BPL now resumes on Sept 19
The Professional Football League Committee of Bangladesh Football Federation once again bowed down to clubs' pressure to defer the resumption of the Bangladesh Premier League by nearly two weeks.
The ongoing professional league, which was suspended for preparation of the national team ahead of Asian Cup play-off qualifiers against Bhutan, was supposed to resume from September 8, but it will now resume from September 19 as per the decision made yesterday.
The league committee, chaired by BFF's senior vice-president Abdus Salam Murshedy, agreed to defer the league after five clubs -- Sheikh Jamal DC, Mohammedan SC, Arambagh KS, Brothers Union and Rahmatganj MFS -- requested the committee to do so stating the clubs giving needed time for preparation after the break for Eid-ul-Azha.
“Five clubs requested to defer the resumption of the league citing their preparation after the Eid and other clubs backed the demand during the meeting,” said Jaber Al Ansari, manager of the professional league committee.
The committee had earlier reduced the number of venues to four from six in the face of demand of the participating teams.
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