Daily Star in last eight

The Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) football tournament is back after six years and so is The Daily Star. The popular English language daily yesterday launched its title defence with a 1-0 win against Gtv in a closely-fought game at the Handball Stadium.

Mohammed Al-Amin, a veteran campaigner, rolled back the years to tap in the winner after being nicely fed by a silky Fazlur Rahman. The victory guaranteed The Daily Star a place in today's quarterfinal against Kaler Kantha, a leading Bangla daily, who disposed of bdnews24.com 4-1 in a shootout.

The six-a-side tournament involving the media houses is being sponsored by Walton.