Naogaon District Sports Association (DSA)take on Panchagarh DSA in the grand final match of National Youth U-17 Girls'Handball Championship scheduled to be held on Sunday at ShaheedCaptain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city.
The final match kicks off at 10.30 am, following the place-decidingmatch between Dhaka DSA vs Jamalpur DSA that begins at 9 am.
Principal Hamida Ali, founder of South Point School and College, sportsorganizer and former vice president of Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF)and former president of Bangladesh Women's Sports Association will be thechief guest in the final and distribute the prizes.
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On way to the final today, Naogaon DSA beat Dhaka DSA by 23-8 goalsafter leading the first half by 9-4 goals in the first semifinal whilePanchagarh DSA defeated Jamalpur DSA by 26-3 goals after dominating the firsthalf by 15-1 goals in the second semis.
Earlier in the day's group matches, Naogaon DSA beat Panchagarh DSA by30-15 goals after leading the first half by 21-6 goals, Dhaka DSA defeatedGopalganj DSA Gopalganj DSA by 21-5 goals after dominating the first half by11-3 goals and Madaripur DSA edged past Faridpur DSA by 7-6 goals afterleading the first half by 5-2 goals.
Organised by BHF, a total of seven DSAs are participating in the meet,which is being held marking the birth centenary of Father of the NationBangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The participating district teams are Panchagarh, Jamalpur, Naogaon,Faridpur, Madaripur, Gopalganj and Dhaka DSAs.