Vol. 4 Num 325 Tue. April 27, 2004    
 
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GrameenPhone Corporate League
Aktel turn CityCell off
Aktel won the 'battle of cellular phone operators' when they put an end to CityCell's two-match winning run in the GrameenPhone Corporate Cricket League yesterday.
 
CCL makes Dav happy
The Corporate Cricket League (CCL) might have a different meaning for others but Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore believes that the new competition gave his boys an opportunity to sharpen their skills ahead
 
Zimbabwe at crossroads
Zimbabwe's abysmal record low of 35 all out on Sunday against Sri Lanka has brought the country's cricket crisis to its lowest and most dangerous point.
 
BCCI knows nothing
India's cricket chief Jagmohan Dalmiya said on Monday he was unaware that the Indian and Pakistani teams would be playing an exhibition one-day match in the oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi next month.
 
Craving for cricket
England fly to Grenada on Monday desperate for action after their first three one-day games were hit by rain.
 
Kiwis' Duke ball therapy
New Zealand's fast bowlers have drafted in specialist help before the team travels to England next week -- a box of English-style cricket balls.
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King Coria's next conquest
Guillermo Coria aims to join Juan Carlos Ferrero, Gustavo Kuerten, Carlos Moya, Thomas Muster, Sergi Bruguera, Bjorn Borg and Ilie Nastase as only the eighth player to use the Monte Carlo Masters title
 
Fed Cup
US, Belgium move
Twice Wimbledon champion Venus Williams of the United States and Belgium's world number two Kim Clijsters helped their countries into the quarterfinals of the Fed Cup this weekend.
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Primera Liga
Real gone with Figo
El Derby Barca's
Midfielder Xavi Hernandez netted the winning goal in the 86th minute Sunday as FC Barcelona came from behind to defeat a 10-man Real Madrid 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, while Spanish league leader
 
Premiership
Hip, hip Gunners!
Arsenal have made English football history by wrapping up their 13th English title without losing a match and with four games to spare.
 
Serie A
It'll take a little longer
AC Milan will have to wait another week before they can wrap up the Italian league title after they were held to a goalless draw away to Udinese and closest rivals Roma beat relegation-threatened Empoli
 
Near ones take over
One of Diego Maradona's two teenage daughters said the former soccer star was doing "much better" as he fights serious heart and lung problems.
 
Sher-e-Bangla soccer
Seven matches on day one
Seven matches will be played on the opening day of the 22nd Sher-e-Bangla National Football Championships' qualifying round on May 4.
 
Akram out for ten days
Former national captain Akram Khan will be out of action for ten days for a fractured right arm.
 
Zim face ICC suspension?
Zimbabwe's capitulation in Sunday's third one-day international against Sri Lanka, in which they were bowled out for a new record-low of 35, could have far-reaching consequences in the corridors of the
 
Winning start by Dhaka, Rajshahi
Ashiqul smashed 47 as Dhaka got off to a fine start in the second phase of the Under-17 Development Cricket Tournament with a four-wicket victory over Khulna at the Jahangirnagar University ground yesterday.
 
Third one-dayer abandoned too
Rain and unplayable conditions forced the abandonment of the third one-day international between West Indies and England without a ball being bowled on Sunday.
 
Bangladesh meet S'pore today
Bangladesh will take on Singapore in a qualifier of the Asian Junior (U-21) Hockey Championship in Karachi today.
 
CJKS-Ispahani cricket
Brothers Union Club recorded a four-wicket victory over City Corporation Ekadosh Junior in a CJKS-Ispahani Senior Division Premier Cricket League match at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong yesterday.
 
Magura soccer
Nazir Ahmed Degree College Ekadosh outplayed Chuadanga Badarganj College 8-1 in the inaugural match of the final round of the inter-college football tournament at the Magura Stadium yesterday.
 
Div I v'ball
Dhaka Sabuj Club earned walkover against Dhaka Sporting Club in the National Bank First Division Volleyball League at the volleyball stadium yesterday.
 
AFC's grassroots grant
Nipu, Jilani BFF's choice
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has recommended coaches Jubair Nipu and Syed Golam Jilani for its grassroots level coaching programme under the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)'s grant.
 
No room for Tillakaratne
Former Sri Lankan skipper Hashan Tillakaratne has been dropped for next month's cricket Test series in Zimbabwe, the national selectors announced here.
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Rafter gets married
Australia's double US Open champion Pat Rafter has married his long-time girlfriend, model Lara Feltham, in a private ceremony at a resort in Fiji, it was reported Monday.
 

 
   
 
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