Men's football team instead of women's
The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) is set to reverse its initial decision of sending the women's football team instead of the men's team in the upcoming Asian Games following a recent request from the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) in this regard.
The upcoming Asian Games are scheduled to be held in Indonesia from August 18 to September 2.
“We had a discussion about sending the women's team due to the good performance of the under-16 women's team at international level, but nothing was finalised. We will sit within a couple of days to take a final decision on it,” BOA's secretary general Syed Shahed Reza said yesterday adding that the BFF has requested them to select the men's team instead of the women's team.
BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag also confirmed that they do not want to send the women's team at the expense of the men's team.
“We recently wrote a letter to the BOA saying that if it wants to select one team, it should choose the men's team. However, it can select both teams if it wants,” Shohag said.
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