Sri Lanka’s new hero Manju Wanniarachchi landed early last morning to a red carpet reception, amidst loud cheers from the crowd that had flocked to see the Commonwealth Games gold medallist. A boxer who almost retired from the sport a few years back, Manju made a great comeback by doing his motherland proud, winning a gold in the sport after 72 years.
Last Monday the Lankan cricketers en bloc were on the catwalk at a five-star hotel for some charity thing and mind you the lot did look handsome. They were so full of shine and radiance that they surely could have sent some chill through the spines of many of the opposite sex who were present by the ramp on that day.
