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Senaka Weeraratna, whose chosen title is  “The Cricket Theft of the Century? Sri Lankan innovation v ICC Lawyers” This ESSAY outlines the intellectual property dispute regarding the invention  f the Decision Review System (DRS) in international cricket. Background In March … Continue reading →

Item from Harry Solomons in Facebook, October 2025 introducing HARJAS SINGH, a former worker at his Kingsgrove Sports Shop, who hammered 314 runs from 141 balls for Western Suburbs in a Sydney Premier Leagur match….. losing ten balls in the  … Continue reading →

What are the potential economic and other benefits that would accrue to Sri Lanka if the ICC grants official recognition to DRS as an invention modelled on the foundational concept of ‘ Player Referral’ conceived by a Sri Lankan lawyer? … Continue reading →

An  Item From PRIYAN Rumesh Tharanga triumphed over a stacked men’s javelin field to create history for Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.  World leader this season, Tharanga defeated one of the strongest fields assembled at the Games … Continue reading →

WOMEN’S  SINGLES SEEDINGS AI Overview The official women’s singles seedings for the 2026 French Open feature world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka as the top seed, with Elena Rybakina and Iga Świątek rounding out the top three. The tournament is currently underway … Continue reading →

eLanka News Item circulated by Charles Schokman of Melbourne eLanka is delighted to share the wonderful news that Dr Barclay George “Buddy” Reid has been formally inducted into the Table Tennis Australia Hall of Fame, one of the highest honours bestowed by … Continue reading →

Ranjan Paranavithana introduces some of the Asian Men with Sri Lankan links who are in the present US Squad at the T20 ODI Competition straddling India and Sri Lanka America is a country that produces extremely talented in many sports. … Continue reading →

Shreshth Shah, a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @sreshthx … in ESPNcricinfo …. Group A of the Under-19 men’s World Cup 2026, co-hosted by Zimbabwe and Namibia, sees defending champions and four-time winners Australia alongside Sri Lanka, Ireland and second-time qualifiers Japan. Here are six players from across the Group … Continue reading →

Abhijato Sensarma… in ESPNcricinfo where the title runs thus: “Under-19 World Cup 2026: Everything you wanted to know but didn’t know whom to ask” The 16th edition of the men’s Under-19 World Cup begins  this week. It will, as always, … Continue reading →

Senaka Weeraratna Sobers bowled Yatawara = 58 This is what  prominent Sri Lankan historian and sociologist Michael Roberts has written on his platforms like Thuppahi’s Blog. … The phrase references a famous cricketing moment from a match played on 28 February 1961 at the Colombo Oval, where … Continue reading →