Category: Sports News

SYDNEY: Ricky Ponting, the most successful captain in 134 years of Test cricket, resigned as the Australian Test and one-day skipper on Tuesday but will continue as a batsman with the team. […]

Security arrangements have been strengthened by the Police with the assistance of the Special Task Force and the three Forces for today’s World Cup semi-finals between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at the R Premadasa Cricket Stadium, Colombo, said Inspector General of Police Mahinda Balasuriya. […]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP)—As his cricketing career winds down, Sri Lanka’s superstar Muttiah Muralitharan, the man who can spin a cricket ball like magic, is turning his sights on dragging war-shattered youngsters out of poverty and nurturing the country’s next generation of athletes. Who else but Murali, as he’s known to the whole country, could […]

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has declined an invitation from Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse to watch the cricket World Cup semifinal between the two countries. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana (Pix by Getty Images) “We were thoroughly outplayed we can’t hide away from that, we go home with our tail between our legs,”said England captain Andrew Strauss after being defeated by the Sri Lankan team at R.Premadasa  stadium in Colombo. Following is the full story published by London’s Daily […]

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga set an emphatic seal on Sri Lanka’s place in their home semi-final against New Zealand next Tuesday, as England’s chaotic World Cup campaign came to an abrupt and anticlimactic end under the floodlights at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. […]

COLOMBO – The internet can be a cruel mistress. There was a time when what was said on the cricket field stayed on the cricket field. Now, thanks to the wonders of noise-cutting stump-microphone technology and video-sharing websites, the past refuses to stay where it should be. […]

England lost a fourth player from their original World Cup squad with the shock withdrawal of Mike Yardy, who is suffering from depression. Just two days before the quarter-final against Sri Lanka, Yardy became the second England cricketer to admit to having the illness after Marcus Trescothick’s well-documented problems and immediately flew home to his […]

NEW DELHI (AFP) – India swept three-time defending champions Australia out of the World Cup on Thursday to set up a semi-final showdown against bitter rivals Pakistan and heap more pressure on Ricky Ponting. India’s five-wicket triumph in Ahmedabad means they will tackle Pakistan, who reached the last four with a crushing 10-wicket win over […]

India’s cricket star Sachin Tendulkar has given himself a new look by colouring his hair brown. Tendulkar’s brown locks were on display during India’s practice session at a stadium in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city. […]

Pakistan 178 for 6 (Shafiq 46, Umar 44*, Lee 4-28) beat Australia 176 (Haddin 42, Gul 3-30) Pakistan were the last team to overcome Australia at a World Cup and it was they who brought Ricky Ponting’s 34-match unbeaten run to an end with a four-wicket victory in Colombo to secure top spot in Group […]

Sri Lanka 265 for 9 (Sangakkara 111, Jayawardene 66, Southee 3-63) beat New Zealand 153 (Taylor 33, Muralitharan 4-25) by 112 runs Sri Lanka’s old guard combined to ease to a 112-run victory over New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium. Kumar Sangakkara made his first ODI century since June 2008, supported by a controversial 66 […]

Shoaib Akhtar will retire from the international game at the end of Pakistan’s World Cup, bringing to an end one of cricket’s most compelling and mercurial careers. He told his Pakistan team-mates of the decision at the Premadasa Stadium on Thursday morning, during an emotional gathering in which he delivered a farewell speech and was […]

Sri Lankan Sports Authorities today (16) imposed a ban on Boxer Manju Wanniarachchi from taking part in any national or international games. The National Anti Doping Agency of Sri Lanka in accordance with the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) code has imposed a provisional suspension on him from taking part in the games effective from […]

South Africa 300 for 7 (Kallis 69, Amla 61, de Villiers 52) beat India 296 all out (Tendulkar 111, Steyn 5-50) by three wickets In a fascinating chase, with their choking past hovering over them, South Africa held their nerve to clinch a thriller in Nagpur. Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla set it up, AB […]

Sri Lanka 327 for 6 (Dilshan 144, Tharanga 133) beat Zimbabwe 188 (Taylor 80, Dilshan 4-4) by 139 runs When Elton Chigumbura chose to bowl in Pallekele, to avoid his spinners having to struggle with a dew-soaked ball, little did he think his team would fail to take a wicket for 44.3 overs. But Tillakaratne […]