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Dhaka Metro School Volleyball begins
Dhaka Metropolis School Volleyball (Boy & Girls) Competition '2023 began on Thursday at the Shaheed Noor Hossain National Volleyball Stadium in the capital.
President of Bangladesh Volleyball Federation (BVF) and Mayor of the Dhaka North City Corporation M Atiqul Islam inaugurated the meet as the chief guests this afternoon.
Ashiqur Rahman Miku, general secretary of BVF, was also present at the function.
Green Heralds School won both of their boys and girls group matches on the opening day (Thursday).
They beat Uttar Kafrul High school by straight 2-0 sets in the boys’ competition while defeated Belna High School also by 2-0 straight set in the girls’ competition.
Six boys group and two girls group matches were decided on the opening day.
Forty five boys and girls school teams are taking part in the competition.
Asian Games Kabaddi: Bangladesh complete assignment with consolation win over Thailand
Three-time Asian Games silver medalists Bangladesh Men's Kabaddi team completed the 19th Asian Games assignment with a consolation victory over Thailand by 45-29 points in their last Group A match at the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Center in Hangzhou on Thursday.
Earlier, Bangladesh team was eliminated from the race losing to India 18-55 points and to Chinese Taipei 18-31 by points despite beating Japan by 52-17 points in the opening match.
After the day's match, Bangladesh finished 3rd to be eliminated from the five-team group securing four points playing all the four group matches.
In Friday's semifinals, India will play Pakistan while Iran face Chinese Taipei.
Bangladesh Women's Kabaddi team also eliminated from the bronze race losing to Nepal by 24-37 points in the first match and suffered 16-54 points defeat against defending champion Iran in the last match.
Asian Games Kabaddi: Bangladesh concede 18-55 point defeat against India
Three-time silver medalists of Asian Games Bangladesh Men's Kabaddi team suffered 18-55 point defeat against India in their 2nd Group A match of the 19th Asian Games Kabaddi at the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Center in Hangzhou on Tuesday.
India dominated the first half by 24-9 point.
Stronger India created strong pressure over Bangladesh in the entire match to earn the convincing victory, featuring four creditable lonas (all out)
Despite the day's humiliating defeat, the Indian coach of Bangladesh team Ramesh Reddy wants to give more time to his players and still hopeful to qualify for the semifinal by winning remaining two group matches.
Bangladesh men's team, which was placed in five-team Group A with India, Chinese Taipei, Japan and Thailand, will play Chinese Taipei on Wednesday at 7:30 am and Thailand on Thursday at 1 pm in the remaining group matches.
Top two teams of the group will play in the semifinal on Oct 6 while the final match will be held on Oct 7 at 2 pm.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Women's Kabaddi team, which virtually spoiled a golden opportunity to win a bronze medal losing to Nepal by 24-37 point in the first match last Monday, will play holders Iran on Wednesday to decide their fate.
Asian Games Hockey: Bangladesh wrap up with humiliating 0-12 goals defeat against India
Bangladesh Men's Hockey team completed the 12-nation 19th Asian Games Men's Hockey assignment with a humiliating 0-12 goals defeat against India in their last Pool A match at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium in Hangzhou on Monday.
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Bangladesh suffered their biggest defeat against India, matching the low set 41 years back, after their 0-12 goals defeat in the Delhi Asian Games in 1982.
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But Bangladesh suffered their biggest defeat in their first appearance in the Asian Games in 1978 losing to Pakistan by 0-17 goals, followed by their 0-14 defeat against South Korea in 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.
With the day's well merited victory, India clinched the top slot of six-team Pool A to reach the semifinal with an all win record securing full 15 points from all the five group encounters while Bangladesh finished 4th in Pool A with six points beating Singapore 7-3 and Uzbekistan by 4-2 goals.
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In the day's one sided match, captain Harmanpreet Singh (2', 4', 32') and Mandeep Singh (18', 24', 46') made hattricks scoring three goals each for India.
Besides, Abhishek scored two (41', 57') while Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (23'), Amit Rohidas (28'), Nilkanta Sharma (47') and Gurjan Singh (56') scored one each for India in the day's match.
Asian Games Kabaddi: Bangladesh Men win against Japan, Women lose to Nepal
Former silver medalist of Asian Games Bangladesh Men's Kabaddi team made a flying start in the 19th Asian Games Kabaddi outplaying Japan by 52-17 points in Group A opener at Court-1 of the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Center in Hangzhou on Monday.
Bangladesh Men's team comfortably dominated the first half by 25-5 points.
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Tuhin Tarafder-led Bangladesh team earned the victory dominating the match all through and earned four creditable lonas (all out), two in each half.
Bangladesh men's team have been placed in five-team Group A of the Asian Games Kabaddi earlier with India, Chinese Taipei, Japan and Thailand while four- team Group B comprises Iran, South Korea, Pakistan and Malaysia
.In the remaining Group A matches, Bangladesh will play their giant neighbor India on Tuesday also at 6:30 am, Chinese Taipei on Wednesday at 7:30 am and Thailand on Thursday at 1 pm at the same venue.
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Top two teams from each of the two groups will play the semifinal on Oct 6 while the final match will be held on Oct 7 at 2 pm.
But, the Bangladesh Women's Kabaddi team spoiled a golden opportunity to win a bronze medal losing to their South Asian rivals Nepal by 24-37 points in the opening Group B match of the Asian Games held at court -2 of the same venue on Monday.
Bangladesh Women were trailing by 16-21 points in the first half.
Bangladesh Women's team put in three-team Group B of the Asian Games with Iran and Nepal while four- team Group A team consists of India, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and Thailand.
A win in the day's match will assure the semifinal berth of Bangladesh women to clinch the bronze medal as the top two teams of the group will advance to the semifinal.
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With day's frustrating result, Bangladesh Women's Kabaddi team are almost deprived of a medal in a prospective event like the last Asian Games.
Bangladesh Kabaddi team, which bring laurels for the country by winning Asian Games medal regularly since Beijing Asian Games in 1990, now facing medal drought in the Asiad and Bangladesh failed to win any medal in the last Asian Games in Jakarta.
However, Bangladesh Women's will play defending champions Iran on Wednesday at 8:30 pm in the remaining Group B match to decide their fate.
Asian Games Archery: Bangladesh finish 7th in ranking round of Recurve Men's team event
Bangladesh finished 7th in the Ranking Round of the Recurve Men's team event of the 19th Asian Games Archery scoring 1963 that began in the Chinese city of Hangzhou on Sunday.
Sagar Islam finished 22nd scoring 662 while Ram Krishna Saha was placed 29th scoring 653 to qualify for the individual events.
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Country's celebrated archer Ruman Shana, who was included in the Asiad team after an eleven months suspension, miserably out from the individual event's race scoring 648.
In the men's team event, Bangladesh team will play Vietnam.
In the Women's team event, Bangladesh team comprising Diya Siddiqui, Fahmida Sultana Nisha and Shima Akter Shimu finished 14th scoring 1825 to face Chinese Taipei in the next round.
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In the ranking round of Compound Division, Bangladesh men's team finished 12th to play Malaysia in the next round while the Women's team finished 8th to play Hong Kong in the next round.
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Bangladeshi famed golfer Siddikur Rahman finished 14th in the 19th Asian Games Golf scoring overall 13-under par after the day's 4th and last round held in Hangzhou on Sunday four while another Bangladesh golfer Jamal Hossain finished 35th scoring equal par.
Bangladesh Men's, Women's Kabaddi team to start 19th Asian Games campaign on Monday
Former silver medalist of the Asian Games Bangladesh Men's Kabaddi team will start their campaign in the 19th Asian Games taking on Japan in the opening Group A match on Monday (Oct 2) at 6:30 am (Bangladesh time) at the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre in Hangzhou, China
Bangladesh have been placed in five-team Group A of the Asian Games Kabaddi with India, Chinese Taipei, Japan and Thailand while four- team Group
B comprises Iran, South Korea, Pakistan and Malaysia.
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In the remaining Group A matches, Bangladesh will play their giant neighbor India on Tuesday also at 6:30 am, Chinese Taipei on Wednesday at 7:30 am and Thailand on Thursday at 1 pm at the same venue.
Top two teams from each of the two groups will play the semifinal on Oct 6 while the final match will be held on Oct 7 at 2 pm.
Bangladesh Women's Kabaddi team will also start their 19th Asian Games campaign taking on Nepal on Monday at 8:30 am at the same venue.
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Bangladesh Women's team put in three-team Group B of the Asian Games with Iran and Nepal while four- team Group A team consists of India, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and Thailand.
In the remaining Group B match, Bangladesh will play Iran on Wednesday at 8:30 pm.
Top two teams from each of the two groups will play the semifinal on Oct 6 while the final match will be held on Oct 7 at 7:30 am.
The men’s event features nine teams with each match lasting for 45 minutes while the women’s category has seven teams with the duration of the match lasting for 35 minutes.
Suro Krishna claims Super Lightweight Intercontinental title at Beximco Xcel Boxing Championship 2.0 Fight Night
Pro-Boxing's Bangladeshi champion Suro Krishna Chakma has added yet another feather to his cap after clinching the Super Lightweight Intercontinental Championship title at the Beximco Xcel Boxing Championship fight night on Saturday.
Suro Chakma came face-to-face with Nepal's Mahendra Bahadur Chand in the Super Lightweight category where the defending champion beat his Nepalese opponent in a nail-biting eight round thriller.
The InterContinental Dhaka was bustling with boxing enthusiasts as the "Beximco Xcel Boxing Championship 2.0 Fight Night" unfolded.
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With 16 participants from various countries, the night witnessed 8 intense bouts across categories such as Super Middleweight, Flyweight, Bantamweight, Super Lightweight, Welterweight, and Light Heavyweight.
Asian Games Chess: Bangladesh men suffer 1.5–2.5 points defeat against Kyrgyzstan
Bangladesh's men’s team lost to Kyrgyzstan by 1.5-2.5 game points in the second round men's team event match of the 19th Asian Games Chess held in Hangzhou, China, on Saturday.
In the day's second round, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh beat IM Markov Mikhail of Kyrgyzstan, while GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh drew with FM Sezdbekov Ruslan of Kyrgyzstan.
In the day's other two matches, GM Enamul Hossain Razib and GM Niaz Murshed lost to EM Orozbaev Eldiar and FM Zhakshylykov Erzhan of Kyrgyzstan, respectively.
Asian Games Athletics: Bangladesh's fastest man Imranur eliminated from 100-metre semifinal
The last two-time fastest man of Bangladesh, Imranur Rahman, was eliminated from the semifinal of the men's 100-metre sprint of the 19th Asian Games Athletics at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou on Saturday.
The England-based Bangladesh-origin athlete finished sixth among the eight participants of the event's first semifinal with a timing of 10.42 seconds, improving just 02 seconds over the heats.
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In his first appearance in the Asian Games on Friday, Imanrur qualified for the event's semifinal as he finished third in heat number five, clocking 10.44 seconds.
However, he was placed overall 17th among 24 athletes who qualified for the semifinals from the event's five heats.
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Earlier, Imranur made his career-best time of 10.11 seconds in the 100-metre sprint in an athletics competition held at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
The Bangladesh Athletics Federation recognised his personal best timing as the Bangladesh national record as the meet was approved and accredited by the World Athletics.
Imranur earlier clinched the historic gold medal, the first-ever by any Bangladeshi athlete at the Asian level, in the men's 60-metre sprint of the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships with a record timing of 6.59 seconds at the Kazakhstan capital Astana last February.
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He emerged as the country's fastest man with a national record in his maiden competition, with a timing of 10.29 seconds.
He further improved his record in the Asian Athletics Championship held in Bangkok in July this year with a timing of 10.25 seconds in the 100 m sprint.
Earlier, Bangladeshi-origin American boxer Jinnat Ferdous was eliminated from the boxing event of the ongoing Asian Games in the very first round after suffering a straight 0-5 defeat.