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Coach states the obvious
Even for an optimistic man like Bangladesh interim coach Shaun Williams it was hard to find any positives from the Tiger's five-wicket defeat in the second one-dayer of the three-match series at the R
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B. League
Abahani stay ahead
Abahani closed in on the B. League title when they blanked Arambagh 3-0 yesterday to maintain their three-point lead over fellow title contenders Mohammedan in the table.
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Miscommunication?
The Bangladesh team management made a drama about sending their captain to the post-match briefing after Sri Lanka clinched the three-match series with a five-wicket victory in the second game at theR
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Bangladesh U-19s down Sri Lanka
All-round performances by Mahmudul Hasan and Tapash Ghosh enabled touring Bangladesh to beat Sri Lanka by 43 runs in the Under-19 tri-nation cricket tournament at the P Sara Stadium in Colombo yesterday.
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Dhaka eves finish third
Dhaka clinched third place in the BASIC Bank 18th National Women's Handball Championship when they defeated Faridpur 16-8 in yesterday's play-off at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex.
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BNS Dockyard Navy handball champs
BNS Dockyard lifted the annual handball championship of Bangladesh Navy when they came from a two-point first-half deficit to beat BNS Haji Mohsin 19-16 in the final on Sunday.
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Bad light holds up hosts
Bad light threatened to give India a dramatic reprieve in the first Test as England's bid for victory was halted with them needing just one more wicket to go 1-0 up in the three-match series at Lord's.
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ICL ropes in Lara
Brian Lara has become the first big-name signing for the Indian Cricket League (ICL), which announced on Monday that it has also contracted former Indian all-rounder Madan Lal to coach its Delhi teamand
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AFC Asian Cup 2007
The power of bathing
When the going gets tough, the tough Shunsuke Nakamura gets going by diving into a bathtub to relieve his weary limbs at the Asian Cup here.
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AFC Asian Cup 2007
Iran mocks 'the General'
Iran's press Monday pilloried national coach Amir Ghalenoei after his star-studded squad disappointed again by losing on penalties to South Korea in the Asian Cup quarterfinals.
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Torres longs for stardom
Record Liverpool signing Fernando Torres on Monday said he hoped his big-money move would make him famous around the globe.
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Nadal's Stuttgart delight
World number two Rafael Nadal said he was pleased to win his sixth title of the year on Sunday when he beat unseeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in 6-4, 7-5 in the Stuttgart final.
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Barca to get tough
Spanish giants Barcelona will step up measures aimed at enforcing player discipline after a series of bust-ups that damaged the team's performance last season.
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Argentina win U-20 World Cup
Argentina won the FIFA Under-20 World Cup for the sixth time, rallying to beat the Czech Republic 2-1 Sunday on Mauro Zarate's goal in the 86th minute.
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Lawyers in Heinze's wake
Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez on Monday said the club's lawyers were working on ways to prise defender Gabriel Heinze away from Manchester United.
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Rafa's nocturnal ban
Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez on Monday said he would impose a strict nightclub ban on his players during their visit to renowned party capital Hong Kong.
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Vinokourov bounces back
Kazakh rider Alexandre Vinokourov overcame the disappointment of losing any chance of winning the Tour de France by winning the 15th stage of the Tour de France, the second of three days in the Pyrenees,
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Real leave Cassano behind
Spanish champions Real Madrid headed to Austria on Sunday for a pre-season training camp without their unsettled Italian international striker Antonio Cassano.
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Garcia laments cursed luck
Sergio Garcia insisted he would bounce back from the trauma of throwing away his chance to claim his first major title at a British Open he had led from the opening day.
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KP will always be there
Kevin Pietersen said there could be no question over his commitment to England following a hundred here Sunday which set up his side's bid for victory in the first Test against India at Lord's.
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Gibson takes ten all
Former West Indies Test bowler Ottis Gibson created a little piece of history on Sunday when he took 10 wickets in an innings in an English county championship match.
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Dalmiya will let the cat out of the bag
Training his guns on the Sharad Pawar-led Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), Jagmohan Dalmiya on Monday asserted that he would go all the way to expose those who considered the board as their
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Chakvetadze wins Cincinnati crown
Top-seeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze captured her fifth WTA Tour title Sunday with a straight-sets victory over Japan's Akiko Morigami in the final of this 175,000-dollar hardcourt event.
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PCB hopes for the best
With Australia and South Africa raising concerns over touring Pakistan in the wake of an escalation in violence, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf said the situation had not reached such
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Sania-Bethanie pair triumphs at Cincinnati
Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek lived up to their top billing to clinch the doubles title after a nail-biting final at the 175,000-dollar Cincinnati Open tennis tournament on Sunday.
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United hit six
English Premier League champions Manchester United handed FC Shenzhen a footballing lesson with a 6-0 victory in Macau Monday, even though they were missing injured midfielder Paul Scholes.
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MotoGP
Stoner wins US GP
Australia's Casey Stoner, on a Ducati, won the USA MotoGP in dominant style here on Sunday to extend his World Championship lead. Stoner won the 115.52km race in 44min 20.325sec, finishing 9.
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Stepanek stuns Blake
Radek Stepanek toppled second-seeded American James Blake 7-6 (9/7), 5-7, 6-2 here Sunday to capture his second career ATP title in the final of the 525,000-dollar Countrywide Classic.
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City to go private
Thailand's ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra has gained effective control of Manchester City football club and will delist it from the stock exchange, his lawyer said Monday.
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Portsmouth eye European spot
Portsmouth are hoping to build on their top-10 Premier League finish and push for European football next season, their coach and captain said on Monday.
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