Two nat'l soccer teams to be named today

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Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will announce today (Saturday) separate national football squads for the upcoming two international meets to be held this month.
The BFF would name a 20-member squad for the Nehru Cup Football Tournament and another 18-member squad for the Merdeka Football Tournament, BFF Acting General Secretary Manjoor Hossain Malu told the UNB.
The six-team Nehru Cup will be held on August 16-29 in New Delhi while the six-team Merdeka Football Tournament to be held on August 19-29 in Kuala Lumpur.
Earlier, BFF primarily selected 45 booters in two batches -- 25 in the first batch and 20 in the second batch -- to form separate teams for the two traditional football tournaments.
The initially selected booters are attending a residential training camp since August 1 under the supervision of famed Indian coach Syed Nayeemuddin at the BKSP in Savar.