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10th South Asian Games
Colombo 2006
BOA in total disarray
Who'll receive Dhaka Games flag?
As the curtains on the 10th South Asian Games fall today, the strong contingent of Bangladesh officials will gather at the Sugathadasa Stadium to do one last ritual correctly after their innumerable questionable
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Champions Trophy
Mehrab enters the fray, Bashar still uncertain
Mehrab Hossain was rewarded for his recent string of good form as the national selectors picked the young prospect in the 18-member preliminary squad for the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in India in
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Scrappy win for Sylhet
Hosts Sylhet edged past Comilla by a single goal to mark a good start in the final round of the Jubok Phone National Football Championship at the Sylhet Stadium yesterday.
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Silly of Akber
Eyebrows were raised as Bangladesh contingent's 10th SA Games Chef de Mission Maj Gen Akber Akter did not visit an ailing member of his team in hospital.
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BCB calls up 7 for sixes
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a seven-member squad for the Asian Super Sixes Challenge to be held in Karachi from September 13 to 18.
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Pakistan clinch football gold
A first-half strike by Adeel Ahmed helped Pakistan retain the football gold medal with a solitary goal win over Sri Lanka here late on Saturday night at the Sugathadasa Stadium.
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Mahalchhari on the right track
Mahalchhari scored in both halves to secure a 2-0 win over Matiranga in the DC Gold Cup football tournament at the Khagrachhari Stadium yesterday.
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Speed fears Hair loss
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed believes that umpire Darrell Hair's Test career could be over after the controversy of the past week.
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F'ganj power past Victoria
Farashganj Sporting Club continued their winning run as they registered their second successive victory in the Green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey League when they beat Victoria Sporting Club3-0
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BARCLAYS English Premier League
United set the pace
Manchester United continued their perfect start to the season on Saturday as potential English Premiership title rivals Arsenal flopped again.
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LFP
Morientes powers Valencia
Fernando Morientes consigned his ill-fated move to Liverpool to the history books on Saturday when he made a goal-scoring return to the Spanish League in Valencia's 2-1 win against Real Betis.
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Bundes Liga
Kuranyi makes his mark
Just over a year ago German international forward Kevin Kuranyi was one of the first names on the teamsheet for club and country but now he is trying to revive his flagging career at the age of just 24.
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Greeks end Sino run
China's dream of a best-ever finish in global competition was shattered at the World Basketball Championship here Sunday by Greece, which eliminated the Asian champions 95-64.
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Hewitt to defy pain
US Open begins today
Former champion Lleyton Hewitt said he would go through the pain barrier to compete at the US Open which starts on Monday.
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Walcott no more
West Indies cricket legend Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott died in a Barbados hospital on Saturday at the age of 80.
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Bundes Liga
Derby draws a blank
Reigning champions Bayern Munich missed the chance to move top of the Bundesliga after a 0-0 stalemate with neighbours FC Nuremberg on Saturday.
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Bundes Liga
Babies for 'repair kits'!
Premiership footballers are storing stem cells from their newborn babies to use in case of their own career-threatening sports injuries, according to a report here Sunday.
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BARCLAYS English Premier League
Wenger cool over Cole
Arsene Wenger insists he is not frustrated by the continuing uncertainty surrounding Ashley Cole's future despite Arsenal's stuttering start to their Premiership campaign.
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Lyon maul Nice
Five-in-a-row champions Lyon underlined their title credentials with a crushing 4-1 win away at Nice on Saturday which put them top of the French league table.
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Darrell did not panic
Darrell Hair said his decision to ask for 500,000 dollars to quit his role as an umpire following the Pakistan ball-tampering furore was not a panic reaction to events at The Oval last week.
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Bird on Inzy's side
Former Test umpire Dickie Bird believes Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq should be acquitted of the charges levelled against him following the controversial fourth Test against England.
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Haq focused on cricket
Pakistan skipper Inzamamul Haq has decided to put behind the Oval Test row and bring his focus back on cricket with the start of the ODI series against England this week.
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Hair snubbed by county
Controversial umpire Darrell Hair now finds himself out of favour in English domestic cricket as well with the Players' Association and some sections of ECB questioning his credibility to stand in county
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Formula 1
Massa makes it first
Ferrari's Felipe Massa celebrated an emotional first Formula One victory in Turkey on Sunday while Renault's Fernando Alonso won an epic duel with title rival Michael Schumacher.
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Metzelder out with injury
Germany coach Joachim Loew will be without all four of his World Cup central defenders for the start of their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign on Sept.
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Ronaldinho out of Vigo clash
Spanish and European champions Barcelona will be without their influential Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho for their opening match of the season against Celta Vigo on Monday.
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Reyes wants out of England
Arsenal's Spanish international striker Jose Antonio Reyes insisted Sunday that his Premiership career is over.
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Rio to sit out qualifiers
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand looks certain to be ruled out of England's Euro 2008 qualifiers against Andorra and Macedonia after suffering a suspected broken toe.
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Betis bid for Odonkor
Spanish side Real Betis have launched a bid for Borussia Dortmund's German international winger David Odonkor, the German club confirmed Sunday.
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Keane closer to Sunderland job
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane took a step closer to taking over the helm at Sunderland, by visiting the club's training facilities on Sunday.
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