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10th South Asian Games
Colombo 2006
Swimmers save blushes
Bangladesh made an indifferent start to the final day's swimming competition at the 10th SA Games here yesterday, but Shahjahan Ali Rony's triumph in the 50m breaststroke turned the tide at the Sugathadasa
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10th South Asian Games
Colombo 2006
Hopes high for Mahfuz
Track and field events start today
The track at the Sugathadasa Stadium will come alive today when the athletics competition, the jewel in the crown of the 10th South Asian Games, gets under way.
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BCB investigation on
The fact-finding committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday quizzed Bangladesh cricket team coach Dav Whatmore, manager Shafiqul Haq Hira and stand-in captain Khaled Mashud in an effort
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Inzy hearing postponed
Eng-Pak one-day series to go ahead
Pakistan tour manager Zaheer Abbas confirmed Wednesday the team's upcoming one-day series against England would go ahead after a disciplinary hearing involving captain Inzamamul Haq was postponed.
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Khulna qualify for last four
Defending champions Narayanganj became the first team to confirm their semifinal berth in the Jubok Phone National Football Cham-pionship when they registered a solitary goal victory against Khulna at
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BCB Academy start brightly
The BCB National Academy team thrived on two half centuries by Nazmus Sadat and Zahirul Islam to make a bright start on the first day of the second and final four-day match against a Pakistan Academyside
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Zia & Niaz doing well
Bangladeshi Grand Masters Niaz Murshed and Ziaur Rahman secured three points after the end of the fourth round in the IGB 3rd Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship in Kuala Lumpur.
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Cruciani might coach Abahani
Argentine coach Diego Cruciani accepted the fact calmly that Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will not renew his contract further.
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BCB backs Pakistan
Bangladesh became the latest Asian nation on Tuesday to pledge their support to the Pakistan cricket team following a ball-tampering row which led to the fourth Test against England to be forfeited.
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Wari beat Uttara
Wari Club beat Uttara Hockey Club by 2-1 goals in the opening match of the Green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani National Stadium yesterday.
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BARCLAYS English Premier League
Berbatov dazzles on home debut
Tottenham Hots-pur's new boy Dimitar Ber-batov scored one goal and set up the second on his Spurs home debut as they beat visitors Sheffield United 2-0 at White Hart Lane here on Tuesday.
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UEFA Champions League
Draw sees Liverpool through
Liverpool scraped through to the Champions League group stages after a less than convincing 3-2 aggregate victory following a 1-1 draw against Maccabi Haifa here on Tuesday.
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UEFA Champions League
Milan make the grade
Italian giants AC Milan may have received a huge slice of luck by being allowed to compete in this season's Cham-pions League but they made no mistake in reaching the group stage here on Tuesday beating
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ICC behind umpires
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed insisted Pakistan would have no right of veto over the appointment of Darrell Hair after the umpire ruled they had forfeited last week's
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Hair remains defiant
Veteran Australian umpire Darrell Hair stood by his decision to call Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq for ball-tampering in the fourth Test with England on Tuesday but accepted that if he was found to be
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Gatlin accepts 8-year ban
Olympic and World champion sprinter Justin Gatlin has accepted an eight-year ban for a second doping offence, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced on Tuesday.
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UEFA Champions League
Valencia make return
Valencia believe they are back where they belong after earning a place in the group phase of the Champions League following their 3-1 aggregate win over Salzburg.
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Diarra completes Madrid move
Mali international Mahamadou Diarra completed his 26 million-euro ($33.4 million) move from Olympique Lyon to Real Madrid when he was unveiled to the media on Tuesday.
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Injury list grows for L'pool
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez emerged from his side's successful Champions League test against Maccabi Haifa with mixed feelings on Tuesday after seeing his injury list grow.
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Champions League results
Results of Champions League third preliminary round second leg matches played on Tuesday:
At Valencia, Spain
Valencia (ESP) 3 (Morientes 12, Villa 31-pen, Silva 90+3) Salzburg (AUT) 0
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Italy succumb to FIFA
The Italian football federation on Wednesday bowed to pressure from football's world ruling body FIFA over its role in the aftermath of the Juventus match-fixing scandal.
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Quaresma returns
Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on Tuesday recalled FC Porto striker Ricardo Quaresma, who he controversially overlooked for the 2006 World Cup, for a Euro 2008 qualifier against Finland next month.
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Germany name assistant coach
Germany manager Joachim Low has appointed former Bayern Munich player Hans-Dieter Flick as his assistant coach ahead of the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, the German Football Federation (DFB) said Wednesday.
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CL winners can net up to 100 million
The winner of this season's Champions League could earn up to 100 million euros ($130 million) on top of UEFA prize money and tournament gate receipts, a study said on Wednesday.
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Tevez angers Corinthians
Argentine striker Carlos Tevez is in hot water with his Brazilian club Corinthians after being spotted out partying while failing to show up at the club's training ground.
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Juventus sign Boumsong
France defender Jean-Alain Boumsong swapped one black and white striped shirt for another when he joined Italian giants Juventus from English Premiership side Newcastle United.
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La Volpe takes over Boca Juniors
Mexico's World Cup coach Ricardo La Volpe was named as the new coach of Boca Juniors, the most popular club in his native Argentina, on Tuesday.
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Rodriguez extends with Atletico
Argentina forward Maxi Rodriguez has agreed to extend his contract with Atletico Madrid until 2010, the Primera Liga club said on Wednesday.
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England name ODI squad to face Pakistan
The England selectors named a 16-man squad on Wednesday for the one-off Twenty20 match and following five-match one-day international series against Pakistan:
SQUAD
Andrew Strauss (captain),
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Woolmer wants scrapping of Law 42.3
Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has called for the abolition of Law 42.3, which governs the condition of the ball and which was the centre of the controversy surrounding the forfeiture of The Oval Test.
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BCCI neutral until now
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday said it had not taken any stance yet over the ball-tampering incident at The Oval, which resulted in Pakistan's forfeiture of the match to
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