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SPORTS Sri Lanka Under-19 chase 273 to win Rex Clementine in Chelmsford There’s much to like about Essex County Cricket ground. It may not have the aura of Lord’s, history of The Oval or character of Headingley, but Chelmsford has its own beauties. A ten minute walk from the train station, an underground tunnel has been built by the side of river Chelmer to give easy access to the ground. As  you approach the tunnel, you see people of all age groups rowing boats with an eye on cricket. Once…

New coach Mubarak optimistic as Sri Lanka youth embark on English tour A new chapter is set to commence for the Sri Lanka Under-19 cricket team as they embark on a journey under the guidance of the newly appointed head coach Jehan Mubarak. His tenure will begin with a challenging tour to England. Mubarak, who comes in with a wealth of experience as a coach at school level, believes that the squad that is selected has the ability to do well in England. The 18-member squad that has been selected…

CWG 2022: Sri Lanka’s Nethmi Poruthotage wins bronze in wrestling Sri Lankan wrestler Nethmi Poruthotage today (Aug 05) won a bronze medal in the women’s 57kg freestyle wrestling event at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Earlier today, she was defeated by India’s Anshu Malik in the semi-final stage via technical superiority (without any point scored by the opponent). However, in the bronze medal match, the 18-year-old successfully secured victory over Australia’s Irene Symeonidis by technical superiority. This is the fourth medal bagged by Sri Lanka’s contingent at Commonweal Games.…

Commonwealth Games 2022 Sri Lanka to commence beach volleyball campaign against tough opponents Sri Lanka is set to commence the beach volleyball campaign in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games when the men’s and women’s teams meet Canada and Australia respectively at the Smith Field on July 31. In their first encounter, Malintha Yapa and Ashen Rashmika will encounter Canada. The women’s team of Deepika Bandara and Chathurika Madhushani will meet Australia. Sri Lanka’s opponents are the silver medallists from the last edition. Of the 54 Commonwealth nations, 24 teams (12 women’s…

Opposition candidate for prime minister Péter Márki-Zay poses for a selfie with supporters The conservative small-town mayor Péter Márki-Zay has won the primary of Hungary’s united opposition. And he has a good chance of beating Orbán Small-town mayor Péter Márki-Zay won the run-off election of the first ever Hungarian opposition primary that ended on 17 October. MZP – that is his nickname in Hungarian public discourse – obtained 371,560 votes against Member of European Parliament Klára Dobrev’s 283,677 votes. He will be facing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in next spring’s…