Jago News beat Samakal to reach semi-final

Country’s leading news portal Jagonews24.com reached the semi-final after thrashing Samakal 1-0 in Kool-BSJA Media Cup football tournament at the Artificial Turf of Bangladesh Football Federation in Motijheel on Thursday.

Shafiq Kalim scored one goal for Jago News and won the man of the match award.

The semi-final and the final match will be played on the same day on Friday.

A total of 24 media houses, splitting into eight groups, are taking part in the six-a-side tournament.

Participants media houses are: Channel I, ATN Bangla, BanglaVision, Daily Samakal, The Independent, Jamuna TV, Somoy TV, Daily Sangbad, Maasranga Television, Daily Bangladesh Pratidin, Channel 24, News 24, The Daily Star, Daily Naya Diganta, GTV, Daily Jugantar, Daily Janakantha, Baishakhi Television, Daily Kaler Kantha, Daily Amader Somoy, JagoNews24, BSS and Dhaka Tribune.