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Ashraful targets win
Bangladesh proved earlier that they have the ability to turn the table on them in the one-day game if they gain momentum from the very beginning of a match.
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Sanath boost for Mahela
"Mahela (Jayawardene), is your team under pressure in this series?" a surprised question was thrown to the Sri Lankan skipper when he was talking to the press after a practice session at the indoors of
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Seniors refuse to play
BFF picks up 20 more
If the first list of the national squad named by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) for the Nehru Cup in India had raised just a few eyebrows, the second set of players chosen for the Merdeka Cup
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Twenty-eight report to hockey camp
Some 28 players reported yesterday to coach Mahbub Harun and assistant coach Abdullah Piru for the second phase of the national hockey camp that began at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium.
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Dastagir quits cricket board
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) vice-president Gazi Golam Dastagir yesterday tendered his resignation to the board president.
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Booter Nasir passes away
Capt (retd) Nasiruddin Ahmed Chowdhury, a star Wari Club footballer, died of heart attack yesterday at his residence in Pallabi. He was 56.
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Dhaka win tight opener
Dhaka edged Madaripur 7-6 in a keenly contested opening match of the BASIC Bank 18th National Women's Handball Championship yesterday at the Dhanmondi Women's Complex.
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Strauss nears landmark
Andrew Strauss was in sight of his 11th Test hundred and fourth at Lord's on the first day of the first Test against India here Thursday.
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Miandad vows to help Lawson
Despite criticising his appointment, Javed Miandad says he is willing to work with Pakistan's new coach Geoff Lawson.
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Stars pay tribute to Mandela
Technique won over youth and agility when football legends past and present played a celebrity match in Cape Town Wednesday to mark statesman Nelson Mandela's 89th birthday.
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AFC Asian Cup 2007
Japan aim to cripple Viduka
Japan are determined to stop burly danger man Mark Viduka at all costs when the defending champions fight Australia with vengeance in their Asian Cup quarterfinal here on Saturday.
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Real, Barca on a merry-go-round
Newly-crowned Spanish champions Real Madrid and runners-up Barcelona have killed the proverbial fatted calf this summer in an attempt to establish pre-eminence in La Liga next season.
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Malaysia coach sacked
Malaysia coach Norizan Bakar paid the price for his team's atrocious Asian Cup showing when he was sacked on Wednesday.
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Collina in a new role
Former football referee Pierluigi Collina has officially been appointed as the man who selects referees for matches in Italy's top two divisions, Serie A and Serie B, the Italian football federation (FIGC)
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Sania sails into Cincinnati quarters
Third-seed Sania Mirza of India led the way into the quarterfinals of the 175,000-dollar WTA harcourt tournament here Wednesday with a straight set win over Varvara Lepchenko.
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Heinze not for sale
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson on Thursday ruled out the possibility of letting defender Gabriel Heinze join Premier League rivals Liverpool.
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'Violence no worry'
Pakistan cricket officials Thursday said they hoped a surge in violence will not affect upcoming tours by South Africa and Australia.
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A crucial relationship
Okay, it's not quite the Ashes or India v Pakistan. It doesn't even carry the needle and tension of a contest between England and Pakistan, or the piquancy of a trans-Tasman rivalry.
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Ramnarine accuses board
The ongoing tussle between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) continued on Wednesday with the WIPA accusing the board of "unilateral" decision-making.
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Lancs ride on Murali
Muttiah Muralitharan wasn't originally going to play in the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa, but is probably looking forward to it now after he proved Lancashire's match winner against Warwickshire
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Saif, Prantik on top
Abdullah Al Saif and Carmel School Kolkata's Prantik Roy lead the points table at the end of eighth round games in the StanChart 9th National School Chess tournament at the BCF hallroom yesterday.
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Hosts name 30-man squad
Hosts South Africa named eight spinners in a provisional 30-man squad for September's Twenty20 world championships, which also included a surprise call-up for veteran batsman Neil McKenzie.
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Under-19s escape defeat
Bangladesh Under-19 team must thank the weather gods after rain forced their opening match of the tri-nation series against the hosts Sri Lanka Under-19s to be called off in the tri-nation series yesterday
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Navy clinch swimming meet
Bangladesh Navy clinched the Inter-Service Swimming competition yesterday at the Naval Headquarters Swimming Complex in Banani.
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'T20 match not possible'
Pakistan has expressed its inability to play a Twenty20 match against India to raise funds for their former coach Bob Woolmer's cricket academy in South Africa because of a packed international schedule.
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