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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>Sri Lanka batting flops ahead of Pakistan Test series</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: Sri Lanka’s batting once again flopped in their second innings of the 3-day warm-up match against a PCB Patron’s XI played at the Islamabad Cricket Club Oval here yesterday.
Apart from the two half-centuries scored by skipper Kusal Mendis and opener Lahiru Udara in the first innings, Sri Lanka’s top order failed to deliver and they had to recover from a shaky afternoon session of 51-4 at tea to build an overall lead of 193 by the clos]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 6 November 2026 00:20</pubDate>

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                <title>Ronaldo retires from Portugal duty</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Ronaldo-retires-from-Portugal-duty/23-799735</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Portugal legend Cristiano Ronaldo said he is retiring from international football. The 41-year-old forward has scored 146 goals and won 234 caps for his country - both world records - since making his debut in 2003.
He walked out of the Portugal camp in September after being told he would not start the Nations League match against Denmark, resulting in a £215 fine and a 30-day suspension.
“To the Portuguese people, the day has come for me to ha]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 6 November 2026 00:06</pubDate>

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                <title>India pips traditional rival Pakistan in curtain-raiser</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[India defeated traditional rival Pakistan 3-2 in the curtain raiser of the 15th edition of the SAFF Football Tournament played at the National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh yesterday.
Team India dominated proceedings from the outset, while Pakistan made some valiant efforts only at the latter stages of the game, which was too little too late, as India snatched a sensational victory.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 6 November 2026 00:05</pubDate>

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                <title>Sri Lanka kick-start U19 Asia Cup with facile win</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Right-arm medium-fast bowling all-rounder Kaushika Kumarasinghe ripped through the Malaysian batting line-up for 88 taking 5/30 off 6 overs to give Sri Lanka a winning start to their Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Under19 Asia Cup campaign at Al Amerat, Oman yesterday.
Invited to bat first Oman were bowled out in 28.1 overs with Kumarasinghe, a former first eleven captain of Kandy St Anthony’s College, running through the opposition, keeping things]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 6 November 2026 00:04</pubDate>

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                <title>54 years of tradition: Mercantile Rugby Sevens returns to CR & FC</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/54-years-of-tradition--Mercantile-Rugby-Sevens-returns-to-CR---FC/23-799732</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[One of Sri Lanka’s oldest sporting traditions returns this November as the Mercantile Rugby Football Association (MRFA) hosts the 54th Mercantile Rugby Sevens on 13 and 14 November 2026 at the CR & FC Grounds.
First played in 1966, when Shaw Wallace & Hedges Ltd lifted the inaugural title, the Mercantile Rugby Sevens has spanned six decades and 54 editions, making it one of the longest-running corporate tournaments in the country. Over the years]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 6 November 2026 00:03</pubDate>

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                <title>Sri Lanka to host IODA Asian and Oceanian Sailing Championship 2026</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Sri-Lanka-to-host-IODA-Asian-and-Oceanian-Sailing-Championship-2026/23-799731</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka will host the 12th Asian and Oceanian Championship of the International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) from 12 to 19 December at Port City Colombo, bringing together young sailors from across the world for one of the region’s major international Optimist sailing championships.
With 20 countries registered and 130 boats expected on the water, the championship will feature individual and team racing across three fleets in the under-1]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 6 November 2026 00:02</pubDate>

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                <title>Marquez at cusp of further glory after Malaysian Masterclass</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Marquez-at-cusp-of-further-glory-after-Malaysian-Masterclass/23-799730</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[By Darshana Abayasingha in Sepang, Malaysia
The Spanish in true conquistador style swept all the honours at the Malaysian MotoGP last week, with its winner Marc Marquez all but putting his hands on his eighth world championship. Behind Marquez, his countrymen Acosta and brother Alex Marquez came second and third, making up the all-Spanish podium. 
A winner of 7 MotoGP World Championships, Marc Marquez now has a chance to clinch his record eight]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 6 November 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Kusal Mendis, Udara rescue Sri Lanka with fifties</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Kusal-Mendis--Udara-rescue-Sri-Lanka-with-fifties/23-799638</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: Skipper Kusal Mendis and opening batsman Lahiru Udara struck fifties apiece to help Sri Lanka declare at 223-7 on the opening day of their 3-day warm-up match against PCB Patron’s XI at Islamabad Cricket Club yesterday.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 5 November 2026 04:20</pubDate>

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                <title>Sri Lanka Rugby honours Kavindu Perera</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Sri-Lanka-Rugby-honours-Kavindu-Perera/23-799637</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Rugby honoured Kavindu Perera for over a decade of dedication and service to the national team as he retired from international rugby with the completion of the Asia Rugby second leg in Colombo last month.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 5 November 2026 04:18</pubDate>

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                <title>Harshitha to lead Sri Lanka team to UAE</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/sports/Harshitha-to-lead-Sri-Lanka-team-to-UAE/23-799636</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka women’s national cricket team vice-captain Harshitha Samarawickrama will lead a 14-member Sri Lanka team to the ICC Women’s Emerging Nations Trophy 2026 in the UAE from 12 to 25 November.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 5 November 2026 04:16</pubDate>

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