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Australia Tour of Bangladesh
Tigers summon sweet Cardiff memories
To win a one-day match against mighty Australia is no longer a daydream for Habibul Bashar's men after their five-wicket win against the world champions last year.
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Warm welcome for media
A popular English proverb says that time is a great healer. But the events that transpired at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium last week will not be an easy one for the sports fraternity in the country to forget even in their entire lifespan.
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National School Football Championship 2006
Kakordia, Achmita win big
Kakordia Terodal High School and Achmita George Institute recorded the biggest victories on the second day of the banglalink tiger trophy National School Football Cham-pionship yesterday.
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Speed rebukes critics
Malcolm Speed has hit out at critics who have accused the International Cricket Council (ICC) of apparent indifference to player workloads, stating that they are "quite simply ill-informed and wrong".
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Jabbar Memorial Tennis
Amal retains crown
Amal Roy retained the men's singles trophy in the MA Jabbar Memorial Tennis tournament when he defeated Ranjan Ram in the final at the Engineers Club tennis court yesterday.
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StanChart nat'l school cricket
Shaheed Ramizuddin High School crushed BAF Shaheen School by 410 runs in the Standard Chartered Young Tiger National School Cricket Competition at the Iqbal Road ground yesterday.
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Azzu set to dazzle again
Banned former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin arrived here Saturday to feature in a senior cricket series between India and Pakistan.
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Bits and Bobs
FIFA World Cup
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Eriksson positive over injuries
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is confident four key players will recover from injury in time for the World Cup.
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Premiership
Honours even at Highbury
Thierry Henry salvaged Arsenal's hopes of snatching fourth place in the Premiership as his late goal earned a 1-1 draw with Tottenham here Saturday.
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Serie A
Juve lose more ground
The Serie A title race came alive on Saturday as Juventus had their lead cut to three points after being held to a 1-1 draw at home by Lazio and second placed AC Milan kept up the pressure with a 3-1win
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Large squads the solution
Sri Lanka's coach, Tom Moody, has added his voice to the growing debate about player burnout, and believes that international teams will soon have to head down the route adopted by the football Premiership,
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Shearer ends career
Veteran Newcastle captain Alan Shearer confirmed Saturday that his career has been finished by a knee injury.
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Hall's appeal to cricketers
Wes Hall, the former West Indies fast bowler and West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president, has urged the current national players to find a quick solution to the looming contract predicament.
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Santana passes away
Former Brazil national coach Tele Santana died on Friday at the age of 74. Santana coached Brazil at the 1982 and 1986 World Cup finals and also led Sao Paulo to the Copa Libertadores in 1992 and 1993.
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Ponting wants top spot back
Ricky Ponting would look to wrest back the coveted number one spot in ODI rankings from India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni when Australia take on Bangladesh in a one-day series starting in Chittagong on Sunday.
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Zidane to retire
World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane is almost certain to announce his retirement after the World Cup during a press conference on Wednesday, radio station Cadena Ser claimed on Friday.
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Team first for Dhoni
Explosive wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that contributing to the Indian team's victories was more important than reaching the top spot in one-day world rankings.
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Milan suffer triple injury
AC Milan's preparations for Wednesday's Champions League semifinal return at Barcelona suffered a blow with three players picking up injuries in the first half of their Serie A match at Messina.
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Gibbs gets shocking omission
South Africa have dropped experienced batsman Herschelle Gibbs for the two remaining Tests in their home series against New Zealand.
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