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Walkover or not, MSC in trouble
Local giants Mohammedan Sporting Club face relegation from the Premier Hockey League after giving walkover to Usha Krira Chakra in yesterday's Super Five match.
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Hosts are in command
Dhaka have to wait to take five remaining Barisal wickets for an indefinite period as today's siege programme has postponed the fourth day's play at the Fatullah Stadium, after Mohammad Rafique's three-wicket
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Gul, Nazir destroy WI
Fast bowler Umar Gul took five wickets and fellow paceman Shahid Nazir grabbed three to dismiss the West Indies for 206 on the first day of the opening Test at the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on Saturday.
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Booters leave for HK tomorrow
Hasanuzzaman Babloo has picked seven senior footballers for Bangladesh's last match in the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers against Hong Kong on Wednesday.
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Bangladesh finish 2nd
Bangladesh lost to hosts India by 61 runs in the final of the Special Olympics Invitational Cricket tournament in Mumbai yesterday.
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Rajbari, Dhaka win big
Sujon took four wickets as Comilla defeated Cox's Bazar by four wickets in the National Cricket Championship in Chittagong yesterday.
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Dehring warns slack venues
World Cup chief executive Chris Dehring told the nine venues hosting next year's Caribbean tournament that they could be stripped of matches if their preparations are not up to scratch.
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Music stops!
The Pakistan cricket team's strong influence of religion came to light again on Saturday when they forced the event managers to stop playing music during the lunch interval of the first Test against the
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Classy line-up in Masters Cup
He's described as the best player tennis has ever seen, but Roger Federer will have to show every ounce of his class to win his third Masters Cup title.
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England face tough NSW
England vice-captain Andrew Strauss says he welcomes the prospect of facing a Test-strength New South Wales bowling attack to help the tourists recover from a disastrous tour opener before facing Australia
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ICC betrays Hair?
The International Cricket Council rated Australian Darrell Hair the second-best umpire in the world before it sacked him for alleged incompetence, reports here said Saturday, citing secret documents.
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Thorpe can't be sure
Former Test batsman Graham Thorpe said he is happy to sit on the fence during the upcoming Ashes cricket series as he watches his former England team mates take on Australia.
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Another teenager in England squad
Manchester City's teenage defender Micah Richards has been called up to the England squad for next week's friendly against Holland, barely 12 months after making his Premiership debut.
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Maria, Amelie in semis
Australian Open and Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo cushioned the blow of losing her world number one ranking by beating top spot rival Justine Henin-Hardenne to reach the WTA Tour Championships semifinals
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Championnat of Football Professionnel
Lyon snatch it late
Lyon had their centre-backs to thank for salvaging a home win against plucky Valenciennes at the Stade Gerland on Friday night after coming away with a 2-1 win.
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Bundes Liga
Dortmund shock Bremen
Borussia Dortmund won 3-1 at Bundes-liga leaders Werder Bremen on Friday to put top spot in Germany back in play.
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Biman regain solo lead
Bangladesh Biman regained solo lead in the Dutch-Bangla Bank First Division Chess League when they edged their co-leaders of the previous round Chittagong Mohammedan 2.5-1.5 yesterday.
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Dravid blames key players
In a grim message ahead of the big engagements, including the World Cup, captain Rahul Dravid on Saturday sought to blame his "key players" for the Indian team's slump and said it was high time they delivered.
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Nilphamari sink Lalmonirhat
Nilphamari crushed Lalmonirhat by 135 runs in the BCB Young Tigers under-14 National Cricket tournament at the Gaibandha Stadium yesterday.
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Boje wants to face police
Nicky Boje, the South African spinner, has said he did not have apprehensions about travelling to India for the Champions Trophy, insisting that his omission from the squad had nothing to do with therisk
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Walsh trusts Taylor
Fast bowling great Courtney Walsh believes Jerome Taylor has the potential to carry forward West Indies' glorious tradition in pace bowling.
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PCB wants more matches
Pakistan have decided to press for the right to host more matches of the 2011 World Cup which it will jointly host with India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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Agarkar fit to tour SA
Ajit Agarkar has passed a fitness test on his left thumb and been cleared for India's forthcoming tour of South Africa, starting in a week's time.
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Ronaldo out again
Real Madrid said on Friday that Brazilian striker Ronaldo would be out for up to a month after damaging ligaments in his left knee in Thursday's Spanish Cup win over Ecija.
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Dunga's injury worries
Brazil coach Dunga, already without star strikers Ronaldo and Adriano, was dealt another blow on Friday when Bayern Munich defender Lucio was forced to pull out of Wednesday's friendly against Switzerland
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Eden Park in doubt
The future of a debt-ridden Eden Park as a cricket venue remains in doubt with the announcement that the venue's trustees have planned a NZ$6 million upgrade for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
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Nalbandian confident of defence
David Nalbandian on Saturday said he was confident of defending his Masters Cup title despite a strong field led by the rampant Roger Federer.
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Scuffles in opening ceremony
The world's top tennis players looked on in amazement on Saturday as scuffles broke out between photographers at the Masters Cup opening ceremony.
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Barclays English Premier League
Stalemate at Eastlands
Manchester City squandered a series of chances to heap more misery on Glenn Roeder as Newcastle held on for a 0-0 draw at Eastlands on Saturday.
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Higuain to snub France call-up
River Plate forward Gonzalo Higuain is set to snub France after coach Raymond Domenech called him up to his squad for a friendly against Greece, the teenager's father said.
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Barclays English Premier League
Rafa calls for calm
Liverpool's Rafael Benitez has urged his rival premiership managers to control their emotions after last Sunday's touchline row between Arsenal's Arsene Wenger and West Ham's Alan Pardew.
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Rosicky sidelined
Czech captain Tomas Rosicky will be sidelined for a friendly international against Denmark in Prague on Wednesday due to a hamstring injury picked up in training, the Czech daily Sport reported Saturday.
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Bremen bookies' favourites
Bookmakers have made Werder Bremen the new favourites for the Bundesliga title after they moved six points clear of reigning champions Bayern Munich.
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Maradona pulls for Sanchez
Former Argentina captain Diego Maradona said on Friday it was time for former Real Madrid striker Hugo Sanchez, considered Mexico's best-ever player, to coach the national team.
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New home for Valencia
Valencia have unveiled plans to construct a 75,000-capacity stadium that they hope will be used as a venue for a Champions League final.
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