Cook leads England’s fight-back

Another nicely carved out innings by Alastair Cook (75 not out) who was involved in an 108 stand for the fourth wicket with Ian Bell (52), when England were struggling at 22 for 3, took them to tea at 165 for 4 on the first day.

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Tested positive for doping during five-nation tourney:

Three Sri Lanka rugby players banned by IRB

The International Rugby Board has banned three Sri Lanka rugby players - Prop Forward Eranga Swarnatilleke (Navy), No 8 forward Keith Gurusinghe and Fullback Saliya Kumara ( Kandy) having been tested positive for drugs.

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CR in hard fought 14-8 win over CH

Last year’s runners up CR and FC began their campaign with a hard fought 14-8 victory over CH and FC in their Caltex inter club ‘A’ division league rugby tournament fixture worked off at Maitland Crescent yesterday.

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