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Trinco to be a centre for beach sports – Minister Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa inspects the Trincomalee Municipal Council Stadium Source:Dailynews The Trincomalee beach will be upgraded to a beach sports garden for the conducting of beach sports under the directions of Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa. The Sports Minister made these directions to the authorities during his recent visit to the Municipal Council Stadium, Trincomalee under the new programme titled ‘Open Day’. ...

Apr 4, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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SJB defends Vaas and lambasts SLC top rung By Saman Indrajith   Source:-island The main Opposition, SJB in Parliament yesterday found fault with Sri Lanka Cricket for having launched a vilification campaign against veteran cricketer Chaminda Vaas, and claiming that he had sought to hold ‘the game of cricket to ransom.’ SJB Kurunegala District MP Thushara Indunil said that it was very disheartening to see how the cricket officials had resorted to dirty tactics in a bid to tarnish the image of one of the best cricketers Sri Lanka had produced. “Cricket is a brand in this country and Vaas was among those who uplifted the game to that level. We know that most officials in Sri Lanka are corrupt. During a recent COPE investigation the officials of Sri Lanka Cricket were dumbfounded and did not have responses to charges against them. We know that the Chief Operations Officer of ...

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Sri Lanka hockey in tragic ruin in the hands of a ‘privileged few’-BY ALTHAF NAWAZ When it was a pride to play hockey Source:Sundayobserver Sri Lanka has produced several sportsmen who excelled in various sporting disciplines. Hockey was right up there which dominated until the late 80s in this tiny Island-Sri Lanka also known as the Pearl of Indian Ocean. Tragically the sport is now in a pathetic state more or less like an orphan as there is no one to take care of it. A game which has a proud history of over 4,000 years was initially launched and dominated by the Englishmen. It later gradually spread into the Asian region. At present, Asians are giants of the game with India and Pakistan on top while Sri Lanka which was on par with them, has faced a drastic decline in the last three decades. ...

Jan 17, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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