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When Sri Lanka won the SAARC Gold Cup in 1995-by Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka’s finest moment in football was on April 2, 1995 – 26 years ago when they won the Bristol SAARC Gold Cup in Colombo beating the strong India Team 1-0 in the final at the Sugathadasa Stadium – under the captaincy of Sampath Perera. The man behind organising this tournament was Manilal Fernando and the others who gave their support were late J. N. S. Anandaraja, Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, Chrysantha Perera, T. Wanigarthne, George Ferreira as Technical Consultant, Harold Anthony and the rest of the Ex-Co Members of the FFSL. ...