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FRANCE: The number of people exposed to floods worldwide has surged almost a quarter over the last two decades, according to satellite-based data that shows an additional 86 million now live within flood-prone regions. Flooding…
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BANGLADESH: Bangladesh extended its strict lockdown on Tuesday and announced plans to vaccinate at least 10 million people in a week as the country battles a major Covid-19 surge. The vaccination drive from August 7 will be led…
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US: Singer and businesswoman Rihanna is worth a whopping $1.7 billion, Forbes said Wednesday, making her one of the richest woman musicians on the planet. The R&B songstress parlayed success in the singles charts into a huge…
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TOKYO, August 5 – USA’s World champion Grant Holloway was made to eat humble pie as Jamaican Hansle Parchment pulled off a surprise gold medal in the Men’s 110m hurdles final of the 2020 Olympic Games track and field competition…
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 Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) will conduct the National Athletic Championship Stage-2 at the Sugathadasa Stadium on August 9 and 10. The first-stage of the National Championship was held on May 21 to focus mainly on the ‘Road to…
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Gaja Holdings, one of the prime sports promoting organisations in the country, has come forward to boost five sports - basketball, netball, football, hockey and rugby - by training players based on a proper plan. A minimum of…
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Twenty-one-year-old Sachintha Udara Senanayake was an outstanding cricketer of Dharmaraja College, Kandy. He had the honour of Captaining the First Eleven Cricket Team of Dharmaraja during the 2018/2019 Inter-Schools cricket…
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One of the top cricketers to come out of Kandy in recent time is Hasitha Boyagoda, former Trinity College Captain, who won the schools highest award, the Ryde Gold Medal for 2017. The medal is awarded each year to the Best…
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  TOKYO, August 5 – Reigning world champion Steven Gardiner pocketed the only elusive medal that was missing in his grown collection - the Olympic title, with a superb dash in the Men’s 400m at the track and field competition continued…
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TOKYO, August 5 – India accounted for their first Olympic Medal in hockey in 41 years when their Men’s team edged out Germany 5-4 in their third place playoff match of the Men’s hockey competition at the 2020 Olympic Games continued…
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