Team Sprtsstar …. A Day Back before Dinusha went on to assist Sri Lanka in drawing the Test Matchat the SSC***
Sri Lanka’s hopes hang by a thread on Day 5 of the second Test against India in Colombo, but Sonal Dinusha has kept the Island nation alive with a fighting half-century in just his fourth Test.
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Giovanni Torre & Dan Jones, in article entitled “A learning journey: Connecting the Goldfields and Canada,” …
The Goldfields Aboriginal Business Chamber recently coordinated a remarkable six-day visit for a delegation participating in the British Columbia/Yukon Young Indigenous Leaders Exchange Pilot Program to the Indo-Pacific. A key part of the visit was GABC’s Indigenous Business Networking event – Connecting the Goldfields and Canada, brought Indigenous business leaders from across the world together in Western Australia.
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All you need to know about the eight-team tournament
Sri Lanka are the defending champions • ACC
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L. Manawadu & Nelun Fernando, an article in a refereed outlet entitled “Proceeses Driving Ethnic Segregation in Cities: A Case Study of the City of Colombo,” … the change in title being an imposition by The Editor, Thuppahi
Sri Lanka ka has a multi-ethnic composition with Sinhalese, Tamils, Moors, Burghers and Malays comprising the key ethnic groups. During the late 20th century, the concentration of two minority ethnic groups, i.e. the Tamils and the Moors, has steadily increased in a few wards. Spatial and temporal changes in the pattern of ethnic segregation within the city are traced using a segregation index. Reasons for the rise in ethnic segregation within the city include in-migration of people displaced following ethnic conflicts in other parts of the country, high natural growth rates particularly within the Moor community and low socio-economic conditions leading to congestion. The wards exhibiting a high segregation index value have a large proportion of under-served settlements and are located close to the Central Business District. Urban land use zoning regulations need to be redefined to discourage segregation and to upgrade under-served settlements.
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SENT by Lokubanda Tillakaratne [now in California]
R.W. Ievers (1850-1905) was the Government Agent of the North Central Province …See Manual of North Central Province (1899) ……This poem was provided by H.C.P. Bell, Archaeological Commissioner of Ceylon to the Times of Ceylon in 1917 and appeared on its Christmas Number of that year.
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Iran’s Shia crescent – its group of partners and proxies – have taken a severe beating. Nonetheless Iran, especially the IRGC, is determined to fight back.
From the Strait of Hormuz, the center of gravity of the Middle East conflict has shifted to the Red Sea. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) has directed Houthi Movement’s Ansarallah to destabilise its enemies. In addition to the U.S. and Israel, Iran’s key enemies are the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia.
Tensions and fighting between Yemen’s Houthi movement and Saudi Arabia have sharply escalated, effectively ending the relative calm established by the 2022 UN-brokered truce. Houthi cross-border drone and missile strikes targeting Saudi energy and airport infrastructure have met with retaliatory coalition air strikes, pushing Yemen toward renewed full-scale conflict. Saudi Arabia previously led a regional military coalition starting in March 2015 to support Yemen’s internationally recognized government after the Houthis took over the capital, Sanaa. An informal calm held since 2022, but regional ripples from broader Middle Eastern conflicts and clashes over blockades strained the status quo. Coalition-backed Yemeni government strikes on Sanaa Airport prompted the Houthis to announce a naval and economic blockade against Saudi Arabia, hitting back with a wave of anti-infrastructure and maritime drone attacks. The Houthis claimed responsibility for multiple drone and missile operations targeting Saudi regional assets, including facilities in Najran and Red Sea shipping lanes near Mocha. Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces launched dozens of active ground and air operations targeting Houthi strongholds and military infrastructure in western and northern Yemen. Aid organizations warn that a full return to hostilities threatens to worsen what remains one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises.
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KK de Silva
Marcus Dias Jayasinghe – Cricket Coach at St. Aloysius College, Galle in the mid 1950s, was a brother of the more famous Ceylon cricketer Douglas Dias Jayasinghe , the first Southerner to play for Ceylon, and later in the 1960s, Chairman of the of the Board of Selectors for Cricket, for many years. Both were old Mahindians and Douglas captained the cricket team at Mahinda and Marcus played under him. Both played for the Galle Cricket Club Team.
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Andrew McGlashan in ESPNcricinfo, 24 August 2026, where the title runs thus: “A short and not-very-sweet Test debut for Mackay”
Two fragile batting line-ups and some top-class fast bowling made for a 750-ball Test in Mackay but the venue is unlikely to be sanctioned for the two-day finish
When Alex Carey spoke to the media at Great Barrier Reef Arena on Monday morning, he was the only international cricketer at the venue. There was the clunking and whirring of the broadcast crew derigging, branding was being taken down, and the Country Club was preparing for its daily routine.Filed under Uncategorized
KK De Silva: Marcus Dias Jayasinghe – SAC Cricket Coach in the mid 1950s
Marcus Dias Jayasinghe, Cricket Coach at St. Aloysius College, Galle in the mid 1950s, was a brother of the more famous Ceylon cricketer Douglas Dias Jayasinghe, the first Southerner to play for Ceylon, and later in the 1960s, Chairman of the of the Board of Selectors for Cricket, for many years. Both were old Mahindians and Douglas captained the cricket team at Mahinda and Marcus played under him. Both played for the Galle Cricket Club Team.
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Madushka Balasuriya in ESPNcricinfo, 23 August 2026, where the title reads “Padikkal century puts India ahead on hard-fought day”
Devdutt Padikkal struck a century for a second consecutive Test as India wrangled up 300 for 5 on the opening day of the second Test at the SSC in Colombo. At the crease at stumps were debutant Saransh Jain and Dhruv Jurel on 4 and 7, respectively. Padikkal’s 117 came across three separate stands, the most prominent being 120 with Shubman Gill and 74 with Ravindra Jadeja. Sri Lanka’s bowlers toiled on a hot and humid day, having lost the toss and been asked to field.
Asitha Fernando – the scrapper who refuses bad daysFiled under Uncategorized
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