Royalist Milan Abeysekera wins Top Award Yamal and Ishara win gold and silver titles

The top three Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketers were found after the final weeks voting as Royal College, Colombo’s wicket-keeper batsman Milan Abeysekera (Platinum), St. John’s College, Nugegoda’s Yamal Siriwardena ( Gold) and Sri Rahula College Katugastota’s Ishara Rangana Hewage (Silver) being voted as the reader’s favourites at the 2013 Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of The Year Contest.

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Qualifies for IAAF World Championship:

Nadeeka wins Silver in Javelin throw

Sri Lanka’s Nadeeka Lakmali won the Silver medal in women’s javelin throw event and set up a new Sri Lanka record yesterday at the on-going Asian Athletics Championship held in Pune, India.

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Second leg of Carlton Rugby Sevens:

Central Kings and Northern Gladiators to the fore

Central Kings (Pool ‘A’) and Northern Gladiators (Pool ‘B’ took the top spots with unbeaten records in the second leg of Carlton Rugby Sevens which commenced at the Jayattilleke Sports Complex, Nawalapitiya yesterday. The tournament resumes today at 10 a.m.

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North and East cricketers make history:

Kilinochchi - the emerging destination for cricket

Making history in the annals of local sports, a T20 over Cricket Match was held between Sri Lanka’s Northern and Eastern Province Combined Team Vs Melbourne’s Ferntree Gully District Cricket Association & Australian Hellenic Federation Combined Cricket Team recently.

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