President – the guiding light for progress of sport - Sports
Minister
”President Mahinda Rajapaksa has the unique
record of being the only President of a State to have held the post
of President of a national sport body. He held the post of President
of Sri Lanka Athletic Association when he was a Minister’s said the
Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage when he addressed the
Colours Ceremony of St. Anthony’s Girls College,
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New Zealand 221, Sri Lanka 9 for one at close:Spin skin of Kiwis
by Herath 5 for 65
Clever left arm leg spin bowling by Rangana
Herath 5 for 65 and intelligent seam bowling by Nuwan Kulesekera 2
for 31 and Shamindra Eranga 3 for 51 helped Sri Lanka bundle out New
Zealand for 221. In the five overs batting left Sri Lanka were 9 for
one losing debutant Dimuth Karunaratne without scoring trapped LBW
by an inswinger from Southee.
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Sri Lanka Masters Athletes win 36 Gold Medals
Japan swept the board at the recently concluded
17th Asian Masters Athletics Championships in Taipei, Taiwan with a
massive haul of 175 Gold medals. The winners of the 16th edition of
the aMA championships, India had to be content with the third place
behind the host nation Taiwan.
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56th National Hockey Championship:
Defence Services crush Sri Lanka Schools
Defending champions Defence Services booked
their place in the semi-finals beating Sri Lanka Schools 11-0 in the
quarter-final match played on Astro Turf, Reid Avenue, Colombo
Saturday. T. Abeyratne struck the opening goal in the second minute
and later Mulafer hammered home their second goal from a penalty
corner in the 11th minute.
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