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BCB's standing committees formed
In it's first meeting the ad-hoc committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has taken some important decisions like forming the standing committees and naming the tour management team for next month's
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B.League ends
The curtain fell on the country's inaugural professional football league yesterday with both matches resulting in identical 1-1 draws in Dhaka and Chittagong.
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Local Snippets
Bangladesh conceded a 25-20, 17-25, 18-25, 21-25 defeat to Sri Lanka in a keenly contested match of the Commonwealth Volleyball Championship in Kolkata yesterday.
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Bashar could play ICL
Former Bangladesh captains Habibul Bashar and Khaled Mahmud have expressed interest in participating in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) if they are offered contracts approved by the Bangladesh Cricket
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'No more poor tourists'
Rahul Dravid believes India are starting to shake off their tag as poor travellers after they went 1-0 up in a three-Test series against England here at Trent Bridge.
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Let's move on: Moores
Coach Peter Moores wants to focus on preserving England's unbeaten home Test record rather than the poor behaviour which marred India's second-Test win.
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CSA refutes booze claims
Cricket South Africa has responded to a report that says "the use of alcohol" was a problem within the team during the World Cup.
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New coach next week
The Indian board has announced that a decision on the appointment of India's next coach will be taken on August 10 in New Delhi.
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Freddie likely for ODIs
England chairman of selectors David Graveney believes Andrew Flintoff will be fit in time to feature in the one-day series against India later this month.
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Barclays English Premier League
Cesc comes of age
When Cesc Fabregas picked himself up from the sodden Highbury turf and nursed bruises to his leg and his ego, the Arsenal midfielder knew it was time to come of age.
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Barclays English Premier League
Spotlight on C'Ron
As Cristiano Ronaldo shielded his eyes from the blinding explosion of flashbulbs it was clear the Manchester United winger's transition from pride of Old Trafford to global phenomenon was complete.
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Bundes Liga
'Stupid not to spend sooner'
Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness branded himself "stupid" on Tuesday for not spending the German giants' millions to assemble Bavaria's dream team sooner.
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Iraqi team hailed by Pope
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednes-day congratulated Iraq for winning the Asian Cup football championship at the weekend, which he hailed as a "historic success".
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Schuster relieved
Real Madrid's new coach Bernd Schuster expressed relief on Tuesday the Spanish giants have lost their star players - Los Galacticos - and can concentrate on being a European force again.
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Rossi joins Villarreal
Spanish side Villarreal's penchant for Manchester United's unwanted strikers continued on Tuesday as they signed Italian Under-21 international Giuseppe Rossi for 6.7million pounds.
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Tevez's date in court
Carlos Tevez is expected to give evidence when his long-running transfer saga reaches the High Court on August 22.
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Zidane refuses Materazzi
Italy defender Marco Materazzi says he has tried several times to arrange a meeting with Zinedine Zidane, but the Frenchman who headbutted him in the 2006 World Cup final has always refused to meet him.
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Female support pleases Toni
Italian striker Luca Toni says he's enjoying life at Bayern Munich, especially the tradition of allowing fans in to watch the team training.
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BCCI steps into Nike-Adidas row
The Indian board has stepped into the court case between sports goods manufacturers Nike and Adidas and said that when players enter into agreements for rights pertaining to their performance on the field
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Law awaits ICL call
While much has been said about the big names the Indian Cricket League has signed on or is signing, its success as a cricketing venture will depend more on the other players it gets on board -- the players
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Lessons from jellygate
As it was revealed last week, applications have been invited for the job of managing director of England cricket, "accountable to the ECB's chief executive for all aspects of performances and administration
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Meril Media Cup from August 10
The Meril Media Cup football tournament organised by Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association (BSJA) will begin in Dhaka on August 10.
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Top seeds advance at San Diego
Serbian second seed Jelena Jankovic defeated American Vania King 6-3, 6-0 on Thursday, joining three other seeds in reaching the third round of the 1.34 million-dollar San Diego Classic.
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