Kings, Abahani to clash in high-voltage encounter today
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27th February, 2021 10:53:30
Bashundhara Kings Spanish coach Oscar Bruzon, left, talks to players during a training session at the Bashundhara Sports Complex on Saturday. – SUN PHOTO
Defending champions Bashundhara Kings and runners-up Dhaka Abahani Limited will lock horns with each other today in a high-voltage match of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League football match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital at 4:00pm.
Holders maintained an unbeaten run to 11 matches in the league and consolidated the top spot with 31 points from 10 wins and a draw. The star-studded club scored 28 goals and conceded only 4. Kings’ Brazilian forward Robson Azevedo Da Silva Robinho currently leading the top scorers list in netting 12 goals including a hat-trick.
61st Golden Shears in jeopardy
27 Feb, 2021 08:44 PM
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The 2019 Golden Shears in Masterton s War Memorial Stadium, where event s been held every year since 1961. Photo / SSNZ
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The Golden Shears international shearing championships society executive will meet at 10.30am today to discuss the likely cancellation of the Shears for the first time in its 61 years.
The 2021 championships are scheduled to start on Thursday and end next Saturday, in Masterton s War Memorial Stadium, where the Golden Shears have been held every year since 1961.
President Sam Saunders said this morning that his committee has discussed the Covid-19 situation over many months and the view has been that the championships could not go-ahead under Level 2.