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Pakistan Strangle Sri Lanka in Asia Cup
Madusha Balasuriya in ESPNcricinfo, September 2025 Hussain Talat Pakistan 138 for 5 (Nawaz 38*, Talat 32*, Theekshana 2-24, Hasaranga 2-27) beat Sri Lanka 133 for 8 (Kamindu Mendis 50, Afridi 3-28, Talat 2-18, Rauf 2-37) by five wickets An unbroken stand of 58 … Continue reading →
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Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings While Those in USA Dip
ITEM in NEW YORK TIMES, 15 January 2026…. “Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip” Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling farther behind … Continue reading →
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Sheffield Shield Final Showdown in Adelaide Evaluated
Liam O’Loughlin in NineSport.com, 25 March 2025, …with a title that is far too long It often flies under the radar, but this week’s Sheffield Shield final could be one for the ages and have ramifications for a number of … Continue reading →
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Percy Abeysekera as Large as Life
Percy Abeysekera aka “Pissu Percy” has, alas, passed away; but, as we celebrate good cricket this week pursued in Bangladesh where Sri Lanka was led by a man from the south nurtured in Richmond College, we can savour the world … Continue reading →
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Engineering Climate Disasters As An Arm in Today’s Political Struggles?
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose prefered title reads thus: “Relevance of the ENMOD Treaty to Climate Shocks and other Hybrid Economic Warfare” …. IN A Letter to Ms Kobutu Dear Ms. Kobuta, It was good to meet you at the Open University … Continue reading →
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A Brain Drain from USA In Progress
Tom Whipple, in The Times, 25 April 2025 Some of America’s brightest are increasingly uncomfortable in a country where ideology threatens to constrain science … It is, said the president of the Australian Academy of Science, an “urgent and unparalleled … Continue reading →
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Michael Tissera: A Lifetime of Grounded Achievement
Krishantha Prasad Cooray, in The Island, 7 April 2024, where the title runs thus: “Michael Tissera at 85: Gentlemen’s gentleman” ….. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Michael Tissera with his … Continue reading →
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The Geopolitics underlying the Strengthening of Maldivian Links with China
Timur Fomenko in rtcom.news, 15 January 2024, where the title reads as “How a tiny tourist paradise has become a political flashpoint between India and China” ….. with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi and pertinents Thoughts sent by “Skindiver” … Continue reading →
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Sri Lankan Cricket Board in Sunday Times Gunsights
Item in The Sunday Times, 27 November 2025, … Authorship Not Indicated … A Travessty This There’s one thing that never seems to change in Sri Lanka cricket. It’s not progress. It’s not new ideas. It’s the same old stagnation. … Continue reading →
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Challenging Male Chauvinism & Sexual Licence in the Indian Film Industry
Vaishna Roy, whose article is entitled “The Hema Committee Report shows there is hope that the omertà enforced by powerful men in the film industry will be broken,” .… and has been placed in an Indian site with this Editor’s Note: “A powerful, defining … Continue reading →
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