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Chile held, Bolivia upset Ecuador in Copa goal-fest

Mexico snatched a pulsating 3-3 draw with Chile while Bolivia downed Ecuador in a five-goal thriller as the Copa America laid on a feast of attacking football on Monday. A dramatic day of action in Group A saw Bolivia secure their first win in the tournament in 18 years with a 3-2 victory over Ecuador in Valparaiso before an epic ...

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Badminton: Kirsty Gilmour faces long trek to the Rio Olympics

Commonwealth medallist Kirsty Gilmour is set to clock up almost 50,000 miles over the next 12 months in a bid to reach the Olympic Games in Rio next summer. The British number one women’s badminton player is set to embark on a lengthy qualification process. “The qualifying period for us runs from May until May, 2015 to 2016,” she said. ...

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Bangladesh draw with Tajikistan

Bangladesh drew 1-1 with a ten-man Tajikistan in the FIFA World Cup group B qualifier at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday evening, reports Prothom Alo. Bangladesh started lively pushing Tajikistan into their own zone in the initial minutes. The hosts won a series of corners, among them the second in the 12th minute curved by skipper Mamunul Islam from ...

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Batting collapse sees Scintilla lose ground

Emdad Rahman A top order collapse saw Scintilla CC fall to a shock defeat at Tennyson CC. Tennyson won the toss and opted to bat first. Ayaz Karim’s bowlers were on red hot form and bowled the hosts out 128/10 from 27.2 overs. Salman top scored with 37. Ahmad Norharif Hamidon was the chief wicket taker with figures of 5/22 ...

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Tulip makes maiden speech in the House of Commons

Ansar Ahmed Ullah A proud Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with the rest of her family watched from the VVIP gallery of the House of Commons as her niece, Tulip Siddiq, made her maiden speech to the UK Parliament. Tulip Siddiq, daughter of Sheikh Rehana, gave a nine-minute speech dwelling on her community and her family. Tulip Siddiq is among ...

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Mediterranean migrants: Italy warns EU over quota plan

EU interior ministers are to discuss how to respond to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, with Italy threatening a strong response if no deal is reached. A key issue at the talks in Luxembourg is a plan to distribute asylum seekers more evenly across all 28 EU states. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said without agreement Italy would adopt a ...

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Mediterranean migrants: Italy warns EU over quota plan

EU interior ministers are to discuss how to respond to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, with Italy threatening a strong response if no deal is reached. A key issue at the talks in Luxembourg is a plan to distribute asylum seekers more evenly across all 28 EU states. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said without agreement Italy would adopt a ...

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Greek shares fall for third day as euro exit fears grow

Greek shares fell for a third day after fears that it could leave the euro intensified and the French president warned there was “little time” to reach a deal on economic reforms. Shares on the Athens stock exchange fell by 1.3% in early trade. That was relatively benign compared with the two previous days’ falls of 4.7% and 5.9%. Ten-year ...

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Why are there so many military bases in Djibouti?

Djibouti, a small country on the Red Sea, is already home to military bases from the US and France, the former colonial power, but China’s interest is now becoming increasingly apparent. What makes this horn of Africa nation attractive to global military powers? Port in a storm Djibouti’s status as a model of stability in an otherwise volatile region is ...

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China to ‘complete’ South China Sea land reclamation

China will complete a series of controversial land reclamation projects in the South China Sea “soon”, the foreign ministry says. The US and countries with competing claims in the area maintain that China is creating artificial islands to use as military bases. The ministry says they are for defence, but also maritime search and rescue, disaster relief and research. China ...

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