The Games, to be competed among athletes from Bangladesh and West Bengal from February 24-28, will be hosted in Kolkata.

A 228-member Bangladesh team will leave Dhaka on February 22 by road to participate in the eight-event Games.

Manu, who had a meeting with the team managers and Bangladesh Olympic Association officials yesterday, listened to suggestions and asked the athletes to follow the instructions and maintain strict discipline.

premier Kabaddi

Bangladesh Rifles clinched the Premier Kabaddi League title with a hard-fought 30-25 win over Bangladesh Police in the tiebreakers at the Outer Stadium Kabaddi court.

The winners led the first half 10-7 but the losing side bounced back in the second session to equal the score 22-22 in the regulation time in the final only take the game into tiebreaker.

Club Cup Rugby

Azad Sporting Club lifted the title of Club Cup Rugby, the first ever rugby tournament held in the country. On the final day, Azad defeated Victoria Sporting Club 7-5 at the Paltan Maidan to finish atop the table.

Arambagh Krira Sangha finished runners-up when they blanked Dhaka Mariner Youngs Club 26-0 in the day's other match.

Junior Chess

Shamima Akhter Liza retained solo lead in the 28th BASIC Bank National Junior (Under-20) Boys and Girls Chess Championship with seven points after seven rounds.

Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar and Abdullah Al Saif were sharing the second spot with six points.

In the seventh round, Liza beat Saimon, Sagar beat Masum, Saif beat Ikramul, Shirin beat Sharif, Mahin beat Delwar and Pavel got walkover against Shiblu.

Shaheed Smriti Hockey

Bangladesh Air Force and BKSP won their respective matches in the Shaheed Smriti Hockey tournament on the opening day of the six-team meet at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium.

Air Force beat Mukta Bihanga 3-2 while BKSP blanked Crystal Co-operative Alliance 2-0.