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Vol. 5 Num 1036 Tue. May 01, 2007  
   
Sports


Russel officials punished heavily


The B. League committee suspended Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra's official in-charge of team affairs Mosharraf Dewan and assistant manager Habibur Rahman Manu for three and two years respectively for assaulting referee Munaf Sarker after last week's match against Arambagh.

This comes after the club's decision to suspend both the officials for lesser periods.

The two officials would be persona-non-grata at all stadiums during tournaments of the Bangladesh Football Federation.

Russel's ball-boys Sayeed and Kamal have been banned at all venues for life for same reason. The BFF has also recommended the club to sack the pair.

The committee, which fined the club Tk 50,000 for failing to control the situation, hailed their players including Moroccan midfielder Ighir Mohamed for trying to stop the assault and save the referee.