The Sunday Times Sports | Sunday, Augest 19, 2007

Sports

Forget Bedi, concentrate on record, Arjuna tells Murali
Sri Lanka’s World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunge who is a staunch supporter of champion off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan does not think that Murali should waste his time on suing people like the former Indian captain Beshen Singh Bedi who called him the best shot putter in history.

Embilipitiya lads stun Thurstan
While a group of boys from Embilipitiya MMV slept at that temple in Delkanda on Friday night, would any of them have dreamt that they would defeat an A Division school with a rich history of rugby the very next day, many would answer with loud – no! But that is exactly what this group of boys did as they defeated Thurstan by five points to nil in their very first outing in an A Division tournament.

SLC rich with SLRC millions
Sri Lankas Premier Cricket Tournament tagged the ‘Premier League’ will take a new dimension this year following Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) successfully securing the sponsorship of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) and a leading Communication Company.

Once a Bedi, always a Bedi
A recent PTI report says "former Indian legend' Bishen Singh Bedi has "lashed out at the ICC for bending the rules to aid "chuckers like Mutthiah Muralitharan" and called him a "monster ". It is a misnomer to call Bedi a legend as he no longer qualifies to fall into that category, as even in India many Spin Bowlers including Anil Kumble have far outstripped his achievements by many a mile.

	Gampaha swimming on again

	Central breaks swimming hoodoo

	Aney is it true? with nam

	Time opportune

	Tough times for outstation

	Weerakkody will be missed

	Sriyapala cracks elegant 102 for SSC

	Sattar, Thasleem, Isham and Mubeen advance to semis

	Rajeev looking for crown

	Susanthika could reach 100m final - Wijesundera

	Kandy’s flair sees them through