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Tigers arrive in Colombo
Bangladesh's national cricket team arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday for three Test matches and three one-day internationals despite heightened fears of Tamil Tiger bomb attacks, officials said.
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B. League
Russel pip a thriller
Sheikh Russel survived a late scare to secure a 4-3 victory over Chittagong Abahani in an eventful B League encounter at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
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Atapattu opts out of series
Sri Lanka's former captain and opening batsman Marvan Atapattu has opted out of the Test series against Bangladesh, a top Sri Lanka Cricket official said Sunday.
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Prep starts for WC 2011
Top cricket officials from across South Asia will meet here Monday to launch preparations for the 2011 World Cup, which will mark the third time the tournament has been played in the region.
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Local Snippets
Bangladesh Biman overpowered Brothers Union 3-0 in the AB Bank Senior Division Table Tennis League at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium yesterday.
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C'paul defies Eng again
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, with his second successive hundred, was the cornerstone of West Indies' first innings recovery against England in the fourth Test at Riverside here Sunday.
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Bedi lashes out at Gavaskar
Former Indian captain Bishan Singh Bedi has delivered a scathing salvo against another, Sunil Gavaskar, in the wake of recent happenings in Indian cricket.
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PCB talks to Done
Pakistan shortlisted three Australian candidates on Sunday and interviewed one of them in the final phase of selecting a successor to coach Bob Woolmer who died three months ago.
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Hattrick wedding weekend
Some of England's top footballers woke up as married men Sunday after a clutch of extravagant, glitzy nuptials dubbed the ultimate WAG wedding weekend.
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Bundes Liga
Bayern's gift to league
The president of the German Football Federation (DFB) insisted on Sunday Bayern Munich's new signings, World Cup finalists Franck Ribery and Luca Toni, are a "gift to the Bundesliga".
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Berdych lifts Halle title
Fourth seed Tomas Berdych made up for his 2006 final defeat by winning the ATP Halle tournament at the second attempt to beat eighth seed Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets in Sunday's final.
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Revenge on KP's mind
Kevin Pietersen has said he wants to be a member of an England side that 'demolishes' Australia in two years time after the team's 5-0 Ashes humbling during the northern winter.
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Contracts intact for players
India's cricketers will head for a tour of England on Wednesday with their annual graded contracts back in place following a flip-flop by the sport's administrators.
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Pak welcome foreigners
Pakistan on Sunday stepped up efforts to raise domestic cricket standards by seeking the participation of foreign players and making a percentage of local events mandatory for cricketers.
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Enamul, Nasir stay on top
IM Enamul Hossain and FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed drew both their games to remain on top of the premier group in the Destiny International Rating Chess competition at the Federation hallroom yesterday.
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LFP
A Hollywood finale
A Spanish television station is billing its football coverage with the tagline " Vive La Liga Loca", which David Beckham must feel is underselling it.
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Bundes Liga
Basler predicts Klose struggle
Former Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen midfielder Mario Basler insisted on Saturday German international striker Miroslav Klose will struggle if he joins Bayern this summer.
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Canada, US in Gold Cup semis
Landon Donovan scored on a penalty kick in the 59th minute and Carlos Bocanegra headed in a goal as the US advanced to the semis of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 2-1 win over Panama.
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Kanoute angry at FIFA
Mali striker Frederic Kanoute claimed FIFA have caved in to pressure from Spanish giants Real Madrid by forcing him to turn his back on international duty this weekend.
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