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grameenphone TEST SERIES
Teams watch a day go by
After a frustrating half Test-match in Chittagong due to rain interruption, Bangladesh and visiting Indian teams opted to relax on their return to Dhaka yesterday.
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Moody gifted with a win
World Cup finalists Sri Lanka gave their Australian coach Tom Moody an ideal goodbye here on Tuesday as they beat Pakistan by 115 runs in their third and final one day international.
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Vaughan back for 2nd Test
Captain Michael Vaughan has been recalled to England's squad for the second Test against West Indies at Headingley starting on Friday.
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Moore challenges Windies
West Indies coach David Moore has said drawing the first Test against England will count for little if they go down to defeat in the second game of a four-match series starting at Headingley here Friday.
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Abahani to play sans Tushar
Abahani's bid to have Tushar Imran for today's crucial Kai-Altech Premier Cricket Super League match against Victoria Sporting Club was turned down by the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
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Local Snippets
Shamima Akhtar earned a deserving victory over International Women Master Rani Hamid in the Prime Bank second Women International Rating Chess tournament at the federation hallroom yesterday.
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Western Union National Youth Football Championship
Tangail sneak into semis
Mohammed Raju fired four goals as Narayanganj trounced Khulna 5-1 in a Group B match of Western Union National Youth Football Championship final round at the Satkhira Stadium yesterday.
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The magnetic wonder
For a man who's made a reputation as a bit of a loudmouth, Matt Prior was close to speechless as he faced the media on the second evening of his debut Test at Lord's.
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'County hurting England'
Former Yorkshire coach Wayne Clark says county cricket needs a radical overhaul if England are to avoid a repeat of the poor performances during the winter.
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No solution to MU's Asia row
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held a "cordial" meeting with Manchester United Wednesday but failed to resolve a lingering row over the Premier League champion's Asian tour.
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Ribery, Quaresma on Bayern hit-list
French World Cup star Franck Ribery and Portuguese midfielder Ricardo Quaresma top the list of players Bayern Munich want to sign to reverse their fortunes after a poor season, a report said on Wednesday.
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Maninder held with drugs
Former Indian left-arm spinner Maninder Singh was granted bail on Wednesday by a Delhi court for allegedly being in possession of 1.
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Qureshi to sue BBC
A Pakistani journalist is seeking 50 million rupees (833,333 dollars) in damages from the BBC, claiming it inferred he was connected with the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer.
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Williams scalped at Istanbul
France's unseeded Aravena Rezai defeated Venus Williams to advance to the quarterfinals in the Istanbul WTA Tournament here on Wednesday.
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Vincent to stay in NZ
New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent has denied he has any short term plans to pull the pin on his international career and move to Australia.
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Federer tipped for French success
Pete Sampras on Wednesday tipped world number one Roger Federer to win the French Open after his breakthrough victory over arch-rival Rafael Nadal on clay.
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Ballack set for Germany return
German captain Michael Ballack looks set to make his return from injury after being named by Germany coach Joachim Loew on Tuesday in his squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against San Marino and Slovakia
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Chelsea secure Sidwell for free
Deposed English Premiership champions Chelsea secured their first signing of the close season on Tuesday when they signed highly-rated defensive midfielder Steve Sidwell from rivals Reading on a freetransfer.
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