Bokshi Bazar beat Police in Fed Cup Basketball

Bokshi Bazar recorded an exciting 50-47 points victory over Bangladesh Police in the lone match of the Citycell Federation Cup Basketball Championship at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium Monday, reports BSS. Both teams were locked into 21-21 points each at the breather. Shaheen was the leading scorer of the match with 16 points well supported by Amilon with 15. Tahmid with 13 and Niaz with 7 points were the main scorers. Earlier late Sunday evening, Border Guard Bangladesh crushed Old DOHS by 111-32 points after leading the first half by 53-8. 3 Federation Cup first round draw held The knock-out stage first round of the Grameenphone Federation Cup Football will kick off at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Friday, reports UNB. In this regard, a draw ceremony was held at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) conference room Monday afternoon BFF vice president Abdus Salam Murshedy presided over the function. A total of 12 teams - seven teams of Bangladesh league and five invited services teams - will participate in the meet. Later five teams will qualify for the final round. The 16-team final round will be held at a later stage. However, winner of the Beanibazar SC vs Wari Club match, and winner of BKSP vs Bangladesh Army will have to take part in a play-off match to secure their final round berth. The winners of the other four matches will enjoy direct entry to the final round. The championship prize money of the curtain raiser tourney of the season is Tk 0.5 million (five lakh) while the runners-up team will receive Tk 0.3 million (3 lakh). The highest scorer and the best player will receive Tk 25 thousand each. Beside, all the participating teams will receive Tk 25 thousand each as participation money. BFF executive committee member Harunur Rashid, tournament committee members Abu Hasan Chowdhury Prince, acting general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag and additional DIG of Police Sheikh M Maruf Hasan were also present on the occasion.