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Cristiano Ronaldo has played with power for 20 consecutive years in European club football. The Portuguese striker joined the Asian football after studying in England, Spain and Italy. He signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Al Nasser, a club in the Middle East country of Saudi Arabia. The Portuguese star wants to share his two decades of experience in the Middle Eastern country.

Saudi Arabia’s local media ‘Saudi Gazette’ reported in a report that Cristiano Ronaldo will also work as an ambassador of Saudi football after his playing career. As a result, the Muslim leader is raising new questions in the minds of football fans about Al Nasser Club of this country.

Al Nasser is one of the leading clubs in Saudi Arabia. The club based in Riyadh, the country’s capital, was founded in 1955.

Al Nasser is one of the leading clubs in Saudi Arabia. The club based in Riyadh, the country’s capital, was founded in 1955. The club plays in the Saudi Professional League (SFL), Saudi’s top football competition. Another name of the competition is Abdul Latif Jamil League or Dauri Jamil.

In Al Nasser club, Ronaldo will have Cameroon captain Vincent Abubakar who defeated Brazil in Qatar World Cup, Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina, former Brazilian midfielder Luis Gustavo of Bayern Munich and Benfica midfielder Talisca as teammates. Apart from this, six footballers from Saudi Arabia, who were in the last World Cup squad.

Former French footballer Rudy Garcia is in charge of the head coach of this club. During his playing career he played for Ligue 1 club Lille. After his playing career, Garcia has been involved in coaching for 28 years. He was the coach of French Ligue’R clubs Marseille and Lyon. He was also in charge of the Italian club Roma for 3 years. Then this year he joined Al Nasser.

Al Nasser Club has won the second highest number of titles (9 times) in the domestic league of Saudi Arabia which started in 1976. In the last three seasons in this league, the champion Al Hilal club has won a maximum of 18 times. Ronaldo’s club last won the title in the 2018-19 season.

Like Europe, the football season in Saudi Arabia also starts in August. Where 16 teams face each other twice on ‘home-away’ basis. Where each team plays 30 matches and the team with the highest points wins the title. And the top three teams in the league play in the AFC Champions League.

In addition to the Saudi Professional League, Al Nasser also plays in the King’s Cup, Crown Prince Cup, Federation Cup and Saudi Super Cup. Apart from this, the club also has the experience of winning titles in GCC Champions League at regional level and Asian Cup Winners Cup and Asian Super Cup at continental level.

In the current 2022-23 season, there have been 10 rounds of matches in the Saudi Arabian league so far. Where Riyadh-based club Al Shabaab is at the top with 25 points. Second placed Al Nasser club has 23 points. And Al Hilal’s position is fourth with 21 points.

Al Nasr also has its own stadium. The team’s home venue, King South University Stadium, opened its doors in 2015 with a capacity of 25,000. Last year, a friendly match between Barcelona and Boca Juniors was held at this ground in memory of Argentine legend Diego Maradona.

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One of the most important technologies in modern cricket is the Decision Review System (DRS). This technology plays a very effective role in making the correct decisions of the umpires on the cricket field. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is also desperate to do better than the previous editions in the upcoming BPL, technically speaking. But its fullness will not be seen at the beginning of the season.

BPL Governing Council Chairman Ismail Haider Mallick said this while talking to reporters at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday (December 31).

The ninth season of the seven-team franchise-based BPL T20 will begin on January 6. But due to the busy international schedule, the DRS technology is not available to the board from the beginning of the tournament. However, the three matches of the eliminator and the final will see full DRS technology.

Ismail Haider Mallick said, ‘You just know that the India series is over. Our tournament starts on the 6th. The thing about DRS is that it will be in the eliminator. There are three matches, another final. Here will be complete DRS. And in the remaining matches we are trying to provide an alternate DRS.’

The reason for not being able to bring full DRS, said the official, is that there are a lot of games being played all over the world at this time. There are two companies available for DRS – Hawk Eye and Virtual Eye. Basically Hawk Eye which is not available. Virtual Eye is usually done there in Australia-New Zealand. As Hawkeye is contracted in bilateral series, we can only bring in eliminators.’

Sixty years of BSPA Kazi Salahuddin refused despite receiving the award. Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan has been selected as the best sportsman in 50 years of the country’s independence by the Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA). Where the current BAFFE and South Asian Football Federation president and former footballer Kazi Md won the second place. Saladin. But the former star footballer refused the award.

Ten sportspersons of post-independence Bangladesh were felicitated on the occasion of BSPA’s 60th anniversary at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital on Friday (December 30). But the Buff President left the venue soon after the names of the first and second athletes were announced.

The executive committee of Bafuf held a meeting on Saturday regarding the incident. In this meeting it was decided to reject BSPA’s second place prize. After the meeting, Buffe said this through a press release.

According to the press release, “Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) brave freedom fighter, one of the players of Swadhin Bengali football team, recipient of Shaheed Sheikh Kamal Jatiya Krira Parishad award and elected president of Bangladesh Football Federation and South Asian Football Federation (SAF) for the fourth consecutive term. Md. A decision was taken to reject the award of ‘Second Best Sportsman’ awarded to Salahuddin. Awarding such a farce to a brave freedom fighter is an insult to our great liberation war, freedom and independent Bengali football team and at the same time insulting to all involved in sports and football.’

Meanwhile, BSPA’s runner-up prize money check and crest were returned by the Buff Executive Committee. They returned it to the office of the Bangladesh Sports Writers Association.