13, 885.04) from FIFA Club Protection Scheme as financial assistance for one of their players who was injured during a FIFA/AFC joints qualification match.

The national coloured booter of Bashundhara Kings Masuk Miah Zoni was seriously injured during a FIFA World Cup Qatar'2022 and AFC Asian Cup China'2023 Joints Qualification match between Bangladesh national and Afghanistan national team held in Tajikistan on September 10 last year.

For the incident, Masuk Miah Zoni's club Bashundhara Kings was deprived of his service and the club also suffered huge losses in absence of their vital player.

In this circumstances, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on be half of the Kings appealed to the FIFA Club Protection Scheme for financial support against the losses of the club and the FIFA provided the aforesaid amount in few installments, which was already deposited to the club account, said BFF media released on Tuesday (July 21).

Meanwhile, Bangladesh champions Bashundhara Kings was placed in four- team Group E of the AFC Cup with TC Sports and Maziya S&RC of the Maldives, and Chennai City FC of India.

In the remaining five group matches to be held in the Maldives, Bashundhara Kings will play Maziya S&RC on October 23, Chennai City FC on Oct 26, again Chennai City FC on Oct 29, TC Sports on Nov 01 and Maziya S&RC on Nov 4.

The BPL champions Bashundhara Kings are on the top of the Group E after their 5-1 victory over the Maldivian club TC Sports in the first match held at the Bangabanbhu National Stadium in Dhaka on March 11.

Chennai City FC of India and Maziya S&RC of the Maldives shared the 2nd slot jointly following a 2-2 draw between the two teams that played in Chennai, also on March 11.

Top team of the group will qualify for the inter-zone playoff semifinals.

The final of the tournament will be played on December 12 but the venue of which is yet to be finalised.

This year, the prestigious Ballon d’Or will not be awarded due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Ballon d’Or, awarded by France Football magazine, has been given out every year since Stanley Matthews won the first one in 1956. Lionel Messi has won it a record six times — one more than longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo.

The magazine started giving out a women's award in 2018, but that has also been put on hold.

“It’s such a strange year that we couldn’t treat it as an ordinary one. Let’s say that we started talking about (making the decision) at least two months ago,” France Football editor Pascal Ferré told The Associated Press in a telephone interview., reports AP.

“It isn’t a decision we took lightly but we had to accept it couldn’t be a normal or typical Ballon d’Or winner, and what really worried us it that it wouldn’t be fairly awarded.”

Because the game’s rules have been modified during the pandemic, the award itself was impacted.

“The season started with certain rules and ended with other rules. In January and February, soccer was played in front of full stands. Then from May and June it was with empty stands,” Ferré said. “Then we had the five substitutes rule and not three. Then other changes happened in terms of the competitions, notably the final eight (eight-team knockout format) for the Champions League when it had started with home and away legs.”

With the European Championship and the Copa America postponed this year, the Champions League would have massively weighed on the award’s outcome but with a format inadvertently providing a shortcut for an eventual victor.

“The Ballon d’Or would have been decided over just three games: quarterfinal, semifinal, final,” Ferré said. “There were loads of changes (to soccer’s rules) which are totally legitimate and which we don’t contest given the worldwide health crisis, but we couldn’t consider this as a typical year. Exceptional circumstances led to an exceptional decision.”

The Kopa Trophy for the best player under 21 and the Lev Yashin award for best goalkeeper have also been canceled this year, Ferré said.

Ronaldo, who will be 36 in February, can still win an Italian league-Champions League double with Juventus this season, but he is not the only player affected by France Football's decision.

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski reached 50 club goals for the first time and can win a treble. Kylian Mbappé and Neymar can clinch quadruples for Paris Saint-Germain.

“Look at Lewandowski’s performances this year, his form has been at the level of Messi and Ronaldo,” Ferré said. “And Paris players, imagine if they win the Champions League.”

To maintain the award’s authenticity and level of suspense, players were not informed of the decision before the announcement.

“We are independent and autonomous enough not to have to raise our little finger and ask what they think,” Ferré said. “We will take their frustration as a sign of their attachment to the award.”

Without the Ballon d'Or, The Best awards by FIFA will be the prized individual honors in world soccer this year.

FIFA plans to organise the voting in several categories but it is unclear how or where the awards will be made.

If the virus impacts next season the same way, however, the Ballon d'Or award will be awarded.

“It would be less of a problem in terms of fairness, because this time around we’ve had two parts to the season: normal and not normal,” Ferré said. “Imagine that in 2021 all matches are played behind closed doors (without fans) and with five subs. We would adapt, because it would be comparable.”

To fill this year’s gap, the magazine created another trophy: the France Football Dream Team.

The magazine’s jury of 180 will elect history’s best team from a shortlist of five players in each position. The star-studded lineup will be known sometime in autumn.

Ronaldo will not be able to equal Messi this year, but he could find himself in the same team for the first time.