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...from Australia and South Africa to Sri Lanka and the West Indies - will be restricted to the ground and their hotels. Fans will have their bags checked more thoroughly. But the game will go on. "I think we don't have much of [a] choice in this," says Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lankan skipper whose team was targeted in Lahore. "Cricket will have to survive. It is a much-loved game in the sub-continent and when you look at global revenue, the Indian sub-continent generates a large part of it and that is very important." (See pictures...
...confined to their region. In July 2005, for instance, the Aussies toured England just weeks after the deadly London tube and bus attacks. "I feel that sports all over the world and not only cricket in the sub-continent have to adapt to what is happening around us," Sangakkara says. "We need to assess the situation and then take appropriate measures...
...Colombo, Sangakkara's team is back in action. "It has been actually a relief to get back to practice, to get to the field and do what we do," says Sangakkara, who wants a professional security assessment before every tour. "We have been pushing for pre-tour assessment for some time, for a manager to tour the host country and report on ground conditions, practice facilities, travel time...
Dirksen, who defeated Yale's Somer Khanlarian in two sets, 6-3, 6-2, is the only undefeated player in the Ivy League. She again showed her toughness in a match against Brown's Saranga Sangakkara. Sangakkara is ranked third in the East Region and lost to Dirksen...
Wang, Harvard's No. 1 player, lost a close match to Brown's Sangakkara in three sets, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4. Wang retired from her match against Yale, which may have been her last court appearance for Harvard...