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Crisis over soccer ends

It's now BCB's turn to get unhappy

Sports Reporter
The stalemate in local football came to an end yesterday as the National Sports Council (NSC) extended the allotment of Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) to football by another month.
State Minister for Youth and Sjxjrts Obaidul Quader made the dramatic announcement following his hour-long closed-door meeting with the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFFI and Senior Division club officials last evening. It all started when NSC chairman Quader declared that football would use the BNS for two and a half months (from July 15) and cricket would get it back after September 30. The BFF will now use the BNS. a perennial apple of discord between football and cricket, up to October
T.< “I hope this propositioh would make both tire party happy." said Quader. who kicked up row on Monday saying that there would be no problem if there was no football for a season while reacting on BFF“s refusal to accept his previous proposal.
Having reached a truce, football organisers held a quick meeting among themselves before BFF member and Dhaka Mahanagari Football League Committee (DMFLC) chairman Abdur Rahim declaring that the inter-club footballers' transfer would be held from August 2 to 5 u national team's arrival from England.
Rahim also expected football to be kicked around the BNS from third week of August.
Chaired by BFF vice-president Anjan Chowdhury Pin too, the meeting was also attended by general secretary Harunur Rashid MP and representatives of all the 20 Senior Division Clubs.
"The minister has also assured us that he might consider extending the allotment further for few more days if we could not finish the Premier League in time." Harunur Rashid. "We will apply again to stretch the allotment up to November 30."
The already-dejected Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) would certainly not be happy with the singular assurance of Quader as it has planned long before to host a triangular one-day tournament in November to celebrate Bangladesh’s attainment of Test status.
MTIie bespectacled state min-isrLf however said he had. to consider a lot of things before making a change. "Both football and cricket officials only think of their own interest. But my responsibility is to analyse the situation from every angle before making a decision 1 can not extend BFF’s allotment all of a sudden. We have reached to an agreement afn-r having a lot o| disc tissuin'- said Quader adding that he has requested BCB to deler the date of the tournament from November to December.
When asked whether BCB has accepted his request, Quader said he hoped that the cricket board would honour his decision for the 'greater interest of sports'.
When contacted BCB general secretary Syed Ashralul Huq meanwhile expressed his utter dismay over the abrupt reversal of NSC decision. "We are surely going to pass this year without any international tournament because Ramadan will start in December." he said. "We will have to postpone our plan for holding the triangular meet in November as you can not change schedule of an international meet overnight."
"We have got the Test status. What else do we need to achieve to get a permanent venue for cricket," moaned the general secretary.
Quader however believes there would be no tug of war over the possession of BNS as two new stadiums -- in Fatulla and Saidabad -- would be ready for play by the next season. He however did Dof^B^'tHat tho NSC has miserably failed to en^l the sad annual clash between football and cricket despite having an international venue (in Mirpur) at its disposal for years.
Quader also revealed that twenty Senior Division Clubs will get Taka two lakh each as NSC grant before the kick-off of the Premier Division League.
While welcoming the decision. BFF general secretary said. "We are just happy with the fact that the deadlock is over now."
He also said that the proposed Padma-Ganga Cup might start in India instead of Bangladesh as because BFF' would not get any time to hold it this year.