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B. League
Tasty derby drawn
Abahani and Mohammedan did a favour to football when they brought back excitement to the ground after a long time. The two perennial foes shared points in a goalless draw in the crucial B.
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Sidebottom pushes WI
Ryan Sidebottom took a wicket with the first ball of the match as West Indies struggled to 92 for four on the second day of the fourth Test at the Riverside here Saturday.
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Bashar, a man on a mission
There is a tough task lying ahead of the Bangladesh cricket team that left for Colombo yesterday and for someone like Habibul Bashar it has come as a mission of rekindling the reputation as a performer.
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Local Snippets
Bangladeshi expatriates in Nagoya, Japan are holding a month-long indoor games tournament. Nagoyabashi, a social organisation of expatriate Bangladeshis living in Nagoya, is organising the tournament.
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WI refuse to tour Zimbabwe
The West Indies Players' Association has said its players will not undertake an A-team tour of Zimbabwe next month as a result of concerns over safety and the continuing unstable political situation in
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Powell, Isinbayeva shine
Defar breaks 5000m record
Jamaican 100m world record holder Asafa Powell and Russian world and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva underlined their star credentials here Friday with crushing wins in their respectiveevents.
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Shoaib fit, and back
Paceman Shoaib Akhtar regained full fitness to claim a place in Pakistan's 15-man squad for the upcoming tour of Scotland, selectors announced here on Saturday.
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LFP
Cometh the hour
Google up the term '18 seconds' and the first hit you receive will be a novel of the name by newbie author George D. Shuman.
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Barclays English Premier League
Enquiry implicates top transfers
Drogba, Cech, Essien deals suspect
The deal which took Didier Drogba to Chelsea, the 'super-agent' Pini Zahavi and Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce all face further investigation after 17 transfers were identified as suspect in a report presented
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Ian Botham knighted
The Queen has awarded former England cricket hero Ian Botham, who has raised more than £10m for leukaemia charities, a knighthood.
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WAG wedding bells
The off-field antics of the so-called WAGs -- wives and girlfriends -- of England's footballers were as much the focus as their husbands and boyfriends' on-pitch performances at last year's World Cup.
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Russell, Biman on right track
Defending champions Sheikh Russell and title-contenders Bangladesh Biman won their respective matches in the AB Bank Senior Division Table Tennis League at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium yesterday.
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Lawson in Pak list
Former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson will fly to Pakistan for talks on coaching the troubled national team following the death of Bob Woolmer, a report said here Saturday.
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FIFA asked to suspend altitude ban
The South American football confederation (CONMEBOL) confirmed Friday that they will be calling on FIFA to temporarily suspend their ban on high-altitude stadiums being used for international matches.
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Nadal in shock Queen's exit
French Open champion Rafael Nadal suffered a rare taste of defeat as unseeded Nicolas Mahut knocked him out of Queen's in the quarterfinals on Friday.
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Bent turns down Hammers
Darren Bent last night rejected the chance to sign for West Ham despite the club offering around 18 million pounds for his signature - far in excess of the 12 million pounds that Tottenham would be willing
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Ex-player admits to doping
Former Bundesliga coach Michael Krueger admitted on Friday he took a banned stimulant as a player and says he saw other footballers use the same drug.
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Sir Bobby to visit Cambodia
British football legend Sir Bobby Charlton will visit Cambodia next month to take part in a landmine victim awareness programme, football officials here said Friday.
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