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England’s County Championship Dawns & Draws “THOUGHTS”
Interviews by Vithushan Ehantharajah, Alan Gardner, Andrew Miller and Matt Roller. The County Championship season gets underway on Friday, bringing with it a sense of excitement and renewal after Rob Key’s recent pledge to repair the broken relationship between the … Continue reading →
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Political Dogfight Looming in 2024 General Elections in Sri Lanka
Uditha Devapriya, in The Diplomat, December 2023, where the title runs thus “Political and Electoral Uncertainty in Sri Lanka Ahead of the 2024 Elections” Wickremesinghe wants to keep his job; the SLPP wants to mount a comeback. Sri Lanka voters … Continue reading →
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Rangana Herath: A Tubby Spinner Extraordinary
Rahul Bhattacharya in ESPNcricinfo’s The Cricket Monthly, October 2016, where the ttile reads “When Ranga comes ’round ….. In praise of a spinner whose contributions are as generous as his girth” Nobody, except perhaps some of Shane Warne’s opponents and text-message … Continue reading →
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Estelle Fernando nee Roberts: Vale in Sadness & Fellowship
Michael Roberts Estelle Barbara Roberts was born as the second child from the second bed of Thomas Webb Roberts (1881-1978) on the 2nd May 1929. She was brought up within the Fort of Galle and received her education at Southlands, … Continue reading →
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The Royal-Thomian Cricket Match: Its History
Uthpala Wijesuriya, in The Island, 17 March 2023,where the title presented is “The Earth’s Greatest Rivalry” … while the highlighting in this presentation has been imposed by a Thuppahiyaaaaaaaaa. The Royal-Thomian or the Battle of the Blues, the world’s second … Continue reading →
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Recuperation: For the Tamil Tiger POWs
Air Commodore Vajira Senadheera, 18 February 2025, whose chosen title for this article is “Firsthand Insights into Sri Lanka’s Rehabilitation of Ex-LTTE Combatants: A Sri Lankan Experience for Global Application – Analysis”….. Source: https://www.eurasiareview.com/18022025-firsthand-insights-into-sri-lankas-rehabilition-of-ex-ltte-combatants-a-sri-lankan-experience-for-global-application-analysis/ .… NB: some photos recalcitrant LTTE … Continue reading →
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Another Pulsating ODI Win by Sri Lanka ….Just!
Michael Roberts Where Sri Lanka’s pulsating win on Sunday 20th June seemed on the cards as the game moved on towards a climax with Sri Lanka’s batsmen in command, the match on the same grounds at Khettarama in Colombo on … Continue reading →
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Chandra Schaffter at Hockey: For School, University & Ceylon
Chandra Schaffter, responding to a request from The Editor, Thuppahi** …. with the highlighting being the latter’s imposition For obvious reasons, my association with hockey was not so important although I was possibly a better hockey played at national level, than … Continue reading →
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Sanga: Rex in Q and A with Kumar for The Island in 2015
Kumar Sangakkara Talks Candidly About Many Things in Exhaustive Interview, 20 August 2015 The Island: By your own admission, you were an average cricketer at school while your contemporaries like Thilan Samaraweera, Mahela Jayawardene and Aviskha Gunawardene were way ahead. How … Continue reading →
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The Temple Wall Paintings at Karandeniya
Uditha Devapriya, in the Sunday Observer, 16 July 2023, where the title reads “Interesting Temple Murals at Karandeniya” … with photos by Manusha Gunarathna The Buddhist temples of the Southern Province, in particular those going back to the late 19th century, … Continue reading →
