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Sri Lankan Cricket Coach Dies After Altercation At Colombo Cricket Facility


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ve ified
by
ews oom

  • Vete a
    S i
    La ka
    c icket
    coach
    Sumith
    Fe a do
    died
    afte
    a
    alte catio .
  • Dispute
    ove
    d i ki g
    wate
    led
    to
    viole t
    alte catio
    at
    facility.
  • Fe a do
    died
    Tuesday
    i
    hospital;
    police
    i vestigatio
    emai s
    o goi g.


S i
La ka
Coach
Dies
:
Vete a
S i
La ka
c icket
coach
Sumith
Fe a do
has
died
afte
suffe i g
i ju ies
i
a
alte catio
i volvi g
you g
playe s
at
a
c icket
facility
i
Colombo.
Fe a do,
62,
died
o
Tuesday
while
eceivi g
t eatme t
at
a
hospital.
The
i cide t
took
place
o
August
8
a d
epo tedly
followed
a
dispute
i volvi g
playe s
a d
staff
at
the
ve ue.
Fe a do
had
spe t
yea s
wo ki g
with
you g
c ickete s
a d
was
k ow
fo
helpi g
develop
seve al
playe s
who
we t
o
to
ep ese t
S i
La ka.

Amo g
those
he
me to ed
du i g
his
school
days
was
cu e t
S i
La ka
ODI
captai
Kusal
Me dis.

Dispute
Ove
D i ki g
Wate
Tu s
Viole t

Acco di g
to
PTI,
the
i cide t
bega
whe
a
g oup
of
you g
c ickete s
we t
looki g
fo
d i ki g
wate
while
t ai i g
at
the
spo ts
facility.

They
epo tedly
fou d
that
the e
was
o
u i g
wate
available,
leadi g
to
a
disag eeme t
with
stadium
staff.



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Key
Update

Fe a do
was
at
the
ve ue
at
the
time
a d
attempted
to
i te ve e
as
te sio s
escalated.
He
had
also
wo ked
as
a
cu ato
at
the
Bloomfield
C icket
&
Athletic
Club.

Police
said
the
situatio
eve tually
developed
i to
a
physical
co f o tatio
i volvi g
two
playe s.

A
17-yea -old
school
c ickete
was
allegedly
i volved
i
the
i cide t
i
which
Fe a do
sustai ed
i ju ies.

The
vete a
coach
was
take
to
Colombo
Natio al
Hospital
afte
bei g
hu t
a d
emai ed
u de
medical
ca e
u til
his
death
o
Tuesday.

17-Yea -Old
Playe
Take
I to
Custody

Police
subseque tly
a ested
the
17-yea -old
playe
o
Mo day
o
suspicio
of
assaulti g
Fe a do.

As
the
accused
is
a
mi o ,
autho ities
placed
him
u de
child
p obatio
custody
afte
he
was
p oduced
befo e
a
Colombo
cou t
o
Tuesday.

His
custody
has
epo tedly
bee
exte ded
u til
August
17
as
police
co ti ue
thei
i vestigatio
i to
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
the
i cide t.

Fe a do’s
death
has
b ought
a
t agic
e d
to
a
ca ee
dedicated
to
u tu i g
you g
c ickete s.

His
wo k
as
a
coach
a d
me to
gave
him
a
st o g
co ectio
with
S i
La ka’s
g ass oots
c icket
commu ity,
while
his
associatio
with
playe s
such
as
Me dis
u de li ed
his
co t ibutio
to
the
developme t
of
the
spo t.

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