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Asia’s FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifiers postponed

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Asia’s FIFA 2022

Asia’s upcoming qualifying matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup have been postponed to next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic which has wreaked havoc across the entire world.

“In light of the current COVID-19 situation in many countries, FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have jointly decided that the upcoming qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, originally scheduled to take place during the international match windows in October and November 2020, will be rescheduled to 2021,” AFC said in a statement on Wednesday

“With the aim of protecting the health and safety of all participants, FIFA and the AFC will continue to work together to closely……..

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Cricket

Indian cricket board invites bids for IPL title sponsorship

Indian cricket board
Indian cricket board

India’s Board of Control for Cricket is seeking a new title sponsor for the 2020 Indian Premier League season after the suspension of its five-year agreement with Chinese telecommunications company Vivo.

The suspension was announced in a brief statement by the BCCI last week and came when Indian troops were in a tense standoff with Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh in the Himalayas. In June, India banned 59 apps with Chinese links, saying their activities endanger the country’s sovereignty, defense and security.

The lucrative Twenty20 league is being staged in the United Arab Emirates from next month, and the title sponsorship became vacant last week.

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Bangladesh GM Razib beat Russian GM Demchenko

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New Project

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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Football

National footballers practice camp begins Wednesday

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Football

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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