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Napoli won the Coppa Italia

Napoli won the Coppa Italia, their first silverware for 22 years, as they inflicted a rare defeat on Juventus with two second-half goals.

Yuvraj Singh, who has been forced out of action following a rare germ cell cancer, said he is eyeing a comeback by September this year. “Hopefully, I should be back (in action) very soon. May be by next 3-4 months,” said Yuvraj. The cricketer was honoured by the Punjab government on Wednesday for his outstanding [...]

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Alex McLeish has left Aston Villa after holding talks with the club chairman, Randy Lerner, following a season of underachievement. An Aston Villa statement said: “The club has been disappointed with this season’s results, performances and the general message these have sent to our fans. The board wishes to assure supporters that we are conscious [...]

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Roy Hodgson has been appointed the new England manager, the Football Association revealed in a statement on Tuesday afternoon. Hodgson has agreed a four-year contract with the FA that runs until 2016. He will be in charge for this summer’s European Championships in Poland and Ukraine, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and Euro 2016 [...]

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England was all out for 460 in their first innings against Sri Lanka in the second Test match at the P. Sara Stadium. Kevin Pietersen scored 151 and Alistaire Cook scored 94 for England while Rangana Herath took six wickets for 133 runs. England have a first innings lead of 185 runs.

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Sri Lanka was all out for 275 in the first innings of the second test match against England in Colombo a short while ago. Captain Mahela Jayawardena scored the highest for Sri Lanka with 105 runs with Thilan Samaraweera and Angelo Mathews chipping in with half centuries.

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Ticket sales for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka this year are on the rise after just one week of their start. More than 25 percent of tickets in the first phase have been already sold with an average of 10,000 tickets being sold each day. “There has been a great response from the wonderful [...]

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Mahela Jayawardene has given a century and ensured Sri Lanka stayed in contention on the opening day of the first Test against England at Galle. Jayawardene finished the day on 168 not out as the hosts reached 289-8 at stumps with England unable to press home their advantage on a day that had, at certain [...]

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ICC T20 World Cup ticket

ICC T20 World Cup ticket sales to commence from today (March 26) in Sri Lanka. An individual could purchase four tickets by producing valid identification, stated the SLC chairman.

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Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by five wickets to reach the final of the Asia Cup. Sri Lanka were all out for 232 while Bangladesh scored 212 runs in 37.1 overs to win on the D/L method. Tammim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan scored half-centuries in the chase.

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