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Star Bangladesh cricketer Mashrafe to stand in election
Mashrafe is widely expected to retire after the World Cup in 2019.
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Footballer Kompany’s father first black mayor in Belgium
Pierre Kompany, 71, arrived in Belgium in 1975 as a refugee from what was then Zaire, now the Democratic Republic…
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Cricket teammates, rivals congratulate Pakistan’s Imran Khan on election win
The Election Commission said Friday that Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party enjoyed a strong lead over the outgoing Pakistan Muslim…
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Sri Lanka cricketer Dhananjaya de Silva quits tour after father’s murder
The player's father Ranjan, a local politician, was gunned down in Ratmalana, a suburb of the capital Colombo, close to…
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Wenger compares George Weah’s life to film script
The Frenchman signed Weah in 1988 when he was manager of Monaco, guiding his career for the next four years
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Save the Dream unites leaders at MED Forum
The ‘Sport Nostrum’ forum launches regional coalition to promote positive change in the Mediterranean region through sport
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Indian federation ‘reminded’ by FIFA over outside interference
A Delhi High Court ruling on Tuesday annulled the AIFF's most recent presidential election and ordered a re-run to be…
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British MP gives up dream of refereeing at World Cup
The Scottish Conservative MP was criticised for missing a vote on welfare policy in the House of Commons recently to…
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Barca trip to Atletico Madrid ‘just a game’, says Valverde
It's Barcelona's first trip to the Spanish capital since the Catalan independence referendum
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Catalan La Liga clubs to join region-wide strike
Besides Barcelona, Espanyol and Girona, also based in Catalonia, declared their intentions to join the general strike
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