CHITTAGONG: Sheikh Kamal International Football Tournament will be inaugurated at MA Aziz Stadium in port city Chittagong on Tuesday afternoon.

Dhaka Abahani and Karachi Electronics Club will meet in the inaugural match at 4:30pm.

Private satellite television channel ‘Channel 9’ will telecast the match live.

‘Channel 9’ Chittagong bureau chief Ezaz Mahmud told banglanews that their television will broadcast 12 matches of the 1st round, 2 semi finals and the final match live.

However, the tournament, first of its kind in Bangladesh, will be organized Chittagong Abahani Limited with the assistance of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and patronization of Saif Powertech.

Nine teams from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and host Bangladesh will take part two groups in the tournament.

Dhaka Abahani, Chittagong Abahani and Dhaka Mohammedan of Bangladesh; East Bengal and Kolkata Mohammedan of India; Solid FC of Sri Lanka; Shahin Asmayee Football Club and Afghan premier league champion De Spin Ghar Bazan of Afghanistan and Karachi Electric Club of Pakistan will participate in the tournament.

BDST: 1430 HRS, OCT 20, 2015
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