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Sports
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The last mistake?
Only time will tell whether Faruque Ahmed's name shall be synonymous with another forgettable event in the history of Bangladesh cricket after he recently took the much-debated decision of leaving Khaled
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Yardy wants some runs
England A captain Michael Yardy shrugged off his miss from the World Cup squad and wanted players from his team to be prepared for bigger things to come.
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Ispahani Mirzapore Tea National Cricket League
Dhiman keeps Ctg alive
Dhiman Ghosh rescued Chitta-gong with a timely century as the visitors fought back from a precarious position to brighten hopes of a draw against leaders Rajshahi in the sixth round clash of the Ispahani
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Your Say On Tigers Selection
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Well, I have lost my word to say anything. Mashud is not in the team and that is a big mistake made by the selection panel. I mean he is the most experienced player in the team.
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Bond buries Australia
Australia suffered their first ever 10-wicket loss in limited-overs cricket when they were thrashed by New Zealand here Friday just weeks away from their World Cup defence.
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Local Snippets
Majid took five wickets to help Bakhrabad High School to a facile 85-run win over Residential School and College in the Standard Chartered National School Cricket tournament at the Housing Estate ground
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Fine start for Wasiur
Wasiur Rahman struck a sublime century to propel Dhanmondi to a 50-run victory over Agrani Bank in the Kai-Altech First Division at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday.
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WI keep Samuels
The West Indies have named Marlon Samuels in the 15-man squad for the World Cup they will host next month despite an ongoing probe of his links with an alleged bookmaker.
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Inzy needs pace duo
Pakistan dope-tested most of its World Cup cricket squad on Friday with the futures of key fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif hanging in the balance.
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Queen meets 'King Henry'
Queen Elizabeth II hosted Arsenal footballers in a teatime fixture at Buckingham Palace on Thursday to make up for her having to forfeit opening their new ground last November because of a bad back.
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LFP
Barca seek internal healing
Barcelona fans will be hoping that some of the dressing room wounds that were exposed this week will have healed by the time the Spanish league leaders play at Valencia on Sunday.
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UEFA Cup
Losing Start for Ranieri
Sevilla turn on style
Sevilla striker Frederic Kanoute continued his prolific season with another goal as the UEFA Cup holders underlined their class with a 2-0 victory over Steau Bucharest in Romania on Thursday.
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Uefa Cup Results
Results from the UEFA Cup round of 32 first leg matches played on Thursday:
At Braga, Portugal
Sporting Braga (POR) 1 (Ze Carlos 81) Parma (ITA) 0
At Moscow
Spartak Moscow (RUS)
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Serie A
Totti not giving up
Inter Milan have won their last 15 league matches and hold an 11-point lead at the top of the table, but Roma captain Francesco Totti refuses to accept that the Italian title race is a foregone conclusion.
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No Sachin for decider
Star Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been rested for Saturday's series-deciding fourth and final one-day international against Sri Lanka due to a sore back. "It's nothing to worry about.
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Humble Casillas
Real Madrid keeper Iker Casillas said if Barcelona were in crisis following the controversial comments of Barcelona star Samuel Eto'o then Real Madrid were really in trouble.
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Bayern keen on Raul
Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld has said that he is a huge fan of Spanish international striker Raul and would like to sign the Real Madrid captain.
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Rijkaard set for Barca exit?
Barcelona's Dutch coach Frank Rijkaard is to quit the team he led to the Champions League only last May, AS sports daily said on Friday, quoting "very well informed sources.
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Italy okays late kick-offs
The Italian interior ministry on Thursday sanctioned evening kick-offs for a handful of Serie A matches on February 24-25.
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Neville slams agents
Manchester United captain Gary Neville said Thursday he wanted player agents kicked out of football, insisting he did not know any good ones.
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The FA Cup
Old foes for Gunners, Red Devils
Arsenal and Manchester United will find a pair of familiar faces standing in their path towards the last eight of the FA Cup this weekend.
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Bundes Liga
Slomka's Schalke looking up
Bundesliga lea-ders Schalke 04 have rewarded their coach Mirko Slomka with the offer of a new contract and will hope that is just the boost required to extend their unbeaten run to 13 when they travel
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Defining weekend for MU
Henrik Larsson believes the strength of Manchester United's squad will prove decisive as Sir Alex Ferguson's side begin a seven-day stretch that could determine whether or not they repeat their treble
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Thailand to play Netherlands
Thailand will play the Netherlands here in June as a warm-up for the Asian Cup, the country's football association said Friday.
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Brawl in Chinese match
A friendly match involving one of China's top football teams was abandoned after a mass brawl, state media said Friday, just days after a similar incident marred a Chinese visit to London.
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Germans sign sponsorship deal
German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom said on Thursday they would be continuing their sponsorship of the Bundesliga until 2009 but the league would not take the company's name.
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Nigerian clubs sanctioned
The Nigeria Football League (NFL) has ordered champions Ocean Boys to play two home games behind closed doors while another top club Wikki Tourists were banished from their home ground and fined as aresult
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