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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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West Ham have cleared Craig Bellamy over an alleged row with an Ipswich fan during a friendly on Monday night, reports BBC. The striker was accused of verbally abusing a fan as he walked along the touchline after being substituted. But a West Ham spokesman confirmed to BBC Sport on Tuesday that Bellamy has no case to answer. |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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The site will stream three hours of recorded content per day to countries without an official Olympic media partner YouTube will offer coverage of select Olympic events under a deal it has struck with the International Olympic Committee, reports Times Online. As part of the deal, the video-sharing site, which is owned by Google, will stream about three hours of recorded content per day on a dedicated Olympic channel. |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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Beijing, Aug 5 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - The Olympic torch made its way to Beijing on Tuesday, allowing China to put the focus back on sport after one of its worst militant attacks days before the Games. Following its troubled international tour, which became a lightning rod for pro-Tibet protesters, the torch was due in the capital on Tuesday night from the quake-hit zone of Sichuan. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has revealed striker Didier Drogba is set to miss the start of the season, reports BBC Sport. Drogba, 30, has spent the summer recuperating from a knee injury and will not be fit for the Premier League opener against Portsmouth on 17 August. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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SW, MADRID - Real Madrid's Wesley Sneijder might not be as seriously injured as fear initially. This is the outcome of tests performed on Monday. Sneijder was stretchered off the pitch during Real's friendly match with Arsenal on Sunday, and club officials feared an absence of up to six months. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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Goalkeeper moves to Upton Park on season-long loan Sky Sports West Ham have completed the signing of Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Jan Lastuvka on a season-long loan. The Hammers also have the option to make the deal for the 26-year-old permanent at the end of the campaign. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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An orchestra of 2,008 musicians belted out a medley of pre-Olympic classics on Tiananmen Square yesterday, the first foreign orchestra to perform in Beijing's central plaza, reports AP. But foreign and local groups seeking to protest during the Games have been told to give plenty of notice before they will be permitted to demonstrate. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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Sports Correspondent Bangladesh's pace spearhead Mashrafee Bin Mortaza returned Monday to his bowling action at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium after a week's absence following his knee injury. Mashrafee, on July 28, complained of acute pain in his left knee. He had already experienced a number of surgeries on the knee. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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Bdnews24.com The semifinal line-ups of both men's and women's singles in the Dhaka Open Tennis(DOT) Tournament were completed Monday at National Tennis Complex. Top seeded Amol Roy, Alamgir Hossain, Murad Hossain and Ranjan Ram moved into the men's singles semifinals beating their respective rivals. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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ROME, Aug 2 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - Italy coach Marcello Lippi has backed Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson's determination to block Cristiano Ronaldo's desired move to Real Madrid. "The 100 million (euros offered) by Real is astonishing. But not everything can be bought," Lippi said in an interview in Saturday's La Gazzetta dello Sport. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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Source: Times archives Exactly one week before the Olympic torch was due to be lit in Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium, a total eclipse of the Sun yesterday darkened China's skies, a troublesome omen in a year marked by bad luck, reports Reuters. For the ancient Chinese, a solar eclipse was considered a dire warning, a portent of doom that would send the entire court into panic, prompting the emperor to avoid eating meat, shun the palace and read oracle bones for any hint of the disaster to come. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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MADRID, Aug 2 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - Barcelona have appealed against FIFA's decision ordering them to release Argentine under-23 player Lionel Messi to compete in the Olympic Games, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said. CAS said the appeal would be handled at the same time as those made by German clubs Werder Bremen and Schalke 04 and that the ruling would be delivered on or before Aug. 6. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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Beijing, Aug. 2 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics will get the Summer Games -- billed as the greatest show on earth -- off to an explosive start on Friday. You should not expect anything less from the nation that invented gunpowder, and fireworks are certain to play a major role in the 3-½ hour spectacular that China hopes will help dispel the political controversies dogging their Olympics. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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Barcelona have lodged an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after Fifa ruled the club must release Lionel Messi for the Olympic Games, reports BBC. The Catalan side are reluctant to let the 21-year-old Argentine forward go but Messi is keen to play in Beijing. Fifa ruled on Wednesday that clubs must release players aged 23 or under for the Olympics if a nation requests them. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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Blackburn have signed midfielder Carlos Villanueva on an initial one-year loan deal from Chilean club Audax Italiano, reports BBC. Rovers have the option to acquire the 22-year-old, currently Chile's player of the year, for a further three years at a pre-arranged fee. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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Talks to sign Deportivo defender at an 'advanced stage' Sky Sports Newcastle United have confirmed talks to sign Fabricio Coloccini are at an 'advanced stage'. Reports in Spain have claimed that the Magpies have already agreed a deal to bring in the Deportivo La Coruna defender. Coloccini is looking to leave Depor and had threatened to invoke Article 17 in Fifa's regulations in order to walk out on the Galician club. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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REUTERS, PARIS- Former France defender Lilian Thuram, a member of his country's 1998 World Cup-winning team, announced his retirement from football on Friday. The 36-year-old had expected to join French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint Germain on a one-year deal before a heart problem was spotted during a medical examination last June. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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AFP, GALLE, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka grabbed three big wickets in the closing session to throw the second Test against India wide open on the third day on Saturday. India were strongly placed at 144-1 before slipping to 200-4 in their second innings at stumps, with Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis and Chaminda Vaas sharing wickets. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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Fed Cup Desk Report Dhaka Wanderers Club, Victoria Sporting Club and Sunrise Sporting Club moved into the finals of the Citycell Federation Cup after winning their respective matches Saturday. Wanderers Club blanked Bangladesh Air Force 2-0 while Victoria defeated Bangladesh Navy 2-1 to book their seats for finals from Group B as champions and runners-up respectively. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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Sports Correspondent A swashbuckling century from Roqibul Hasan helped the Bangladesh A team thrash the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) by 80 runs at Durham University ground, England Friday. The MCC were bundled out for 195 in 40.4 overs, chasing a challenging total of 275 for six laid by the visitors, as pacer Dollar Mahmud claimed five scalps for 47. |
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