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Vol. 4 Num 316 Mon. April 19, 2004  
   
Sports


Where's Al Shabb?


The Bangladesh Football Fede-ration (BFF) officials were mystified yesterday over the arrival of Yemen's Al Shabb Ibb FC for an AFC Cup match against Mukti-joddha Sangsad Krira Chakra.

The match takes place tomorrow but the Yemen club, who were expected to reach Dhaka last night, were yet to land.

BFF general secretary Anwarul Haque Helal said that they had even arranged visas after a request was made by Al Shabb.

"We couldn't convey the message to Yemen due to technical problems. However the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has been informed," Helal said.

"Frankly speaking, we really don't know whether they are coming or not. All that is known is they were coming to Dhaka by Qatar Airways today," the worried BFF general secretary added.

Interestingly, before Muktijoddha's away match in Yemen confusion over certain documents, caused the Dhaka giants to concede the game before kicking a ball.