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Source:Island 1948 holds a special place in the history of sport in Sri Lanka due to the outstanding performance of Duncan White at the London Olympics. Earlier that year, G. Brant Little arrived in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), contracted by the Ceylon Amateur Athletics Association (AAA) to coach the Island’s ...

Source:Dailynews M.H.M. Faizal a fine ruggerite and coach, started his rugby career at Vidyartha College,. Kandy He made his debut in 1992 under the coaching of late George Jayasena, and also played in 1993. He played as full back but occasionally occupied the fly half and centre positons. He was ...

Source:-stcobasydney Lunch Interval Cricket under the Bo Tree It was in 1960 that the passion for cricket and the traditions of being Thomian were instilled into our little minds. Having progressed now to the Lower 3rd and Upper 3rd forms we were the senior in the Lower School. We would ...

Eddie Gray Source:Dailynews Edward Ian Gray, better known as Eddie Gray, who participated at the 1948 London Olympic Games began his sports career at the tender age of 10 years. He first participated at the Stubbs Shield Boxing Meet in 1930 while representing Royal College. Five years later he made ...

Source:Island As for those who flew the sleek, fully aerobatic machine, undoubtedly the most flamboyant was Paulis Appuhamy, the Bus Mudalali from Attanagalle. He obtained his Private Pilot’s Licence, flying in his Palayacart Sarong and pressing rudders with his bare feet. Paulis had his long hair tied in a knot ...

Cholesterol from egg consumption may increase the risk of death from heart disease, according to a study published in PLoS Medicine. Researchers tracked dietary cholesterol and consumption of egg whites, whole eggs, and egg substitutes for more than 500,000 participants and monitored heart diseaserelated deaths. The addition of half an ...

Mary Wilson Legends of Rock’N Roll 1989 Concert Melbourne Australia   Vocalist Mary Wilson,  (1944 – 2021) who co-founded the Supremes as a 15-year-old in a Detroit housing project and stayed with the fabled, hit making Motown Records trio until its dissolution in 1977, died on Monday night at her ...