Daily Archives: September 9, 2015

Agar could earn Australia call-up for Bangladesh tour

As Australia prepare to announce their new-look Test squad to tour Bangladesh next month, left-arm spinner Ashton Agar could be the surprise inclusion who will work in tandem with No.1 tweaker Nathan Lyon. Head coach Darren Lehmann confirmed Australia’s squad to Bangladesh would be named when the national side arrives home next week, and Agar is one of three spinners ...

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India tour ideal preparation for Australia – Nasir Cricinfo

Nasir Hossain, the Bangladesh allrounder, has said that Bangladesh A’s upcoming series against India A will be ideal preparation for the home series against Australia in October. Nasir is one of 14 national players included in the Bangladesh A squad, who are scheduled to play three one-dayers and a three-day game against India A, as well as a three-day match ...

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Maradona girlfriend says wedding bells planned, no date set

The girlfriend of Diego Maradona says she and her former football superstar boyfriend will soon tie the knot, although no firm wedding date has been set. “It will be this year, if we can manage it,” Rocio Oliva told reporters at the airport after she arrived from Dubai, where she lives with the football icon. Oliva had come to Argentina ...

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United States 1-4 Brazil: Neymar nets brace in friendly victory

The Barcelona forward’s second-half double led the the Selecao to their 10th consecutive victory over the Stars and Stripes. Neymar’s second-half double led Brazil to a 10th consecutive victory over United States as they stormed to a confident 4-1 triumph in a friendly at the Gillette Stadium. The Brazil captain started among the substitutes but Hulk rose to the occasion, ...

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Bangladesh women cricket team to visit Pakistan

Punjab Minister for Sports and Education Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan has said that Pakistan nation will hear a good news in near future regarding the tour of Bangladeshi women cricket team. Bangladesh women team will visit Pakistan as per their schedule later this month, he was talking to media after welcoming Bangladesh security delegation at the National Hockey Stadium here ...

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Pele to visit Kolkata after 38 years

Football king Pele is likely to meet Indian cricket greats, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, during his week-long trip to India, which includes a three-day sojourn here, in October. Pele will touch down in Kolkata, 38 years after he had ignited the passions of the football-crazy people of the city which later continued its tryst with the greats including Diego ...

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Messi won’t quit Argentina: Sergio Aguero

Argentina striker Sergio Aguero has dismissed suggestions that Lionel Messi is considering retiring from international football. The Barcelona star has received his fair share of criticism in his native country throughout his career and it has increased after they lost both the 2014 World Cup final and the 2015 Copa America final. Nevertheless, Aguero has made it clear Messi will ...

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Islamic State suicide bombings kill 13 Iraqi troops

Iraqi military and security officials say Islamic State suicide bombings and clashes between the extremist group and Iraqi troops have killed 13 soldiers in western Anbar province. The officials say Wednesday’s attacks involved at least two suicide bombers that targeted a military outpost in the volatile province, which fell to the IS group during the Islamic State’s blitz last year. ...

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Convert or die: Confessions of ISIS chief Baghdadi’s personal slave

When ISIS came for Zeinat and her family, they ran, terrified, for the safety of the mountains. They had heard the horror stories and knew only too well what might happen to them if they stayed in their home. But they were too late; stranded at the foot of Iraq’s Mount Sinjar by the huge crowds of refugees struggling uphill, ...

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Nepal police open fire on constitution protesters, 4 killed

Four people were killed in two separate incidents of police firing in Nepal on Wednesday as protests over demarcation of fresh states in the country’s new constitution escalated in Madhes, the southern plains bordering India. In the first incident, a 60-year-old was killed when police fired on a group of protesters in Saptari district, after they clashed with security personnel ...

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