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Defence worry for Babloo
A depleted Bangladesh national football team will leave Dhaka on Sunday for Chittagong to play the 2007 Asian Cup qualifying round match against Qatar.
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Lankans await Sachin
Sri Lankans can't wait to welcome back a fit-again Sachin Tendulkar as India arrive here on Thursday night to play a tri-series also featuring South Africa.
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Fletcher trusts Strauss
Might be named captain for Ashes as well
Coach Duncan Fletcher looks set to keep faith with the captaincy of Andrew Strauss after leading England to their first success since last year's Ashes against Pakistan this week.
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Uten surprises IM Rakib
Uten upset International Master Abdullah Al Rakib in the fourth round of the Open FIDE Rating chess tournament at the federation chess room yesterday to share lead in the table with six others.
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Bashar to go to Bangkok for check up
National cricket captain Habibul Bashar is expected to go to Bangkok to have further check up for his injured fifth metacarpal of the left hand.
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UEFA Champs League
Inzaghi secures advantage
Scandal-hit AC Milan celebrated regaining their Champions League place through the back door with a 1-0 win over Red Star Belgrade here Wednesday, with birthday boy Filippo Inzaghi producing the decisive
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Bhola upsets Swapan
Title contender Bhola Lal upset top-seed and his SA Games squad teammate Swapan Parvez 2-1 in the Premier Division of the GMG Open squash tournament at the Gulshan Club yesterday.
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Serie A
Ibrahimovic becomes a Nerazzurri
Sweden forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic has signed a four-year deal with Inter Milan after a 24.8 million euro (31.9 million dollar) agreement was reached by the club with Italian rivals Juventus on Thursday.
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Biggies tumble at Toronto
World number one Roger Federer won his 14th match in a row while fifth seed James Blake, Britain's Tim Henman and Australian Lleyton Hewitt lost Wednesday at the ATP Masters Series event here.
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England recall Gough
Veteran bowler Darren Gough has been recalled to England's provisional squad named Thursday for the ICC Champions Trophy.
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Stosur downs Davenport
Samantha Stosur spoiled Lindsay Davenport's return from injury on Wednesday, outlasting the former world number one 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the third round of this 600,000-dollar WTA US Open tuneup.
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UEFA Champs League
Gonzalez spares L'pool blushes
Liverpool came from behind to defeat Israel's Maccabi Haifa 2-1 in a tense Champions League qualifier here Wednesday thanks to goals from new signings Craig Bellamy and Mark Gonzalez.
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Vieri quits Sampdoria
Weary Italian striker Christian Vieri is without a club after quitting Sampdoria following just one month with the Serie A side.
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Terry named Eng captain
Chelsea skipper John Terry has been appointed as England's new captain, the Football Association said on Thursday.
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WI contract row settled
The West Indies Cricket Board's (WICB) dispute with players has been settled ahead of next month's tri-series with India and Australia in Malaysia and Singapore.
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Inzy calls for calm
Under-fire Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq has called on his compatriots to support the team despite losing their first Test series to England since 1982.
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Ganguly to play in Super Sixes
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly will feature in the first Asian Super Sixes tournament in Pakistan next month, an organiser said on Thursday.
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Low springs no surprises
Germany coach Joachim Low remained loyal to his country's World Cup squad on Thursday when naming his first group of 21-players for the friendly against Sweden on August 16 in Gelsenkirchen.
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UEFA Champs League
Huntelaar fires Ajax
Striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored both goals as Ajax Amsterdam beat Danish champions FC Copen-hagen 2-1 away on Wednesday to edge towards the lucrative Champions League group stage.
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UEFA Champs League
Profligacy costs Hamburg
It is advantage Osasuna after the Spanish side secured a 0-0 draw with German outfit SV Hamburg in the first leg of the Champions League qualifier here on Wednesday.
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Barclays English Premier League
Mourinho calls off Cole deal
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has told Premiership rivals Arsenal that he is not willing to break the bank to sign England full-back Ashley Cole.
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Lyon launch Ribery bid
French giants Lyon have made a 22 million euro bid for Marseille's unsettled international midfielder Franck Ribery, the five-time champions disclosed Wednesday.
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Battle of Britain ends equal
Chelsea may have introduced Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Ballack to their supporters here last night but all thoughts turned to the club's tortuous pursuit of Ashley Cole as Wayne Bridge, at the moment
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Champions League
Qualifying Results
Collated results from UEFA Champions League final qualifying round first leg fixtures played Wednesday:
At Moscow
CSKA Moscow (RUS) 3 (Olic 58, 65, Vagner Love 83) Ruzomberok (SVK) 0
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DC United hold Real
European power Real Madrid and United States league-leading D.C. United played to a 1-1 draw in an international football friendly here Wednesday.
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Record ticket sales for United
Manchester United have recorded massive season-ticket sales for the coming campaign, a club spokesman confirmed Thursday.
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Barca claim pulsating draw
Forward Samuel Eto'o scored in the 90th minute as FC Barcelona came from three goals down in the final five minutes to tie Club America of Mexico City 4-4.
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U-21 callup for Walcott
Arsenal's untried 17-year-old striker Theo Walcott received his first England Under 21 call-up on Wednesday ahead of next week's opening European Championship qualifier against Moldova at Portman Road.
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Karimi blow for Iran
Iran will be without injured playmaker Ali Karimi for next week's Asian Cup qualifier against Syria, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Thursday.
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Tendulkar close to full fitness
India's coach Greg Chappell said Thursday that master batsman Sachin Tendulkar was close to regaining full fitness ahead of the triangular one-day series in Sri Lanka.
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Women kabaddi team off to Kolkata
A 12-member Bangladesh women's kabaddi team left Dhaka for Kolkata yesterday morning to play some preparation matches ahead of the 10th SA Games that officially begin in Colombo on August 18.
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Panesar not hurt by ODI omission
England spin bowler Monty Panesar said on Thursday he was not upset at being left out of the one-day international squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in India later this year despite his recent Test heroics.
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French surprise
Unheralded Yohan Diniz of France sprang a surprise on the fourth day of the European Championships here Thursday, winning the men's 50km walk.
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Waugh's wife recovering
Steve Waugh's wife Lynette continues to make a good recovery from surgery to remove a blood clot from her brain, the former Australia captain said on Thursday.
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