Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Teer 24th Asian Archery Championships will begin from Saturday (Nov 8) in the capital. The week-long meet will be held at two separate venues- National Stadium and Bangladesh Army Stadium- from November 8-14.

A total of 209 archers- 109 of men and 90 of women- from 30 countries across Asia will compete in the championship, which will be held by the financial cooperation of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Bangladesh Archery Federation (BAF) is going to organise the Asian Archery Championship for the third time after 2017 and 2021.

The championship, sponsored by City Group, includes recurve men's team event, recurve men's singles, recurve women's team event, recurve women's singles and mixed team event, compound men's te...