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Vol. 5 Num 692 Thu. May 11, 2006  
   
Sports


BFF announces primary squad


Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announced a 27-member preliminary squad to prepare for the 10th South Asian Games to be held in Colombo in August.

Argentine coach Diego Cruciani called up eleven fresh faces, most of them Under-17 and Under-20 players, to the fold for the Under-23 regional competition.

The residential camp will start at BKSP from May 15 and the selected players have been asked to report at 10am on the same day at the Motijheel's BFF Bhaban.

"The camp will continue till last week of June and after that the final team will be announced. The federation is planning to send the final squad to Bangkok for one month's training," said secretary of the team management committee Sayeed Hassan Kanan.

SQUAD
GOALKEEPERS:
SM Shakil (Arambagh), Atiqul Islam Tareq (Brothers) and Mazharul Islam Himel (Badda).

DEFENDERS: Ariful Islam (Youngmen's), Shoab Hossain Sunny (Rahmatganj), Arafat Ali Ronny (Mohammedan), Abul Kashem (Victoria), Zahirul Islam (Farashganj), Siraji (Brothers), Wali Faisal (Abahani), Ripon Khan (Youngmen's) and Atiqur Rahman (Sheikh Russel).

MIDFIELDERS: Arman Aziz (Mohammedan), Shahriar Abdullah Rintu (Arambagh), Rashed Ahmed Pappu (Muktijoddha), Zahed Parvez Chowdhury (Abahani), Mehdi Hasan Ujjal (Abahani), Abdullah Al Parvez (Abahani), Zahid Hossain (Mohammedan), Nasirul Islam (Badda), Maruf Ahmed (Sheikh Russel) and Faisal (Arambagh).

STRIKERS: Zahid Hasan Emily (Brothers), Mehedi Hasan Tapu (Brothers), Abu Murshed (Arambagh), Mohammad Robin (Youngmen's) and Mithun Chowdhury (Victoria).