Asian Youth Games Bangladesh humiliated
July 03, 2009 00:00:00
Bangladesh conceded humiliating defeats in both of their FIBA 3 on 3 Basketball matches of the First Asian Youth Games at the Anglican High School in Singapore Thursday.
Bangladesh suffered 06-33 points defeat against United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the morning and 04-33 points defeat against Thailand in the afternoon.
Skipper Khaled Mahmud Akash scored all the six points for Bangladesh against UAE while Abu Obaida Adib scored three and Akash scored one for Bangladesh against Thailand.
Bangladesh, which got walkover against Malaysia in the inaugural match, will play their last group match against Palestine today (Friday) at 10:30am (local time).
Two Bangladeshi male shooters-Shovon Chowdhury and Mahmudul Hasan- will compete in the men's 10-metre Air Rifles Saturday (July 4).
Bangladeshi shooter Syeda Sadia Sultana of BKSP finished 7th in the 10-metre Air Rifles scoring 392 Wednesday while another Bangladeshi shooter Tripu Dutta eliminated in the qualifying round.
Earlier on Tuesday, both the Bangladeshi male and female athletes Mesbah Ahmed and Shirin Akhter quit from the heats of their respective 100-metre sprint, reports UNB.