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Pakistan clinch a thriller
Opener Salman Butt hit a punishing century and Shoaib Malik a quickfire 90 to help Pakistan score a dramatic seven-run win under special bad light rules against India here on Monday.
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Sachin fells 14,000 runs
Goes another ton up
India's Sachin Tendulkar on Monday set new world records by completing 14,000 one-day runs and hitting his 39th century in the opening one-day international against Pakistan here.
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One last chance for SL
Sri Lankan coach Tom Moody knows his team are lucky to be in the hunt for a berth in the finals of the triangular series and this time he wants to make sure there are no mistakes.
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Premiership
Chelsea tighten title grip
Chelsea continued their march towards a second consecutive Premiership title by dispatching one of their main rivals Liverpool 2-0 on Sunday.
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Rajani survives a scare
Bangladesh international Rajani Kanta Barman is expected to join the national camp today but the key central-defender was on the verge of being axed from coach Diego Cruciani's list for the delay.
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New home makes 'em happy
Habibul Bashar's men made their debut at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur when they performed their first net session on fresh pitches yesterday.
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BCB names SL tour committees
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has yet to finalise the much-talked about standing committees but it at least gave an indication of becoming alive when the management committees for Sri Lanka's tour
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'Simpson should change'
Former Australian coach Bob Simpson should change with the times and understand the role of the modern-day cricket team coach, national coach John Buchanan said Monday.
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Serie A
Juventus roll on
Juventus maintained their eight-point lead at the top of the Serie A standings as Alessandro Del Piero came off the bench to score the winner in a 1-0 victory over plucky 10-man Udinese.
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Primera liga
Barca bow to Torres
Atletico Madrid lived up to their reputation as Barcelona's bogey team when they ended the Spanish champions' 14-match winning run in the league with an emphatic 3-1 victory at the Nou Camp on Sunday.
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Africa Cup of Nations
Egypt 2006
It's more than football
Ivory Coast's celebrations after beating arch-rivals Came-roon in the African Nations Cup quarter-final on Saturday ran deeper than just for themselves -- it was for a whole troubled nation.
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Benitez slams Robben 'theatrics'
Rafael Benitez furiously accused Arjen Robben of cheating after watching Liverpool lose a stormy Premiership clash with Chelsea 2-0 on Sunday.
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United we stand, says Beckham
David Beckham gave an insight on Sunday into why Real Madrid have looked a different side since the start of the year.
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Sachin, Inzy in trouble
Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar and Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq faced disciplinary measures for showing dissent against umpires' decisions while the Indian cricket team faced fine for slow over-rate
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International Tennis
Ranjan reaches 2nd round
Ranjan Ram was the only Bangladeshi player among 16 to reach the second round of the boys' singles in the Dhaka Bank Inter-national Junior Tennis Champion-ship yesterday.
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Rifles College lift h'ball title
Bir Shreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Rifles College became champions in the Exim Bank Inter College (Men's) Handball with a 26-8 goals victory against Imperial College in the final at the Outer Stadium handball
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Captain Ponting the best again
Australia captain Ricky Ponting received the Allan Border medal on Monday as the country's best cricketer over the past year.
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Totti reveals WC fears
Italian star Francesco Totti believes his World Cup dream with Italy could be sabotaged by the constant stream of fouls he suffers with Roma in Serie A.
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Lara rubbishes retirement talk
Star West Indies batsman Brian Lara has dismissed speculation he would retire after winning a first-class title with his native Trinidad and Tobago.
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