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Time to stand up
A decent performance is the target the Bangladesh team have set for their coming tour of Sri Lanka and the brittle top-order must come out with a reasonable show with the bat to achieve the goal.
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Ford's no to India
Graham Ford has snubbed an offer to become India's new coach in favour of staying on in his current role as director of cricket at English county Kent.
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Panesar bowls England to series victory
Monty Panesar took 10 wickets in a Test for the first time as England beat West Indies by 60 runs to win the third Test at Old Trafford here Monday and so take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the four-match
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Roland Garros Paris
Nadal a satisfied man
Rafael Nadal will take aim at relieving Roger Federer of his Wimbledon title after warning the world number one that he is playing the best tennis of his career.
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Rafique, Mashrafe back in town
Bangladesh vice-captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and ace left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique returned home yesterday after taking part in the Afro-Asia Cup in India.
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Important BCCI meeting today
Player contracts and Zee Group's proposed Indian Cricket League would be key items on the agenda of the working committee meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Delhi today.
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ESPN buys Cricinfo
Cricinfo, the leading cricket website has been acquired by ESPN as part of the US broadcaster's push to grow its global presence in online sports reporting.
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LFP
Real want Beckham stay
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon said on Sunday that the Spanish giant's were going to explore ways of trying to keep former England captain David Beckham at the club.
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Formula 1
Hamilton strikes gold in Montreal
British rookie Lewis Hamilton wrote another amazing chapter in his heroic, if brief, and unprecedented motor racing history on Sunday when he won the Canadian Grand Prix.
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Federer pulls out of Gerry Weber
World number one Roger Federer has announced that he will not be defending his title in the Halle ATP tournament which starts here on Monday.
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Figo to stay with Inter
Portuguese star Luis Figo has decided to stay with Inter Milan for another season, the Italian Serie A champions confirmed on Monday.
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Betis sack Luis Fernandez
Struggling Real Betis have sacked their coach Luis Fernandez, the club announced after an emergency directors' meeting on Sunday.
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Price set for Quagliarella
Serie A outfits Sampdoria and Udinese, who jointly own rising star Fabio Quagliarella, have put a price tag on the attacking midfielder who is reported to be a target for many clubs this summer.
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Borowski hints at Klose exit
German midfielder Tim Borowski on Monday became the latest Werder Bremen player to suggest Miroslav Klose's future lies elsewhere as Bayern Munich chase the World Cup hot-shot.
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Harmison's perception
England quick Steve Harmison said he bore the ultimate responsibility for sorting out his own game after returning to some sort of form in the ongoing third Test against West Indies.
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Asia keep it clean
Mahendra Dhoni and Mahela Jayawardene hammered centuries in a record stand to set up Asia XI's 13-run win over Africa in the third and final match of the Afro-Asia one-day series here on Sunday.
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Moore cheers C'paul on
Shivnarine Chanderpaul may be "underestimated and underrated" according to West Indies coach David Moore but there is no one the Australian would rather have at the crease as his side look to make Test
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Rajib, Rakib share lead
International Masters Abdullah Al Rakib and Enamul Hossain Rajib shared the lead in the Destiny International Rating Chess Tournament after the second round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room
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Bangladeshis to train at Tata again
A nine-member Bangladesh team with five athletes and four boxers are expected to leave Dhaka for India within a week to take higher training at Tata Sports Academy at Jamshedpur.
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New EC of BSJWC
Nasimul Hasan Dodul was nominated president and Masudur Rahman general secretary of the Bangladesh Sports Journalists and Writers Community (BSJWC) at its annual general meeting on Sunday.
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Barclays English Premier League
Liverpool target Forlan
The clarity with which George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks have carried out most aspects of their takeover of Liverpool does not appear to have extended to the transfer market, with Rafael Benítez, the manager,
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Trezeguet set for Juve exit
Unsettled striker David Trezeguet seems set to leave newly-promoted Juventus after revealing his contract negotiations are at a standstill.
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United moving for Tevez
Manchester United are reportedly planning a move for Carlos Tevez, but could lose out to Internazionale in the race to sign the West Ham striker.
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