NSC Plans to Host Football Tournament

The National Sports Council (NSC) is contemplating to hold the Independence Cup football tournament next month to commemorate the country's Independence Day.

With the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) annual calendar showing the Swadhinata Cup scheduled also for March, the two organisations would be set for a collision course on the same event.

However, NSC secretary Akbar Hossain informed that if the BFF sticks to its calendar, they will look forward to revive the International Invitational Football Tournament that was cancelled earlier this year for the consequences of Cyclone Sidr.

"We want to involve the top clubs of Dhaka for the tournament but have to discuss with BFF and the Liberation War Affairs Ministry before taking a decision," Akbar told the press yesterday.

"If the BFF goes for it, we will consider staging the international meet that was cancelled," the NSC secretary added.

The BFF hosted the Swadhinata Cup in 2006 in association with the ministry and its acting general secretary Manzoor Hossain Malu says it is their duty to organise the event in March.