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Jessore and Jhalakathi emerged zonal champions to qualify for the eight-team finals of the Grameen-Danone Nations Cup football tournament yesterday.
Jessore defeated Satkhira 1-0 to clinch the tide in the Bagerhat zone while Jhalakathi beatBarisal2-ltowin the Barisal zone crown.
On the second day of the zonal phase, a total of 36 matches were held at eight different venues where seven matches ended in draws.
NO SECOND-TIERB LEAGUE THIS YEAR
The Bangladesh Football Federation has decided to suspend the inaugural second-tier Bangladesh League this year citing lack of playgrounds ahead of the 2011 ICCWorld Cup in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh will host the inaugural ceremony of the ICC World Cup on February 17 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The second-tier League was supposed to start last year, but the game's governing body failed to get it rolled on the field and this time some nine clubs have applied to participate in the league after the BFF made it official to launch the meet.
The League committee at a meeting on Sunday also decided to provide direct entries to one or two clubs from those who had applied for a place in the second-tier league could be promoted to the fourth edition of the Bangladesh League next season, said a press release yesterday.
Meanwhile, two teams will be relegated from the ongoing Bangladesh League that is scheduled to end on June 6.
JOYDEEP CHAMPION
Indian FM Joydeep Dutta emerged unbeaten champion in the Six Seasons International Chess Tournament that concluded at the Convention Hall of Narayanganj Club yesterday.
Joydeep secured 10 points from 12 games after beating WFM Sharmin Sultana Shirin in the final round while FM Abdul Malek of Biman finished behind Joydeep with half-a-point less than the champion after beating Pakistani Nida Mishraz Siddiqui in his final board.
FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon and Mongolian Enkhtuul Altanulzii finished third and fourth respectively with seven points each.
WFM Shamima Akter Liza with six points became fifth while Shirin became sixth with 1.5 points.
A total of seven players from India, Pakistan, Mongolia and
Bangladesh took part in the double round-robin league system tournament.
KOREA TO GIVE
COACHES
The government of the Republic of Korea showed interest to provide a few coaches to different disciplines as part of its support to develop sports in Bangladesh through the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).
Hee Jin Hong, coordinator of Korean Organiser for Volunteers of KOICA, informed about KOICA's interest after having met with Bangladesh Olympic Association CEO retired Col. M Wali Ullah yesterday.
A BOA press release said that the KOICA would make arrangement to send a football coach immediately for two years and at the same time, they would create opportunity to provide shooting, archery, badminton and table tennis coaches.