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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Basics-man moves atop
Bowl straight and move the ball away late from the bats-man have been instructions handed down by ge-nerations of cricket coaches to pace bowlers.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Minnows matches huge: SA
South Africa will treat their next World Cup Super Ei-ght matches against Ireland and Bangladesh as "huge" games which could clear the way to the semifinals, according to coach Mickey Arthur.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Akram hails McGrath
Pakistan bow-ling great Wasim Akram Sunday hailed Australian pa-ceman Glenn McGrath's feat of breaking his World Cup record of most wickets, saying he wanted to congratulate his all-time favourite.
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Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 8th National Cricket League
Dhaka, Rajshahi stay alive
7 tons mark penultimate round
The penultimate round of the limi-ted-overs Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 8th National Cricket League was marked by record number of centuries as seven batsmen reached three-digit figures in high-scoring encounters
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SL A clinch one-day series too
An unbeaten hundred by Malinda Warnapura ensured Sri Lanka A's one-day series victory against Bangladesh A with one match in hand when they inflicted a six-wicket defeat on the visitors in the secondgame
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Australia thrash Tigers
Australia's ruthless form at the World Cup has been no more than captain Ricky Ponting expected from the reigning champions.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Cops study poison theory
Detectives leading the Bob Woolmer murder inquiry said Monday they are studying the possibility that poison was used to incapacitate the burly Pakistan cricket coach before he was strangled.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Pakistan pay respects to Bob
Pakistani players and dignitaries on Sunday paid their respects to cricket coach Bob Woolmer, two weeks after his mysterious murder that shocked the genteel sport and stumped Jamaican investigators.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Jayasuriya punishes WI
Sanath Jayasuriya dealt a potentially fatal blow to the West Indies' semifinal hopes with a blazing century to set up Sri Lanka's 113-run win in the World Cup Super Eights match here on Sunday.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Mahela owes it to Sanath
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene paid tribute to opener Sanath Jayasuriya for helping him return to his big-scoring ways in the World Cup victory over the West Indies.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
He won't forget this one
Sanath Jayasuriya may be playing in his last World Cup, but has proved he still has it in him to demoralise any attack with his breath-taking strokes.
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UEFA Champions League
Revenge on Bayern menu
Bayern Munich are determined to give AC Milan a taste of their own medicine when the teams meet in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal here on Tuesday.
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Tough task for Brothers
Brothers Union look to exorcise the ghost of a shocking defeat to Khulna Abahani when the local giants face a confident Arambagh in today's B. League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
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National Chess GMs settle for draw
Grandmasters Niaz Murshed and Ziaur Rahman drew their opening round match of the Mercantile Bank 33rd National Chess Championship yesterday.
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Lara still hopeful
West Indies skipper Brian Lara has said he remains optimistic of making it to the World Cup semifinals despite his team's third successive defeat in the Super Eights.
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Bellamy boost for Liverpool
Liverpool received a boost ahead of Tuesday's Champions League quarterfinal tie against PSV Eindhoven with striker Craig Bellamy given the all clear to travel with the squad.
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Serie A
Lucarelli Bags Treble
Inter close to finish line
Inter Milan won 2-0 at home to relegation-threatened Parma on Sunday to move within touching distance of the Serie A title.
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LFP
Barca find breathing space
Second-placed Sevilla handed reigning champions Barcelona a two-point lead at the top of the Spanish first division when they were held to a 0-0 draw at Osasuna on Sunday.
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Hackett Era Ends
Phelps makes history
Michael Phelps capped an historic world championships with his seventh gold medal Sunday and another world record as Grant Hackett lost a 1500m freestyle race for the first time in 11 years.
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Barclays English Premier League
Kalou keeps Chelsea alive
Jose Mourinho admitted that Chelsea had been on the brink of surrendering their Premiership title on Saturday after he was forced to wait until the 93rd minute before Salomon Kalou grabbed the winnerat
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Totti fuming at Fergie
Not mentioning Francesco Totti when listing Roma's best players is tantamount to treason in the Eternal City.
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England stars feared for life
England defender Luke Young has revealed that several of the national team's stars feared they would be attacked by their own supporters during the Euro 2008 qualifier against Andorra.
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Capello's humble way
Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello conceded that his team were lucky to get three points against relegation-threatened Celta Vigo despite winning 2-1 on Sunday. "A draw would have been fair.
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