Asked whether he was on a collision course with Bandara, Gamage said that the party had no objection to the MP having a relationship with anyone, though he shouldn't forget that their leader was Ranil Wickremesinghe

I honestly believe that Ranil is a liability to UNP and he should leave UNP leader post.

COLOMBO, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Sportsmanship was displayed at the ongoing 15th Asian Junior Athletics Championships when a young Chinese walker presented his new pair of shoes to Sri Lankan runner who walked bare-footed on Tuesday.

Zhang Zhi, who took bronze in the 10,000-meter race walking in 45 minutes 05 seconds, gave his shoes to D. W. Pradeep Madushanka who was two laps behind him and completed at ninth.

'I was so touched by his generous act of giving a new pair of shoes which he had worn only for this event,' Madushanka told Xinhua with a sense of gratitude.



Madushanka is one of the soldiers from the army competing at the Asian Junior Athletic Championships.
The spectators witnessed Zhang removed his shoes as soon as he completed the race and handed them over to the Sri Lankan runner.

'This is genuine display of real sportsmanship that serves the meaning of sports,' said a technical officer.
India's Kuldeep won the gold in 45:01 while Japan's Matsunaga Daisuke grabbed the silver.

China tops the medal tally with a total of 17 medals including 10 gold, five silver and two bronze while Chinese Taipei follows with 13 medals.

The four-day event will conclude on Tuesday evening with a grand closing ceremony.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has booked 50 rooms at the Hilton Hotel in London where he was residing during his visit to the UK to attend an economic forum organized by the Commonwealth Business Council. The rooms had been booked for the President s security. Each room has been allocated to the families of SLFP members residing in the UK.

Bakamoona

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has admitted that Carlton Sports Network (CSN), who it awarded television rights to for three years, is owned by Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's sons.

However, president of SLC Upali Dharmadasa told BBC Sinhala the cricket board did not award CSN local television rights to broadcast cricket matches because the channel was owned by the president's sons.

'Are we supposed to reject a company because it is an organisation owned by the president's sons,' Dharmadasa asked.

Dharmadasa insisted the deal between CSN and SLC was struck without any political influence and that proper tender procedure was followed. He also revealed that CSN agreed to pay more than the actual bid price they offered in their tender after SLC held discussions with the channel.

Madushanka is one of the soldiers from the army competing at the Asian Junior Athletic Championships.
The spectators witnessed Zhang removed his shoes as soon as he completed the race and handed them over to the Sri Lankan runner.

No Indian athlete is going bare footed to compete in an international Sports event. The Indians may be pooping openly in their country but they are not internationally humiliated like this. :))))

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