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  Tigers not losing heart

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:05pm on December 28, 2016

  Despite losing the opening game by 77 runs, Bangladesh are not going to lose their heart against New Zealand in the remaining two matches of the ongoing one-day international series, said coach Chandika Hathurusinghe on Wednesday...

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  FIFA boss says federations back expanded World Cup

  Reuters | Updated at 04:19pm on December 28, 2016

  Football federations are backing plans to expand the World Cup beyond 32 teams, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in Dubai...

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  Ronaldo honoured at Globe Soccer Awards

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 01:29pm on December 28, 2016

  Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal's Euro 2016-winning coach Fernando Santos scooped the top prizes at the seventh edition of...

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  Mushfiqur out of ODI series

  Agence France Presse | Updated at 11:06am on December 28, 2016

  A hamstring injury will keep Bangladesh wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim out of the remaining two one-day internationals...

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  Toure happy to come in from the cold

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:53pm on December 27, 2016

  Yaya Toure admits he feels reborn after returning from exile to play a key role in Manchester City’s Premier League title challenge...

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  Mkhitaryan: Scorpion volley was instinctive

  Agence France-Presse . Manchester | Updated at 10:51pm on December 27, 2016

  Henrikh Mkhitaryan said his spectacular ‘scorpion kick’ volley in Manchester United’s 3-1 victory over Sunderland on Monday had been a matter of instinct taking over...

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  Conte hopes record run sparks glory

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:48pm on December 27, 2016

  Antonio Conte has challenged his Chelsea stars to use their club record run of 12 successive victories as the foundation to win the Premier League title...

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  Azhar lifts Paks amid rain

  Agence France-Presse . Melbourne | Updated at 10:46pm on December 27, 2016

  Opening batsman Azhar Ali led the way as Pakistan consolidated their first innings on a rain-hit second day of the second Test against Australia in Melbourne on Tuesday...

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  Gohel breaks 117-year-old record

  Press Trust of India . Jaipur | Updated at 10:38pm on December 27, 2016

  Gujarat’s 26-year-old opening batsman Samit Gohel on Tuesday broke a 117-year-old record in first-class cricket by notching up the highest score while carrying his bat through the innings of 359 not out during his team’s Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Odisha...

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  Roqibul hits ton for Dhaka

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:33pm on December 27, 2016

  Roqibul Hassan struck the only century of the day as title aspirants Dhaka made a strong start in the fifth round of the National Cricket League that began at four venues across the country on Tuesday...