The Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF dismissed allegations of bias in the selection of the national team for the upcoming Men’s Hockey Asia Cup, beginning August 29 in Bihar, India.

Drawn in Group F, Bangladesh will face France, Australia, and South Korea.

Bangladesh are eying semifinal berths in both men’s and women’s events of U-18 Asia Cup hockey, which will be held in Dazhou, China from July 3-13.

Bangladesh have been pitted alongside last edition’s runners-up France as well as hockey powerhouses Australia and South Korea in Group F of their debut campaign in the upcoming Junior World Cup Hockey, the draw for which was held in Lausanne, Switzerland on Saturday.

Terming Bangladesh’s failure to qualify for the Asia Cup for the first time as a ‘big blow’ to the country’s hockey , general secretary of Bangladesh Hockey Federation’s (BHF) ad-hoc committee, Lt Col (retd) Riazul Hasan, has cited lack of finances as a cause for the team’s disastrous performance in the ongoing AHF Cup.

Asked about the exclusion of Jimmy, the committee’s general secretary Lt Col (rtd) Riazul Hasan said, “We have been given the responsibility by emphasising development. If we talk about development, it consists of both the present and future.

A bunch of national players will get the opportunity to play in different European hockey leagues as Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) is all set to appoint German coach Peter Gerhard Rach as the technical director of the local game’s governing body from June 1.

Players featuring in the ongoing Premier Division Hockey League are set to experience a different kind of Eid this time around, with many having to celebrate the joyous occasion away from their kin and others having a shortened holiday period.

The High Court has questioned the legality of the chief election commissioner’s notification of a 28-member executive committee of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF).

Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) is planning to hold the Dhaka Premier Division Hockey League in October after a two-year gap, but it all depends on the willingness on the clubs.