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Best among minnows
Ashraful Islam Shishu and Rasel Mahmud Jimmy produced spectacular late goals as Bangladesh handed a 2-0 defeat on Hong Kong to become unbeaten champions in the Jamuna Bank Asian Games qualifying round
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Down The World Cup Lane
Mexico 1970: The height of brilliance
Despite their vic-tory in the preceding World Cup and an ensuing record that had seen them lose just four out of thirty-five games in four years, England were not the favourites when the World Cup came
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FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Bits and Bobs
$5,000 for a goal
Reuters, Luanda
Angola's Banco Internacional de Credito (BIC) has promised to give 5,000 dollars to every national team player who scores at the World Cup,state-owned
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FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Football and fashion
World Cup fans are accustomed to the yellow of Brazil, the blues of France and Italy and the stripes of Argentina and Paraguay.
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FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
The English ministry of defence
Italy has long been regarded as the spiritual home of the art of defending but John Terry believes this summer's World Cup will prove the balance of power has moved to England.
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Tamim fires for Ctg
Chittagong moved to the group finals after they crushed Feni by eight wickets in the Dhaka Bank Under-19 National Youth Cricket Championship at the Comilla Stadium yesterday.
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School soccer
Laxminarayan Cotton Mill High School of Narayanganj reached the regional final, after a goalless draw against Darul Islam Madrasa, in the banglalink tiger trophy National School Football tournament at
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CWAB's talent hunt on
Cricketers' Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) launched the talent hunt programme titled "Shombhabona Tomar Majhe" at the Gurudayal college campus here yesterday.
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Inter-district v'ball
Dinajpur emerged as the district winners after defeating Naogaon in straight sets 25-22, 25-17 and 28-26 in the NCC Bank inter-district volleyball championship at Naogaon yesterday.
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Dravid outshines Gayle
Rahul Dravid hit his 12th one-day international hundred to overshadow Chris Gayle's for West Indies and lead India to a five-wicket victory in the rain-affected first ODI at Sabina Park on Thursday.
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Top class knock: Chappell
India coach Greg Chappell paid tribute to Rahul Dravid after the captain's 105 inspired a five-wicket victory in the opening one-dayer against West Indies.
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Safina downs Clijsters
Determined Dinara Safina slammed the door on any chance for Kim Clijsters to return next week to world number one, dumping the second seed out of the Rome Masters 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) on Thursday.
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UEFA Champs League
A heroes welcome
Barcelona were greeted by hundreds of thousands of fans on Thursday when they paraded through the city on an open-top bus to celebrate winning the Champions League.
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UEFA Champs League
A case of sour grapes
Knowing how to win is important if you want to have a trophy room full of silverware. Knowing how to lose, however, is crucial if you don't want your postmatch reaction to overshadow and tarnish yourachievements.
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Henry staying at Arsenal
Thierry Henry on Friday signed a new four-year contract with Arsenal after revealing that he could not bear to quit "the club I love" in favour of a new challenge with Barcelona.
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Lippi quizzed over Moggi scandal
Italy coach Marcello Lippi was questioned by magistrates for three and a half hours here Friday as part of their investigation into the dealings of football agents GEA.
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Cisse eager for Marseille
France international striker Djibril Cisse is ready to join French giants Marseille from FA Cup winners Liverpool should they launch a new bid he told La Provence newspaper on Friday.
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Jose won't let Drogba leave
Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho says striker Didier Drogba is not leaving Stamford Bridge while Andriy Shevchenko, a Chelsea target, is unlikely to leave AC Milan.
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Blanc in frame for Auxerre job
France World Cup winner and former Manchester United defender Laurent Blanc is in the running to succeed Jacques Santini as manager of Auxerre, the French club's vice-president Gerard Bourgoin announced
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Ze Roberto to leave Bayern
Brazilian midfielder Ze Roberto will leave German champions Bayern Munich after the World Cup following the breakdown of negotiations on a new contract, the club said on Thursday.
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Juve appoint new managing director
Juventus, whose entire board quit last week over match-fixing allegations, named Carlo Sant'Albano as their acting managing director on Friday.
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Zafar's death anniversary today
The second death anniversary of the former secretary general of Bangladesh Olympic Association Zafar Imam will be observed today.
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Sachin unsure of WI tour
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar said on Friday it was too early to say whether he would be available for the upcoming Test series in the West Indies as he is still recovering from shoulder surgery.
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Ton up Tharanga
Opening batsman Upul Tharanga did his case for keeping a place in Sri Lanka's Test team no harm at all with a gritty 140 as the tourists scored 283 for four come stumps on the first day of four against
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Zim win again
Zimbabwe crushed Bermuda by 194 runs at Queen's Park Oval in a low-key dress rehearsal for Saturday's tournament final.
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Freddie gets more support
Andrew Strauss has insisted it was England's fielding not the captaincy of Andrew Flintoff which cost the home side the chance of going 1-0 up in their three-Test series against Sri Lanka.
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Udal wants to play
Shaun Udal believes he could play in next week's second Test despite missing out on England's development squad.
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Maria out of Istanbul Open
Russia's Wimbledon 2004 champion Maria Sharapova was forced to withdraw from next week's Istanbul Open on Friday because she has failed to recover from a right ankle injury.
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Cicinho robbed
Real Madrid's Brazilian international Cicinho was robbed on his arrival at Guarulhos airport here on Thursday, police reported.
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