Lanka in five wicket win over Windies

Sri Lanka scored a morale boosting five wicket win over West Indies in their last warm up match of the Champions Trophy played at Pretoria, South Africa yesterday. The West Indies winning the toss opted to bat first and were well placed at one stage at 121 for two wickets but with the introduction of spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis wickets fell at regular intervals and lost their last eight wickets for 80 runs to be all out for 201 runs in 45.1 overs.

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Competitors from North-East for National School Games

The final stage of the National School Games 2009 gets underway at the Sugathadasa Stadium from September 23 and will conclude on September 27. The final stage of the athletic meet is due to commence at 8 a.m. with a colourful pageant and a drill display by the students.

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SSC-NCC clash in Under-23 final

Traditional rivals SSC and NCC set up a final showdown in the SLC under 23 division one cricket tournament by winning their respective three day semi-final matches in Colombo yesterday.

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As Muslim pilgrims head home:

Cairo Airport on flu alert

Cairo airport authorities reinforced swine flu testing measures on Friday as thousands of pilgrims were expected home from holy sites in Saudi Arabia, state-run MENA news agency said.

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