Red letter day for Sri Lanka sport [October 12 2010]

Wednesday will be a re letter day in the annals of Sri Lanka’s sports history when Manju Wanniarachchi will take on Wales’ Sean Mc Goldrick in the Bantam Weight 56kg category final of the Commonwealth Games boxing competition at the Tal Katora Indoor Stadium at 3.30 p.m.

Ending the 60 year old jinx for a medal in boxing at the Commonwealth Games, Wanniarachchi has already assured of the silver. If Wanniarachchi emerges victorious, it will be the first boxing gold medal for Sri Lanka after 72 years in the Commonwealth Games history.