Lankans face must-win game

Third Test begins today at Rose Bowl:

The Sri Lankan cricketers will be asking the rain gods to look benignly on them and allow the sun to shine on their backs when they take on England in a must win Final Npower Test at the Rose Bowl, beginning today. Every Sri Lanka game on tour has been rain shortened and it has not helped them to try out players, give batsmen, bowlers and fielders a long work out and even help them plan strategy.

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Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone III:

Sri Lanka makes a clean sweep

Sri Lanka’s second seed Oshada Wijemanne got off to a fine start when he defeated the Vietnam opponent Le Quoc Khanh in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the opening match of the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone III tournament at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts yesterday. Local contenders won all three matches against the Vietnam team.

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Nadal, Wozniacki head Wimbledon seeds

Defending champion Rafael Nadal and women’s world number one Caroline Wozniacki were named top seeds for next week’s Wimbledon Championships here Wednesday. Tournament officials mirrored the current world rankings for their top five seeds in the men’s and women’s singles, with Nadal ahead of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Sweden’s Robin Soderling.

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