Nishantha, new crown prince of world carrom

Nishantha Fernando created history by becoming the second individual sports World Champion Sri Lanka has ever produced as he clinched the World carrom singles title beating India's Bharathidasan 25/4, 25/10 in the final of the sixth Carrom World Championship concluded at the Galadari hotel, Colombo yesterday.

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SL Sevens Rugby on the rise

The Sri Lanka Rugby Sevens Team's remarkable performance to take the Plate Championship of the final leg of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series which concluded yesterday at the Singapore Cricket Club grounds at the expense of China is another milestone in the island nation's rugby march forward. This latest feather in the cap was in the wake of two previous Plate Championship titles clinched in Shanghai and Mumbai to mark three consecutive Plate titles in Sri Lanka's Sevens performances in the last two months at international level.

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Lanka beat NZ in rain-hit ODI

Sri Lanka scored a 14-run win over New Zealand by Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method in the rain-hit second one-day international on Sunday to gain a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Sri Lanka were 118-3 off 22.5 overs chasing a 251-run target when play was called off due to rain in Pallekele. They were ahead of the D/L par score of 104 at that stage.

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Psychologist for the SL cricket team long overdue

Going through Elmo Rodrigopulle's report in the Daily News, regarding an employment of a Psychologist to the National Cricket Team. I think this was overdue from the time we entered the test cricket arena. When you compete at world class level, Coaches and Support Staff can help the team and guide them to achieve higher level where technique, strength & conditioning, tactics are concerned. But as a Sportsman, competing at very high level, mindset is very important to believe in himself and to face situation at various levels.

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