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B. League
Khulna Abahani depart with future uncertain
Khulna Abahani finished ninth in the B. League when the visitors crushed Rahmatganj 3-0 on the penultimate day of the inaugural professional football league at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
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BCB ad-hoc committee sits today
The first meeting of the newly appointed ad-hoc committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will take place this afternoon at the board's management office in Gulshan.
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Abir-Rabbi final today
Rajshahi's Abir will face Rabbi from Jessore in the final of the unde-14 group of National Junior and Sub-junior Badminton competition at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium today.
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India go one up
India beat England by seven wickets to win the second Test on the fifth and final day at Trent Bridge here on Tuesday and so go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
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Zaheer's sweet revenge
India's Zaheer Khan said he'd been inspired to produce his best Test match bowling figure by a bizarre England prank involving jellybeans.
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New tests for pace duo
Doping-tainted pacemen Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif featured in Pakistan's latest drug tests for the first time since they tested positive last year, an official said Tuesday.
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'Follow your mate'
India captain Rahul Dravid said fiery fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth ought to learn from the example of teammate Zaheer Khan if he didn't want to get into further trouble with cricket officials.
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'We didn't throw jellybeans'
England captain Michael Vaughan said his players had not dropped jelly beans about the crease on Sunday while India were batting in the second Test.
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'Booze adds to SA misery'
Alcohol abuse by some of the South African cricketers was a cause of their poor performance during the recent ICC World Cup in the West Indies, observes Adrian le Roux, the former fitness trainer of the
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Barca head to Asia
Barcelona head to Asia on Thursday for a pre-season tour reinvigorated by their new signing Thierry Henry who scored during his debut last week for the club at an exhibition match in Scotland.
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Brazil bids for WC 2014
Brazil, the only candidate bidding to host the 2014 World Cup, is set to officially present its bid at the headquarters of world football's governing body FIFA in Zurich on Tuesday.
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Barclays English Premier League
False start for Alex
The Brazilian defender Alex suffered an inglorious start to his new career in the Premiership with Chelsea when a mix-up over his documentation caused him to fly straight back to Brazil four hours after
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Barclays English Premier League
Chelsea feeling the strain
Chelsea's gruelling pre-season programme took its toll yesterday when another six players were added to their growing injury list ahead of Sunday's Community Shield clash against Manchester United.
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LFP
Reyes moves to Atletico
Spanish international winger Jose Antonio Reyes became the eighth player to join Atletico Madrid in the close season when he moved from English Premiership side Arsenal for a fee believed to be 12million
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Barclays English Premier League
Jury still out on Martins
The jury is still out on Obafemi Martins, who scored 17 goals in his first season at Newcastle United, but failed to convince all their supporters that he represents a worthy successor to the great names
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Blatter all praise for Iraq
President of world football's governing body (FIFA) Sepp Blatter on Tuesday praised the Asian Cup winning team of Iraq by saying they were proof of a "united football". "It was absolutely extraordinary.
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Atletico shifts to new stadium
Atletico Madrid will move to a bigger capacity stadium in 2010 under an agreement reached with the local council, the Spanish first division club's president and city officials said on Monday.
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Thaksin controversy continues
A human rights organisation has slammed the Premier League for allowing former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to buy Manchester City.
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Ribery, Klose fit for start
Bayern Munich's French international midfielder Franck Ribery said on Tuesday he had shaken off a knee injury and expected to be fit for his new club's Bundesliga kickoff on August 11.
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Ferguson confident
Sir Alex Ferguson remains confident that Manchester United will get the right results in their long-running transfer sagas over Carlos Tevez and Gabriel Heinze.
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Venus back to stretch win
Wimbledon champion Venus Williams returned to the WTA San Diego Classic for the first time in five years Monday, picking up where she left off with a victory.
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Dravid hails Khan
Captain Rahul Dravid said winning the toss was vital to India's seven-wicket win over England in the second Test.
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Akhtar fitness scare
Pakistan manager Talat Ali soothed fears over Shoaib Akhtar's fitness after the bowler caused a minor stir by walking off the field in a practice match between Pakistan probables at a camp being heldat
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'Pakistan can be No 1'
Pakistan's new coach Geoff Lawson plans to use his team's unpredictability as a surprise weapon against opponents in his bid to turn it into the world's No. 1 side.
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PCB warns Inzamam
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Naseem Ashraf on Tuesday issued a clear warning to former captain Inzamamul Haq, saying he would not be considered for national selection if he decides to play for thebreakaway
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