MAGDEBURG, Germany -- Arthur Abraham defeated Robert Stieglitz by split decision on Saturday in their third bout, winning back the WBO super middleweight title he lost to his fellow German in March last year. Judges Clark Sammartino of the United States and Paul Thomas of Britain scored it 114-111 and 115-110 for Abraham, respectively, while American Michael Pernick judged it 113-112 in favour of the defending champion. Stieglitz was the more proactive fighter, jabbing, pushing forward, with Abraham biding his time and launching counterattacks. These took their toll towards the end, with Stieglitz dropping to his knee in the final round. "I cant explain this decision," said Stieglitz, who dropped to 46-4 (26 KOs). "I led for the whole time. I see myself as the winner in any case. I lost the last round but not the whole fight." Abraham, who beat Stieglitz by unanimous decision in their first bout in 2012 and by TKO last year, improved to 39-4 (28 KOs). 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Shahid Afridis comments caused some controversy My message to the boys will be to leave everything behind because this is about playing for the nation, this is about playing some quality cricket and theyre all capable of playing good cricket.We are the kind of team that once we click, once we get the momentum going, we can surprise people.Of Afridis remarks, the former fast bowler added: I didnt find anything that controversial in it. This is something he felt, so I believe we should leave that rather than talk more about it. 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Bangladesh are hoping Mustafizur Rahman will be fit Skipper Mashrafe Mortaza said in quotes on the Dhaka Tribune: There is nothing called impossible in Twenty20 cricket.We are here to play and play well. We want to play our best possible cricket. I am confident that the way we are performing at the moment, we have no thing much to worry about.Bangladesh will be hoping to call upon Mustafizur Rahman, the left-arm seamer who has exploded onto the scene in limited-overs cricket but has not played since last month because of a side strain.Sky Sports is the only place you can watch all 35 games in 27 days of the 2016 ICC World T20. Or watch from £6.99 without a contract, on NOW TV. Also See: Who is Liam Dawson? Bopara: Ill bounce back Hussain: England can win World T20 Get Sky Sports ' ' '
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