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Vol. 5 Num 61 Tue. July 27, 2004  
   
Sports


Pioneer football


The super league of the Shinepukur Ceramics 21st Pioneer Football League will begin on August 1 at the Shaheed Mustafa Kamal Stadium in Kamlapur with Dhaka Gazipur Ekadosh taking on Nawabpur KC in the opening match.

Ten teams, split into two groups, will take part in the super league phase. Top two teams from each group will play the semifinals. Finally, three teams - champions, runners-up and third finishers will gain promotion to the Dhaka Metropolis 3rd Division Football League from next season.

Group A - Gazipur Ekadosh, Dhaka Junior SC, Islampur Uttaran KC, Jirabo SC and Nawabpur KC.

Group B - Great Wall SC, Mahanagar KC, Friends Social Welfare Organization, RND KC and Dipta Tarunya KC.

Earlier, 63 teams split into five zones took part in the first phase matches and two teams from each zone qualified for the 10-team super league.