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N'ganj retain nat'l title
Narayanganj retained the national title when they downed neighbours Dhaka 3-1 in the penalty shootout after a goalless draw in regulation 90 minutes of the Jubok Phone National Football Championship final
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Booters back to training
Leave for Qatar today
An under prepared Bangladesh football team leave Dhaka early this morning to play their fourth round match of the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers against Qatar.
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Champions Trophy
Bashar to lead Tigers
Habibul Bashar will lead Bangladesh in the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in India during October-November as the national selectors confirmed his inclusion in the 14-member squad for the tournament.
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Pak pace overpowers Eng
Speedster Shoaib Akhtar set up Pakistan's seven-wicket win over England in the second one-day international at Lord's here Saturday as the tourists went 1-0 up in the five-match series.
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Fiesta comes to London
Brazil lead Argentina at half time
Any gathering of the world's finest players is a cause for celebration, but when it is Brazil and Argentina showing off their skills the party can be as frenzied as the football.
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UIU TT on
United International University (UIU), BRAC University and Presidency University all won their respective matches on the opening day of the UIU Bangla-link Table Tennis Championships at the university
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Super Sixes postponed
The First Asian Super Sixes Challenge has been postponed under unavoidable circumstances.
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WI & India to tour England next year
West Indies and India will tour England next year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed Saturday with the release of the international fixture list of the 2007 English season.
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Champions Trophy
PCB set to settle Inzy selection
With the deadline for announcing the team for the Champions Trophy fast approaching, the top brass of the Pakistan Cricket Board will hold a series of meetings with the national selectors to decide the
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Bachelors on a roll
Bachelors Sporting Club registered their fourth victory in the Green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey League when they defeated Dhaka Wanderers Club by a solitary goal at the Maulana Bhasani National
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Lithuania hold Italy
World champions Italy began their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign with a hugely disappointing 1-1 draw against Lithuania.
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Cannavaro denies WC hangover
Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro denied his side were suffering from a World Cup hangover after they opened their qualifying campaign for Euro 2008 with a 1-1 draw against Lithuania.
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Revamped France impress
World Cup runners-up France began the post-Zinedine Zidane era in impressive fashion by crushing Georgia 3-0 in their opening Euro 2008 qualifier on Saturday.
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English confidence on the rise
England have extended Steve McClaren's honeymoon period as manager by trouncing Andorra before Wednesday's trickier Euro 2008 qualifier against Macedonia.
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Five-star England
England marked Steve McClaren's first competitive game as national coach by coasting to a 5-0 victory over European whipping boys Andorra at Old Trafford on Saturday.
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Hammers paid nothing for duo
West Ham did not pay anything for the services of Argentinian duo Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano, it was reported Sunday, as more details over the mysterious transfer deal emerged.
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Italy parade trophy
The World Cup trophy was paraded around the field Saturday before Italy's first official game since winning the title.
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Thuram rails against slave outburst
Lilian Thuram says Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was ill-advised to use the term 'slave' to describe the way his player Claude Makelele was called up against his wishes to play for France on Saturday.
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FIFA to outlaw anonymous takeovers
Football's world governing body FIFA will force individuals trying to take over clubs to reveal their identities as part of a drive to increase transparency in the sport, it was reported here Sunday.
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Three share the bonanza
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell and American 400m runners Jeremy Wariner and Sanya Richards blitzed their rivals Sunday to share the Golden League jackpot for a perfect six wins in the six-meet series.
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Donadoni not discouraged
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni said there was still plenty of room for improvement after his team was held to a surprise 1-1 draw by lowly Lithuania in their opening Euro 2008 qualifier on Saturday.
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'I'm only at 80 per cent'
Shoaib Akhtar believes he has still to find his best form in the run-up to next year's World Cup after starring once more against England.
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Champions Trophy
India spring no surprise
Veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble has not been picked in the Indian squad for next month's Champions Trophy because of doubts over his fitness, it was announced here on Sunday.
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Germany up and running
Germany gave new coach Joachim Low the perfect start to his reign with a 1-0 win over the Republic of Ireland in their first Group D qualifying match of the Euro 2008 campaign.
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Viva Villa for Spain
Striker David Villa scored twice to help Spain overcome stubborn Liechtenstein 4-0 in their Euro 2008 Group F qualifier on Saturday.
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Lafata breaks Welsh hearts
Czech David Lafata scored two goals on his international debut against Wales to return his country to winning ways in this Euro 2008 Group D clash.
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Loew relieved
Relieved Germany coach Joachim Loew can look forward to a perfect six-point start in Euro 2008 qualifying after his side showed a gap of almost three years had not dulled their qualifying instincts.
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Dutch struggle to win
Deprived of several players through injury and suspension, and others through the manager's selection, the Netherlands struggled to a narrow Euro 2008 qualifying 1-0 win over Luxembourg.
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Qualifier Results
Collated results of Euro 2008 qualifiers on Saturday:
Group A
At Belgrade
Serbia 1 (Zigic 71) Azerbaijan 0
At Bydgoszcz
Poland 1 (Gargula 90) Finland 3 (Litmanen 54, 76-pen, Vayrynen
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Ballack admits culture shock
German international captain Michael Ballack admits he is still coming to terms with his new life in England with Premiership champions Chelsea and revealed that he was still living in a hotel as he searches
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United turned Mascherano down
Manchester United turned down the opportunity to sign Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano twice before his surprise move to Premier League rivals West Ham, the Old Trafford club said on Sunday.
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Atletico set to sue Reyes
Spanish championship side Atletico Madrid are set to sue Jose Antonio Reyes for two million euros after the former Arsenal striker signed for rivals Real Madrid.
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Mendes optimistic
Portsmouth's Portuguese midfielder Pedro Mendes expects to be back in action next week after being knocked unconscious last month in a brutal elbowed challenge from Manchester City's Ben Thatcher.
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A Real agreement
Real Salt Lake and Real Madrid reached a 10-year agreement that includes the joint training of young players and games between the teams every other year.
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Champions Trophy
Freddie likely to be included
David Graveney has suggested Andrew Flintoff could play in next month's Champions Trophy in India, as he continues to recover from his second ankle operation earlier this summer.
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Ernesto sweeps US Open
Eight-time Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi got an assist from Mother Nature Saturday as his third round match at the US Open was moved back to Sunday.
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BOA, Tata sign MoU
The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) and Tata Steel yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Dhaka in a bid to enhance the level of Bangladeshi athletes.
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M'ganj clinch summer title
Munshiganj High School beat Sonarang Pilot High School 2-0 in the final of the 35th summer football tournament at the Rampal NBM High School ground on Saturday.
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