Sri Lanka set to win First Test: Jayawardene falls short by 26
runs to break Lara's record
It was slow torture for South Africa as Sri Lanka
skipper Mahela Jayawardena and deputy Kumar Sangakkara re-
established several new batting records as they set Sri Lanka to an
errevocable path to victory at the end of the third days play in the
first cricket Test at the SSC grounds yesterday. South Africa who
has a deficit of 587 run were 43 for no loss in 15 overs.
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Sri Lanka reach final
The Sri Lanka netball team produced a superb
late rally to reach the final of the fifth Asian Netball
championships defeating a fighting Thailand outfit by 44 goals to 40
goals in a thrilling semifinal encounter worked off at the Sree
Kanteerva indoor stadium in Bangalore here on Saturday.
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Kandy International Rugby Sevens Sept. 15 to 17
Singapore and Guam have been relegated from last
year's rankings with the Philippines as the stand-by for the 8th
Singer-SriLankan Airlines International Rugby 7s conducted by Kandy
Sports Club to be staged at Nittawela on September 15,16 and 17.
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