SHORT CORNER

Silver for Mabia, Smriti

Sports Reporter

South Asian Games gold medallist Mabia Akter Simanta bagged a silver medal in 71kg category in the 5th International Solidarity Weightlifting Championships after bettering her individual performance in Cairo, Egypt yesterday.

Simanta, who had a national record of lifting total 172 kilos – 75 kilos in snatch and 97 kilos in clean and jerk -- lifted a lot of 180 kilos to finish behind Egypt's Rania Mohamed Ezzat, who lifted a total of 207 kilos to ensure the gold medal. Simanta lifted 80 kilos in snatch and 100 kilos in clean and jerk.

Meanwhile, Smriti Akter bagged a silver medal in 45kg category lifting total of 123 kilos – 55 kilos in snatch and 58 kilos in clean and jerk, informedn Bangladesh Weightlifting Federation's vice-president Mohyuddin Ahmed.

Booters' bans reduced

Sports Reporter

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) reduced the punishment of Bashundhara Kings defender Sushanta Tripura and striker Towhidul Alam Sabuz and Abahani defender Mamun Mia after the three footballers appealed to reconsider their punishment.

Having reviewed the punishment of those footballers, the BFF Appeal Committee on Tuesday reduced Tripura's eight-match ban to six matches while Sabuz's and Mamun's six-match bans to five matches each. However, the committee kept the monetary punishment unchanged.

The BFF Disciplinary Committee had handed the punishment on four players from Bashundhara Kings and Abahani as they engaged in ugly brawl during the Federation Cup final in November. Abahani's striker Nabib Newaj Jibon has already served a two-match ban in the ongoing Independence Cup.