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Source:Dailynews The game of rugby is a highly body contact game. One needs to maintain a good physique and have supreme skills in handling the oval shaped ball. Pradeep Lakshantha was one of them who was a tower of strength in any side he played in the third row as ...

Source:Island Where would Mother Lanka’s indigenous dance forms be, if not for the renaissance of traditional dance in the early 1940s? January 26, 2021 marked the 100th birth anniversary of the legendary Guru Chitrasena who played a pivotal role in reviving a dance form which was lying dormant, ushering in ...

Mahesh Sandaruwan Source:Dailynews Twenty nine year old Mahesh Sandaruwan de Silva, coach of Devapathiraja College Ratgama is the best schoolgirls cricket coach in the island. He has won six Championships for Devapathiraja College Girls’ Cricket team. He guided Devapathiraja College Girls’ team to five championships in Girls under 19 age ...

Muttiah Muralitharan Source:Dailynews Former legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan believes that cricketers should be mentally strong and should be in a good frame of mind before representing the country at the highest level. The 48-year-old spin wizard made these observations while delivering a motivational speech to the National players ...

Source:Edition Last year, researchers released a study analyzing monkey and squirrel bones found in the Fa-Hien Lena cave on the island; the research revealed that early humans hunted them. This cave is also the site of the earliest fossil appearance of Homo sapiens in South Asia. Humans occupied the area during four ...