With the objective of building a championship-winning team for the upcoming season, traditional Dhaka club Mohammedan Sporting Club has appointed a new coach. Argentine coach Santiago Varela has been named the head coach of the club.
The government will identify talented athletes from the grassroots level and admit them to the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP), taking full responsibility for their education and sports, said Youth and Sports Minister Md Aminul Haque. He said talented athletes scattered across the country will not be allowed to go to waste due to lack of opportunities. Arrangements will be made to develop their talent and bring them to the national level.
With his tall frame, handsome features, and shoulder-length blonde hair, Claudio Caniggia instantly evokes memories of that fierce Argentina team of the 1990s for football fans. His hair once became a point of contention when Argentina coach Daniel Passarella ordered him to cut it ahead of the 1994 World Cup, a directive Caniggia refused to follow. Today, football fans of that era still recognize him easily by those very signature locks.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the Bangladesh women's national cricket team for the upcoming Asian Games and Women's T20 Asia Cup, both of which will be played in the T20 format. Opener Taj Nehar has been dropped from the squad led by captain Nigar Sultana, making way for Sharmin Sultana's inclusion.
Australia's defeat to Bangladesh in the first Test in Darwin has come with further consequences. Pat Cummins' side has been found guilty of a slow over-rate.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Aminul Haque has announced the formation of an institutional fund (seed money) amounting to Tk 1,244 crore to financially empower the country's sports federations. He made the announcement during an exchange meeting with the newly formed ad-hoc committee officials of 14 federations at the National Sports Council on Sunday.