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Down The World Cup Lane
Roberto Baggio: The divine ponytail
If the World Cup's that were graced with Roberto Baggio's presence were made into movies, the Italian would be undoubtedly cast into the role of the tragic hero.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Bits and Bobs
Drugs test for Brazil quartet
Afp, Weggis

FIFA's anti-doping team paid an unannounced visit to the hotel being used by Brazil's World Cup squad here Thursday to carry out drugtests

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
France sound warning
Goals in either half from Thierry Henry and Sylvain Wiltord boosted home hopes of World Cup success this summer with a 2-0 warm-up friendly win over Denmark in northern France on Wednesday.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Euro Leagues dominate squads
If the English Premier League, the Italian Serie A and the Spanish league were able to put together their own World Cup teams, no one else would stand a chance of winning the trophy.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Italy disappoint in draw
Italy looked uninspired during a 1-1 draw against Switzerland in a largely experimental World Cup warm-up where both sides substituted six players during the second half.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Iran pound Bosnia
Iran fought back from a two-goal deficit to beat Bosnia 5-2 in a World Cup warm-up match on Wednesday which raised serious questions about their defence in Germany.

Rajshahi meet Khulna in final
Khulna and Rajshahi reached the final of the Dhaka Bank Under-19 National Youth Cricket Championship after shrugging off their respective oppositions in contrasting styles in the semifinals on yesterday's

Daily Star Rangs Toshiba
World Cup Quiz Round-2 draw today
The second round draw of the Daily Star RANGS TOSHIBA World Cup Quiz will be held in the southern port city Khulna today. The attractive show will get rolling in Khulna Zia Hall at 3.30pm.

School soccer semi today
Yunus Ali High School of Pabna will take on Salampur Dakhil Madrassah of Natore in the first semifinal of the bangalink tiger trophy National School Football Championship will today.

Tigers turn soccer pundits
With the eagerly anticipated football World Cup just days away and the world abuzz with the greatest show on earth, the Bangladesh cricketers could not stay away from the soccer frenzy.

Wet start for cricketers
The Bangladesh cricket team returned to training on a wet morning when the players selected in the preliminary camp for the tour of Kenya and Zimbabwe in July-August reported for duty at the Army Stadium

Reckless Ribery captures French imaginations
France fans applauded politely when Zinedine Zidane was substituted in Wednesday's 2-0 win over Denmark, saving wild roars of approval for the man who replaced him, Franck Ribery.

Chelsea seal Sheva move
Chelsea have signed Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko from AC Milan on a four-year deal for a club record fee, the English Premiership champions announced Wednesday.

Smicer ruled out of World Cup
Czech midfielder Vladimir Smicer announced Thursday that he not will play for the Czech World Cup squad in Germany.

Gerrard happy to fill Rooney role
Steven Gerrard insists he is ready and willing to fill the gap left by Wayne Rooney and play as England's emergency striker at the World Cup.

Record crowd for Germany training session
A record crowd of 42,200 flag-waving fans watched a Germany training session open to the public on Wednesday.

Hewitt, Myskina up the ante
Lleyton Hewitt and Anastasia Myskina, two players with plenty to prove at the French Open, moved into the third round on Thursday.

5-million dollar cricket match!
A Texan-born billionaire is financing a world record 5-million-dollar Twenty20 international between West Indies and South Africa in Antigua this November, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Thursday.

Hosts have the egde
India-Windies first Test from today
West Indies are hoping to build on the momentum they have gained from their triumph in the preceding one-day international series, when they face India in the first Test of their four-match rubber, starting

Eng look to see off SL
England will look to seal their first Test series victory since last year's Ashes triumph against Australia when they face Sri Lanka in the climax of a three-Test campaign at Trent Bridge starting here

Jayasuriya set for Test return
Sanath Jayasuriya was poised to make a return to Test cricket after being included in Sri Lanka's squad for the third and final match of their series with England starting here at Trent Bridge on Friday.

Roberts open old wounds
Former West Indies fast bowling great Andy Roberts on Thursday reopened the chucking debate saying Australian paceman Brett Lee and Pakistani counterpart Shoaib Akhtar had "suspect actions".

Pernia swaps wedding for World Cup
Spain have called up Getafe left back Mariano Pernia to replace the injured Asier del Horno in their World Cup squad.

Kaiser gives in to Blatter
The head of the World Cup organising committee Franz Beckenbauer on Thursday distanced himself from standing against Sepp Blatter to be FIFA president next year.

Podolski completes Bayern transfer
Germany striker Lukas Podolski said on Thursday he would transfer from Cologne to Bayern Munich from July.

Racing appoint Caro as coach
Racing Santander have appointed former Real Madrid coach Juan Ramon Lopez Caro as coach for next season, the Primera Liga club said on Thursday.

Pak to leave no stone unturned
The Pakistan opening batsmen are to have an extra weapon with which to counter the England seam attack during the Test series starting next month.

Ten tickets per second!
Tickets for this year's Australia-England Ashes Test cricket series were snapped up at a rate of ten per second when sales opened here Thursday, Cricket Australia said.

Don on top of shady order
Australian batsman Don Bradman and West Indian bowler Joel Garner have been named as the highest rated Test players of all time in a new rankings list in the LG ICC Best Ever Ratings.

Prince William will watch match
Prince William is headed to the World Cup to cheer on England when it plays Paraguay, officials said Wednesday.

ICC to help Boje, Gibbs
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Wednesday it would do everything possible to ensure South African stars Nicky Boje and Herschelle Gibbs could tour India without fear of arrest in a match-fixing

NOTICE
Dear Readers,
From what we all have seen in the draw of THE DAILY STAR-RANGS TOSHIBA WORLD CUP QUIZ ROUND 1 that one person running away with as many as four prizes and another person winning

England midfielder Bryan Robson scored one of the fastest goals in World Cup history when he hooked home a drive after just 27 seconds against France in the 1982 World Cup. His side went on to a 3-1 victory.

Justin Langer
(Australia's opening batsman)
"We were successful for so long. But for us to lose to England showed other countries that the competition was still on. I think losing the Ashes was great for world cricket, English cricket and, to a degree, Australian cricket."