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Army face Dhaka m today s final

Sports Reporter
Defending champions Dhaka DSA take on last years runners-up Bang ladcsh Army In a repeat final of the
national hockey championship at the Hockey Stadium today. The match starts at 2:45 pm.
Holders Dhaka edged past Faridpur by a solitary goal while Army, the fourth Bangladesh Games champion, also registered a lone goal victory against Dhaka University In thetr respective semifinal encounters yesterday to set up a repeal of last year's final.
The two losing scmifinalists — Dhaka University and Faridpur — contest for the. third place at nine this mom-tng.
Yesterday s second semifinal between Dhaka and former champions Faridpur was an absorbing one producing a lot of excitement. Dhaka, who process a galaxy of prominent players of the country like custodian Rahmatullah Asfr. Irtcza Kader Guddu, veterans Abdullah Piru. Jamil Parvez Lulu. IkirkatuHah Chapal and Ktsmat. found In Faridpur a stubborn opponent. Faridpur also have talented players like Mahbub Harun and Anwarul Haq Ziyad. I larun travelled with the Dhaka
XI lo Jallandhar to participate In the All India Surjecl Singh mcmbrlal hockey tournament last month.
In fact the result would have been different had umpire Aslam Bellm not ruled out a goal by Farldpur's Musa to wards the end of the first session.
Musa apparently received the ball on the lop of the box and placed it home giving Dhaka goalie Asir no chance at all. But umpire Bellm remained unmoved as he thought Musa had hit the ball from outside the box. The Faridpur players In a body protested but the umpire stuck to his decision.
Sadek eventually scored the all-important goal for Dhaka by dodging past two Faridpur de fenders In the 50th minute (I-0).
Dhaka forced four penalty corners while Faridpur managed three.
A group of spectators, reportedly Dhaka fans, chased the opposing supporters and beat some of them up after the match. leaving the Faridpur
players and officials scared.
Faridpur team officials Informed the Bangladesh Rockey Federation of the Incident, demanding ihe culprits be
brought lo book.
ARMY BEAT DU
Earlier In the afternoon, strong Bangladesh Army beat Dhaka University by a solitary goal-
Havtldcr Akram scored the decider with a nlre placing hit two minutes from time after he had brilliantly received an Amin chip (1 -0).
Dhaka University forced a* many as five penalty corners but failed to convert any Akhter Hossain, who otherwise played wells wasted a fine chance of taking the students ahead in the 54th minute when he took too much time to convert a penalty corner
Abdus Sadek and Alamgir Alam performed well for the students while the Army cus todlan Havtldcr Osman and forward Havllder Jahangir earned praise from the crowd.
Minister for Health and Family Planning Chowdhury Kamal Ibnc Yousuf will witness today's final as chief guest and give away the prizes.
The final round of this year's 15th national championship ts being held as part of Ihe fifth quadrennial Games.
The qualifying round, par-, tlclpated by 20 teams In four groups, were held from
December IO to 18 at the same renur
CHUNNU TO RETIRE
Meanwhile. the veteran hockey player of the country Abdul Malek Chunnu will retire from the national champ! onshtp after today s final.
Chunnu —■ a Dhaka DSA player — will, however, ploy tn the First Division league for some more seasons. The Dally Star learnt yesterday.
Chunnu. 35. who played for Sadhamn Bimo last season. had donned the national colour for long ten years from 1977 to 86
He received the player-of-the-tournamcnl trophy In the last national championship
Chunnu. who played for Abahanf Krira Chakra from 1976 lo 82 also received the best player award of the Bangladesh Sports Writers Association tn 1984.
Hats off to Chunnu for making room for newcomers after having served the national team with distinction for a decade.
TODAY’S MATCHES
Dhaka University vs
Faridpur (9 am)
Dhaka DSA vs Army — final (2:45 pm)