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Sheriff-excellent ruggerite-by Althaf Nawaz Mohamed Sheriff Source:Dailynews Zahira College, Colombo has played a phenomenal role in producing several sportsmen excelling in various sporting disciplines, especially in the game of soccer. More or less they are the undisputed champions in the school’s arena for several decades. Mohamed Sheriff was one of them who changed gears from soccer to rugby due to his extraordinary kicking skills when his school rugby team was in search of a place kicker, who later ended up playing top class rugby while donning the National jersey bringing honour and fame to the country. Mohamed Sheriff who was born in 1985, was a key player of the Zahira soccer team. He never had an intention of handling the oval shaped ball in his life. While being engaged in football, where he was blessed with some exceptional kicking skills.he was asked to fill in a vacancy in the college ...