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Brothers keep it up
BU-2, Arambagh-1
Brothers Union kept up the pressure on Mohammedan Sporting Club in the Premier Football League when they edged Arambagh Krira Sangha 2-1 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
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A pointless BCB election
With elections in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) just round the corner, sports lovers are in a spot of bother rather than being enthusiastic at the prospect of democracy returning to the most demanding
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Forthcoming Afro-Asia Cup
Ashraful makes Asian XI
Batting star Mohammad Ashraful was the only Bangladeshi representative in the Asian XI when the squad was announced on Monday for the forthcoming Afro-Asia Cup to be played in South Africa later thismonth.
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Batter's role enough
Sourav Ganguly said Monday he had no problems playing as a batsman after leading India for more than five years in international cricket.
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One and only Hackett
Grant Hackett finished the 11th World Championships as he started them by winning another gold medal to enhance his reputation as the greatest long-distance swimmer on the final night of competition on
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Batsmen beware!
Sri Lankan spin magician Muttiah Muralitharan on Monday vowed to maintain his supremacy over batsmen, saying he planned to take more than 700 wickets in Test cricket.
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BD A bowlers rout Lancs
The bowlers set up a perfect platform for the Bangladesh A team to record their first victory on their England tour after wrapping up Lancashire for only 149 in a one-day match at Liverpool yesterday.
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Argentine soccer coach due today
The Bangladesh national football team's new Argentine coach Diego Andres Cruciani and his compatriot trainer Victor Ariel Colman are expected to reach Dhaka tonight.
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Yousuf clinches BBC snooker crown
The Bangladesh Billiards Centre, Chittagong organised a knockout snooker tournament at its premises on Friday.
Sixteen participants fought for the title that eventually went to Taif Bin Yousuf.
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Inzy wants bans on captains to be removed
Welcoming the decision to reduce the ban on India's Sourav Ganguly from six to four matches, Pakistan skipper Inzamamul Haq has stressed that the International Cricket Council (ICC) should scrap suspensions
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Indian media irks Miandad
Former Pakistan cricket captain Javed Miandad has blamed the Indian media for creating a controversy over his son's wedding with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's daughter which, he said, prevented hisIndian
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India stay put in ICC ratings
India's indifferent form in the shorter version of cricket has ensured that they continue to languish at seventh place after the annual update of the International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day international
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Baptista officially Real's
Brazilian forward Julio Baptista donned the all-white shirt of Real Madrid for the first time on Monday after signing a five-year deal with the club for an initial fee of 20 million euros (13.
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Jayasuriya and Vaas only for key games: Atapattu
Sri Lanka will avoid risking key injured batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and fast bowler Chaminda Vaas in unimportant matches of the ongoing triangular one-day cricket series, their captain said Monday.
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United free to get Owen
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been given the green light to bid for Real Madrid's Michael Owen and must now decide whether the England striker fits into his plans.
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Afro-Asian Cup
Nimbus gets TV rights
The television rights for the 2005 Afro-Asia Cup have finally been confirmed Monday morning, with Nimbus Sports International of Singapore announced as the sole partner.
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'Lack of a fifth bowler still a worry'
India captain Rahul Dravid, in the moment of an emphatic win over the West Indies on Sunday, confessed the absence of a fifth regular bowler hurt his team as the opposition dug themselves out of a hole
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Figo tilting towards Inter
Real Madrid midfielder Luis Figo will turn down Liverpool's advances and sign for Inter Milan, it was reported here on Sunday.
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Robinho plays for Santos again
Brazilian champions Santos beat arch-rivals Corinthians 4-2 on Sunday as striker Robinho returned to the side following completion of his $30 million move to Real Madrid.
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Nehra cautioned for excessive appealing
Indian left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra has been severely reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for excessive appealing during a one-day international against Sri Lanka last week.
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