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B. League
Abahani cross Brothers hurdle
Veteran centre-back Nazrul Islam converted a second half penalty to give Abahani a 1-0 win against Brothers Union yesterday as the sky-blues consolidated their position in the B. League table.
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Marcus back in Eng fold
Marcus Trescothick was named Wednesday in England's provisional 30-man squad for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 tournament in South Africa in September.
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BCB calls up thirty for T20 squad
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday announced a 30-member preliminary squad for the first Twenty20 World Championships to be held in South Africa this September.
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Sultan ready to go out?
It seemed that Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president SA Sultan is ready to respond to Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury's repeated calls to the unsuccessful federation officials to step down willingly.
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Tendulkar is the greatest: Cairns
Sitting on piles of runs in both forms of cricket and with virtually every batting record in his pocket, Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman of the modern era, according to former New Zealand all-rounder
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Amal clinches Dhaka Open title
Amal Roy clinched the men's singles title of the Dhaka Open tennis competition when he defeated Ranjan Ram in the final at the Ramna National Tennis Complex yesterday.
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WC profits will erase WICB deficit
Profits from this year's World Cup in the Caribbean will eliminate the financial deficit of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), organisers said in a statement released Tuesday.
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Morris could be new ECB boss
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) could become the first British sports governing body to elect a black chairman if, as expected, Bill Morris, the former leader of the Transport and General Workers
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Geoff favourite for Pak job
Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson seems to have nudged ahead of compatriots Dav Whatmore and Richard Done in the race to become the Pakistan cricket coach with captain Shoaib Malik favouring him over
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Mourinho likes Beck's chances
Jose Mourinho, who is leading his Chelsea club on a three-game tour of California starting this week, said David Beckham and Major League Soccer are a good fit.
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Gerrard glad to see Torres
Liverpool captain Stephen Gerrard says the arrival of Fernando Torres is a sign that the Reds are at last ready to challenge Manchester United and Chelsea for Premiership honours.
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AFC Asian Cup 2007
Iran survive Uzbek scare
Iran survived an early scare to beat Uzbekistan 2-1 on Wednesday and take a big step towards the Asian Cup knock-out stages.
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West Ham snatch Bellamy
West Ham on Tuesday confirmed they had signed unsettled Welsh international striker Craig Bellamy from Liverpool.
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Sussex draw with India
India were denied victory in the opening match of their England tour as county champions Sussex saw their last-wicket pair hold out for a draw on the fourth and final day here on Tuesday.
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Eves bowl UAE out for 9
Bangladesh women's cricket team bowled out United Arab Emirates for only 9 runs in their opening match of the eight-nation ACC women's cricket tournament at the PT Ibrahim Institute ground in Johor yesterday.
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Camoranesi extends Juve contract
Italian World cup winning midfielder Mauro Camoranesi will be staying at Juventus until 2010 after signing an extension to his contract on Tuesday, the club announced.
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Reds to sign Benayoun
Liverpool on Tuesday reached agreement over a fee with West Ham for midfielder Yossi Benayoun, the player's agent Ronen Katzav said.
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Bianchi close to City
Reggina striker Rolando Bianchi is close to becoming Sven Goran Eriksson's first signing for English Premiership club Manchester City, Reggina president Lillo Foti said on Tuesday.
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West Ham not giving in
West Ham United have rejected a bid by want-away striker Carlos Tevez to cancel his contract with the London club as he tries to move to Premiership champions Manchester United.
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Gourcuff extends Milan contract
Talented French midfielder Yoann Gourcuff has signed a one-year contract extension with AC Milan, the Serie A club said on Tuesday.
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De Sanctis arrives at Sevilla
Italian goalkeeper Morgan de Sanctis was on Tuesday unveiled as a Sevilla player after signing a four-year deal with the Spanish club.
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No Peace for Juninho
Lyon's Brazilian midfielder Juninho will miss the pre-season Peace Cup worth two million dollars to the winner in South Korea after picking up a right thigh injury in practice, the six-time French champions
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