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More to what meets the eye
The recently concluded and eminently forgettable Test series has thrown up more questions for Bangladesh cricket than answers of any kind.
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Roland Garros Paris
Sharapova conquers pain
Second seed Maria Shara-pova of Russia showed no signs of the shoulder inju-ry that has dogged her for most of this year as she made a winning start to her French Open campaign on Wednesday.
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B. League
Testing time for booters
2nd leg starts today
The tackles of opposition players apart, the footballers will have to face another adversity when the second leg of the B. League begins today during one of the hottest summers in recent times.
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'Wish he was Aussie'
Justin Langer has said Australia "would love" to have England's Kevin Pietersen in their side.
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Another PEC meeting held
It was yet another routine work when the performance evaluation committee (PEC) of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) talked with the national team management to get the post-mortem report of the just concluded
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Season over for Aminul
National football captain Aminul Haque will miss the entire season after the number one goalkeeper of the country was ruled out for the rest of the inaugural professional football league.
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Ghaem joins 5 others on top
Iranian Grand Master Ghaem Maghami Ehsan joined previous round's five leaders atop the table of the 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament yesterday.
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Simon could be back
Simon Jones could be back bowling by Sunday after seeing a specialist in Loughborough over his knee problems.
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Classy Blewett retires
Greg Blewett, who was a semi-regular member of the Australia team during the late 1990s, has retired from first-class cricket.
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Sarwan out of tour
West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan was ruled out on Tuesday of the remainder of his side's Test and one-day series in England after injuring his shoulder in the second Test at Headingley, tour manager
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Roland Garros Paris
American men slump
Robby Ginepri was left with the task of saving the reputation of American men's tennis on Wednesday after eight out of nine compatriots crashed out in the French Open first round.
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McClaren pays tribute to Becks
England coach Steve McClaren has not seen David Beckham play since he dumped him from the national team after the World Cup.
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UEFA EURO 2008
Austria-Switzerland
Six points a must for Loew
Germany's head coach Joachim Loew insisted on Tuesday his injury-hit side have a duty to take six points from their double-header Euro 2008 qualifiers against San Marino and Slovakia.
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Series in doubt for Flintoff
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff could miss the rest of the series against the West Indies after being told he needs surgery on his troublesome left ankle.
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Powell shines in season opener
Jamaica's 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell impressed on his opening race of the season here on Tuesday winning in a time of 9.97 seconds to record the first time ever under 10sec in Serbia.
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Kerr dies at 96
Jack Kerr, who played seven Tests for New Zealand in the 1930s and later went on to become the president of New Zealand Cricket, died in Christchurch on Sunday at the age of 96.
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BCCI-Zee fallout
India's one-day series with South Africa in Ireland next month is in doubt following the cancellation of a deal between the Indian cricket board and the broadcast rights holder, a report said Wednesday.
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Ronaldinho gets one-match ban
Barcelona star Ronaldinho on Tuesday received a one-match suspension from the Spanish league's competition commission for the red card he received after kicking out at an opponent in Saturday's win over
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Bridge meet from Friday
Worldwide Bridge Pairs competition will begin at the Bangladesh Bank Club on Friday. The tournament will start at 3pm and the entry fee for each pair is Tk. 200.
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Giggs to retire
Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs will announce his retirement from international football with Wales on Wednesday.
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Bayern capture Toni, now after Ujfalusi
Czech defender Tomas Ujfalusi is the latest target hunted by German giants Bayern Munich as they step up their recruitment drive for next season, a source close to the club revealed on Wednesday.
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Ali Daei hangs up his boots
Iranian footballer Ali Daei, the talisman of the national side over the past decade and holder of the world record for international goals, has finally decided to retire from the game.
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Adebayor denies lift of ban
Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor has denied that his suspension from the Togolese national team has been lifted.
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Torres blow for Atletico
Atletico Madrid's hopes of bagging a UEFA Cup place were dented on Tuesday with the news that star striker Fernando Torres had to pull out of training with the Spanish national squad with ankle ligament
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Zidan switches to Hamburg
Egyptian international Mohamed Zidan has switched from relegated Mainz 05 to Bundesliga side Hamburg and is set to sign a four-year contract worth five million euros, it was announced on Wednesday.
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Pompey break bank forMuntari
Portsmouth have completed the signing of Ghana international midfielder Sulley Muntari from Udinese, the Premiership club's website said Wednesday.
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Betis coach to be replaced
The French coach of Real Betis, Luis Fernandez, is set to be replaced with the man who has made Recreativo Huelva one of the Spanish league's surprise teams, according to a report Wednesday.
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Solskjaer out of Euro qualifier
Manchester United's veteran striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is out of Norway's European Championship qualifier against Malta on Saturday after suffering a knee injury, the Norwegian federation said Wednesday.
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Defensive woes for England
Embattled England manager Steve McClaren suffered two injury blows on Tuesday ahead of Friday's friendly with Brazil and next week's crucial Euro 2008 qualifier with Estonia as both Rio Ferdinand andMichael
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