Sri Lanka crash-lands after skipper soars
India took a stranglehold with an overall lead of
157 runs with 9 wickets intact after Sri Lanka skipper Angelo
Mathews struck his sixth Test hundred (102) to help his side to a
first innings total of 306 in reply to India’s 393 at the end of the
third day of the second Test at the P.Sara Oval yesterday.
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Cooray flops as teenager wins Eritrea's first-ever gold
Puts the blame on hot weather for his poor
showing:
BEIJING, Aug. 22 - Teenager Ghirmay
Ghebreslassie of Eritrea stunned the athletics world with a
record-breaking performance to win the gold medal in the men's
marathon while Sri Lanka's Anuradha Indrajith Cooray secured only
the 29th place at the 15th IAAF World Championship which began here
on Saturday.
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Sri Lankan swimmers exiled in Russia
Sri Lankan swimmers, who took part at the 16th
FINA World Championships held in Kazan, Russia were treated as
virtual exiles or "independent athletes" to the organisers thereby
creating a slur in the country's aquatic sports history.
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