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Booters do us proud

So do all the other medallists
9 February 2010, 18:00 PM
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Football has always been a sport that has been close to the heart of Bangladeshis, and thus the gold medal won by the men's team on Monday was perhaps the sweetest of the 18 gold medals that the Bangladeshi teams have tallied in this year's South Asian games. Making it even more of an achievement was the superb performance of the Bangladesh team, which swept a spirited Afghanistan eleven off the park with a resounding 4-0 victory. This is Bangladesh's first football gold in the South Asian games for over 20 years. The entire games has been a roaring success, both in terms of organisation and entertainment, but also in terms of the performance of the Bangladeshi teams, which has been our best ever in the SAF arena. We should use the success of these games as a sound basis for moving athletic achievement to the next level in this country. Specifically, we need to use the football gold as a springboard to greater things for the sport in Bangladesh. Football is still the most widely participated sport in the country, and enjoys the affection of millions of players and watchers alike. Not only would the gold medals tally create good cheer and do a world of good for the national morale, as the attainments have already demonstrated, but a robust structure for development of sports should emerge in the country sooner rather than later leading to scaling of new heights in various competitive events. Heartiest congratulations to winners of gold, silver and bronze medals that have led Bangladesh to the upper end of the regional performers. As the SAF games closed, a more confident sport loving Bangladesh should take a vow to further raise the bars of achievement across Asia and beyond.

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