12/03/2010 10:53:14
Skipper Alastair Cook hit an unbeaten half-century to help England reach 104-1 at lunch on the opening day of the first test against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Friday.
Cook, leading England for the first time in a test match, was 55 not out at the interval alongside Jonathan Trott (13 not out).
Opener Michael Carberry began his test career in an aggressive manner hitting six fours, including three in one over of paceman Rubel Hossain, but suffered when Bangladesh introduced their spinners.
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12/03/2010 10:50:13
Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba was named African Footballer of the Year Thursday, beating Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o and Ghana's Michael Essien for the 2009 award.
The announcement came on the Chelsea striker's 32nd birthday and it is his second award, after he also won in 2006.
Drogba helped his country through a convincing World Cup qualifying campaign in 2009, during which he scored five goals as the Ivorians finished unbeaten.
But while he scored in the FA Cup final his ...
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11/03/2010 10:07:38
Big-spending Real Madrid failed to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals for the sixth straight season when Olympique Lyon dumped the Spaniards out 2-1 on aggregate on Wednesday.
Real's dream of winning a 10th European title at their Bernabeu stadium in May was shattered by Miralem Pjanic's 75th-minute strike, which secured a 1-1 draw for visiting Lyon in the last 16 second leg after Cristiano Ronaldo's goal in the sixth minute.
"You can say it's a great achievement.
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11/03/2010 10:02:17
Wayne Rooney scored twice again as Manchester United cruised into the quarter-finals of the Champions League after a 4-0 win over a feeble AC Milan sent them through 7-2 on aggregate Wednesday.
Rooney,...
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10/03/2010 09:12:42
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney will be fit for Wednesday's Champions League second leg match against AC Milan, manager Alex Ferguson said on Tuesday.
Rooney was a doubt after missing Saturday's ...
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09/03/2010 11:44:09
Third-placed Valencia's uninspiring 0-0 draw at home to Racing Santander left them 15 points adrift of La Liga leaders Real Madrid and Barcelona on Monday.
Valencia, who travel to champions Barca next weekend,...
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12/03/2010 10:47:13
Five-times European champions Liverpool suffered a 1-0 defeat at Lille after a late goal by forward Eden ...
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12/03/2010 10:23:36
Sebastian Vettel thinks he could be on to a winner after trading in Kate's Dirty Sister for a younger model,...
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11/03/2010 10:04:42
Dismissed as also-rans at various stages of an unpredictable Premier League season, free-scoring Arsenal ...
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10/03/2010 09:20:06
Arjen Robben's superb strike sent Bayern Munich through to the Champions League quarter-finals on away ...
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10/03/2010 17:43:05
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09/03/2010 11:40:09
AC Milan midfielder David Beckham returns to Old Trafford for the first time in seven years on Wednesday ...
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