Farveez Maharoof the wrecker

Mumbai, Saturday. Right arm paceman Farveez Maharoof picked up his maiden five wicket haul as Sri Lanka cruised to an easy nine wicket victory over the West Indies in their International Cricket Council Champions Trophy Mini World Cup last qualifying round match at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai here on Saturday.

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Drug testing at Rugby Asiad in Colombo for first time

Anti-drug control methods will be adopted for the first occasion in Sri Lanka where rugby is concerned at the 20th Singer Asian Championships to be staged in Colombo from November 17 to 25 where games are to be played at three venues - Longden Place, Sugathadasa Stadium and Royal College Sports Complex.

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Commonwealth Gold Medallist Chinthana in Melbourne for further training

Sri Lanka’s weightlifter Chinthana Vidanage (25) who won a gold medal for his country after 12 years at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia in March this year, returned to the same city for his second stint of a scholarship offered by the Sri Lanka Cricket Association “down under” for a three-month period. He left the island last week.

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