Pipe dreams: Bangladesh surfers chase waves at Asian Games
- Sport The surfers from Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh are hoping to carve out a place for the sport in a country obsessed with cricket and football.
- This photograph taken on Jun 22, 2026 shows Bangladeshi surfers Fatima Akhter (right) and Mohammad Mannan (left) arriving for a surfing session along a beach in the Bay of Bengal in Cox's Bazar.
- (Photo: AFP/Munir Uz Zaman) 05 Jul 2026 01:42PM COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: The headquarters of the Bangladesh Surf Girls and Boys Club is a weather-beaten white shack but, like the seemingly endless beach on which it sits, its members' ambitions stretch far.
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- Sport The surfers from Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh are hoping to carve out a place for the sport in a country obsessed with cricket and football.
- This photograph taken on Jun 22, 2026 shows Bangladeshi surfers Fatima Akhter (right) and Mohammad Mannan (left) arriving for a surfing session along a beach in the Bay of Bengal in Cox's Bazar.
- (Photo: AFP/Munir Uz Zaman) 05 Jul 2026 01:42PM COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: The headquarters of the Bangladesh Surf Girls and Boys Club is a weather-beaten white shack but, like the seemingly endless beach on which it sits, its members' ambitions stretch far.
Sources: CNA