Pakistan win Test series

Third Test drawn:

Pakistan clinched the three-Test series against Sri Lanka 1-0 after the third and final Test ended in a draw at Sharjah stadium here on Monday. Persistent rain wiped out play in the pre-lunch session a two hours and 35 minutes delay which left Sri Lanka with little time to enforce a win despite declaring their second innings at 181-6, setting Pakistan a target of 255 in a possible 61 overs.

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St. Joseph’s Girls unbeaten

St. Joseph’s Girls School, Nugegoda comfortably beat Good Shepherd Convent, Kotahena (81-26) at their home courts to climb to the top of group ‘A’ in the under-19 ‘A’ division girls’ basketball championship yesterday. They were unbeaten, having defeated all remaining five teams in group ‘A’.

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Frazier fighting for life

Former world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, who battled Muhammad Ali in a famed 1970s boxing trilogy, is fighting for his life with advanced liver cancer. Frazier, 67, was the first man to defeat the legendary Ali, taking the undisputed heavyweight title with a unanimous 15-round decision over Ali in 1971 at Madison Square Garden in what was dubbed the "Fight of the Century".

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