Srilanka

The return of experienced batsmen Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal to the Test squad has created a healthy rivalry for batting places in the Sri Lanka team ahead of the first cricket Test against New Zealand starting at Galle International Stadium on Wednesday.Both players missed out on Sri Lankalast Test series in South Africa, Mathews due to injury and Chandimal due to poor form. Chandimal also lost the Test captaincy to Dimuth Karunaratne who went onto create history by becoming the first captain from the subcontinent to win a series 2-0 in South Africa.

Isipathana emerged as the favourites in the Milo under 16 division one inter-school 10-a-side rugby tournament after racking up a century of points in the pool matches at Bogambara Stadium in Kandy yesterday.The two-day tournament conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association with the participation of 28 teams drawn into eight groups was worked at Bogambara and Pallekelle rugby stadium.

Sri Lanka and Cambodia should work together to spread teachings of Theravada Buddhism throughout the world, President Maithripala Sirisena said.President made these comments attending a religious ceremony at Wat Langka Preah Kosomaram in Phnom Penh, Cambodia yesterday (10).In order to achieve this objective measures will be taken to strengthen diplomatic relations between the two countries, he added.

At least 17 houses were completely damaged while 1,124 houses were partially damaged leaving 4,918 people affected due to the gusty winds that blew across the county from Wednesday night to, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) Deputy Director Pradeep Kodippili said.