The Daily Star: Internet Edition Mon. June 05, 2006

Vol. 5 Num 718

Mon. June 05, 2006


News
Today's Index
Front Page
Business
Sports
Metropolitan
National
International
Culture


Views
Editorial
Letters to Editor
Write to Editor


Sections
World Environment Day


Others
About Us
Contact
Advertisement
Supplements
Archives

Sports

Down The World Cup Lane
Zinedine Zidane: The French maestro
Three-time winner of FIFA's World Player of the year Real Mad-rid's French playmaker Zinedine Zidane is per-haps the greatest footballing artist of his era, a man who has won every major title on offer.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Bits and Bobs
Argentine to referee opener
Reuters, Berlin

Argentine referee Horacio Elizondo will referee the opening World Cup match between hosts Germany and Costa Rica in Munich on Friday,

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
England steamroll Reggae Boys
Striker Peter Crouch scored a hat-trick as England ran riot in a 6-0 victory over Jamaica in their final World Cup warmup on Saturday.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Latin flair in Bangladesh
World Cup favourites Brazil and Argentina are engaged in an unlikely aerial battle in sports-mad Bangladesh as football fever reaches boiling point in the South Asian nation.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Spanish inquisition continues
Spain rediscovered their scoring touch with a 2-0 win over African champions Egypt on Saturday but question marks over style, tactics and the composition of the starting lineup remain.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Basten striving for unity
The first time Barry Opdam was called up to the Holland squad he walked up to the coach Marco van Basten and introduced himself. "Hi, I'm Barry Opdam," he said and held out his hand.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Czechs finish warm-up in style
Jan Koller scored two goals and set up another Saturday to lead the Czech Republic over Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 in their final warm-up match before the World Cup.

Khulna lift youth title
Khulna clinched the Dhaka Bank Under-19 Youth Cricket Championship title in a low-scoring affair when they won the two-day final against Rajshahi by 41 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur

Chess Olympiad
Another mixed day for BD teams
Bangladesh men's team returned to their winning ways in the 37th Chess Olympiad when they won the twelfth round game against Japan by 3.5-0.5 at Turin on Saturday.

Spikers finish in style
The Bangladesh volleyball team completed a clean sweep on visiting Nepal when they won the fourth and final exhibition match by straight-sets at the Volleyball Stadium yesterday.

WC book unveiled
With only four days to go before the kick-off of the FIFA World Cup, the Bangladesh sports fraternity was gripped by the fever of the greatest show on earth.

Salampur finish 3rd
Salampur Dakhil Madrasa of Natore defeated Faridpur High School 3-1 to finish third in the banglalink tiger trophy National School Football Championship at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium

Aminul Islam passes away
Legendary badminton player Aminul Islam died yesterday morning due to old age complacency. He was 82.

Safina shocks Sharapova
Dinara Safina finally stepped out of big brother Marat Safin's shadow on Sunday when she sent Russian compatriot Maria Sharapova spinning out of the French Open winning 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 in the fourth round.

Heinze assured of fitness
Argentina defender Gabriel Heinze says he has won his battle to be fit for the World Cup.

Kofi Annan praises football
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has sung the praises of football in a contribution to a German newspaper, saying the World Cup 2006 would bring nations together in a way no other event could.

Parreira vows gung-ho approach
Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira confirmed Saturday that he will adopt an all-out attack approach at the World Cup in Germany.

Touch and go for Zambrotta
Italy coach Marcello Lippi is sweating on the results of a scan that will decide whether injured defender Gianluca Zambrotta should go to the World Cup.

Shivering Samurai
Japan's "Blue Samurai" are complaining of blue fingers and numb toes at their World Cup base as they struggle to get to grips with the German weather.

Reyna fit for Czechs
U.S. captain Claudio Reyna will be fit to face the Czech Republic in the World Cup on June 12, coach Bruce Arena said on Saturday. Arena told reporters at the U.S.

SL put pressure on Eng
Sri Lanka's batsmen put off-spin great Muttiah Muralidaran in a position to bowl to them a 1-1 series-levelling victory by building a lead of 221 on the third day of the third and final Test against England

WI make steady progress
Half-centuries from Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Ramnaresh Sarwan helped West Indies gain a healthy first innings lead over India in the opening Test on Saturday at the Antigua Recreation Ground.

Greg justifies Bhaji decision
India coach Greg Chappell defended the decision to leave Harbhajan Singh out of their team after a tough day in the field against West Indies in Antigua after four of the wickets fell to spin with Anil

No freebies for children or soldiers
School children and soldiers, you're out of luck. No free tickets to the World Cup.

Personality clash in Japan squad
A clash of personalities between Shunsuke Nakamura and Hidetoshi Nakata has emerged in the otherwise solid midfield of Japan's World Cup squad.

CSKA Sofia to sign Petrov
CSKA Sofia will sign Macedonian defender Robert Petrov, the Lokomotiv Plovdiv player said in an interview in 7 dni sport newspaper on Sunday.

Army aquatics
The swimming and water polo competition of Bangladesh Army began at the Army Swimming Complex yesterday.

The final of the 1982 World Cup between Italy and West Germany was officiated by Brazilian Arnaldo Cesar Coelho, the first South American to referee a World Cup final.

Juergen Klinsmann
(Germany football coach)
"I was delighted that the team got some confidence before the tournament. It was good to finish with a win and we are now very hungry for the opening game against Costa Rica."
After beating Colombia 3-0 in the World Cup warm-up match.