The 'lack of money' blamed by BAFF for Bangladesh women's football team's tour to Myanmar was untrue.
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According to reliable sources, Sabinara did not receive the money announced by various organizations after winning Saaf. Therefore, the footballers of the national senior girls' team did not go to the camp of the national team for two days as a silent protest. Sabina was not sent to Myanmar as a punishment for this incident.
In September last year, Sabinara returned to Dhaka after winning the clean for the first time from Nepal and received a warm welcome. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a cash prize of Tk 50 lakh on the day of his return from Kathmandu. Within a few hours of BCB's announcement, BAFF senior vice-president Abdus Salam Murshedi and vice-president Ataur Rahman Bhuiya Manik also announced to give 50 lakh rupees to the champion team.
Despite receiving all the other awards, Sabinara did not receive the money announced by the top sports federation and BAFUF in six months. This created anger among female footballers.
According to sources, the players of the senior national women's football team boycotted practice for two days during the SAF U-17 tournament in Kamalapur due to non-payment of the promised money.
According to Buffa sources, the bonuses promised to Sabina are given by individual and different organizations but the federation is trying to coordinate. However, BAF President Kazi Salahuddin did not take well to the ban on practice before the Olympic qualifiers.
Already in financial crisis, the BAFFE was a bit hesitant to participate in the Olympic selection. At that moment, the incident of skipping practice hastened the decision not to send the team to the tournament, according to sources. Sabina returned to practice after breaking the shame, but by that time the Bafuf policy makers had finalized the decision not to send the team.
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