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AFC Cup
A fighting draw
Brothers Union surrendered the lead twice to draw their AFC Cup home match against Mahindra United of Mumbai 2-2 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
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Melbourne 2006
XVIII Commonwealth Games Australia
Towhid goes awol, Asif loses crown
The mysterious disappearance of a Bangladeshi athlete overshadowed slim pickings for Asian nations on the sixth day of action at the Commonwealth Games Tuesday.
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Melbourne 2006
XVIII Commonwealth Games Australia
Aussie angels rule the pool
Australian swim queen Leisel Jones grabbed her second world record as five-gold Libby Lenton edged ahead of India's Samaresh Jung in the battle to be the most decorated Commonwealth Games competitor on
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Tigers target Champions Trophy
Bangladesh will face a different kind of pressure when they meet Kenya in the third one-day international at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
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ICC ends super-sub trial
'Super subs' will no longer feature in one-day international matches after the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced an end of a trial on the first day of its board meeting here Monday.
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India face stiff target
England set India a challenging 313-run target and followed up with an early wicket in the third and final Test on Tuesday to sustain their hopes of squaring the series.
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SL-Pak Test series rescheduled
3rd ODI today
Sri Lanka's upcoming two-Test series against visiting Pakistan has been pushed back by two days after reserve days were added for two one-dayers.
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Rajib, Rakib share lead
International Master Enamul Hossain Rajib won his first round board against Grand Master Niaz Murshed in the Mercantile Bank 32nd National Chess Champion-ship at the federation hall room yesterday.
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School b'ball
Green Herald beat Scholastica 30-17 in the Shabab Murshid Memorial School Basketball Tournament at Dhanmondi wooden floor gymnasium on Tuesday.
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Inter-varsity athletics
The 12th Bangladesh inter-university athletic competition began at the Rajshahi University campus stadium on Tuesday amidst a sea of colour.
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Onus on Chelsea
Petr Cech hopes Chelsea's FA Cup quarter-final at home to Newcastle United this Wednesday will ease the pain of last weekend's derby defeat against Fulham.
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Germans look for respite
Jurgen Klinsmann has just three games to mould a German team capable of lifting the World Cup starting with a friendly match against the United States in Dortmund on Wednesday.
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Fergie believes in miracles
Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United could yet pull off a sensational comeback in a Premiership title race that has been considered all over since Christmas.
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Frank wants Larsson to stay
Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard says he has tried to persuade Sweden striker Henrik Larsson to stay for another season rather than end his career with hometown club Helsingborg.
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Dhoni downplays TV incident
Indian wicketkeeper Mahendra Dhoni played down his controversial run-out during the third and final Test against England here, saying the umpire's decision has to be respected.
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Bond back for 3rd Test
New Zealand bowling spearhead Shane Bond has been declared fit for the third cricket Test against the West Indies beginning in Napier on Saturday.
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Ancelotti signs extension
AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has agreed to extend his contract for a further year, tying himself to the Serie A side until at least June, 2008, the club said on Tuesday.
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Schweini sues newspaper
German international Bastian Schweinsteiger has started legal action against the Munich newspaper TZ for defamation, his club Bayern Munich confirmed on Monday.
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Neo-Nazis threaten Muslims
The World Cup in Germany is set to become a battleground between facists and Muslims, an Italian member of a new European neo-Nazi movement warned Tuesday.
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