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The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has roped in government cellular phone operator Teletalk
as the title sponsor of the three-match charity series for the victims of cyclone Sidr.
Teletalk is expected to provide Tk 3 lakh in addition to giving support to publicity and ticket
selling of the three matches between Abahani and Mohammedan, confirmed BFF acting general secretary
Manzoor Hossain Malu yesterday.
Teletalk, the state-run mobile phone company, has signed with the Bangladesh Football Federation
(BFF) as the title sponsor of the three-match Abahani-Mohammedan football series organised to raise
fund for the cyclone-affected people.
The BFF arranged the series between the Bangladesh's two sporting titans to be held at the
Bangabandhu National Stadium on December 3, 5 and 7 to help the Sidr victims.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is contemplating walking into the past as the executive
committee has decided to ask FIFA's permission to hold the next election according to the 2003
constitution.
After BFF president SA Sultan's meeting with the organisers and ex footballers outside the
federation on Tuesday, the executive committee once again ignored the urge to hold a general
meeting for open discussion and push the ball into FIFA's court.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president SA Sultan dragged the media in his on-going war
against Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury when he lodged an official complaint to the chairman of
National Sports Council (NSC) yesterday.
In a letter to the NSC chairman and Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed, Sultan claimed that the
sports adviser had made some unnecessary and uncalled for remarks on his 'family' television
channel ETV and to reporters against the BFF beyond his jurisdiction on December 6.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) President SA Sultan has handed over a cheque to National
Sports Council chairman and Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed.
The BFF donated a total of Tk 901,636 to the Chief Adviser's Relief Fund for the victims of Cyclone
Sidr.
Malu, Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan of Mohammedan Sporting Club and Kazi Nabil Ahmed of Abahani were also
present while the cheque was handed over to the NSC chairman.
The three associations of sports journalists - Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association,
Bangladesh Sports Writers Association and Bangladesh Sports Journalists and Writers Community -
yesterday demanded Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president SA Sultan's apology for trying to
disgrace the media last week.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) officials had a meeting with the general secretaries of
the district sports associations (DSA) yesterday, with a view to ease the way to the coming
elections of the proposed DFAs (district and divisional football associations).
BFF president SA Sultan, acting general secretary Manzoor Hossain Malu, vice-presidents and other
officials were present.
The ice surrounding the relationship between football organisers inside and outside the Bangladesh
Football Federation (BFF) has seemingly begun to melt after a delegation of organisers and
ex-players met federation president SA Sultan yesterday.
Ex-BFF general secretary Harunur Rashid, former national captain and BFF high-up Badal Roy,
organisers Fazlur Rahman Babul, Shawkat Khan Jahangir, Nurul Alam Chowdhury and ex-national booters
Sheikh Mohammed Aslam and Kaiser Hamid were part of the delegation that met the BFF boss at his
office last afternoon.
Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury yesterday termed the allegations made against him by Bangladesh
Football Federation (BFF) president SA Sultan as 'baseless'.
The sports adviser also told reporters during the prize giving ceremony of the Victory Day judo
competitions that Sultan's remarks against the media was of 'bad taste'.
The rumour surrounding Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president SA Sultan's resignation
materialised as a document supporting the fact was available yesterday.
Sultan has sent his resignation letter to FIFA president Sepp Blatter on December 15, stating: "I
hereby resign from the post of president of the Bangladesh Football Federation due to unavoidable
circumstances and personal reasons.
Footballers and organisers yesterday said they were embarrassed about Bangladesh Football
Federation (BFF) president SA Sultan's abrasive remarks about Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury and
the media.
"We never expected the chief of the football federation to attack the sports boss and media.
Nine days after SA Sultan's reported resignation as the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF)
president, football's governing body in the country remained in total darkness about the
incident.
Questions have already been raised whether Sultan had done the right thing by tendering his
resignation to FIFA president Sepp Blatter or not.
