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HANDBALL-WOMEN-ANSAR
Ansar retain women’s handball title
DHAKA, Feb 19, 2021 (BSS)- Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defense Party
retailed title of the EXIM Bank 31st National Women’s Handball competition
beating Naogaon District Sports Association(DSA) by 26-12 goals in the final
match held today (Friday) at Bir Shreshtha Nur Mohammad Stadium in Narail.
The winners’ led the first half by 14-9 goals.
In the day’s final, Masuda and Alpona scored five goals each for Ansar while Anuradha netted four goals for Naogaon.
Alpona of the champion team was named the best player of the final while
Tabassum Pinky of Naogaon DSA was named the best goalkeeper of the
competition.
Earlier, on the day, Bangladesh Police Handball Club finished third
position defeating Jamalpur DSA in the place-deciding match.
Narail Deputy Commissioner and Narail DSA President Mohammad Habibur
Rahman was present as the chief guest in the final and distributed the
prizes.
Sajib Chaterjee, senior assistant vice-president and head of corporate
affairs and branding division of EXIM Bank and Bangladesh Olympic
Association’s deputy secretary general, and Narail DSA general secretary
Ashikur Rahman Miku were present as special guests in the prize distribution
ceremony.
Earlier, on way to the final held on Thursday last, Bangladesh Ansar beat
Bangladesh Police Handball Club by 31-27 goals after leading the first half
by 16-13 goals in the first semifinal while Naogaon DSA defeated Jamalpur DSA
by 24-21 goals after the winners trailed by 11-12 goals in the first half of
the second semis.
By the cooperation of BHF, a total of 12 district and services teams took
part in the meet, which was held marking the birth centenary of Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The participating teams are Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defense Party,
Bangladesh Police Handball Club, Jamalpur, Naogaon, Panchagarh, Faridpur,
Madaripur, Rangamati, Dinajpur, Gopalganj, Dhaka and host Narail districts.
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