Players urged to earn historic results from SA games
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Holding out cash bounties in advance, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Tuesday urged the host contingent to clinch a "historic" result for the nation from the 11th South Asian (SA) Games beginning in the city on January 29, reports UNB.
She made the inspiring call when players and officials of the
Bangladesh contingent for the SA games came to meet her at Ganobhaban, as preparation for staging the sporting extravaganza in Dhaka is all but complete.
The PM also promised the players that the ongoing modern training programmes for them would be carried on in the future as well.
She announced cash awards for the teams and players based on their performances in the SA games that will kick off Friday (January 29) and end on February 9.
The cash awards announced for team events are: Tk 1.5 million (15 lakh) for gold medal, Tk 1.0 million for silver medal and Tk 0.3 million for bronze medal (football, cricket and hockey); Tk 1.0 million for gold, Tk 0.4 million for silver and Tk 0.15 million for bronze medal (kabaddi, basketball, volleyball and handball).
Besides, for individual events, every player will get Tk 0.5 million for gold, Tk 0.2 million for silver and Tk 50,000 for bronze medal.
The PM mentioned that the Awami League government in the past did not hesitate to allocate necessary money for the sports sector. "Like the present, our endeavour for sports development won't stop in the future as well," she said.
Hasina, also the chief patron of the South Asian Organising Committee, thanked Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) and the SA Games organising committee for arranging such a meeting just on the eve of the SA Games, known as the South Asian Olympic.
She made the inspiring call when players and officials of the
Bangladesh contingent for the SA games came to meet her at Ganobhaban, as preparation for staging the sporting extravaganza in Dhaka is all but complete.
The PM also promised the players that the ongoing modern training programmes for them would be carried on in the future as well.
She announced cash awards for the teams and players based on their performances in the SA games that will kick off Friday (January 29) and end on February 9.
The cash awards announced for team events are: Tk 1.5 million (15 lakh) for gold medal, Tk 1.0 million for silver medal and Tk 0.3 million for bronze medal (football, cricket and hockey); Tk 1.0 million for gold, Tk 0.4 million for silver and Tk 0.15 million for bronze medal (kabaddi, basketball, volleyball and handball).
Besides, for individual events, every player will get Tk 0.5 million for gold, Tk 0.2 million for silver and Tk 50,000 for bronze medal.
The PM mentioned that the Awami League government in the past did not hesitate to allocate necessary money for the sports sector. "Like the present, our endeavour for sports development won't stop in the future as well," she said.
Hasina, also the chief patron of the South Asian Organising Committee, thanked Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) and the SA Games organising committee for arranging such a meeting just on the eve of the SA Games, known as the South Asian Olympic.