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Aktel Premier Division Cricket League
DOHS closer to title
Mahmud outshines Ayub ton
Khaled Mahmud made most of an early life to help Old DOHS shrug off a stiff challenge by Brothers Union on the opening day of the Aktel Premier Cricket League Super Six and take another step toward the
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Australian Open
Now comes Serena shock
Defending champion Serena Williams tumbled out of the Australian Open Friday and top seed Lindsay Davenport stumbled before getting back on track.
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Sami making way for Asif?
Second Indo-Pak Test begins today
Pakistan plan to throw young fast bowler Mohammad Asif into the deep end in a bid to contain India's renowned batting in the second cricket Test starting here on Saturday.
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No Leeway for SA
A stunning spell of fast bowling by Brett Lee demolished South Africa and upstaged a record-breaking knock by teammate Phil Jaques as Australia grabbed a 59-run victory in their triangular series one-day
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JFA Cup finals from today
The final round of the 2nd JFA Cup Under-16 Football Tournament begins today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Rangamati face Dhaka in the inaugural match at 2.
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Div I cricket
Surjo Tarun Club and Dhaka Wanderers Club won their respective matches in the First Division Cricket League on Friday.
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Zia shares third place
Bangladesh Grand Master Ziaur Rahman was sharing the third place with four others at the end of the eighth round of the Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament in New Delhi on Friday.
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Premiership
ManU, Liverpool battle for second-best
The old cliche about there being no prizes for coming second in sport is no longer a maxim that can be accurately applied to the Premiership.
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Serie A
Away form a headache for Milan
AC Milan's Brazil international Kaka says his side must improve their poor away record if they are to keep alive their faint title hopes.
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Primera Liga
Lucky 13 for Barcelona?
Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard is not known to be a superstitious man and so he will be optimistic that the Spanish league leaders can get their 13th consecutive league win against bottom club Alaveson
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Harvest year for Freddie
Andrew Flintoff is in line for the most lucrative benefit year ever enjoyed by an English cricketer, with one report suggesting the Ashes-winning all-rounder could earn as much as 3 million pounds when
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Hantuchova's heart wins it
Australian Open giant-killer Daniela Hantuchova said heart was the secret ingredient behind her victory over defending champion Serena Williams Friday.
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Pakistan reluctant to host Zim for ODIs only
Pakistan is reluctant to host Zimbabwe for a one-day series in October after the African nation pulled out of a two-Test series, a Pakistan Cricket Board official told Reuters on Friday.
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Chelsea bidding big for Eto'o
English champions Chelsea have offered 60 million euros to buy Barcelona's Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o, Spanish sports newspaper AS reported on Friday.
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BDR inter-sector athletics
The five-day inter-sector athletics competition of Bangladesh Rifles starts here tomorrow. About 12 sectors of the BDR are expected to take part in the meet.
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Milan beckon Rijkaard, Barca look to Basten
Holland coach Marco van Basten would replace Frank Rijkaard as Barcelona coach if the latter decided to leave and join AC Milan, sports daily Marca reported here on Friday.
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Eriksson going out anyway
Sven-Goran Eriksson has said he expects to be sacked if England do not reach the semifinals of this year's World Cup, according to Britain's Daily Mail newspaper Friday.
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Cole receives death threats
England footballer Joe Cole received three letters containing death threats earlier this week while at Chelsea's training ground, Britain's Sun newspaper reported Friday.
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