Boteju retains crown in thriller

Wins national snooker title for the 15th occasion:

Reigning National Champion Susantha Boteju of YMCA secured his crown for the 15th time after a stiff battle against Naresh Wickramaratne of Galle YMBA beating him by seven frames to six (61/76, 65/66, 61/67, 42/51, 56/20, 39/55, 50/53, 58/16, 61/32, 69/64, 57/7, 77/13, 74/42) and walked away with the U.W. Sumathipala Memorial Championship shield in the 60th National Snooker Championship final played at the Sugathadasa Sports hotel yesterday.

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Djokovic closes gap on Federer

Novak Djokovic, who won the Shanghai Masters on Sunday, has closed the gap on Roger Federer at the top of the latest ATP rankings, as the Swiss player enters his 300th week as world number one.

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Tharaka hits 92

A good knock of 92 with 9 fours off 142 balls by Tharaka Somatillake helped Kegalu Vidyalaya to declare at 240 for 8 declared on the opening day of the inter-school cricket match against Asoka Vidyalaya, Colombo which began at the Public groups, Kagalle yesterday. The match will be continued today at 9.30 am. Kegalu Vidyalaya declared their innings closed at tea time but the visiting team could not bat as heavy rain which followed washed off play for the day.

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