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Academy challenge BD
Batsman Matthew Innes scored an unbeaten century as Australia's Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy made the touring Bangladeshis struggle on the opening day of their three-day tour match here on Thursday.
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Awesome Alamgir
Alamgir Kabir produced a magical spell of 8-62 as the Bangladesh Under-23 team staged a comeback on the first day of their two-day match against Max Academy of Sri Lanka at Rangri Stadium in Dambullayesterday.
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Kiwis arrive in India Sept 23
Mohali and Kanpur have again been chosen as venues for New Zealand's two-Test series when they tour India from September to November.
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SA 71 for 2 chasing Eng's 223
South Africa were looking good at 71 for two in 15 overs chasing a modest England total of 223 for seven in their Natwest triangular series day/night one-dayer at Old Trafford, Manchester yesterday.
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ICC welcomes rivals' move
The resumption of cricketing ties between India and Pakistan at the Under 19 and "A" levels is a welcome step along the path of resuming full cricketing contact between the two countries the International
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Caddick vows to return
Andrew Caddick has insisted he will resume his England career even though a back injury has ruled him out for the rest of the season.
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Dung Dung's plight
A field hockey player from India has fallen on such hard times that he wants to pawn off his Olympic gold medal to make ends meet.
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Serena avenges French loss
Defending champion and top seed Serena Williams swamped Belgian third seed and her French Open conqueror Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday to move into the women's singles final at Wimbledon.
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Roddick, Federer storm thru'
Grosjean kills Henmania
Andy Roddick fully lived up to his billing as tournament favourite as he stormed into the Wimbledon semifinals with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 demolition of Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman.
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Serena storms into final of Wimbledon
Defending champion and top seed Serena Williams swamped Belgian third seed and French Open conqueror Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday to move into the women's singles final at Wimbledon.
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Henman hanging by a thread
Tim Henman's bid to reach his fifth Wimbledon semi-final in six years was hanging by the finest of threads on Wednesday when rain forced play to be suspended for the night after a frustrating day forfans
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When it rains at All England
There wasn't any tennis at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club for much of Thursday afternoon -- or any croquet either -- but for Wimbledon punters forced to wait out rain delays, there werestill
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Strawberries and Cream
After Greg Rusedski now Tim Henman has turned the air blue at Wimbledon. Furious that a line judge had not seen a serve from Sebastien Grosjean which landed out a furious Henman angrily vented hisfrustration.
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Lewis seeks a rematch
British heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis wants a rematch with Vitali Klitschko before fighting rival champion Roy Jones.
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Greene going for speed
Olympic champion Maurice Greene is seeking the speed that will take him to a fourth straight world title when he runs here on Friday on the track where the World Championships begin in seven weeks' time.
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Boca's the best
Boca Juniors, Argentina's most popular club, won the South American Libertadores Cup for the third time in four years by beating Brazilian champions Santos 3-1 in the second leg of the final on Wednesday.
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'I lead a normal life'
England captain David Beckham looked ahead to his future as a Real Madrid player here on Wednesday in his only interview during his two days in the Spanish capital.
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Russian invasion probed
The takeover of Chelsea Football Club by a Russian oil billionaire was being probed by the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday after a sharp rise in the pre-takeover share price of the club's parent company.
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Club comes first for Kadhafi
Perugia's new signing Saadi Kadhafi has ruled himself out of Libya's African Cup qualifier against Swaziland in Tripoli this weekend, his spokesman Gianluca Di Carlo said Thursday.
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A shirty landmark
England captain David Beckham broke all records for replica shirts sales on his first day as a Real Madrid player, the club told reporters here Thursday.
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PSG want more
Paris St Germain president Francis Graille said Thursday he was waiting for an improved bid from Manchester United for Brazil World Cup winner Ronaldinho.
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Totti the joker!
A book of jokes poking fun at AS Roma and Italy striker Francesco Totti has sold more than 150,000 copies in the first two weeks of its release, taking it to number one in the Italian bestsellers chart.
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