Lanka-Vietnam boxing dual on Sunday

BOXING: The inaugural dual boxing meet between Sri Lanka and Vietnam organised and conducted by the Amateur Boxing Association of Sri Lanka for the MAS Holding trophy will be worked of at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Saturday with the second leg of the meet scheduled for Monday in Pannala.

This event will be of great significance for the Sri Lankan boxers ahead of the tenth South Asian Games to be staged in Colombo next month.

This will be the third occasion where the Sri Lankan boxers will figure in a dual meet at home following their confrontation against India in 1995 and the Philippines last year.

The Sri Lankan team will comprise of seven boxers and the three member women's team will include Asian championship gold medallist Anusha Kodituwakku of Slimline BC, Chandrika Guruge (Sri Lanka Army BC) and Nilmini Jayasinghe (Slimline BC).

The Sri Lanka men's boxing team:

Chaminda Tennekoon (Sri Lanka Army BC - 48 kgs), Harsha Kumara (Slimline BC - 51 kgs), Manju Wanniarachchi (Slimline BC - 54 kgs), Kamal Sameera (Slimline - 57 kgs), Gihan Weligalla (Sri Lanka Army BC - 60 kgs), Nilantha Bandara (Sri Lanka Army BC 64 kgs), Samantha Indika Kumara (Slimline - 69 kgs).

The Sri Lanka women's boxing team:

Chandrika Guruge (Sri Lanka Army BC - 46 kgs), Anusha Kodituwakku (Slimline BC 48 kgs), Nilmini Jayasinghe (Slimline BC - 50 kgs).

C.D.