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Kai-Altech Premier Cricket League
Victoria stop Sonargaon
Mirpur pitch under question
Sonargaon Cricketers tasted their first defeat in the Kai-Altech Premier Cricket League when they crashed to Victoria Sporting Club by six wickets in a low-scoring match at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National
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Kai-Altech Premier Cricket League
Mohammedan keep the chase
Mohammedan Sporting Club shrugged off a challenge by Young Pegasus to stay on leaders Abahani's heels in the Kai-Altech Premier Cricket League yesterday but Bangladesh Biman further slumped when theywere
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Venues must be ready by Feb 5
B. League committee when?
After a positive session with Muktijoddha Sangsad footballers, the B. League officials will visit the other professional clubs to enlighten the players about the pros and cons of the new competition.
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Anxious hours for a few
Few changes are on the cards when the national selectors meet today to decide the 15-member Bangladesh squad for next month's one-day international series in Zimbabwe.
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Women's meet starts on Jan 27
Dhaka will take on Ansar in the opening match of the first ever women's cricket championship to be held at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on January 27.
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Kyre, Max move on
Chritopher and Kyre kept the Indian flag waving as they moved to the third round of the fifth BKSP International Junior Tennis Championships at the BKSP venue yesterday.
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WI sweat over Lara
Second ODI against India today
Off-spinner Ramesh Powar has been included instead of Suresh Raina for India's second one-dayer against West Indies at Cuttack.
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Kiwis off the mark
Pace bowler James Franklin went from villain to hero as New Zealand kept their triangular series hopes alive with a 90-run win over England at the Adelaide Oval here on Tuesday.
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HC rules for DD
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday provided some relief for millions of fans by ruling that public broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) can telecast the remaining three one-dayers between India and West Indies,and
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Gibbs trial today
Herschelle Gibbs's appeal against a two Test match-ban imposed upon the South Africa batsman for "racially offensive" comments during the first Test against Pakistan, will be heard on Wednesday via teleconference,
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Inzy hails 'best' victory
Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq hailed Monday's five-wicket win in the second Test against South Africa at St George's Park as the best of his captaincy career.
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Pak greats salute win
Former cricket greats Tuesday hailed Pakistan's comeback win over South Africa, a victory described as the "best ever" by captain Inzamamul Haq.
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Bob puts England aside
Bob Woolmer said Tuesday that Pakistan's success in the cricket World Cup is the only thing on his mind despite reports linking the South Asian team's coach to the England job.
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NY can't host cricket
Contrary to reports at the weekend, it is highly unlikely that a planned one-day series between India and Australia in North America will be able to include matches in the USA.
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Australian Open
Serena Wins An Epic
Men's semifinal humdinger
The ultimate competitor Serena Williams upset the form book to blitz into the Australian Open semi-finals Tuesday as Roger Federer and Andy Roddick set up a showdown against each other.
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Australian Open
'Federer gap closing'
Andy Roddick may only have won one of his 13 matches with Roger Federer but he feels the gap with the supreme world number one player is closing.
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Is Premiership the best?
Is English club football the best in the world? That was the debate in highly respected French sports newspaper L'Equipe on Tuesday, sparked by a pair of excuses from the bosses of underachieving teams.
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LFP
Lofty yet troubled Real
Real Madrid are a club in crisis according to many observers, hellbent on selling their most famous players in the belief they are over the hill.
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Sidhu given reprieve
India's Supreme Court decided Tuesday to stay the imprisonment of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, sentenced to three years in jail for killing a man in an outburst of road rage.
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Shabbir on way to South Africa
Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq said Monday that fast bowler Shabbir Ahmed was on his way to South Africa as a replacement after serving a one-year ban for having an illegal bowling action.
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Forever a Czech
Like Maria Sharapova, Nicole Vaidisova is a product of the Nick Bollettieri Academy in Florida and has developed an American accent, but she bristles at suggestions she is no longer a true Czech.
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Serena not egotistic
Serena Williams is keeping her ego in check after making the Australian Open semi-finals, saying she doesn't want to be "like some of those celebrities walking around, just so full of themselves".
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Vaidisova sets up idol meet
Australian Open 10th seed Nicole Vaidisova set up a semi-final clash with her childhood idol Serena Williams Tuesday after winning an all-Czech quarter-final against Lucie Safarova.
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Sinking feeling for Fish
The subject of his abject straight sets defeat won't be a topic of discussion for Mardy Fish when he next bumps into Andy Roddick.
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Baros, Carew in swap deal
Czech international forward Milan Baros left Aston Villa for Lyon on Monday with giant Norwegian forward John Carew heading in the other direction, the French champions said.
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Platini, Johansson face-off
Michel Platini comes up against Lennart Johansson for the presidency of European football's governing body UEFA on Friday as Germany plays host once again to a major event, hot on the heels of the World
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Carling Cup
Spurs up against history
As if trying cope with a resurgent Arsenal wasn't hard enough, Tottenham will also have to defy history if they are to reach a cup final for the first time in five years.
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Nowotny calls it quits
Former German international centre-back Jens Nowotny told the German press on Monday that he is ending his career due to a serious knee injury.
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Barclays English Premier League
Victory delights Cesc
Cesc Fabregas believes Arsenal's season has been saved by a crisis meeting that followed the lowest point of their campaign.
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Larsson shrugs off setback
Manchester United striker Henrik Larsson has warned Chelsea that his side will not let the agonising defeat at Arsenal ruin their English Premiership title challenge.
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Blanco loaned to West Ham
Spanish joint league leaders Sevilla said Monday they have loaned out Spanish under-21 international striker Kepa Blanco to English Premiership side West Ham until the end of the season, according tothe
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