LTTE Sports Wing invites Ian Botham
By Chris Kamalendran
Ian Botham, the former England cricket skipper, currently in Sri Lanka involved with the expert commentators panel for TV, has been invited by the LTTE Sports Wing to conduct a day's coaching camp in Kilinochchi on Tuesday. Ian Botham yesterday confirmed that there was a move to get him down, but a final decision had not been taken on the matter.

The Sports Wing leader, 'Papa' has sent the invitation to Botham prior to his arrival in Colombo. The Sunday Times learns that the LTTE has arranged students and Cricket club members in Wanni to attend this coaching camp to be held in Kilinochchi in a ground located alongside the A9 highway.

The LTTE Sports Wing has also organized an exhibition football match in Botham's honour, between two local teams in Kilinochchi at 4.00 p.m. (LTTE time) at the same grounds. The two teams participating are the Mannar Pallimunnai team and Vattakachchi Lucky Star team.

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