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Army nat'l champs

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Goalkeeper Rafiqul Islam turned out to be the hero for Bangladesh Army when they lifted the ANAS Group 25th National Hockey Champion-ship title defeating Faridpur District Sports Association (DSA) 5-4 in the tiebreaker at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium yesterday.
Rafiq, a member of the national youth team, stopped a penalty by national forward Musa Mia after the entertaining final ended in a goalless drawin regulation and extra time.
Experienced Musa was taking the side's second attempt from the spot but his low drive was foiled by the diving Army keeper who stretched to his right.
Titu, Miraj, Shamsuddin and Yamin converted Faridpur's remaining penalties but the soldiers showed nerves of
steel to end hundred per cent successful with captain Maksud, Ferdous, Jamal, Mafizur and Thuinu all finding the mark to ensure Army's tenth national title.
Faridupur, playing for the first time in the final after 27 years, began brightly with as many as six national stars but the first chance came to Army.
Maksud set Rahaj with a fine chance after 21 minutes but the forward scooped the ball over the crossbar. Three minutes later, unguarded Sanwar found a pass from Alo but misfired his effort.
The wake-up calls inspired Faridpur to go for an all-out attack and Miraj came close to score in the 29th minute. However, his powerful hit was brilliantly punched over by Rafiqul. Faridpur still could have gone ahead on the stroke of the break but Titu, who intercepted a cross from Sharafat, placed the ball inches wide of the near post.
The Faridpur boys, who also failed to make any impact from three penalty
corners, seemed to run out of steam after the breather and in extra-time when Army defender Enamul wasted a good chance to score the golden goal, forcing the match into shootout.
Faridpur's national defender Issa Mia was adjudged the player of the meet while Bangladesh Navy striker MM Hossain, who scored two hattricks in the tournament, won the top scorer's award.
NAVY THIRD
Earlier, in the morning, an 82nd minute golden goal by Gazi helped Navy come from a goal down and clinch the third place with a 2-1 win over last year's runners-up Dhaka University at the same venue.
Tarek put Dhaka University ahead in the 56th minute but Rashid cancelled the lead seven minutes later.