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Navy eagers clinch title

Sports Reporter
Bangladesh Navy proved their supremacy in the country* basketball by retaining the national title at the Outer Siad turn wooden-floor gymnasium yesterday
Navy beat Dhaka University, last year s runners-up, by 70 points to 52 in the final of the 16th national basketball cham pton*hlp for the BOK held as part of the fifth Bangladesh Games which concluded yes terday.
The sailors, possessing a galaxy of national player* like Abhijit Kumar Sarker. So he I Faruki. PK Goswami, Serajul Islam and Ayub AH, quite expectedly started a* the favourites and dominated the first' session 35-16.
But a good fight-back by the students In the second half made the encounter a keen one. In fact. Dhaka University scored 36 point*, one more than their formidable opponent*. after the Interval.
Both the ex-national eagers of ihe Dhaka University— Asif Zafar and Aaghar Hossain — along with Waheed Saeed Baby and Mahbubul Alam Chowdhury Moby played well for the students while Sohe! Faruki, Gowsamt. Abhijit and Serajul Islam lived upto their reputations for Navy. Scraj, the highest scorer of the match with 24 points, was the best player who earned praise from the capacity crowd Inside the stuffy gymnasium.
Gowsamt notched up another 13 points for Navy while
AMf Zafar with 10 point* and Saeed with 14 points were the main scorer* for Dhaka University.
Champion* Navy beat Bangladesh Army white Dhaka University defeated Chandpur DSA in their respective Kml finals Ur-t Thursday
In the 'Mrd-pinee deciding in morning yesterday. Army ctlnnnaicd Chandpur by
A^’al^ finished third tn the last national championship
Unsporting altitude by some Army players and offl ctals marred the game
One Army eager went too far when he tucked the ball into his won net and tried to damage the board. The team officials and supporter* appeared to encourage the delinquent to repeat thi* ugly show of protest once again later on in the game
President of the BangLKiesh Olympic Association Gia* Kamal Chowdhury, who wit nessed the match, termed the incident 'shameful' and said that the sports lover* of the country did not expect such behaviour from Army.- who have produced a great number of outstanding sportsmen
Observers felt that all these incidents were designed lo sabotage the final match of the championship scheduled for later In the day
Even the Army coach Major (retd) Aleeq entered the playing arena violating the ordcitrtf
the Bahglade*h Amateur Basketball FederaUMi (BABn organiser* of the meet
The federation earlier hod declared Ateeq persona non grata for one match
Abdur Rahim netted 29 point* and Kamran 16 for Army while Akhla* and Siddiquc got 20 and 16 point* respectively for Chandpur
Both matches of yesterday were held under tight security with only the invited guest* and card holders getting per mission to sit al the courtMde
Fourteen team*, tn four group*, competed In thia four group champion* ptearing tn the ■emaltnate
The fate of the tournament at one stage became uncertain following Ihe postponement order by the nowsaeked Secretary Maj (retd) Daataglr Nawaz last week but a bold attempt by the federation executive* headed by Profe**or Rashkluddin Ahmed, president of the BASF, saved the meet from a premature death.
BOA president Glas Kamel the prizes
NAVY Abhijit. Sohcl. Goswami. Scraj. Ayub. Nurul Huda. Islam. Shafiq. Rowshan Alam. NazruL Faruk and Suhp Barua.
DHAKA UNIVERSITY Asif. Moby. Asghar. Michael. Baby, Toufique. Nabuat Ah. n^k. Zafar. Ahmedul Kabir, Fazlur Rahman and Nazmul Hoeaain