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AFC Cup
BU end losing streak
Brothers Union restored some pride when they held Bahrain's Al Muharraq to a goalless draw in their last home match of the AFC Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
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FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Bits and Bobs
FIFA confirms Rooney deadline
Afp, London
World football's ruling body FIFA have confirmed that England could replace injured star striker Wayne Rooney up to 24 hours before their
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Asia promises huge WC
Asia's cricket chiefs celebrated the award of the 2011 World Cup by vowing Monday a spectacular event that will be "as big as the one for football".
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Nat'l School Cricket
Habib powers Dhaka Ideal
Habibur Rahman scored 128 to take Dhaka Ideal High School to the semifinals of the Standard Chartered National School Cricket tournament at the Dhanmondi Cricket stadium yesterday.
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Ashraful goes to Liverpool today
With a hope to gain consistency in batting, ace Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Ashraful leaves for England this morning to play minor county cricket.
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Nat'l School Football
Fakhrul treble sinks Achmita
Islamia Government High School of Mymensingh won the zonal championship when they crushed Achmita George Institute of Kishoreganj 6-2 in the banglalink tiger trophy National School Football tournament
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Kenya ready to welcome Tigers
Bangladesh are hoping to play three one-day internationals in Kenya en route to their tour of Zimbabwe which is due to happen in July and August.
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The real 'Forrest Gump'
A five-year-old child stunned onlookers when he ran a distance of 65 kilometres (40.3 miles) in seven hours in eastern India on Tuesday.
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FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Fergie blasts Eriksson
England's World Cup plans were in total disarray on Tuesday after Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson made it clear he would oppose plans to take an injured Wayne Rooney to Germany.
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Primera Liga
Barca ready for party
Barcelona can become Spanish champions for the second successive year if they win at Celta Vigo on Wednesday. It will be the third opportunity for the Catalan club to clinch the title.
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Boots on the spotlight
If Wayne Rooney's latest injury has got England fans worried, the use of new, lightweight football boots by some of the world's top players could start alarm bells ringing.
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Second Test duly drawn
Ashwell Prince made an unbeaten century as South Africa preserved their series lead by drawing the second Test against New Zealand at Newlands Monday.
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WI improve to win big
West Indies heeded captain Brian Lara's demand for improvement and completed a tidy 98-run victory over Zimbabwe in the second limited-overs international on Sunday at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
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Lizarazu to retire
Former French international defender and World Cup winner Bixente Lizarazu will quit football at the end of this season, the player said Sunday.
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Afridi leads Ireland to shock win
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi led Ireland to a shock 47-run victory over five-times winners Gloucestershire in a dramatic C&G Trophy clash on Sunday.
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Windies WC tickets go on sale
Organisers on Monday started selling 800,000 tickets for the 2007 cricket World Cup and said Britain had immediately become the top buying nation outside the West Indies hosts.
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An untimely call
Olympique Marseille goalkeeper Fabien Barthez says he missed Saturday's French Cup final medals ceremony because he had to go and answer the call of nature.
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Fleming rues declaration timing
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said after a drawn second Test against South Africa at Newlands Monday that he declared too early when his side scored a massive 593 for eight in the first innings.
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West Indies extend side
West Indies have increased their squad to 14 for the third and fourth limited-overs internationals against Zimbabwe on Saturday and Sunday at Guyana's Bourda Oval.
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England suffer more injury blow
England fast bowler James Anderson will miss the Test series against Sri Lanka because of a back injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.
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