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AFC Asian Cup 2007
Iraqi miracle
Skipper Younis Mahmoud's thumping headed goal crowned Iraq as Asian Cup champions for the first time with a stirring 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia Sunday that was welcomed in Baghdad by barrages of gunfire.
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B. League
Brothers finish fifth
Brothers Union signed off their inaugural professional football league campaign with a come-from-behind 4-1 win in an ill-tempered match against the local Abahani here yesterday.
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New challenge for new body
The ad-hoc committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) was finally announced yesterday to put an end to all confusions over the last few days.
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Abahani's last match today
B. League champions Abahani will give their fans the chance to watch their today's match against Muktijoddha for free. The last league match for both sides, which kicks off at 4.
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India keep a stranglehold
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly both missed out on hundreds but India were still well-placed in the second Test against England at Trent Bridge here on Sunday.
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Tendulkar crosses another milestone
India's Sachin Tendulkar became only the third batsman in history to score 11,000 Test runs on the second day of the second Test against England at Trent Bridge here on Saturday.
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Missed chance pains Karthik
Young India opener Dinesh Karthik is disappointed that he lost a golden chance to score a Test century against England after doing all the hard work in the second Test here on Saturday.
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Barclays English Premier League
C'Ron United's weapon
Cristiano Ronaldo could have gone in one of two directions at Manchester United last season.
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Bayern's title warning
Miroslav Klose struck for Bayern Munich as the Bavarian giants won the German League Cup with a 1-0 win over Schalke 04 on Saturday.
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Qatar wins 2011 rights
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed bin Hammam vowed improvements to the Asian Cup as Qatar was officially confirmed Sunday as host country for the next tournament in 2011.
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Mirza on fire
Meets Chakvetadze in final
Sania Mirza reached the final of the 600,000-dollar WTA Bank of the West Classic on Saturday with a three-set victory over eighth-seeded Sybille Bammer.
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Ronaldinho dazzles Hearts
Ronaldinho scored twice as Barcelona beat Hearts 3-1 in a pre-season friendly watched by 57,857 people at Murrayfield on Saturday.
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Contador wins tainted tour
Spaniard Alberto Contador won the drug-tainted Tour de France here on Sunday when he held on to his 23sec lead overnight lead on Australia's Cadel Evans to secure the race's fabled yellow jersey.
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Kaiser boost for England
England's hopes of staging the 2018 World Cup received a major boost on Sunday from Franz Beckenbauer who insisted there was "only one serious candidate".
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Bonus for Iraqis
The Iraq football team has been given an extra 50,000 dollars for reaching the Asian Cup final with the Asian Football Confederation suggesting prize money will soon be introduced to the tournament.
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Inzy could play in ICL
Inzamamul Haq, the former Pakistan captain, is the latest international star to have been approached by the Indian Cricket League (ICL).
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Roddick, Blake ousted
Canadian Frank Dancevic toppled number one seed Andy Roddick 6-4, 7-6 (7/1) Saturday to reach the final of the Indianapolis tennis championships, where the two top seeds crashed out.
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'Sachin should do it'
Allan Donald backed Sachin Tendulkar to become Test cricket's leading run-scorer after the India star became only the third player in history to score 11,000 Test runs at Trent Bridge here Saturday.
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ICL set to hit Lanka
A multi-million-dollar rebel league in India seems set to take Sri Lankan cricket by storm with several top players approached to join the lucrative series, sources said on Sunday.
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Jose plots revenge
Jose Mourinho has found himself in the unusual position of being out-gunned in the transfer market, but he believes his decision to go back to basics will prove decisive in the race for the Premiership.
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Maria makes return
Defending champion Maria Sharapova makes her first appearance since Wimbledon at the San Diego Classic this week as she once again tests her long-standing shoulder injury.
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ECB weighing security in SL
A top English cricket official has arrived in Sri Lanka to assess the security of potential venues before a planned tour in the war-torn nation in October.
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Bent makes bright start
Club record signing Darren Bent scored twice as English Premiership club Tottenham brushed aside Orlando Pirates of South Africa 3-0 to lift the Vodacom Challenge Saturday.
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Beckham still sidelined
David Beckham's sore ankle meant the Los Angeles Galaxy's new star could again only watch Saturday as they fell 2-1 to Chivas Guadalajara in a SuperLiga tournament group match.
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'I am better than Ribery'
VfL Wolfsburg's Brazilian midfielder Marcelinho insisted on Sunday he will be a bigger success for his Bundesliga club this season than French star Franck Ribery at Bayern Munich.
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