BD boxers ineligible?
Two Bangladeshi boxers will not be able to take part in the Commonwealth Games, which got underway in Gold Coast, Australia yesterday, according to a satellite television report from Australia.
Boxers Mohammad Al Amin and Robin Mia were supposed to take the ring today in 64kg and 60kg categories, but satellite television Channel 24 reported that they are not eligible to participate.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The official website of the games did not feature the names of the two Bangladeshi boxers in the starting list.
“I don't know exactly what happened there, but I can guess from my previous experience that if the officials of the respective nation do not attend the managers' meeting, the athletes of that country lose their eligibility to take part,” said MA Kuddus, outgoing general secretary of Bangladesh Amateur Boxing Federation.
Kazi Abdul Mannan is accompanying the boxers as coach-cum-manager.