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GrameenPhone Corporate League
Sangakkara in city
First semifinal today
Sri Lanka vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara arrived in Dhaka yesterday to play for Beximco Group in the GrameenPhone Corporate Cricket League.
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ICC Champions Trophy
Lara relishes Aussie battle
West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara has said his team are gaining momentum ahead of the Champions Trophy final against Australia.
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Ponting's night
Australia captain Ricky Ponting picked up both major honours at the annual ICC Awards in Mumbai, being named Player of the Year and Test Player of the Year.
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Freddie and co fly Down Under
England's cricketers departed from Heathrow Airport to embark on the biggest challenge of their sporting lives -- the Ashes series in Australia -- on Friday.
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Sonali Bank in Super 5
Sonali Bank confirmed a Super Five berth in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Hockey League with a match in hand when they edged contenders Ajax Sporting Club 2-1 at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey
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Clarke eyes a fight
Australia are braced for a tough battle with West Indies in Sunday's Champions Trophy final in Mumbai.
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'Mind your pull shot'
Shane Watson must think carefully before trying one of his favourite pull shots in Sunday's Champions Trophy final against West Indies, according to John Buchanan.
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BCCI strikes back at Speed
The Indian cricket board on Friday hit back at International Cricket Council CEO Malcolm Speed, accusing him of interfering in its affairs and deriding Indian cricket.
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Biman land safely
The group stages of this year's GrameenPhone Corporate Cricket League ended yesterday with Bangladesh Biman's crushing seven-wicket win over newcomers Raju Fish Culture at the Fatullah Stadium.
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Laxman dreams of WC berth
Undeterred by his exclusion from India's one-day squad for the tour of South Africa, middle order batsman VVS Laxman says the omission and remarks over his fitness has strengthened his resolve to find
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The eccentric Mr Vermeulen
It has emerged that Mark Vermeulen, the former Zimbabwe batsman who has been charged with arson, has been behaving increasingly erratically in recent months, even by his already eccentric standards.
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ICC Champions Trophy
Bhaji blames top-order
Ace spinner Harbhajan Singh on Friday blamed the top-order batsmen for India's Champions Trophy debacle and said losing early wickets put the entire team under enormous pressure.
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Murray's year ends early
Andy Murray started 2006 as heir apparent to Tim Henman and enjoyed his crowning glory with a first title in San Jose followed by becoming only the second man this year to beat Roger Federer.
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I'll fight it out: Asif
Pakistan's young fast bowler Mohammad Asif said Friday he would fight a one-year ban for doping and pledged to emerge stronger from the scandal. "I am appealing against the ban.
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Robredo books qtr place
Argentina's David Nalbandian and Tommy Robredo of Spain became the latest players to book their places in the Shanghai Masters Cup on Thursday as America's James Blake was left sweating on his chances.
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UEFA Cup
British quartet march on
Rangers, Tottenham, Blackburn and Newcastle kept the Union Jack flying in the UEFA Cup on Thursday with the British quartet all registering wins to move closer to the knockout stages.
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LFP
Ronaldo feels forgotten
Real Madrid striker Ronaldo admits he is down in the dumps at being left on the sidelines by his team manager Fabio Capello.
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LFP
Real on Barca's heels
Barcelona and Real Madrid go into their weekend programme with the reigning champions away to Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday as they seek to protect their one-point lead while Real host Celta Vigo chasing
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Contracts set for review
In the wake of the doping bans imposed on fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, the Pakistan Cricket Board will conduct a review of central contracts awarded to players, an official said on Friday.
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Pigeon sledge continues
Senior Australian pace spearhead Glenn McGrath has taunted England's batsmen to attack him if they dare in this month's Ashes cricket series.
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Smith dazed by defeat
South Africa captain Graeme Smith was philosophical in defeat after Chris Gayle's century ended their Champions Trophy hopes in the semifinals.
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Alonso bids Renault bye
Formula One champion Fernando Alonso has said his final goodbye to Renault personnel ahead of joining McLaren.
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England denial stuns Healy
Former Australian Test wicketkeeper Ian Healy cannot understand how England's performances have deteriorated so rapidly since their Ashes win in 2005.
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France to host Argentina
France will meet Argentina in a rare international between the two sides at the Stade de France on Feb.7, the French FA announced on Friday.
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FIFA, players sign deal
World football governing bosses and international players signed a historic agreement here on Thursday, aimed at improving co-operation between the two parties.
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Maria graces Bernabeu
Football devotee Maria Sharapova took time out from preparing for next week's WTA Championship to pay a visit to the Bernabeu to watch Real Madrid in Wednesday's Champions League win over Steaua Bucharest.
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Barclays English Premier League
Gerrard wants to make amends
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admits a fierce desire to make amends for letting down Rafa Benitez is driving him out of his personal slump.
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Championnat of Football Professionnel
Lyon reject allegations
The president of Lyon, Jean-Michel Aulas, has strongly rejected a suggestion which he described as vicious by a Rennes player that referees were indulgent towards them.
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Bundes Liga
Bremen setting the placemark
On current form Werder Bremen are the favourites to lift the German championship this season and they have the chance to crank up the pressure on reigning champions Bayern Munich this weekend.
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Barclays English Premier League
Arsenal ready to explode
Thierry Henry has warned the rest of Europe that Arsenal are ready to explode in the Champions League.
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Barca, Chelsea in UEFA's line of fire
The on-field conduct of Champions League rivals Barcelona and Chelsea could be investigated, said Lennart Johansson, the president of European football's ruling body.
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Ole sidelined
Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be sidelined for several weeks after suffering a hamstring injury in his side's Champions League defeat against FC Copenhagen.
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EPL, Bundesliga in YouTube
The English Premier League and German Bundesliga are unhappy at Google's use of exclusive images to their respective leagues on the internet search engine's YouTube video exchange site.
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