Category: Sports News

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s sports minister has ordered a probe into former captain Kumar Sangakkara’s comments about the island nation’s cricket administrators and political meddling during his speech to Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) members at Lord’s on Monday. […]

SRI Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara has welcomed the ICC directive requiring all national boards to be elected without political interference. His call came just days after Sri Lanka’s sports minister said he had forced the national cricket board committee to step down following allegations of financial mismanagement. […]

DINESH Chandimal’s unbeaten 105 helped Sri Lanka to a six-wicket victory in the third one-day international against England at Lord’s on Sunday, giving the tourists a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Sri Lanka, chasing 247, finished on 4-249. […]

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will push ahead with its inaugural Twenty20 tournament with Australian and Pakistani players, despite a no-show by the 12 Indian stars, the island’s sports minister said today. […]

June 20, 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Acting Chairman, SLC, Eshana De Silva (L) and a visibly distraught Nishantha Ranatunga at the media briefing. (Pic by Sujatha Jayaratne) Sajeewa Rajapakse, Treasurer, Sri Lanka Cricket who has been an employee of SLC for the last six years, stated that this is the first time that SLC has […]

The spectre of Lalit Modi continues to haunt the Indian cricket board. According to top sources, BCCI has refused to let Indian cricketers play in the upcoming Sri Lankan Premier League because it suspects that the former IPL czar is behind the new T20 league. […]

Tillakaratne Dilshan has become the seventh cricketer from Sri Lanka to feature in Lord’s Honour’s Board, courtesy to his big century in the drawn second Test against England. […]

“I will retire from  international cricket after playing in one T20 and one ODI in England” said the Former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain, Sanath Jayasuriya. […]

Legendary Sanath Jayasuriya will make a welcome return to the Sri Lanka T20 and One Day International fold as the national selectors picked the former Sri Lanka captain yesterday to join the squad for the series against England starting on June 25 with aT20 at Bristol. The series also features five ODIs against England and […]

June 07, 2011 : United National Party (UNP) Provincial Councilor and former Test Cricket captain Hashan Thilakarathne says that he is the complainant and not the respondent in the match fixing scandal. Thilakarathne made this observation while addressing the Western Provincial Council which convened today (07). […]

Sri Lanka opening batsman Upul Tharanga tested positive for an banned substance at this year’s World Cup, an International Cricket Council (ICC) source told Reuters on Sunday. […]

England will have expected to encounter problems removing a Jayawardene during this series, but that was likely to be Mahela not Prasanna. Sri Lanka’s wicketkeeper, batting in the elevated position of No. 6, hit his third Test hundred to lift the visitors to an impressive 400 on the second day in Cardiff. Thilan Samaraweera and […]

Hashan Thilakarathne who made statements on match-fixing is no where to be found said the Minister of Sports, Mahindananda Aluthgamage. […]

Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi has announced his retirement from the sport, Wanniarachchi’s coach told Ada Derana. […]

COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka will have to adjust quickly to the Test format as well as different wickets if they are to challenge England in their backyard, batting coach Marvan Atapattu said Tuesday. “The biggest challenge is to adjust to English conditions,” Atapattu said as the bulk of Sri Lankan touring party left for […]

The Ministry of Sports says that if former cricket captain Hashan Tilakaratne is to reveal the names of those involved in incidents of match fixing since 1992, the government is prepared to provide security to him. […]