BD women intend to carry on

The Bangladesh national women's handball team intends to carry on with their winning momentum in the IHF Trophy handball tournament when they face low ranking Afghanistan in their group's second and final fixture at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium today.

An outright win over their Afghan counterparts will put the home side on top of Group A as well allow them to circumvent the semifinal clash against the possible Group B champion, India.

The girls in red and green enjoyed a brilliant start as they beat Sri Lanka 47-18 in their opening encounter. Sri Lanka however, managed to keep their hopes of moving into the last four alive by defeating Afghanistan 18-16 yesterday.

Meanwhile at the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Stadium, Bangladesh's men's team hope to bounce back during their second match against Maldives following their 31-45 defeat at the hands of mighty India, who yesterday notched up their second straight win with a comprehensive 52-14 victory over Sri Lanka.

In the day's other matches of the men's section, Pakistan thrashed Nepal 32-16 and Afghanistan beat Maldives 24-22 while India and Pakistan defeated Nepal and Maldives 45-16 and 31-8 respectively in women's section.