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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Where does Bangladesh cricket actually stand?
Ever since Bangladesh advanced into the Super Eights of the World Cup at the expense of India there was a debate between two schools of thoughts.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Greg facing the axe
Coach Greg Chappell appears the most likely casualty when India's cricket chiefs meet later this week to pin the bla-me for the World Cup debacle.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
England must win
England head into their Su-per Eights clash with Sri Lanka here Wednesday knowing de-feat could all but end their chances of reaching the World Cup semifinals.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Pak detective to fly to Kingston
A Pakistani policeman who led the probe into the murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl will travel to Jamaica to help police investigating the death of cricket coach Bob Woolmer, officials said Tuesday.
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B. League
Brothers return strongly
Brothers Union returned to winning ways with a commanding 3-1 defeat of Arambagh yesterday that put them among the top four of the B. League.
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'Dravid must stay captain'
Springing to the support of beleaguered captain Rahul Dravid, Cricket Board Secretary Niranjan Shah on Tuesday said there was no better man than the Bangalore stalwart to lead the Indian team in the aftermath
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
KP wary of Murali
Kevin Pietersen may have once disdainfully reverse-swept Muttiah Muralidaran for six but that hasn't lessened the England batsman's respect for the Sri Lankan spin wizard.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Bracken loves new cherry
Australia quick Nathan Bracken believes the new ball may not be an advantage to fast bowlers at the World Cup.
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Local Snippets
International Master Enamul Hossain Rajib and FIDE Master Abu Sufian Shakil maintained their winning runs to share the lead after second round of the Mercantile Bank 33rd National Chess Championship yesterday.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
'We were too careful'
Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar said his side had still to find the right approach to building a score after their nine-wicket World Cup Super Eights defeat against New Zealand on Monday.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
NZ now want Aussies
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming cannot wait to play Australia after his side drew level on points with the reigning champions in the second round of the World Cup following a crushing nine-wicketvictory
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Bond eyes No 1 spot
Shane Bond has made it clear he wants to be known as the best bowler in the world.
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ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007
Lara under fire
Fans and former cricketers are fast losing faith in Brian Lara's West Indians, who are facing an early exit from the World Cup after three successive defeats in the Super Eights.
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Waugh finds ICC at fault
Former Australia cricket great Steve Waugh says the International Cricket Council has shown itself unable to eradicate match-fixing in the sport.
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Footballer Panna passes away
Country's football fraternity suffered yet another shock as Anwarul Haque Panna became the third footballer to die inside five days.
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Aziz talks of Indo-Pak failures
The disastrous performance of the Indian and Pakistani teams in the Cricket World Cup apparently weighed heavily on the mind of Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz as he Tuesday drew an analogy between
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Younis gives conditions for captaincy
Vice-captain Younis Khan met Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Naseem Ashraf and agreed to take over the captaincy following the team's World Cup debacle, sources said Tuesday.
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2011 WC hosts to sit next month
The Pakistan, Indian, Sri Lankan and Bangladesh cricket boards chiefs will meet in the summer resort of Bhurban in Pakistan next month to constitute the organising committee for the 2011 World Cup, to
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Kiwis get into racism row
New Zealand on Monday faced accusations that their players racially abused catering staff before last week's World Cup Super Eights match with hosts West Indies.
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Fleming praises repaired squad
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming praised his patched-up side after a commanding nine-wicket win over Bangladesh opened up the path to the World Cup semifinals.
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UEFA Champions League
Roma ready for United challenge
As Roma's players are confident they can produce another giant-killing performance and beat Manchester United in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday.
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UEFA Champions League
Chelsea up the tempo
Jose Mourinho has warned Valencia that Chelsea are ready to raise their game to a higher level when they clash in the Champions League quarterfinals.
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Rummenigge rues German demise
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Tuesday rued the demise of the Bundesliga which he believes is no longer capable of challenging their money-spinning counterparts in England and Spain.
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Barclays English Premier League
Everton held by Villa
Aston Villa grabbed a vital point in their bid to avoid relegation here on Monday as Gabriel Agbonlahor socred a late equaliser to draw 1-1 with Everton.
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Lenton smashes sprint record
Australia's Libby Lenton became the first woman in history to break 53 seconds for the 100m freestyle when she swam 52.
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Federer wins Laureus
Roger Federer was named sportsman of the year at the Laureus World Sports awards for the third successive time here on Monday.
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Sharapova to miss Fed Cup
Russian world number two Maria Sharapova has pulled out of next week's WTA event the Family Circle Cup and the forthcoming Fed Cup clash in Moscow with Spain, it was announced on Monday.
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Couto receives suspended prison
Veteran former Portuguese international defender Fernando Couto received a four month suspended prison sentence here on Monday for failing a drugs test back in 2001.
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Marca lash at Mourinho
Valencia's dressing room at Stamford Bridge for Wednesday's Champions League clash with Chelsea has been compared to a 'rat-hole' by Spanish daily Marca.
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Charlton cautions Barca, Real
Manchester United director and former playing legend Bobby Charlton has denounced speculation over Cristiano Ronaldo's future as incorrect and destabilising for the star winger.
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Juninho set for spell out
Lyon captain Juninho could be out for up to two weeks with a pulled left buttock muscle, the French champions announced on Monday.
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