Category: Sports News

Andy Murray captured the biggest title of his career with an emphatic victory over Roger Federer in the Olympic men’s singles final at Wimbledon. Murray beat the Swiss world number one in straight sets, 6-2 6-1 6-4, on a raucous Centre Court. […]

Badminton player K. Parupalli of India beat Lankan player Niluka Karunaratne 2 sets to 1 to enter the quarter finals of the London Olympics a short while ago. […]

India 255 for 4 (Kohli 128*, Raina 58*) beat Sri Lanka 251 for 8 (Tharanga 51, Tiwary 4-61) by six wickets Virat Kohli was once again the architect of a successful Indian chase, one that clinched the ODI series for India – they took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match competition. Kohli anchored India’s […]

Sri Lankan captain Niluka Karunarathne beat world number 8 Tago Kenichi in his first round match at the Olympics a short while ago Karunarathne comprehensively beat the Japanese 21/16 and 21/18 in the mens single badminton match in the first round of the Olympics. […]

Sri Lanka’s batting mainstay Kumar Sangakkara is out of action for a ‘minimum of four weeks,’ Sri Lanka Cricket announced here on Saturday. […]

The Queen has declared the London Olympics officially open, before seven young athletes were given the honour of lighting the ceremonial flame. The show featured British celebrities and sportspeople, including David Beck ham and Bradley Wiggins, and screen characters Mr Bean and James Bond. […]

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Seamers Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews shared six wickets as Sri Lanka came back strongly to level the five-match series at one-all with a crushing nine-wicket win over India in the second one-day cricket international on Tuesday. […]

Having made peace with the West Indies Cricket Board, explosive batsman Chris Gayle today returned to the country’s Test side after more than 18 months. […]

Former skipper Kumar Sangakkara’s fighting knock of 133 went in vain as Sri Lanka lost their first one-day international against India by 21 runs to give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka on Saturday. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Spinner Rahul Sharma’s participation in the ODI in the India Sri Lanka match at Hambantota has been thrown into jeopardy as he has been tested positive for the drug test after having been arrested at a rave party in Bombay last May. […]

Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya (L) performs during the launch of this season’s Colors television channel Hindi reality dance show ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ in Mumbai Sanath Jayasuriya, the former Sri Lanka opener, was one of six players to be valued at the maximum price of $35,000 in the local player portion of the draft for […]

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara made a return to the No. 1 spot in the ICC Test batting rankings after scoring a big century against Pakistan in the drawn Test at the SSC. He had lost the top spot to West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul in March 2012, after failures in the Galle Test against England. […]

Sri Lanka Cricket has named 56 foreign players who will play in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League. There are no India or England players – apart from Azhar Mahmood – among the 56, who were picked by the seven franchises via a draft system in Colombo on Thursday. […]

Sri Lanka were bowled out for 391 runs in the second test match against Pakistan currently played at the SSC. Kumar Sangakkara was dismissed for the second time in the series on the brink of a double century after he was caught off he bowling of Junaid Khan for 192 runs. […]

T.M. Dilshan scored his 14th Test century while Kumar Sangakkara also reached his ton a short while ago against Pakistan in the second Test match played in Colombo as the partnership between the pair surpassed 200 runs. […]

In a major breakthrough for Sri Lanka Cricket, all seven Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) franchises have been snapped up with bids worth over 30 million U.S. dollars received, a statement said here on Tuesday. […]