Sherpur Correspondent

I will not be surprised if any player from Nakla upazila of Sherpur plays in the national team in the future.

Nowadays village boys and girls are getting more opportunities to play in the national team.

At upazila level, Father of the Bengali Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Sheikh Faziltunnesa Mujib National Gold Cup Football Tournament Boys (Under-17) 2023 as the chief guest of the opening ceremony, the great Jatiya Sangsad Deputy Leader Begum Matia Chowdhury MP said this in the conference.

The Deputy Leader of Parliament also said that the village has a moderate number of playgrounds for practicing sports. In this, every boy and girl gets the opportunity to practice various sports from childhood. Therefore, she expressed hope that Nakla players will also play in the national team in the future and even lead the team.

Organized by the upazila administration and with the support of the upazila sports organization, the upazila executive officer and president of the upazila sports organization Sadia Ummul Banin presided over the opening ceremony. General Secretary of Upazila Sports Association and Organizing Secretary of Upazila Awami League Samiul Haque Mukta conducted the program.

Chairman of Upazila Parishad and Advisor of Upazila Sports Association Shah Mohammad Borhan Uddin, General Secretary of Upazila Awami League FF Shafiqul Islam Zinnah, Joint General Secretary and Municipal Mayor Hafizur Rahman Liton spoke as the special guest.
Vice Chairman of Upazila Parishad Mohammad Saroar Alam Talukdar and Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Police Station and Vice President of Upazila Sports Association Mohammad Riyad Mahmud and others also spoke.

Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Shihabul Arif, Vice President of Upazila Sports Association and Chairman of Ganpaddi UP Shamsur Rahman Abul, Additional General Secretary Mir Motaleb Hossain, Joint General Secretary Shah Mohiuddin Ahmed Lovelu; Executive Member and Joint GS of Upazila AL Khalilur Rahman, Executive Member and Organizational Secretary of Upazila AL Abdur Rashid Sarkar, Executive Member and Publicity Secretary of Upazila AL Golam Hafiz Sohel, Convenor of Upazila Chhatra League Abu Hamza Kanak, President of Nakla Press Club and Organizing Secretary of Bangabandhu Education-Research Council Nakla Upazila Unit Md Musharaf Hossain, Press Club Organizing Secretary Fazlay Rabbi Rajon and Md Noor Hossain, Office Secretary Md Salim Reza, Finance Secretary Abdullah Al-Amin along with other leaders of the Nakal Press Club, journalist of different media, officials and employees of different departments, sports organizers, sportsmen, dignitaries of the area, members of the executive and general councils of upazila sports organizations, political leaders, sports figures at different levels of the upazila, sports teachers and students of different educational institutions were present.

In the opening game, Nakla Municipal Team beat Charashtadhar Union Team 2-0 to advance to the second round.