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    <title>The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) Sports</title>
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      <title>Cricket values on Mammon’s altar.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 22, Aug 2010 01:45:08 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100822/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cricket, by and large, has turned professional and in the last decade or so it has turned so competitive that the ICC introduced a special award which was called ‘The Spirit of the Game award’ and the first recipients of it were the cricketers from New Zealand in 2004.]]></description>
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      <title>A must win situation for the home team.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 22, Aug 2010 01:45:08 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100822/Sports/spt01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Going into the fifth game of the Tri Nation series at the recently rain-hit Rangiri Dambulla Stadium the Sri Lankans are struggling for survival. The abandonment of the New Zealand match at a time when the home team was handily placed has only stirred the pot.]]></description>
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      <title>Clubs undermined, provinces up for grabs.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 15, Aug 2010 01:05:58 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100815/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Like a good old river enriched by it feeder points meanders its way into the sea, the Lankan Club Cricket format fed by arguably the most well-organised school cricket system in the world, nurtured the local cricket entity for a century or more. The club cricket system, though not professionalized, had its good points as well as the bad ones.]]></description>
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      <title>Would the Kiwi-killing Lankans devour their neighbour!</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 15, Aug 2010 01:05:58 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kumar Sangakkara's team lost the battle but won the war. The bonus point provoked elusive, but a win is a win. The team cannot be all that upbeat and over the moon as the Black Cops surrendered their wickets rather weekly, through they did provide a semblance of a fight back with the ball and succeeded in denying the Sri Lankans of a total, emphatic trimph.Monday’s dash between the Asian giants is chockfull of interest and replace with intriguing possibilities.]]></description>
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      <title>Taking our pictures across the shores.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 08, Aug 2010 03:16:10 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100808/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In every sphere of activity there comes a time when your field of specialty becomes the centre of attraction. Then the next sticky question pops in to view. In banner headlines it reads –“Are you ready to take the challenge”?]]></description>
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      <title>Action shifts to Rangiri Dambulla.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 08, Aug 2010 03:16:10 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100808/Sports/spt01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Come Tuesday, the serious mood of playing Test cricket will convert to the pyjama version of it when the Lankans meet their customary opponents India along with New Zealand to pit their wits once again in a tri-series one year hence. Along with that shift the cricket will also move to the wilderness in Rangiri Dambulla, where even some of the well known Indian scribes are frightened to tread upon.]]></description>
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      <title>Moving in the right direction.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 01, Aug 2010 01:45:15 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100801/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Every dawn with the crackle of the first crow a feeling that flashes across the minds of cricket lovers especially in the Indian sub continent is – “Oh! It’s another day getting closer to the next Cricket World Cup”.]]></description>
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      <title>Oval scales favour the Lankans.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 01, Aug 2010 01:45:15 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100801/Sports/spt13.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[After the near murder of Test cricket, where the cricket-loving public of the Indian sub-continent was dragged through a five-day yawn, the scene moves to the P. Saravanamuttu Oval for the third and final Test on Tuesday.Indications for this game are that since the Lankans cannot lose the series they would go all out to make it a 2-0 and thus avenge their bad memories of their last Indian excursion.]]></description>
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      <title>Leaving your legend for the next generation.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 25, Jul 2010 02:32:58 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100725/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
      <category>Sports</category>
      <description><![CDATA[In modern day, cricketers live in a dilemma. If they want to be immortal they have to indulge in the purest form of the game -- Test cricket. If the cricketers want to make a decent living and have better standards than the Johnny next door, they have to be a part of the shorter versions of the game.]]></description>
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      <title>No Murali, no Malinga: Unenviable task for Lankans.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 25, Jul 2010 02:32:58 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Lankans’ sustainability will be put to the test when they take on India tomorrow in the second of the three Test series at the SSC Grounds amidst worries over injuries and uncertainty over life without match-winner Muttiah Muralitharan.]]></description>
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      <title>Lankans mean business at Murali farewell.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 18, Jul 2010 01:02:58 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100718/Sports/spt01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara and the Lankan team mean to hold their wits together during the next five days and are bent on giving their most senior player Muttiah Muralitharan the best farewell possible.]]></description>
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      <title>Organizing a mega ICC event.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 18, Jul 2010 01:02:58 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100718/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Once Johnny next door thought that he would try to teach Mr. Crab how to walk straight. Johnny tried in vain, because Mr. Crab kept on with his perambulation sideways. Finally Johnny satisfied himself thinking at least he tried to teach someone how to do it right.]]></description>
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      <title>Lessons ICC can learn from FIFA.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 11, Jul 2010 13:41:15 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100711/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last week the news of the Nigerian soccer development hit me like a flash of lightning from the blues. In our younger days we learned that Africa consists mostly of politically unstable countries with leaders of limited vision and a part of the world where democracy is a semi-luxury.]]></description>
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      <title>Jayasuriya left out from SLC list.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 11, Jul 2010 13:41:15 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100711/Sports/spt01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Finally it is curtains for 41-year-old Member of Parliament Sanath Teran Jayasuriya as far Sri Lanka cricket is concerned. The Panel of selectors led by Aravinda de Silva has decided upon the contracts for the 2010/11 season and requested the Lankan cricket hierarchy to omit the Lankan cricketing veteran from the list of contracted players for the coming season.]]></description>
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      <title>The big ‘bite’.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 20, Jun 2010 14:07:12 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Recently an exasperated reader tracked me down on the phone. He asked me if our voice is heard at the top and if so why the hierarchy at Sri Lanka Cricket were given a reprieve after being branded as corrupt by none other than the Minister of Sports himself and what was actually wrong with the system of governance in our resplendent island.]]></description>
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      <title>Thomians painted blue and gold.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 20, Jun 2010 14:07:12 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/Sports/spt14.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[If one expected the Thomians to stage one of those mind shattering fight-backs in their Guneratne Trophy rugby game at Royal Complex yesterday, he would have been badly disappointed. Royal retained the coveted Trophy for the fifth consecutive year with a staggering 38 points (4 goals, 2 tries) to 12 (1 goal, 1 try) win and have their sights firmly fixed on the Bradby Shield when they confront Trinity in the return at Bogambara next Saturday (June 26).]]></description>
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      <title>The Bradby express.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 20, Jun 2010 14:07:12 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/Sports/spt01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Many Royalists of yore would recall, to this day, to their children and grandchildren the annual pilgrimage to Kandy every Royalist looked, and still looks forward to. But in the days of old, where Royalist traditions were followed with enormous pride and tremendous passion, the annual trip to the Bogambara stadium was one full of adventure, colour, and festivity.]]></description>
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      <title>The pragmatic Lankans.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 20, Jun 2010 14:07:12 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/Sports/take_another_look_at_cricket.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[It was the perfect start Sri Lanka wanted for the Asia cup, first a close win and then a victory by a country mile! Whilst Pakistan definitely appeared to be the tougher opponent Bangladesh sadly crumbled under the pressure exerted by both the batting and the bowling departments of Sri Lanka.]]></description>
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      <title>Jamaldeen’s boot did the trick.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 20, Jun 2010 14:07:12 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/Sports/Rugby_Talk.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Once again the week was crowned with rugby that continues to endear the lover of the game. The crowds present enjoyed the first leg of the Bradby Shield to the last minute. It was as good as the previous block buster between St. Peter’s and S. Thomas’. The weather made the ground soggy and slippery but rugby was at its best. Every player did his best. Two players shone to make the match a memorable one.]]></description>
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      <title>The Aravinda doctrine.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 13, Jun 2010 13:46:14 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100613/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
      <category>Sports</category>
      <description><![CDATA[I am more than familiar with the sight of Aravinda de Silva walking across the boundary and walking into the middle to take on the world. Whether it was Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Glen McGrath or Anil Kumble at the trundling end he had the same composure and you could feel the stoic resolute running in his veins. On Thursday there was no difference.]]></description>
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      <title>Royal resolve prevails.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 13, Jun 2010 13:46:14 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100613/Sports/sports_01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In a match packed with more twists and turns than any writer of fiction could fabricate, Royal defeated Trinity by 38 points (three goals, one try, three penalties and one drop goal) to 37 (three goals, two tries and two penalties) in the first leg of 66th edition of the Bradby Shield played at the Royal College Sports Complex yesterday.]]></description>
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      <title>The Pete-Thomian one was a thing to re member.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 13, Jun 2010 13:46:14 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100613/Sports/Rugby_Talk.html</link>
      <category>Sports</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Do the big always win at rugby? If there is a degree of brains and subtlety in the game it will not always be that the small stand defeated by the big. It would at most times be the smart beating the stupid.]]></description>
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      <title>Petes cut loose for huge win.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 13, Jun 2010 13:46:14 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100613/Sports/sports_10.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[St Peter’s power in the second half was too much for Wesley as they succumbed to a 50-13 defeat in their Singer Under 20 Division 1A inter-schools rugby encounter played at Bambalapitiya yesterday. The Peterites having led 17-8 at the breather made up their points through five goals and three tries to Wesley’s two tries and a penalty. In the process they chalked up their seventh win for the season and are well clear of taking the league title.]]></description>
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      <title>Dear Mr. Minister, you are walking naked.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 06, Jun 2010 13:11:25 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100606/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[We feel that a prerequisite to indulge in present day politics is the ability to walk naked in public. Reason: Once you do that you get rid of all shame and self respect that you have and learn the art of just hanging by the rope and keep on dancing whenever the puppeteer upstairs pulls the string.]]></description>
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      <title>A hand to cross the bridge.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 06, Jun 2010 13:11:25 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100606/Sports/take_another_look_at_cricket.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The cricketing circles were a buzz when the announcement of the new committee of national selectors was made. The expectations of the media were quite high when the Hon. Minister of Sports and the Chairman of the Interim Committee of Cricket in Sri Lanka met to introduce the new committee to them.]]></description>
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      <title>Look at the game from a broader perspective.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 06, Jun 2010 13:11:25 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100606/Sports/Rugby_Talk.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Unacceptable and questionable would be the argument of some. Yet the Special General Meeting of the SLRFU took place on 31st of May. This was despite a walk out by some of the Provincial Unions. The meeting continued in the presence of two members one of whom was the schools association. It is an irony and twist of fate that the schools who are observers at the council were the king makers.]]></description>
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      <title>Lankans pack Indian bags.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 06, Jun 2010 13:11:25 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100606/Sports/sports_01.html</link>
      <category>Sports</category>
      <description><![CDATA[A very maturely constructed century by Dinesh Chandimal helped Sri Lanka beat India and led them to an unceremonious exit from the tri-nation series here on Saturday.]]></description>
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      <title>Now it’s up to you Aravinda and Co.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:21:45 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100530/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
      <category>Sports</category>
      <description><![CDATA[We take this opportunity thank the minister of Sports C.B. Ratnayake for taking prompt action and also welcome Aravinda and company to their seats which will be a real struggle against time, and a challenge to change certain malpractices that were bugging the selectorial process in the past few seasons.]]></description>
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      <title>The next challenge : Asia Cup.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:21:45 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100530/Sports/take_another_look_at_cricket.html</link>
      <category>Sports</category>
      <description><![CDATA[After Sri Lanka’s disappointment of not winning the T20 World Cup in the West Indies now they face another challenge at the Asia cup in Dambulla. It will be the show comprising the big guns or the giants of Asia, when they commence battle on the 15th of June. It is a fact that Bangladesh will not be a huge threat though an upset from them is not a impossibility.]]></description>
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      <title>Like the way every fairy tale ends and the right royal game.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:21:45 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100530/Sports/Rugby_Talk.html</link>
      <category>Sports</category>
      <description><![CDATA[It was decided that nominations will be called and an SGM held to fill in the slots for the post of President and Secretary. With the vacant Council positions not being filled at the last meeting this too will be attended to after the SGM after a new President is in place. It seems that there are some sensible moves in the right direction to resurrect what is left of the game and hopefully we will move to a better plane with the blessing and acceptance of the Governing body the IRB.]]></description>
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      <title>Royal grounded at Havelock Park.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:21:45 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100530/Sports/sports_01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Isipathana MV coming in to the game as underdogs beat the much fancied Royal College by 27 Points (2 Goals, 2 Tries, 1 Penalty) to 5 Points (1 Try) win in their Under 20 Division I Singer League encounter which concluded at Havelock Park yesterday.]]></description>
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      <title>Mr. Sports Minister – This is not a dummy.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 13:49:01 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100523/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[After the fair share of the delay, during which men with no knowledge between a ball and a paddle boat were at the helm, finally President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to place Chandrasiri Bandara Ratnayake as the Minister of Sports in his second term.]]></description>
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      <title>England was a Star Eleven!.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 13:49:01 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100523/Sports/take_another_look_at_cricket.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[It was England in the end! Australia was completely outplayed! “It was as great as the Ashes Victory” echoed the English Skipper Paul Collingwood. The bottom line of all this is, England had finally won something serious and worth in the world stage of cricket after a long wait of 35 years!]]></description>
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      <title>Will the IRB buy this one?.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 13:49:01 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100523/Sports/Rugby_Talk.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The much awaited Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union was held on Friday and was conducted by the Ministry of Sports. From the quorum only Central Province and Schools were present for this meeting. The nominations were for the Post of Vice President and Treasurer and two other council members. There is a talk that these nominations too are invalid as Central Province who proposed has not had its AGM nor have they submitted an Annual Report.]]></description>
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      <title>Aney Is It True?.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 13:49:01 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100523/Sports/sports_10.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wimal of the UDA had called up Asheyboy and Grand old dad of pitches and berated them on the progress of the ground by the temple which they are preparing for the big one. So much so, he had told the duo to get lost if they cannot do the job or to bring the real work progress of the last three months.]]></description>
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      <title>Zahira pool project buoyed by unreserved support of cement.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 13:49:01 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100523/Sports/sports_22.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[For several years the Old Boys Association (OBA) of Zahira College has determinedly worked toward the goal of building a brand new swimming pool for the school’s inconvenienced students. Now with construction firmly underway their dream is drawing ever closer to the brink of realization.]]></description>
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      <title>Messing up in style.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:16:42 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100516/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[When you have crossed the boundaries of your own native country allegiance to your land notches up by more than a few digits. Then when someone puts across various questions about the happenings of things back home sometimes it puts you in a state of utter despair, especially when you are caught on the wrong foot.]]></description>
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      <title>Sri Lanka well and truly out of T 20 World Cup.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:16:42 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100516/Sports/take_another_look_at_cricket.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Can we call it an inglorious exit or a sojourn? Whatever you may want to call it Sri Lanka is well and truly out of the running of the T 20 World Cup. The feelings of the legion of fans are of utter disappointment which is only understandable. Did Sri Lanka flatter to deceive with their performance against India? Was the combination right for this all important game? May be there are many more unanswered questions! ]]></description>
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      <title>Doomsday awaits Lankan rugby.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:16:42 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100516/Sports/Rugby_Talk.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[“…If an AGM and proper elections of the SLRFU have not been held by June 1, 2010 I can confirm that from midnight on that date the SLRFU will be suspended as a member of the IRB “…This suspension will mean that the SLRFU will not be eligible for IRB funding or participation in any international matches at any level.”]]></description>
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      <title>What a shame.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:16:42 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100516/Sports/spt09.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[At one time the game played with sticks was considered THE sport to bring honour to the country as we were not far behind Pakistan and India. Since of late the game has slid so low that even Bangladesh has overtaken us.]]></description>
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      <title>Lack of preparation hampers swimming to a great extent.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:16:42 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Preparation is vital towards success in any sport and for this to happen there needs to be a proper criterion to follow. And in the case of swimming the lack of such a system is one of the main reasons as to why we have not seen as much success as we should in the international arena.]]></description>
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      <title>It’s time for the Mahela show!.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 13:23:10 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100509/Sports/take_another_look_at_cricket.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The fortunes of Sri Lanka in the T 20 World cup has rested fairly and squarely on one individual so far and he has not been the dashing Thilakaratne Dilshan or the master blaster Sanath Jayasuriya but on the absolutely stylish and very elegant Sri Lankanright hander Mahela Jayawardane!]]></description>
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      <title>A different kettle of fish.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 13:23:10 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100509/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Open Sesame” – the door opened. Then there was this treasure that engulfed Ali Baba’s eyes and from that point onwards he became a rich man. For a moment I will not envy Ali Baba at all, the moment I walked into the treasure trove of David Cruse an unimaginable spread of cricket memorabilia stood on proudly just to be savoured and cherished by any cricket loving eye.]]></description>
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      <title>Peterite power to the fore.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 13:23:10 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100509/Sports/Rugby_Talk.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The school rugby season is on and is on to its second week. The clubs did take a bow last week. It looks like the schools season is heading to being interesting and Peter’s power will be the reckoning force this year.]]></description>
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      <title>Clean up the IPL set-up or go bust.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 13:01:45 +0500</pubDate>
       <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100502/Sports/sunday_Musings.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[It was not so many moons ago this very same column was discussing a situation that arose when the Lankan cricketers were in England for the last T20 World Cup where some slithery elements tried to approach some of our players which also led to a show down back in the high citadels of Colombo.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 13:01:45 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The spirit of cricket cannot be defined. No one can deny the exceptional talent and skills displayed by the older generations and those of yester-year who contributed much for Sri Lanka cricket to gain international status.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 13:01:45 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[It wasn’t the start Sri Lanka wanted and definitely not the type of performance they were banking on! Losing the World Cup opener could be tough to recover from, though thankfully the next game is against Zimbabwe.]]></description>
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      <title>Isipatana-St. Peter’s was the draw on battered Havelocks ground.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 13:01:45 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Fifteens Rugby Season 2010 has got off the ground with the schools matches played last week. The first week it started with a bang from the point of view of rugby crowds. With more than one “A Division” school match being played on one day the spectator was denied of more than one opportunity.]]></description>
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      <title>Lankan school cricket the best in the World says Yallop.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:15:05 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[In turbulent seas, guiding the ship right on course is a risky business. Peril looks on like a bad dream at your face, but once you take over the responsibility a good captain will always be the last to go down with the ship.]]></description>
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      <title>India's IPL cricket in a spin.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:15:05 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Propriety, the correctness of behaviour or morals, as defined by the Oxford dictionary OR Propriety, the convenient interpretation of utilising public offices for personal gain, as defined by the powers to be? Lalit Modi, the enterprising genius who single-handedly engineered a sporting spectacle to match nothing the cricket world had seen ..... ]]></description>
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      <title>‘Matara Mauler’ enters Parliament.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:15:05 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[On the 22nd of April 2010 Sanath Jayasuriya the legendary Sri Lankan cricketer commenced a different kind of an innings, not involving the traditional bat and ball which he is quite accustomed to but with people and politics! ]]></description>
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      <title>Lanka joins top five teams in Asia.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:15:05 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan after its victory over Singapore, at the Division I tournament, becomes the newest to join the Asian Top 5 rugby teams. This promotion will take effect in 2011. The top five team championship for 2010 begins this week and one form the present will be relegated in 2011.]]></description>
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      <title>Sri Lanka geared after short but hard training.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Once again the Sri Lanka rugby team is geared up to contest at the Asian Five Nations Division One tournament scheduled for kick-off on April 14 in Singapore. Sri Lanka is scheduled to play Chinese Taipei in the semi final game followed by host Singaporeans locking horns with with Malaysia in the other semi final.]]></description>
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      <title>Mercenaries, new rich and the falling of the empire.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Recently while browsing on the web I stumbled upon an interesting chat that one of the Cricinfo hostesses was having with the legendary English opener Geoffrey Boycott, who has gained respect as a person who talks straight and always keeps to the point. He was giving his views on the present predicament of global cricket and how market forces dictate terms on the destiny of cricket rather than the wishes of the fans themselves.]]></description>
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      <title>Modern cricket: what culture?.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[It was a casual conversation between yours truly and one of the leading and most respected umpires in Sri Lanka. The occasion was a cricket tournament and surprisingly the conversation was based on values of modern cricket.]]></description>
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      <title>Lanka to face Chinese Taipei on April 14 in Singapore.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The battle for the Asian Five Nations Division 1 tournament will take place in Singapore. Sri Lanka is scheduled to play Chinese Taipei in their first match on the 14th of April. There were conflicting reports of the ban imposed on certain players being lifted.]]></description>
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      <title>ICC boss Pawar happy with the progress.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The ticket and mascot launch of the tenth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was held at the Taj Samudra in Colombo graced by the ICC Vice President Sharad Pawar, its Chief Executive Officer Haroon Lorgat and Professor Ratnaker Shetty the tournamet director of the ICC world Cup 2011.]]></description>
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      <title>Don’t cry for me Argentina.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well! Well!! Well!!!……Sometimes disappointments does not come as surprises, but only as a matter of fact. The long and winding road of the Lankan cricket’s dilemma continues to grow longer and longer and it seems like the grueling travails will never end.]]></description>
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      <title>The mystery of rugby nominations deepens.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Good Friday I was in Church and after service while returning I reflected on what Christ said as he lay between two thieves crucified to the cross. Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. I thought of what the priest said.” Not a twinge of bitterness, but only love and forgiveness were in his heart toward those who had put him there.]]></description>
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      <title>An abundance of T 20 cricket.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[T 20 cricket seem to be the order of the day today with lots of it played everywhere. The IPL surely has been the talking point of almost every social gathering and even back stage political meetings! The performances of players, franchises and even the none telecasting of it in Sri Lanka. It has definitely caught the imagination of the fans for sure.]]></description>
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      <title>The roller coaster ride continues.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[It was a week where Mumbai stamped their class, Delhi Daredevils resurged into contention, Bangalore Royal Challengers just managed to hold their position, and Chennai Superkings kept their hopes alive along with the Knight Riders from Kolkatta. While Decan Chargers did their cause no good by failing to chase down the Knight Riders target, Punjab Kings XI are tightening their grip over the dreaded wooden spoon.]]></description>
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