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Aktel boost for BFF
Sports Reporter
Cellular phone operating house Aktel has showed interest to become Bangladesh Football Federation's (BFF) partner in progress.
Star Cricket Asia Cup
Tigers play Pakistan today
Sports Reporter
Bangladesh have a chance to spoil Pakistan's chances of making it to the final when they play their last Asia Cup Super League match at the Karachi National Stadium yesterday.
The Championships Wimbledon
Venus strolls into final
Ap, Wimbledon
Defending champion Venus Williams beat Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6 (3) to advance to the Wimbledon final Thursday, setting up a potential championship matchup with sister Serena.
ICC still undecided
CricInfo, undated
The ICC board meeting will re-convene for an unscheduled third day on Friday to take up the Zimbabwe issue, with today's discussions failing to reach any conclusion.
Star Cricket Asia Cup
Mercurial they remain
CricInfo, undated
What is it that makes the Pakistani cricketer tick? In this sport, it is among the most compelling questions, unanswered till now and probably never to be fully resolved. If you didn't know any better you'd think, from various results over the years, some strife, considerable friction within the side, a run of bad results and a boggling glut of off-field controversies spurs them on.
Siddons sues CA
Agencies, undated
Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons is suing Cricket Australia, claiming he injured his shoulder throwing cricket balls during his time as Australia's assistant coach.
Countrywide U-18 soccer camp on
Sports Reporter
The special project of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to find a stock of under-18 footballers will be on full swing from today.
Stamps to observe Beijing Olympics
Unb, Dhaka
Bangladesh Post Office will release four commemorative stamps on the occasion of the 29th Olympic Games to be held in Beijing August 8-24 this year.
The Championships Wimbledon
Nadal, Federer cruise
Afp, London
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal moved to within one win each of a third successive Wimbledon final showdown after cruising through their quarterfinals on Wednesday.
France keep Domenech
Afp, Paris
Raymond Domenech has survived the sack with the French Football Federation announcing Thursday that he had kept his job as manager despite France's poor showing at Euro 2008.
Barclays English Premier League
Man City snap up Jo
Afp, Manchester
Brazilian striker Jo joined Manchester City from CSKA Moscow on Wednesday for what the English Premier League side said was a "club record" undisclosed fee.
Platini happy with preparations
Afp, Warsaw
UEFA gave a thumbs up Wednesday to Poland's Euro 2012 preparations despite jitters about the ability of the Poles and their Ukrainian co-hosts to get ready for the football showcase.
LDU win Copa Libertadores
Afp, Rio De Janeiro
LDU became the first Ecuadorean club to win the Libertadores Cup, beating Brazil's Fluminense on penalties after losing the second leg of the final 3-1 on Wednesday.
Asian Cup
Australia draw Kuwait
Afp, Doha
Australia have been drawn in Group B along with 1980 champions Kuwait, Indonesia and Oman in the final qualification round for the 15th Asian Cup to be held in Qatar in 2011.
Messi, Aguero in Olympic team
Reuters, Buenos Aires
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid forward Sergio Aguero have been included in Argentina's squad for the Beijing Olympics soccer tournament.
Barcelona hail Alves
Reuters, Madrid
Brazil right back Daniel Alves completed his move from Sevilla to Barcelona on a four-year contract on Wednesday.
No decision on C'Ron injury
Afp, London
Manchester United officials have termed as premature press reports that star winger Cristiano Ronaldo will have to undergo surgery on his right ankle.
Queiroz set to take charge of Portugal
Afp, Lisbon
Alex Ferguson's right-hand man at Manchester United, Carlos Queiroz, is set to take over from Luiz Felipe Scolari as Portugal's national team coach, Portuguese papers reported on Thursday.
Ricky downplays whitewash
Fourth Aus-WI ODI today
Afp, Basseterre
Ricky Ponting has played down talk of Australia sweeping West Indies in a one-day international series for the first time in the Caribbean.
England unchanged
Afp, London
National selector Geoff Miller announced an unchanged 12-man England squad here Thursday for next week's first Test against South Africa at Lord's.
Hunte warns WI
Afp, Basseterre
West Indies cricket chief Julian Hunte has again warned the West Indies players that their performance must be closely linked to the level of payments which they receive for international matches.
Bhola, Swapan keep winning
Unb, Dhaka
Bhola Lal of Sonargaon Hotel and Basundhara Group's Swapan Parvez recorded their third consecutive victories in the Premier Division of Delta Life Open Squash tournament at the Dhaka Club squash court yesterday.
BSWA honours 3 veteran journos
Sports Reporter
Bangladesh Sports Writers Association (BSWA) yesterday accorded reception to three veteran sports writers on the occasion of the World Sports Journalists Day.
'Younis made it impossible'
Pti, Karachi
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his bowlers were helpless against a rampaging Younis Khan, who steered Pakistan to a comprehensive eight-wicket win against India and kept alive his side's hopes of making the final of the Asia Cup against Sri Lanka.
Lloyd replaces Sunny in ICC
CricInfo, undated
Clive Lloyd, the former West Indies captain, will take over from Sunil Gavaskar as the chairman of the ICC's Cricket Committee, after Pakistan withdrew the nomination of Majid Khan.
Lord's goes Olympic
Afp, London
The architects behind Beijing's 'Bird's Nest' Olympic Stadium were awarded another high-profile sports commission Wednesday when they were given the job of designing the redevelopment of Lord's.
NZ too hot for Scots
Afp, Aberdeen
New Zealand rounded off their tour of the United Kingdom with an eight-wicket thrashing of Scotland in a one-day international here on Thursday.