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        <title>www.ft.lk </title> 
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        <description>The only Sri Lankan newspaper with round the clock news updates - ft.lk Online Edition</description>  
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                <title>Selectors gamble with Kusal Mendis’ fitness for England tour</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Selectors-gamble-with-Kusal-Mendis--fitness-for-England-tour/23-796745</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[By Sa’adi Thawfeeq
Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka have been named in Sri Lanka’s T20I and ODI squads for the tour of England commencing 5 September. Both players missed the recently concluded 2-Test series against India due to injury.
As per the selection committee’s policy that players returning from injury should prove their fitness by playing in a match, Nissanka who underwent surgery in his wrist played in two Major T20 matches for NCC ma]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 3 September 2026 00:20</pubDate>

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                <title>India replaces SL as host of inaugural ICC Women’s Champions Trophy</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/India-replaces-SL-as-host-of-inaugural-ICC-Women-s-Champions-Trophy/23-796744</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has lost the hosting rights to the first-ever edition of the ICC Women’s Champions Trophy which will instead take place from 14 to 28 February in India next year.
All the matches in the inaugural edition of the six-team event will be played at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai and the Vadodara International Cricket Stadium in Vadodara.
The event was originally scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka, but has now been moved to India as ]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 3 September 2026 00:05</pubDate>

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                <title>Paradise Touch Rugby Tournament 2026 kicks off 5 Sept. in Kandy</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Paradise-Touch-Rugby-Tournament-2026-kicks-off-5-Sept--in-Kandy/23-796743</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Colombo Touch Rugby Club is heading to Kandy this weekend as the Paradise Touch Rugby Tournament 2026 brings two days of fast-paced international competition to the Kandy Sports Club Grounds, Nittawela, on 5 and 6 September.
The second edition of the Paradise Touch Rugby Tournament 2026 will see 12 local and international teams take to the field, including visiting teams from Bangalore and Goa in India, and Qatar. The tournament represents more ]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 3 September 2026 00:04</pubDate>

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                <title>Nagoya 2026: Defining challenge for Sevens Rugby as medal dream hangs in balance</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Nagoya-2026--Defining-challenge-for-Sevens-Rugby-as-medal-dream-hangs-in-balance/23-796742</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[By Shamseer Jaleel
With just three weeks remaining for the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Sri Lanka’s men’s rugby sevens team faces one of its biggest tests in recent years as it looks to revive its fortunes after a disappointing showing in the opening leg of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series in China.
The rugby sevens competition at the Asian Games will be worked off from 1 to 3 October at the Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium in Nagoya, with 12 of A]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 3 September 2026 00:03</pubDate>

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                <title>Skipper Sampath, bowlers steer Golden Green Plantation to MCA – Abans Premier League title</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Skipper-Sampath--bowlers-steer-Golden-Green-Plantation-to-MCA-–-Abans-Premier-League-title/23-796741</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Text and pix by P.D. De Silva
A skipper’s innings of 70 runs off 89 balls by T.M. Sampath and a four fer by Hesham Madushanaka and two wickets by Upul Hettiarachchi helped new comers to the MCA cricket arena Golden Green Plantation defeat David Pieris Group of Companies by four wickets in the final of the MCA-Abans Premier League 2026 and become the first winners of the ‘Abans Challenge Trophy.’
Electing to bat first David Pieris Group of Compa]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 3 September 2026 00:02</pubDate>

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                <title>Man City agree £ 125 m fee for Chelsea’s Fernandez</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Man-City-agree-£-125-m-fee-for-Chelsea-s-Fernandez/23-796740</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Manchester City have agreed to pay a joint-British transfer record fee of £ 125 million for Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez.
Fernandez joined Chelsea from Benfica in 2023 for a then-British record fee of £107m, with his latest switch matching the £ 125 million that Liverpool paid for Alexander Isak on this day last summer.
The clubs have been negotiating over the past 24 hours and have now reached an agreement.
Fernandez will now undergo a m]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 3 September 2026 00:01</pubDate>

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                <title>South Africa hold off All Blacks fightback to level series</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/South-Africa-hold-off-All-Blacks-fightback-to-level-series/23-796739</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[World champions South Africa delivered a powerful first-half performance as they edged past New Zealand and levelled ‘Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry’ series at 1-1 with two Tests to play.
The All Blacks travelled to Cape Town knowing a win would write them into the history books as the first New Zealand team to win back-to-back Tests in South Africa since the ‘Incomparables’ of 1996.
But South Africa dominated the basics and showed a more clinical ed]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 3 September 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Tamil Union enters quarter-finals with sixth straight win</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Tamil-Union-enters-quarter-finals-with-sixth-straight-win/23-796704</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[By Sa’adi Thawfeeq
Tamil Union captained by Navod Paranavithana stamped their authority in the Major Club T20 tournament securing their sixth win out of six to finish on top of Group A and thus qualify for a place in the quarter-finals.
At the receiving end at SSC grounds yesterday was BRC who were beaten by nine wickets. The highlight of the match was the scorching century scored by Thanuka Dabare as Tamil Union chased down BRC’s moderate tota]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 2 September 2026 00:20</pubDate>

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                <title>Shehara (6/25) bowls Badureliya CC to victory</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Shehara--6-25--bowls-Badureliya-CC-to-victory/23-796703</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Eighteen-year-old Shehara Induwari from Devapathiraja College, Rathgama produced a deadly spell of off-spin bowling taking 6/25 off 10 overs to bowl Badureliya CC to a comprehensive 97 runs win over Panadura SC in the Major Club Women’s limited-over final played at the Colts grounds yesterday.
Panadura SC were bundled out for 105 after losing their first five wickets for 15 runs chasing a target of 203. A 50-run stand for the sixth wicket betwee]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 2 September 2026 00:05</pubDate>

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                <title>Messi retires from international football</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Messi-retires-from-international-football/23-796702</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Argentina great Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football, saying it was a decision that “hurt” but “the time has come”.
The 39-year-old, who captained Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar in 2022, has scored 125 goals in 207 appearances, making him the country’s all-time leading scorer and most-capped player.
In a statement, Messi said he has given everything to the national side but now has “nothing left to give”.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 2 September 2026 00:04</pubDate>

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