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grameenphone ODI SERIES
Tigers charged up
Mashrafe set to return
A good game slipped away from their hands but the Bangladesh team were not ready to latch on repentance rather seemed charged up to bounce back in the three-match series against India when the two meet
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Rafique in Asian XI
Four Tigers for Twenty20
Mohammad Rafique was the only Bangladeshi face in the Asian XI that will take on Africa in the second Afro-Asia Cricket Cup to be held in India next month.
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Howard 'jammed' on Zim tour
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Friday he was 'jammed' on how to stop the country's cricketers from touring Zimbabwe later this year.
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'A shocker'!
Just better performance would not be good enough for Bangladesh to win the second match against India today. Because there is an umpire named Asoka de Silva.
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Jennings declines BCB offer
Ray Jennings, the former coach of South Africa, says he has declined an offer to coach the Bangladesh national team stating his South African loyalties as the reason.
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Ctg Abahani blank Farashganj
Chittagong Abahani ended the first leg of the B.League second from bottom but reduced the gap with teams above with a 2-0 home win against Farashganj yesterday.
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Sarwan admits Windies 'turmoil'
Ramnaresh Sarwan believes the tour of England is the perfect opportunity for West Indies, who he admitted were "in a bit of a turmoil", to launch a new era.
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Aussies in Azlan Shah final
Olympic champions Australia extended their supremacy over Asian Games gold medallists Korea scripting a 6-2 win to enter the final of the 16th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup eight-nation hockey tournament, here
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Bundes Liga
Jittery Schalke on the brink
Schalke 04 stand on the brink of being crowned German champions for the first time in 49 years this weekend, but midfielder Hamit Altintop warned they must focus on clearing the final hurdles.
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Landis in shock Armstrong claim
Embattled Tour de France champion Floyd Landis said Thursday that US anti-doping officials offered early in his case to go easy on him if he provided evidence incriminating former champ Lance Armstrong.
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Ghaly in hot water
Tottenham boss Martin Jol has made it clear he will come down hard on Hossam Ghaly after the Egypt midfielder threw his shirt at the feet of the manager after being substituted in the club's 1-1 drawwith
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Getafe's wonder comeback
Getafe trounced Barcelona 4-0 on Thursday to overcome a three-goal deficit and advance to the first Copa del Rey final in their history.
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Barclays English Premier League
No favours for Hammers
Manchester United will parade the Premiership trophy to a jubilant Old Trafford on Sunday but manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists it will be business as usual as soon as the whistle goes against relegation-threatened
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Formula 1
Night racing in Singapore
Singapore will stage a Formula One Grand Prix next year, with the race set to be the first in the sport's history to be held at night.
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LFP
Barca looking to history
League leaders and reigning champions Barcelona will be hoping that history repeats itself against Real Betis on Sunday.
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Barclays English Premier League
Defoe dashes Rovers dreams
A second-half equaliser from Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe ended Blackburn's hopes of a direct route entry into next season's UEFA Cup on Thursday.
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Serie A
Relegation battle heats up
The battle to avoid joining Ascoli and Messina on the relegation scrapheap could not be tighter with eight Serie A teams involved in the survival dogfight.
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Latics meet Abahani in last friendly
The youth side of Oldham Athletic will look forward to end their tour of Bangladesh with a win when they take on Dhaka giants and current B. League joint-leaders Abahani.
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Cork calls for Flintoff captaincy
Andrew Flintoff should be named as England captain if Michael Vaughan is ruled out through injury, says Lancashire teammate Dominic Cork.
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Dhoni savours knock
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who defied cramps to fashion an Indian victory in the first of the three-match one-day cricket series against Bangladesh, yesterday termed his unbeaten 91 as one of the most memorable
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SL wants elected body for cricket
Sri Lanka's sports minister said Friday he wants a new committee elected to run the island's cricket administration, which is currently managed by political appointees.
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Philippoussis in US reality show
Two-time Grand Slam finalist Mark Philippoussis is reportedly set to become the star of a US reality television show as his tennis career continues to hit the skids.
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Zidane to visit Indonesia
French football star Zinedine Zidane will visit Indonesia in July to promote the sport among children, the tour's sponsors said Thursday.
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Vaughan, Pietersen boost for England
England have received a boost in the build-up to the first Test at Lord's which starts next Thursday (May 17) with the news that Michael Vaughan may recover in time to play.
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England call-up for Owen
Michael Owen will pull on an England shirt for the first time in 10 months as part of a 20-man squad for a 'B' international against Albania on May 25.
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Former star Rincon arrested
Former Colombian footballer Freddy Rincon has been arrested here by federal police at the behest of authorities in Panama as part of a probe into international drug trafficking and money laundering.
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Gunners sign goalkeeper
Poland international Lukasz Fabianski will be competing with Jens Lehmann for the Arsenal goalkeeping gloves next season, manager Arsene Wenger revealed on Friday.
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Nadal on course for Rome title
Second seed Rafael Nadal, Rome champion for the past two years, eased into the quarterfinals with a straightforward victory over Mikhail Youzhny.
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