Moves were afoot to change First Test venue

Owing to the controversy surrounding the wicket:

Believe it or not, there was speculation that the First Test between Sri Lanka and Australia beginning on Friday at the Bellerive Oval was to be moved to another venue because of the uncertain nature of the wicket.

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Teenage sprinter Himasha Eshan banned for one year

Sri Lanka’s best 100 metre runner this year Himasha Eshan has been banned from competing in athletic meets for one year, said Sri Lanka’s Sports Medicine Unit Director General Prof Arjuna de Silva at a press briefing held at the Sports Medicine Unit, Colombo yesterday.

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Lalith Priyantha takes Veterans Table Tennis title

Former National Champion Lalith Priyantha clinched the men’s singles title when he beat Ali Adam Malik from Maldives in the open final of the first international veterans table tennis tournament 2012 concluded at YMCA Courts, Colombo Fort yesterday.

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