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Senior Division league from tomorrow

New sponsors, a new name

Sports Reporter
The Senior Division football league. the cynosure Of all spqrting competitions tn the country, star-
ta tomorrow at the Mlrpur National Stadium.
The premier soccer tournament. which remained suspended for the past two seasons owing to a variety of reasons. is set to kick-off tomorrow afternoon at 4 pm, with reigning champions Abahanl Krira Chakra facing Police Athletic Club, the newly-promoted team of the league. The secopd match on the inaugural day will ptl Sadharan Bima against Rahinatganj Mb'S at six In the evening.
Twenty teams. Including two new prumotees, will be taking part in the league which from this season has been re titled the Star Senior Division League after the name of a popular cigarette brand of its new sponsors Bangladesh Tobacco Company. The tobacco giants signed a new three-year deal with the Bangladesh Football Federation, replacing former sponsors National Bank Limited who lent their name to the league for three years. It is learnt that BTC will be pay-ingTaka 17 lakhs lo the Dhaka Metropolis Football Association (DAMFA), who will be running the league for the BFF, in the initial year of sponsorship.
The championship. comprising as many as 195 games scheduled to run until April IB — barring unforeseen Inter motions. that Is — will be de elded on a straight, single league busts. Abuhunl Krtra Chakra and Mohammedan Sporting. Ila: two traditional giants of lite country s soccer, are billed to feature In the last fixture of I Ik league three days after the next Bengali New Year. According to the programme. there will be two matches daily, starting at 3:00 and 5:00 pm-respectively.
Tickets for the galleries will cost Taka 12 dally. Eskaton SabuJ Sunghu are the other promolecs from the Second Division.
A maximum of three fontgn players wlU be allowed lo play for any learn subject to registration of their names 24 hours before the match.
The new UFA rules will be Imposed In the league which was earlier scheduled to start October 28 last year but could nol.be he ld due lo the prepa ration for the SAF Caines and others reasons.
The two bottom teams will be relegated to the Second Division while the lop learns o( the Second Division will be promoted lo the First Division next season.
The rates of tickets for league matches are : Dally Galk-iy ticket : Tk 12 each for two matches: VIP season lick ets; Main Gale Tk 600: Gale Ga and Gha Tk 500 (Tk 350 for club officials); Cate Ka and Kha Tk 400 fTk 300 for club offl rials). players concesslem Tk 150 and Vendors Tk 400.
The details were disclosed by DMFA President M Axixul Hoquc at a press conference yesterday al the National Sports Council conference room.
National Sports Council Chairman Major General Mah bubur Rahman. UFF General Secretary Harun -ur -Rashid. DMFA Secretary Kazi Mlshu. League Committee Secretary Arshad All Mangai, BTC Corporate Affair* Manager RA Ma jumder and Marketing Scr-vievs Manager Jahangir Kabir also spoke on the occasion.