Sports

At the end of the highway
The empty handed Lankan Olympic contingent deplaned on our soil at midnight on Wednesday, sans much fanfare or glory seeking politicians and the social wannabe’s who always follow those ‘do-gooders’ like their life’s sins.

However, we feel that every one living in this paradise missed one very obvious point. At the age of thirty four our own gazelle Susanthika Jayasinghe though only managing the semi-finals, still proved that she was the fastest female in the whole of Asia
 
Lanka experience cricketing hibernation!
It seems that Lankan Cricket will have to keep brooding over their series defeat at the hand of India as a result of the postponement Champions Trophy which was scheduled to be held in Pakistan.

Reports reaching say that South Africa who initially showed an interest in hosting a tri-nation involving Pakistan and Sri Lanka is now trying to back out of the tripartite contest.
 
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