Bangladesh Olympic Association president General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief Of Army Staff Of Bangladesh Army, speaks as vice president Kazi Nabil Ahmed and secretary general Syed Shahed Reza look on Sazzad Hossain/Bangla Tribune
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Publish : 27 Dec 2021, 09:01 PMUpdate : 30 Dec 2021, 09:01 PM
Bangladesh Olympic Association president General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army said the newly elected committee will be focusing on more medals, during an interaction with the media at the BOA House Monday.
The BOA president set their target after a courtesy call with the newly elected executive committee.
With BOA secretary general Syed Shahed Reza, vice president Kazi Nabil Ahmed and other officials alongside him, the BOA chief said, "It is a great honor to be bestowed with such a responsibility on the Golden Jubilee of Independence and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu. I count myself lucky. I thank the honorable Prime Minister for trusting me. I will endeavor to repay the trust shown in me.
"I just took over. I discussed with all those who are with me, the executive committee. After getting introduced with them, I saw that all the members of this committee are experts in their respective fields. We have set a simple goal by utilizing their combined skills. Which aims to do better than before. Inshallah, with the cooperation of all of you, we will be able to do better than before. '
"I'm the president of the olympic association. Naturally I will think of the Olympics. I have no other alternative. The target has to be long term. If we are to do well in Olympics, we have to perform well in South Asian Games and Asian Games."
The BOA president informed that the executive committee will soon sit for a meeting where an action plan will be given out.
He said, "The visible thing is that the way we are doing well in cricket, we want to do same in football, I want to say, for example, that Brazil invests in football but not so much in cricket. We will invest more in all the potential areas. We are aiming at different games, aiming at the Olympics so that we can increase the number of medals. That will be our primary goal. The point is, we want to achieve something.
"Our aim will be to give some visible outputs. Bangladesh have done better in the Olympics than before and because of this we have got good results in various sports.
"You have done well in many disciplines but have not been able to increase the number of medals. Then it will be difficult to judge the good you have done. We are focusing on which events can increase our medal tally."
He continued, "I can say this, I have the experience of playing first division football and cricket. I played a lot of sports starting from my cadet college days. I love sports. I will always be focused. I will try my very best.
"I was in the Army football team. I played in the first division of Khulna. And I played in Khulna Brothers Union.
"I will listen in detail first like what was the previous achievement, where our chances lie, and then we will move on. So I'll let you know later."
Asked about the separate track for athletics, he said, "It's a matter of time before we can increase the sports facilities, increase tracks, athletic grounds, football fields, cricket fields. I will try to expose all the fields and execute the plan well."
The BOA president said he had and the secretary general had already discussed those matters with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
"Shahed bhai and I have discussed the matter with the honorable Prime Minister. She loves sports very much. So I can guarantee. She (Prime Minister) said spontaneously, 'what do you need?' and she will give us support. I am already signing a letter and sending it to her. She will help us. Since we have got her blessings and we also the desire, Inshallah I firmly believe we can do something very good," said the BOA chief.
"We can bring a lot of medals in archery, but these disciplines must be improved to win the hearts and minds of ordinary people."
Responding to a query, the BOA president expressed gratitude to the Swadhin Bangla football team and said, "We always respect old heroes. Because I personally believe that without singing the praises of virtue, virtue is not born."
BOA president targets more medals in Games
Bangladesh Olympic Association president General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army said the newly elected committee will be focusing on more medals, during an interaction with the media at the BOA House Monday.
The BOA president set their target after a courtesy call with the newly elected executive committee.
With BOA secretary general Syed Shahed Reza, vice president Kazi Nabil Ahmed and other officials alongside him, the BOA chief said, "It is a great honor to be bestowed with such a responsibility on the Golden Jubilee of Independence and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu. I count myself lucky. I thank the honorable Prime Minister for trusting me. I will endeavor to repay the trust shown in me.
"I just took over. I discussed with all those who are with me, the executive committee. After getting introduced with them, I saw that all the members of this committee are experts in their respective fields. We have set a simple goal by utilizing their combined skills. Which aims to do better than before. Inshallah, with the cooperation of all of you, we will be able to do better than before. '
"I'm the president of the olympic association. Naturally I will think of the Olympics. I have no other alternative. The target has to be long term. If we are to do well in Olympics, we have to perform well in South Asian Games and Asian Games."
The BOA president informed that the executive committee will soon sit for a meeting where an action plan will be given out.
He said, "The visible thing is that the way we are doing well in cricket, we want to do same in football, I want to say, for example, that Brazil invests in football but not so much in cricket. We will invest more in all the potential areas. We are aiming at different games, aiming at the Olympics so that we can increase the number of medals. That will be our primary goal. The point is, we want to achieve something.
"Our aim will be to give some visible outputs. Bangladesh have done better in the Olympics than before and because of this we have got good results in various sports.
"You have done well in many disciplines but have not been able to increase the number of medals. Then it will be difficult to judge the good you have done. We are focusing on which events can increase our medal tally."
He continued, "I can say this, I have the experience of playing first division football and cricket. I played a lot of sports starting from my cadet college days. I love sports. I will always be focused. I will try my very best.
"I was in the Army football team. I played in the first division of Khulna. And I played in Khulna Brothers Union.
"I will listen in detail first like what was the previous achievement, where our chances lie, and then we will move on. So I'll let you know later."
Asked about the separate track for athletics, he said, "It's a matter of time before we can increase the sports facilities, increase tracks, athletic grounds, football fields, cricket fields. I will try to expose all the fields and execute the plan well."
The BOA president said he had and the secretary general had already discussed those matters with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
"Shahed bhai and I have discussed the matter with the honorable Prime Minister. She loves sports very much. So I can guarantee. She (Prime Minister) said spontaneously, 'what do you need?' and she will give us support. I am already signing a letter and sending it to her. She will help us. Since we have got her blessings and we also the desire, Inshallah I firmly believe we can do something very good," said the BOA chief.
"We can bring a lot of medals in archery, but these disciplines must be improved to win the hearts and minds of ordinary people."
Responding to a query, the BOA president expressed gratitude to the Swadhin Bangla football team and said, "We always respect old heroes. Because I personally believe that without singing the praises of virtue, virtue is not born."
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