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Bangladesh GM Razib beat Russian GM Demchenko

Bangladeshi Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib beat Russian Grandmaster Anton Demchenko (Rating 2641) in the 6th round match of the 48th Annual World Open Chess Tournament being held at the online chess platform, Internet Chess Club (ICC),  Saturday night.

Earlier, GM Razib drew with Erick Zhao in the 4th round and defeated Kenneth Patrick in the 5th round. 

GM Razib sharing the 3rd slot along with four other players securing 4.5 points after the 6th round of the tournament, organized by the Continental Chess Association.

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National footballers practice camp begins Wednesday

The isolation practice camp of the national football team for the remaining four Joint Qualification matches of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, begins on Wednesday (August 5) at Sara Resort in Gazipur.

Out of initially selected 36 booters, 12 new and comparatively junior booters will join the camp on the first day (Wednesday) while the remaining footballers are scheduled to join camp in batches on August 6 and 7 respectively depending on their Covid-19 test reports.

Three injured booters of Bashundhara Kings — Masuk Mia Zony, Motin Mia and Atiqur Rahman Fahad–will not join camp as the club did not release them. ……

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Individual practice: Everything is new for Mominul Haque

Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque said that everything seems to be new to him since he joined the individual training programme arranged by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. 

It is the second phase of the individual training programme. There were only 14 cricketers who had joined the first phase that completed before the Eid.

“Since I came to the field after more than four months, everything looks new to me. It might take some times to be accustomed to the new normal. I missed being in the field much. ……..