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  Bird puts Australia on top

  Agence France-Presse . Melbourne | Updated at 12:08am on December 27, 2016

  Australian seamer Jackson Bird claimed two crucial wickets just before rain stopped play on the opening day of the second Test against Pakistan at the MCG on Monday...

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  Chelsea cruise to 12th straight win

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:06am on December 27, 2016

  A supremely confident Chelsea notched a club record 12th consecutive league win on Monday to move nine points clear at the top of the Premier League, two goals from Pedro and one from Eden Hazard giving them a 3-0 victory over Bournemouth...

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  Abahani regain title with a game in hand

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:57pm on December 26, 2016

  Abahani Limited regained the Bangladesh Premier League title with a match in hand when they thrashed relegation threatened Uttar Baridhara 4-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday...

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  Mosaddek makes his case stronger

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:33pm on December 26, 2016

  Bangladesh’s Mossadek Hossain justified his inclusion against New Zealand in the opening game of the three-match series with an impressive fifty that is bound to give now the team management some sort of dilemma for the remainder of the series...

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  Mushfiq uncertain for remaining NZ ODIs

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:25pm on December 26, 2016

  Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has become uncertain for the remaining two matches of the ongoing one-day international series against New Zealand after he picked up a hamstring injury on Monday...

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  Hosts move into final

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:13pm on December 26, 2016

  Hosts Bangladesh booked their place in the Bangabandhu Senior Men’s Asian Central Zone International Volleyball Championship final with a straight 3-0 set win over Maldives in their final group match at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium on Monday...

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  Tigers return to drawing board

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:09pm on December 26, 2016

  Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza said Tigers insisted that they should reassess their game plan after their 77-run loss against New Zealand in the opening one-day international of the three-match series at Christchurch on Monday....

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  Bangladesh fined for slow over-rate against NZ

  Staff correspondent | Updated at 06:21pm on December 26, 2016

  Bangladesh cricket team was fined for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand during the first one-day international in...

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  Mushfiq uncertain for remaining NZ ODIs

  Staff correspondent | Updated at 01:26pm on December 26, 2016

  Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has become uncertain for the remaining two matches of the ongoing one-day international series against...

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  Conte, Guardiola brace for Boxing Day baptisms

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:38pm on December 25, 2016

  Chelsea’s Antonio Conte and his Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola are among the Premier League managers who will sample England’s Boxing Day football extravaganza for the first time today...