Vol. 5 Num 462 Mon. September 12, 2005    
 
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Bashar now wants Test fight
Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar would like to see a change in the team's fortunes in the Test series after suffering a 3-0 ODI whitewash at the hands of Sri Lanka.
 
Preview: Play-off
Decision day today
Still smarting from the 1-1 draw with Mohammedan Sporting Club in the last match of the league which compelled them to appear in today's play-off against the same opponents to decide the title, Brothers
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Upbeat debutants
Bangladesh will hand their 43rd and 44th Test caps to Shahriar Nafees and Syed Rasel when the first Test begins at the Premadasa today.
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US Open
Clijsters does it in grand style
Kim Clijsters climbed a wall and, like a tightrope walker, inched along a railing high above the court. Fans reached out to help her, worried she might fall.
No way. On this night, everything was grand.

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Bad light aids England
Australia's Ashes hopes were left in the balance after Andrew Flintoff produced a thundering bowling performance in murky conditions to turn the fifth and final Test on its head on Sunday.
 
Back to Premadasa
Test cricket will return to the Premadasa Cricket Stadium after seven years when Sri Lanka host Bangladesh in the first Test here on Monday.
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CJKS Football
Wins for BU, Madarbari
Madarbari Udoyan and Brothers Union won their respective matches in the CJKS-Elite Paint First Division Football League at the MA Aziz Stadium yesterday.
 
Pepsi-DRU Cricket
Daily Star take on BSS today
The Daily Star will launch their campaign in the Pepsi-DRU inter-house six-a-side cricket tournament today when they take on BSS at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium.
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Primera Liga
Celta ride on dubious goal
Uruguayan midfielder Fabian Canobbio upstaged Real Madrid's Brazilian contingent when he scored a contentious goal to give promoted Celta Vigo a 3-2 win in the Bernabeu on Saturday.
 
Serie A
Inter stumble at Palermo
Serie A title hopefuls Inter Milan suffered an embarrassing 3-2 defeat away to Palermo on Saturday while their city neighbours AC Milan won 3-1 at home to Siena.
 
US Open
Federer, Agassi arrange dream finale
The longed-for showdown between Roger Federer, the world number one, and Andre Agassi, the old stager playing possibly for the last time at Flushing Meadows, will come to pass on Sunday in the US Open
 
Premiership
Chelsea still perfect, Gunners shot down
Chelsea turned the screw on Manchester United and Arsenal on Saturday, the champions extending their 100 percent winning start to the season as their title rivals both dropped points.
 
India practise batting in drawn game
India will return to Harare from mountain valley town Mutare where they got some competitive batting practice ahead of the first Test against Zimbabwe starting in Bulawayo on Tuesday.
 
Moin not retiring
Moin Khan, former Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper, has ruled out talk of retirement at the end of this season.
 
Australia A struggle in Pakistan
Opener Phil Jaques scored a fighting, unbeaten half-century as Australia A struggled to 120 for six on the opening day of a four-day unofficial Test against Pakistan A in Rawalpindi on Sunday.
 
Zimbabwe drop four for Tests against India
Zimbabwe have dropped four players from the team that lost both Tests against New Zealand last month for the two-Test series against India starting in Bulawayo on Tuesday.
 

 
   
 
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