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The England squad is scheduled to fly to Sri Lanka on a chartered flight on January 2 (Getty) Sri Lanka Cricket’s medical personnel are concerned about the new strain of Covid-19 that is believed to have emerged in England, but those concerns are unlikely to put England’s two-Test tour of Sri Lanka, starting January 14, in jeopardy. There may, however, be additional medical protocols for the England team, either before they leave England or after they arrive in Sri Lanka. SLC’s medical staff are expected to have discussions with their counterparts at the ECB on Tuesday afternoon. The fo...

by Reemus Fernando More than half a dozen top national athletes will have tough Olympic qualifying marks or achieving better world rankings as their prime targets when they compete for the first time in more than a year at the 98th National Athletics Championship which will be conducted under strict health guidelines at the Sugathadasa Stadium, starting on Saturday. Currently steeplechaser Nilani Ratnayake is the highest ranked Sri Lankan athlete. Though she is yet to achieve the tough Olympic qualifying standard of nine minutes and 30 seconds in her pet event, the impressive performances in ...