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Tokai Kabaddi begins tomorrow

Sports Reporter

The Second Orient Bread Tokai Kabaddi Competition begins tomorrow at the Dhaka Kabaddi Stadium. Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation will arrange the kabaddi competition while Orient Food Company will sponsor the kabaddi meet.

A total of nine teams splitting into two groups will take part in the first round of the kabaddi competition. They are : Jatrabari Tokai team, Matuail Tokai team, Dholpur Tokai team, Goran Tokai team, Khilgaon Tokai team, Mirpur Tokai team, Stadium Tokai team, Gulistan Tokai team and Paltan Tokai team.

Top one team from each group will play in the second round. The second round will be held on league basis. The highest point-taker team will be the champions of the tournament while the second highest point-taker team will be the runners-up of the meet.

Marking the kabaddi competition, a press conference was held at the conference room of the National Sports Council on Sunday. General Secretary of Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation (BKF) Md Nazrul Islam, Managing Director of the Orient Bread Company Mahbubuzzaman, Vice-President of BKF Md Amir Hossain Patwary were present at the conference. The budget of the competition has been estimated at TK one lakh and twenty thousand while Orient Food Company will bear all the expenditure of the kabaddi competition

Div II Football: Little Friends, Uttar Baridhara win

Sports Reporter

Little Friends Club defeated Kadamtala Sangsad by two goals to nil in the day's first match of the Second Division Football League at the Kamalapur Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Stadium on Sunday.

Shaheen of Little Friends Club scored all the ywo goals.

Little Friends Club secured 17 points from 13 matches while Kadamtala Sangsad remained with six points as many matches.

In the day's second match, Uttar Baridhara Club edged past Karwanbazar Progoti Sangha 1-0 at the same venue.

Ahsan netted the lone goal for the winners.

Uttar Baridhara Club collected 30 points from 12 matches while Karwanbazar Progoti Sangha are breathing on Uttar Baridhara's neck gaining 27 points from as many outings.

Today Dhanmondi Club will take on Bangladesh Boys Club at the same venue.

2 Bangladeshi umpires leave for Sri Lanka to conduct cricket match

UNB, Dhaka

Bangladeshi umpires Enamul Hoque Moni and Mahbubur Rahman are due to leave here for Sri Lanka later Sunday night to conduct three-day first class and one-day Premier League matches over a period of one month under the BCB's umpires exchange program with the Sri Lanka.

Two Sri Lankan umpires -- Athula Senanayake and Sagara Gallage -- are already in the capital to conduct national cricket league matches under the same program.

Bangladesh men's, women's team earns victory in 38th Chess Olympiad

UNB, Dhaka

Bangladesh Men's and Women's teams won their third round matches in the 38th Chess Olympiad at Dresden in Germany on Saturday.

Bangladesh men's team beat Libya by 3-1 points, while Bangladesh Women's team outplayed Nigeria by straight 4-0 points.

In the men's section, Enamul Hossain Razib, Abdullah Al Rakib and Minhajuddin Ahmed Sagar won their respective matches while Abu Sufian Shakil lost the other match.

In the women's group, Shamima Akhter Liza, Nazrana Khan Eva, Syeda Shabana Parvin Nipa and Tanima Parvin won their matches.

In the 4th round matches on Sunday, Bangladesh Men's team play against Denmark while women's team take on Australia.

National football team returns home in 2 batches

UNB, Dhaka

National Football team returns home in two batches after a disappointing performance in the 3rd Grand Royal Challenge Cup tournament in Myanmar.

The first batch returns Monday and the second batch on Tuesday - at 10:40 pm.

Bangladesh crashed out of the tournament after conceding a 2-0 goals defeat to Indonesia in the crucial second group A match after making a goalless draw with strong Myanmar in their opening group match.

Arun Nandi passes away

UNB, Dhaka

National sports award winning swimmer Arun Kumar Nandi died at his sister's residence in Kolkata at 9:15 am on Sunday. He was 68.

Nandi, a lifetime bachelor, was suffering for long from diabetes and kidney diseases. He left here for Kolkata on November for treatment.

Celebrated swimmer and freedom fighter Arun Nandi was born in Bagadi village of Chandpur district on November 26 in 1941.

He made world record in endurance swimming - 90 hours and 5 minutes - in October 1971 in West Bengal to create public opinion for the independence of Bangladesh.

As a long distance swimmer Nandi took part in the Narayanganj-Chandpur long distance swimming in 1964 and also in the Daudkandi-Narayanganj 32-kilometer long swimming competition in 1965-66.

Nandi, who received the national sports award in 1997, also served the Bangladesh Swimming Federation as the vice president from 2003-2006 and as executive member in 2006-07.

Chairman of National Sports Council and Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed, also the President of Bangladesh Olympic Association, has condoled the death of Arun Nandi and prayed for the salvation of his departed soul.

Besides, National Sports Council, Bangladesh Olympic Association, Bangladesh Swimming Federation, Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association and Bangladesh Sports Journalists Community also condoled the death of Arun Nandi.

Japan’s Ozaki wins Tokyo marathon

AFP, Tokyo

Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki staged a come-from-behind victory for her first career title in her only second full distance race at the Tokyo women's marathon on Sunday.

The 27-year-old, who came second in her debut at Nagoya in March, overtook pre- race favourite Yoko Shibui at the 38.5- kilometre point to win in two hours 23 minutes 30 seconds.

Fellow Japanese Yuri Kano came in second in 2:24:27, followed by Mara Yamauchi of Britain in 2:25:03.

Shibui, the 2004 Berlin marathon champion, finished fourth in 2:25:51.

Hockey Team leaves to participate in Nehru Cup

UNB, Dhaka

A 16-member President XI team leaves here for Kolkata Sunday night by road to take part in the prestigious Nehru Cup Hockey now being held in the Indian State of Hariana.

The Bangladesh team will directly play in the 2nd round of the meet on November 20 with a yet unknown opponent. The first phase of the tournament began on Nov. 14

President XI: Zahid Hossain, Asaduzzaman Chandan, Moshiur Rahman Biplob, AKM Shamsuddin, Taposh Barman, Ferdous Goldar, Imran Hasan Pintu, Shahidullah Tito, Quamruzaman Rana, Ashiquzzaman, Jamal Hossain Khan, Sheikh Mohammad Nannu, Zahid Bin Talib, Krishna Kumar and Rimon Kumar Ghosh.

Standbys: Mehrab Hossain, Hadiuzzaman, Abdus Sajjad John and Syed Al Masum.

Officials: Air Commodore (retd) Shajahan Sarker (manager), Subhas Chandra Das (asst manager), Azizullah Haider Jamal (coach) and Abdullah Piru (asst coach).