Hockey gets new sponsor

The Dhaka Mercantile Co-Operative Bank Limited has come forward to sponsor Bangladesh national hockey team for the upcoming AHF Cup, the qualifying tournament for Asia Cup 2022.

The tournament is scheduled to take place in Jakarta from March 11 to 20 with the top three teams joining the automatic qualifiers – India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Pakistan – in the Asia Cup.

"We thank the sponsors for coming forward to sponsor the national team," BHF's acting general secretary Mohammad Yousuf said at the cheque handover ceremony yesterday in presence of BHF president Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan and DMCB chairman Abu Jafar Chowdhury.

The training camp with 28 players will start today at BKSP under interim coach Iman Gobinathan Krishnamurthy.