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The two-day long 24th National Junior (Age Group) Athletics Competition will be held on May 7 and 8 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.

Bangladesh Athletic Federation will arrange the athletics meet. Under-15 and Under-17 athletics have been asked to send their entries by April 28.

Safin eases into Monte Carlo second round

AFP, Monte Carlo

Marat Safin's latest bid to reignite his colourful, rollercoaster career enjoyed a boost with a 6-3, 6-2 Monte Carlo Masters first round victory over Belgium's Xavier Malisse on Tuesday.

Safin, a former world number one and twice a Grand Slam title winner, has seen his world ranking slip to 93 in a year which had yielded just three wins on the tour before this week.

But Malisse, who played just seven events in 2007 as a wrist injury sent his ranking slumping to 251, proved the perfect opponent for the Russian in a one-sided enconter.