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Better late than never for Ephraums – By Marcus Uhe Source:-dandenong Keysborough product Nathan Ephraums earned a last-minute call up to the Australian men’s hockey team last week for the Paris Olympic Games. Ephraums replaced Jake Whetton in the squad for Australia’s first match of the tournament against Argentina on Saturday night, in which the Kookaburras scored a 1-0 victory. The striker was one of the stars of the Kookaburra’s gold medal winning efforts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Having missed selection for the Tokyo Olympics 12-months prior, Ephraums scored six goals at the Commonwealth Games where he was the youngest member of the squad, including two in the gold medal contest against India. He was a member of the Kookaburra’s squad that secured qualification for the Games in 2023 It’s a maiden Olympic Games experience for the 25-year-old, who will add firepower to an already stacked Kookaburras ...

Jul 31, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Prashanth Sellathurai, the pride of Sri Lanka for Australia – By TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE The insatiable hunger for success cannot be suppressed in some minds, and one of those with this rare quality is Prashanth Sellathurai, despite his outstanding academic success. Not satisfied with his credentials as a practising doctor, the 36-year-old has pushed himself to boundaries far exceeding a healthy regimen among mere humans to establish himself as one of the best Australian gymnasts earning him an  induction to Hall of Fame appreciation among sportsmen in New South Wales. From a Sri Lankan perspective it is an honour to have a dedicated participant that has brought honour and success at the highest level in a sport that has only produced two world class performers for Australia. Prashanth’s parents are medical professionals and he is the seed that did not fall far from.the tree. But he superseded it with ...

Dec 24, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , , ,
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SRI LANKA NEWS (AUGUST 2022) Compiled by Victor Melder. A Sri Lankan athlete and a senior official have gone missing after the fifth day’s events of the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England on Tuesday. Initial reports indicate that a female judoka and the manager of the Sri Lanka Judo Team have disappeared from the Sri Lankan camp soon after she lost her first-round event on Monday. The Sri Lankan Team Management have immediately informed the relevant authorities about their disappearance and the Birmingham Metropolitan Police have started a special inquiry into the incident. As a result, the Chef-de-Mission of the Sri Lankan contingent Maj. Gen (retired ) Dampath Fernando told that he has decided to acquire all passports of the Sri Lankan contingent to avoid further disappearances. Sri Lanka are fielding a 110-member strong contingent and 51 officials for the Commonwealth Games with the Judo Team consisting of three ...

Sep 1, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , , ,
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Ahinsa becomes youngest medallist at Commonwealth Games   Source : island Eighteen-year-old Nethmi Ahinsa from little known Indiminna, Pannala became Sri Lanka’s youngest medallist at the Commonwealth Games as she beat Australia’s Irene Symeonidis in the 57kg weight class to win a bronze medal in wrestling in Birmingham on Friday.  She also became the country’s first medallist in the not so popular sport as she beat her Australian counterpart 10-0 in the freestyle event in the bronze medal fight. She had to settle for the bronze medal after being eliminated by Indian Anshu Malik in the semi-final bought.   The wrestler from Welpalla Maha Vidyalaya advanced to the semi-final with a 10-0 victory over 34 year-old Cameroon athlete Joseph Emilienne Essombe Tiako. She hails from a family of four children. Following her victory, she thanked her parents for allowing her to engage in the sport and expressed her gratitude to T.S. Suranga Kumara who not only ...

Aug 9, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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