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Ready to make amends
Almost every aspect of Bangladesh’s training yesterday, at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, represented the hosts’ desperate effort for a turnaround in the series. Read the rest of this entry »
Tigers mull changes
The Bangladesh and Sri Lanka cricket teams reached Chittagong yesterday amid tight security to play the second Test of the two-match series, which will be followed by two T20 Internationals, at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »
Kiwis rout India
New Zealand’s Ross Taylor raises his bat after reaching his second successive century against India in the fifth and final ODI at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington yesterday.A Ross Taylor-inspired New Zealand crushed India by 87 runs in the fifth and final one-day international in Wellington on Friday to extend the tourists’ miserable run against the Black Caps. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Test worries played a part’
Head coach Shane Jurgensen (C) has a chat with the Bangladesh players at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium during training yesterday. The management organised an optional training day following the hosts’ thumping defeat in the first Test against Sri Lanka. Read the rest of this entry »
Fulham find form to knock out Norwich in FA Cup
LONDON: Fulham overwhelmed fellow Premier League strugglers Norwich 3-0 at Craven Cottage to move into the fourth round of the FA Cup on Tuesday.
Former England striker Darren Bent scored Fulham’s opener before setting up Ashkan Dejagah’s decisive second goal as Norwich’s winless run stretched to eight matches.
Steve Sidwell scored Fulham’s third goal shortly before the hour to leave the Cottagers Read the rest of this entry »
Why Chris Gayle stayed on with RCB
Royal Challengers Bangalore: West Indies opener and Royal Challengers Bangalore star Chris Gayle was asking for a hefty fee from RCB giving rise to speculation that he could be put up for auction. However, Gayle decided to stay back and was retained by RCB.
Sources say Gayle may have changed his mind after learning that that some of the big teams Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve changed, says Suarez, and Liverpool are back
LONDON: Luis Suarez thinks his enforced absence from the game last year has changed him and believes Liverpool are ready to claim a Champions League berth for the first time in five years.
Suarez has scored 22 goals in 16 English Premier League games since returning in September from a 10-match Read the rest of this entry »
Ronaldo tipped to steal Ballon d’Or from Ribery
Until two months ago, the smart money was on Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery becoming the fifth Frenchman to lift the Ballon d’Or but now Cristiano Ronaldo looks set to pip him at the death.
The Twittersphere has been going into overdrive amid speculation that for the first time, Ronaldo has brought seven members of his family with him to Monday’s ceremony in Zurich, Read the rest of this entry »
Ronaldo set to top Messi as world’s best player
Cristiano Ronaldo is heavily favoured to end Lionel Messi’s four-year reign as the world’s best player at the FIFA Ballon d’Or gala on Monday.
Ronaldo’s prolific tally of 69 goals for Real Madrid and Portugal seems likely to earn his second FIFA award after finishing runner-up three times in Messi’s dominating era.
Franck Ribery is the third candidate Read the rest of this entry »
Rodgers says working with Suarez will stay with him for life
LONDON: Liverpool’s Luis Suarez added the Premier League Player of the Month award to his list of credits on Friday with manager Brendan Rodgers saying working with the Uruguayan goal machine would “stay with me for a lifetime”.
Suarez struck 10 goals in December, including four in a 5-1 win over Norwich City, as Liverpool Read the rest of this entry »
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