Covid pushing sports towards another halt
Following the upsurge in coronavirus's cases, country's sports sector is gradually halting again as some national sports federations have already suspended their scheduled leagues or tournaments.
Though Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is holding BPL T20 tournament in empty stadiums, some other sports federation like football, archery and kabaddi are pondering whether to suspend their tournaments.
Premier Division Chess League was scheduled to get underway on January 20 but the chess federation suspended the meet as clubs could not rope in foreign players to strengthen their squads. Likewise, National Handball Championship, which was scheduled to start on January 22, was suspended as the federation decided not to endanger the athletes who were supposed to assemble in Dhaka.
Ahead of an international tournament in Indonesia next month, Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation was also to hold an Air Gun Championship this month, but that was suspended while archery federation and hockey federation have also decided not to hold their respective meets before March.
However, the decisions regarding starting Bangladesh Premier League football from Feb 3, Bangladesh Championship League in the second week of February and Pioneer league in the third week are likely to be revised.
"The professional football management committee has called for an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss different issues," said Jaber Bin Taher Ansari, manager of the professional football league.
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