Rajshahi maintained the lead at the top of the medal tally, highlighted by their triumph in the boys’ football event. Chittagong are only two gold medals behind the leader, and also ensured golds in three team events in men's kabaddi, handball, and girls’ volleyball. The finals of the other team events were also held on the fifth day of the mega event where Khulna won gold in girls’ hockey and boys’ volleyball while Rangpur became champion in boys’ hockey and kabaddi and Mymensingh clinched gold in girls’ kabaddi.
HockeyKhulna and Rangpur became champion in the girls' and boys' hockey event accordingly after winning their respective finals at Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka Wednesday. Khulna earned a comfortable 4-1 win over Dhaka while Rangpur came back from a two-goal deficit to beat Rajshahi 4-3 in a dramatic final. Ananya Biswas netted a brace while captain Nadira and Namita Karmakar added one apiece.
Ananya, who was adjudged best player of the final, said after the match, "I played for Jhenidah in the national women's championship in 2016 where we finished champion. I also scored in the final there. National women's hockey team should be formed and I want to play in the Olympics."
Both finalists in the boys' hockey have a number of players who played in the premier division hockey league with Rangpur having seven representatives and Rajshahi six. Moksedur scored three for Rangpur while Subrata added the other. Rakibul, Sarower and Morshed netted one each for Rajshahi. Meanwhile, Chittagong took bronze after beating Dhaka 11-0 in the third-place decider.
HandballChittagong, riding on the players of the Hill Tracts, clinched gold in the boys' handball event after handing Mymensingh a big 23-8 defeat in the final at M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the afternoon. Earlier Tuesday, Rajshahi won gold in women's handball beating Mymensingh 22-17.
(L-R) Rajshahi's Fatema Khatun, Shamima Jannat, Khulna's Afra Khandakar and Barisal's Jannatul Ferdous pose for photographs after winning their respective girls' boxing events
BoxingRajshahi continued their dominance on the concluding day of boxing as they won five golds out of a total of 10. Khulna won three golds while Dhaka and Barisal bagged one gold. Sheikh Limon, Anik Hawlader, Abul Talha and Mani Islam of Rajshahi won gold in the boys' 44kg, 49kg, 52kg and 56kg weight categories while Fatema Khatun of Rajshahi claimed gold in the girls' 48kg weight category. Mehedi Hasan, Shamima Jannat, Afra Khandakar of Khulna, Shahriar of Dhaka and Jannatul Ferdous of Barisal also won golds in their respective events Wednesday.
Chittagong players pose with the boys' kabaddi trophy
KabaddiThe men's kabaddi final was an exciting contest where Chittagong earned a hard-fought 30-27 victory over Sylhet while Rajshahi defeated Dhaka 20-11 in the other match to take home the bronze. In the women's final at the national kabaddi stadium, Mymensingh outplayed Chittagong 43-16 in the final in the afternoon while Khulna won bronze. Only five divisions took part in the girls' kabaddi.
The Chittagong captain receives the champion's trophy after winning the girls' volleyball event
VolleyballChittagong outplayed Sylhet by 3-0 sets in the girls' volleyball final while Khulna beat Chittagong by 3-2 sets in the boys' final. Khulna and Dhaka clinched bronze in the girls' and boys' volleyball respectively.
Both finalists in the boys' hockey have a number of players who played in the premier division hockey league with Rangpur having seven representatives and Rajshahi six. Moksedur scored three for Rangpur while Subrata added the other. Rakibul, Sarower and Morshed netted one each for Rajshahi. Meanwhile, Chittagong took bronze after beating Dhaka 11-0 in the third-place decider.HandballChittagong, riding on the players of the Hill Tracts, clinched gold in the boys' handball event after handing Mymensingh a big 23-8 defeat in the final at M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the afternoon. Earlier Tuesday, Rajshahi won gold in women's handball beating Mymensingh 22-17.
(L-R) Rajshahi's Fatema Khatun, Shamima Jannat, Khulna's Afra Khandakar and Barisal's Jannatul Ferdous pose for photographs after winning their respective girls' boxing eventsBoxingRajshahi continued their dominance on the concluding day of boxing as they won five golds out of a total of 10. Khulna won three golds while Dhaka and Barisal bagged one gold. Sheikh Limon, Anik Hawlader, Abul Talha and Mani Islam of Rajshahi won gold in the boys' 44kg, 49kg, 52kg and 56kg weight categories while Fatema Khatun of Rajshahi claimed gold in the girls' 48kg weight category. Mehedi Hasan, Shamima Jannat, Afra Khandakar of Khulna, Shahriar of Dhaka and Jannatul Ferdous of Barisal also won golds in their respective events Wednesday.
Chittagong players pose with the boys' kabaddi trophyKabaddiThe men's kabaddi final was an exciting contest where Chittagong earned a hard-fought 30-27 victory over Sylhet while Rajshahi defeated Dhaka 20-11 in the other match to take home the bronze. In the women's final at the national kabaddi stadium, Mymensingh outplayed Chittagong 43-16 in the final in the afternoon while Khulna won bronze. Only five divisions took part in the girls' kabaddi.
The Chittagong captain receives the champion's trophy after winning the girls' volleyball eventVolleyballChittagong outplayed Sylhet by 3-0 sets in the girls' volleyball final while Khulna beat Chittagong by 3-2 sets in the boys' final. Khulna and Dhaka clinched bronze in the girls' and boys' volleyball respectively.