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CityCell Zimbabwe Tour of Bangladesh 2005
Rafique blows hot and cold
Mohammad Rafique barely escaped disciplinary action ten months after he was forced to fly back home from Harare following a heated exchange with his captain Habibul Bashar.
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Pro league from 2006
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will launch a professional football league early next year as part of Vision Bangladesh, the development plan for football in the country.
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Munna stays semi-conscious
Lying motionless in a bed at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Bangladesh Medical College and Hospital (BMCH), former Bangladesh international defender Monem Munna, who once roamed the football pitch
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VB Series
Crucial Pak-WI tie today
Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq said Thursday that his team would need a dramatic reversal of form if they were to give Australia a decent challenge in the triangular VB Series competition.
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Enamul fined, reprimand for Taylor
Zimbabwe batsman Brendan Taylor and Bangladesh spinner Enamul Haque have been reprimanded after clashing during Wednesday's third one-day international in Chitta-gong.
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Safin stops Federer run
Marat Safin gave himself the perfect birthday present by scoring a stunning upset over world number one Roger Federer to reach the Austra-lian Open final here Thurs-day.
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2nd tsunami cricket match postponed
The second cricket Tsunami appeal match has been postponed until April due to concerns about player workloads, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced in a statement here Thursday.
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Nat'l chess meet from today
Holder Mehdi Hasan Parag will face tough competition from three-time winner Minhajuddin Ahmed Sagar, ex-champion Mohammed Ali and sub-junior champion Shamima Akhter Liza in defence of his title when the
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Australian Open
Experience undid her
Maria Sharapova said Serena Williams' experience of saving lost causes had been the difference after she saw victory snatched from her grasp in the Australian Open semi-finals Thursday.
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Thorpe calms Ashes fever
England batsman Graham Thorpe has urged supporters not to go overboard about the team's chances in the Ashes series after their win in South Africa.
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Australian Open
Red-hot Roddick v weary Hewitt
Andy Roddick has freshness on his side as he attempts to redress a big-match imbalance against Lleyton Hewitt in Friday's semifinal showdown between the world number two and three at the Australian Open.
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Mahendra takes over after 4 months
Ranbir Singh Mahendra finally took over as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday, four months after he won a contentious election to the country's richest sports body.
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Maynard backs 17-man squad
England assistant coach Matthew Maynard on Wednesday defended the large number of players in the squad for the seven one-day internationals against South Africa.
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English League Cup
United get the Blues
Manchester United goalkeeper Tim Howard was forced to relive the worst moment of his career as Chelsea booked a League Cup final date with Liverpool with a 2-1 win at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
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No Real interest?
Real Madrid have denied reports they have approached Inter Milan striker Adriano with a view to signing the Brazilian international.
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Charges filed against Hoyzer
The German Football Association (DFB) said on Wednesday it had filed charges with Berlin public prosecutors relating to the case of Robert Hoyzer, the referee at the centre of Germany's match-fixing probe.
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Happy Birthday Jose!
Chelsea gave manager Jose Mourinho a perfect birthday present on Wednesday with their 2-1 victory over Manchester United that sealed their Portuguese manager a place in his first major English soccershowpiece.
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FA's shame
English football chiefs have been forced to apologise for failing to include any black players in an official DVD of England's greatest post-war internationals.
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Ronaldo's plea to militants
Brazilian football star Ronaldo has recorded a message seeking the release of a fellow countryman -- Joao Jose Vasconcelos -- who was kidnapped by an armed Islamist group in Iraq last week, the hostage's
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Italian Cup
Ambrosini gives advantage
Massimo Ambrosini scored twice as AC Milan edged Udinese 3-2 in a thrilling Italian Cup quarter-final, first leg at the San Siro.
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Hong Kong Friendly
Parreira takes extra strikers
Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira added FC Porto's Luis Fabiano and Real Betis' Ricardo Oliveira to his squad that will face Hong Kong in a friendly match on Feb. 9.
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