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  Bangladesh set to play 44 Tests in next 5yrs

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:50pm on June 20, 2018

  The International Cricket Council on Wednesday announced its five-year long Future Tour Programme when Bangladesh would play 44 Test matches along with number of one-day internationals and Twenty20 internationals....

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  Suarez sends Uruguay into last 16

  Reuters . Rostov-On-Don | Updated at 11:16pm on June 20, 2018

  Luis Suarez marked his 100th international cap by sending Uruguay into the last 16 of the World Cup as the striker benefited from some poor goalkeeping to eliminate Saudi Arabia with a 1-0 win on Wednesday....

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  Ronaldo delivers again for Portugal

  Agence France-PresseAgence France-Presse . Moscow | Updated at 11:30pm on June 20, 2018

  Cristiano Ronaldo followed up his opening game heroics at the World Cup with the only goal in a 1-0 win for Portugal against Morocco as the European champions edged closer to the last 16....

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  Brazil pledges support for Bangladesh football

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 08:47pm on June 20, 2018

  Former Brazilian great Zico is likely to visit Bangladesh after the ongoing Russia World Cup, Brazilian ambassador in Dhaka Joao Tabajara de Oliveira Junior said...

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  Argentina rally behind Messi

  Agence France-Presse . Nizhniy Novgorod | Updated at 12:05am on June 21, 2018

  Argentina are rallying around captain Lionel Messi as the South American giants prepare for their crucial Group D clash with Croatia here today....

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  Brazil breathe sigh of relief over Neymar’s hairdo change

  Agence France-Presse . Rio de Janeiro | Updated at 12:05am on June 21, 2018

  Neymar is famous for his stepovers, but it was his World Cup hair do-over that really got Brazilians talking Tuesday. The world’s most expensive footballer was underwhelming in Brazil’s 1-1 World Cup opener against Switzerland on Sunday....

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  Cherchesov finds winning formula for hosts

  Reuters . St Petersburg | Updated at 12:05am on June 21, 2018

  If everything had gone to plan, several of the players who have guided Russia to the brink of qualification for the World Cup knockout stages might have been left at home to watch the tournament on television...

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  France vow to up the ante as rivals flounder

  Agence France-Presse . Yekaterinburg | Updated at 12:05am on June 21, 2018

  With their title rivals failing to fire, France have vowed to ramp up the intensity and put their stamp on the World Cup with victory over Peru today....