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Saber fears for future
Former Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Saber Hossain Chowdhury has expressed his deepest concerns for the future of the game in the country."There's no leadership in the present Board.
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Ton eludes Bashar
Habibul Bashar missed out by one run on becoming Bangladesh's first century-maker on their Australian cricket tour against the Common-wealth Bank Cricket Academy here on Friday.
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Bracewell gets NZ job
Gloucestershire's director of cricket John Bracewell was named as New Zealand's new coach on Friday.
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Kallis, Rudolph power SA
Jacques Kallis and Jacques Rudolph's unbroken stand of 145 guided South Africa to a seven wicket win over England in the triangular series day-night one-day international at Old Trafford here Thursday.
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'Thanks Australia'
West Indies captain Brian Lara conceded Friday that world champions Australia had played a key role in the recent improvement in his young cricket team's performances.
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Jacques praises Jacques
Jacques Kallis was full of praise for Jacques Rudolph's innings in South Africa's seven-wicket triangular series day/night one-day international win over England at Old Trafford here Thursday.
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Follow him
Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak said Friday his side could learn from the example of in-form South Africa batsman Jacques Kallis.
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Scuds his way through
Mark Philippoussis of Australia put two years of injury hell behind him on Friday, beating France's Sebastien Grosjean 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 6-3 to reach the men's singles final at Wimbledon for the first time
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Federer enters Wimbledon final
Swiss fourth seed Roger Federer bludgeoned US fifth seed Andy Roddick 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 6-3 in 1hr 43min Friday to race into the final of the men's singles at Wimbledon, setting up a meeting with Australia's
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A family reunion
Those, including their rivals, who had hoped that one or the other would not last the pace and succumb to outside interests have been disappointed at Wimbledon -- because the Williams show will be the
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Navratilova's record attempt thwarted
Kim Clijsters of Belgium and Japan's Ai Sugiyama denied 46-year-old Martina Navratilova a chance of a 20th Wimbledon title on Friday, beating the veteran and Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
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Over and out?
Like the player himself, Britain's press was in no doubt Friday that Tim Henman may never have a better chance of winning Wimbledon after being dumped out of this year's competition at the quarter-final
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Star fail to shine
Although title-contenders The Daily Star finished unbeaten that was little consolation as they still made a premature exit from the Bashundhara-DRU football tournament after being held to a goalless draw
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Abramovich targets big
Chelsea's new billionaire owner Roman Abramovich wants to install Fabio Capello as coach of the English Premiership club, according to Friday's Corriere dello Sport.
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Lyon service for Foe
Over one thousand people attended a funeral mass here Thursday for Marc-Viven Foe, the Cameroon international who collapsed and died playing for his country in the Confederations Cup last week.
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The man who gave them light
The Cameroonian village of Nkolmeyang 1 is nursing a collective grief at the death of its favourite son, footballer Marc-Vivien Foe, who first saw the light of day here 28 years ago.
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Tevez stole the show
Carlos Tevez was registered as Boca Juniors' number 11 for this year's South American Libertadores Cup.
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What's the Real story?
Paris Saint Germain's Brazil midfielder Ronaldinho will be transferred to Real Madrid in 2004 but will remain at the French capital club next season, AS sports newspaper reported on Friday.
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Madrid today, Moon tomorrow!
England captain David Beckham, who recently signed for Spanish giants Real Madrid, has told of his desire to travel to the moon once his playing days are over, a British newspaper reported Friday.
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Djemba indebted
Cameroon midfielder Eric Djemba Djemba, who joined Manchester United on Thursday, says the late Marc-Vivien Foe urged him to sign for the English champions.
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