Volume 4 Number 352 Wed. May 26, 2004    
 
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Three more Test venues!
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has set out a plan to increase the number of Test venues in the country from two to five.
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Hussain's heroic hundred
England go one up
Nasser Hussain atoned for running out Andrew Strauss, when the debutant was in sight of scoring centuries in both innings of his first Test, with an unbeaten century to guide England to a seven-wicket
 
Calypso Cocktail
It felt weird at times to the three travelling journalists who were covering the three-day warm-up match between Bangladesh and the West Indies Cricket Board XI at the Queen's Park Stadium.
 
Smith toys with Tigers
3-day match drawn
A breathtaking unbeaten hundred by Dwayne Smith on Monday gave Bangladesh some fresh headache ahead of the first Test against the West Indies starting in St Lucia in three days time.
 
Textbook Tendulkar!
The life and times of India's star batsman Sachin Tendulkar are being featured in school textbooks from the current academic year so that children can be inspired by the feats of the record-breaking cricketer.
 
Bhola enter semis
Bhola became the first team to reach the semifinals of the Sher-e-Bangla Cup 22nd National Football Championship when they recorded a convincing 3-1 win over Nilphamari at the Adhunik Stadium in Natore
 
Lawson back for Windies
Jermaine Lawson earned a recall to the West Indies cricket team when he was selected in a 13-member squad for the opening Test of two against Bangladesh, starting on Friday at Gros Islet.
 
Reefat upsets Russian GM
Reefat-bin-Sattar came alive in the Leonine second Grand Masters chess tournament but it was too late for him to reach his goal.
 
Marathon match
Fabrice Santoro has beaten fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clement in the longest singles match in modern tennis history, spending six hours 36 minutes on court before winning 6-4 6-3 6-7 3-6 16-14 at the French
 
Ton eludes Ponting
Captain Ricky Ponting came within nine runs of his 16th one-day century at Harare Sports Club Tuesday when Australia beat Zimbabwe in the first of three internationals by seven wickets and with more than
 
UEFA Champs League
An unlikely finale
Porto and Monaco will receive their reward for astute management and a refreshing lack of respect for the European elite when they line up in the Champions League final in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Wednesday.
 
UEFA Euro 2004 Porugal
Blue means everything
With his permanent scowl, frequent refusal to celebrate goals and constant frustration at his team Inter Milan's limitations, Christian Vieri does not appear to be a man who enjoys his club football.
 
Smith almost United's
Alan Smith is being tipped to complete a seven-million-pound transfer from Leeds to Manchester United on Wednesday.
 
French Open
Federer Express gets going
Top men's seed Roger Federer ended his Roland Garros jinx as US sisters Venus and Serena Williams served notice of their French Open intentions by advancing into the second round of the Grand Slam tournament
 
42 entries for NFL qualifiers
Only 41 district and one services teams sent their entries for the 4th National Football League (NFL) qualifying round before the deadline yesterday.
 
Ctg hockey
Crescent Club recorded their first victory in the CJKS-JDC First Division Hockey League when they edged South Club 1-0 at the MA Aziz Stadium yesterday.
 
B'baria cricket
Chalantika Cricket Club and Titas Club won their respective matches in the Shaheed Freedom Fighter Rango Mia Cup cricket tournament at the Shahjadpur Junior High School playground in Brahman-baria yesterday.
 
Marketing in DU cricket final
Department of Marketing reached the final of the Dhaka University inter-department cricket tournament defeating Finance and Banking by eight wickets at the Jagannath Hall ground yesterday.
 
Schools kabadi
Ansars & VDP School handed Mannan High School a massive 131-32 defeat in the 12th School Kabadi tournament at the Outer Stadium yesterday.
 
2nd eves' soccer camp on
Most of the 30 female footballers who are part of the second batch in a camp organised by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), are looking forward to switching their careers.
 

 
   
 
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