Volume 5 Number 36 Thu. July 01, 2004    
 
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Nitol-Tata National Football League
Mohammedans everywhere
It was a field day for Mohammedan family in the qualifying phase of the fourth Nitol-Tata National Football League yesterday.
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Tigers off to Colombo
A 15-member Bangladesh cricket team left the city yesterday for Colombo to take part in the Asia Cup this month.
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Semifinal Greece V Czech Republic (UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal)
Will surprise turn to myth?
Few would have expected a duel between Milan Baros and Traianos Dellas to be decisive to the outcome of Euro 2004 but much will hinge on their performances in Thursday's semi-final between the Czech Republic
 
Wimbeldon
Henman crashes out
Serena, Amelie in semis
The ghost of Goran Ivanisevic returned to haunt Tim Henman on Wednesday as unseeded Croatian Mario Ancic crushed the Briton's latest Wimbledon dream with a breathtaking 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 quarter-final win.
 
Surrender guns, see Brazil
Brazil's legendary soccer team will kick off a bid to disarm Haiti's warring factions by playing a match where spectators will have to swap their guns for entry tickets.
 
UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
'Let's sing a carol for Karel'
The Czech Republic's players, young and old alike, are determined to give Karel Poborsky the perfect retirement gift -- a Euro 2004 winners' medal to go with his 100th international cap.
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Wimbledon
The desire is there
Lindsay Davenport has the experience, but teenage starlet Maria Sharapova believes she has the youthful ambition to make this year's Wimbledon final.
 
Wimbledon
STRAWBERRIES & CREAM
Boris Becker and John McEnroe are lost in admiration for the television pulling power of Tim Henman, whose titanic clash with Australian Mark Philippoussis on Monday attracted more than 11 million viewers
 
Aussies will be as usual
Australia won't structure their game plan around helping master leg-spinner Shane Warne claim the world wicket-taking record in the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka, stand-in skipper Adam Gilchrist
 
Murray talks business
Pakistan's new South African fitness coach Murray Stevenson said Tuesday he was excited about the prospects of working with the team and determined to whip them into shape.
 
Kiwis easy winners
New Zealand cruised to a seven-wicket victory in their NatWest Series day-night one-day international at the Riverside here Tuesday.
 
Kiwis due on October 11
New Zealand will arrive in Dhaka on October 11 for their first full series in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed yesterday.
 
Bangladesh U-17take on Uzbeks in the opener
Bangladesh youth team will open their Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-17 Championship campaign against Uzbekistan on September 5.
 
Oman-Singapore opener in U-21 hockey
Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) yesterday ruled out the possibility of increasing the number of teams in the Under-21 international hockey tournament starting in Dhaka on September 27.
 
Pioneer soccer
Five matches were decided in the Pioneer Football League yesterday at different city venues.
 
Friends share points with Regency
Friends Club's relegation threat worsened after they drew 1-1 with Regency Sports Club in the CJKS-Elite Paint Premier Football League at the MA Aziz Stadium here yesterday.
 
Squash meet From July 3
The Access TEL-AP 2nd Open Squash tournament will begin at Dhaka Club Squash Court on July 3.
 
UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
Grandpa Brueckner and King Otto
Two coaches with 130 years of life experience between them will strike a blow for the "golden oldies" when the Czech Republic play Greece in Thursday's Euro 2004 semifinal.
 
UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
Godsend for Greek game
Greece's surprise qualification for the Euro 2004 football semi-finals has been hailed by sports minister Yiorgos Orfanos as a unique opportunity to turn around the fortunes of the crisis-ridden sport.
 
UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
How to save a penalty!
At least one of the semi-finals of Euro 2004 is likely to come down to a gut-wrenching penalty shootout.
 
UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
Venglos taken back to '76
Former Czechoslovakia coach Jozef Venglos says the current Czech side, who face Greece in Thursday's Euro 2004 semi-final, have many qualities of the team he helped guide to the 1976 European title.
 
UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
Safest gloves around
Three years ago, when he was just 19, Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech was told: 'You will be one of the best in the world'.
 
UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
Larsson now a Catalan
Former Celtic striker Henrik Larsson confirmed that he has completed his move to Spanish side Barcelona after passing a medical.
 
UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
Foe's family to challenge FFF
The family of Cameroon's Marc-Vivien Foe, who died of a heart attack a year ago during a Confederations Cup match, is suing the French Soccer Federation (FFF) for failing to provide adequate medical back-up.
 
UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
Take that Becks!
A photographic portrait of David Beckham, whose England team crashed out of Euro 2004 last week, has been defaced with red pen saying "You loosers", a London art gallery said on Tuesday.
 
UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
Target Meier's family!
Swiss referee Urs Meier said on Wednesday that he feared for the security of his family after receiving death threats from English football supporters infuriated at his disallowing a last minute goalby
 

 
   
 
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