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grameenphone TEST SERIES
Nothing less than 5 days
What both teams hope is to play the full complement of the five days when the second and final Test of the two-match series starts today at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium after a rain-curtailed
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Kai-Altech Premier Super League
Abahani champions
Trophy dedicated to Rana
Abahani regained the Premier Cricket League title after seven years when they brushed aside Victoria Sporting Club by seven wickets in the penultimate match of the competition yesterday.
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Dav's swansong
It's hard not to be emotional before saying goodbye.
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Eng sans Freddie, again
Second Test against Windies begins today
England's pace bowlers will be given another chance to prove they can function without 'Freddie' after all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was ruled out of the second Test against the West Indies starting atHeadingley
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Mashrafe replaces Shoaib
Bangladesh pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has replaced Pakistan superstar Shoaib Akhtar in the Asian squad for the Afro-Asia Cup beginning next month in India.
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Sharif added as cover
Allrounder Mohammad Sharif was included in the Bangladesh squad as cover for paceman Shahadat Hossain for the second and final Test against India today.
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Road named after Rana in Khulna
The Mujgunni main road under Khalishpur thana of Khulna city was named after late national cricket Manzarul Islam Rana, who died in a road accident here last March.
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Satkhira make it to the last four
Hosts Satkhira blanked Rajshahi 2-0 to book a semifinal berth in the Western Union National Youth (U-18) Football Championship on the final day of the final round yesterday.
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Local Snippets
Shamima Akhtar Liza lifted the Prime Bank 2nd Women's International Rating chess tournament crown with a match in hand even after a draw in the sixth round yesterday.
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Vaughan to end mix-up
Michael Vaughan hopes his return for the second Test against the West Indies will end the "confusion" surrounding the England captaincy.
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Spirit cheers Sarwan
West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan hopes his side can continue to upset the odds when they play England in the second Test starting at Headingley here Friday.
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Smith upbeat despite op
Graeme Smith's knees can rightly be considered national treasures, but at the moment one of them is "up in the air" and looks like "an empty pancake" on the inside.
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UEFA Champions League
Inzaghi Brace Pips Liverpool
Milan erase Istanbul nightmare
AC Milan were crowned European champions for the seventh time after they edged Liverpool 2-1 in the Champions League final here on Wednesday, taking their revenge for their heartbreaking defeat to the
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UEFA Champions League
Pippo repays coach's faith
Filippo Inzaghi justified Carlo Ancelotti's decision to go for trusted experience rather than youthful vigour by scoring both goals in AC Milan's 2-1 Champions League final win over Liverpool.
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Ireland claim Intercon Cup
Defending champions Ireland beat Canada by an innings and 115 runs within two days to retain the ICC Intercontinental Cup at Grace Road on Wednesday.
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Italian football smiles again
Carlo Ancelotti claimed AC Milan had restored the credibility of Italian football after watching his side ruthlessly crush Liverpool's dream of a second Champions League title in three years.
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Liverpool look for positives
Steven Gerrard insisted Liverpool would bounce back from the agony of their Champions League final defeat by AC Milan as manager Rafael Benitez warned the club's new owners that major investment is required
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Athens clears Champions League debris
Cleanup crews in Athens collected 98 tonnes of beer cans left behind by Liverpool and AC Milan fans during their stay in the city for Wednesday's Champions League final, a city official said on Thursday.
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Man Utd dump Malaysia match
Premier League champions Manchester United Thursday bowed to pressure from the Asian Football Confederation and called off their planned match in Malaysia in July.
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Owen back at int'l stage
With three World Cups behind him and 36 international goals to his name, Michael Owen may have felt that his days of proving himself in an England shirt were nothing but a distant memory.
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Formula 1
Hamilton plays down pre-Monaco hype
Lewis Hamilton, the 22-year-old British rookie who is leading this year's Formula One drivers' world championship, has played down his chances of grabbing a maiden victory in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.
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Real to sue Le Monde
Spanish football giants Real Madrid said on Wednesday they would be suing French daily newspaper Le Monde for publishing information linking them to Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes who allegedly rana
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Robben could still be Bayern's
The agent and father of Chelsea forward Arjen Robben has rekindled hopes of the Dutch international moving to German giants Bayern Munich by saying "anything is possible" on Thursday.
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Ballack opts out of Euro squad
Germany's captain Michael Ballack will miss next week's Euro 2008 qualifiers against San Marino and Slovakia after failing to recover from an ankle injury, it was revealed on Thursday.
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