Hockey start with big defeat in Asian Games

AFP, Hangzhou  :
As presumed Bangladesh hockey team made a losing start after a massive 7-2 goals defeat to strong Japan in their first match was held at Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium on Sunday.

Japan began to dominate the proceeding and maintained their full of domination till the final whistle.

In the first quarter, Roman, Jimmy and co. were trailed by 4-0 goals and continued their scoring two goals in the third quarter and another one goal in the last quarter.

Ashraful Islam scored 29th minute and Puskar Khisa Mimo netted in the 43rd minute for Bangladesh.

After the match, Russel Mahmud Jimmy said: “We could not make good start in the first quarter but in the second and third quarter we offered some resistance but eventually we failed to detain Japan who are technically and tactically superior than us.”

Jimmy, however, hoped his team would come out strongly and not to repeat their first match mistakes in their next match against Pakistan.

In shooting, Bangladesh finished ninth out of 15 teams in the women’s 10m air rifle team event.

Three shooters could not make it to the finals even in the individual event.

Out of 59 shooters, Shaira Khatun stood 13th, Nafisa Tabassum became 25th and Kamrun Nahar Koli finished 27th position. Shaira scored her career best 628.

Hailing from a sporting family, Shayra’s father was a cricketer and her mother was a karateka. Nafisa’s score was 624.7 and Kamrun Nahar scored 623.3.