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New Sports Minister wants to cleanse the Augean stables before cricket election

2018-12-23 | Sports

+ New Sports Minister Harin Fernando yesterday said that he is seeking International Cricket Council (ICC) advice to further delay cricket elections ...

Malinga appointed ODI captain up to World Cup

2018-12-15 | Sports

Dinesh Chandimal has been sacked as limited over skipper, just two months after he replaced Angelo Mathews. He has been replaced by bowling spearhead ...

SLC axe Samaraweera appoint Lewis as Batting Coach

2018-12-12 | Sports

Batting Coach Tilan Samaraweera has become the second casualty after Sri Lanka’s humiliating 3-0 whitewash at the hands of England as Sri Lanka Cric...

CID-GA team leaves for HK to recover deleted recordings from Namal’s phone

2018-12-10 | Sports

A three-member team of the CID and Government Analyst Department had left for Hong Kong to recover voice recordings, deleted from the Operations Direc...

He had to run for life!

2018-12-02 | Sports

Antics of some active players in the ‘Numbers Game’ that began with the advent of the October 26 regime have spawned numerous humorous stories tha...

New coin series presented to MR

2018-11-30 | Sports

Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy officially presented a new series of circulation coins with face value of Rs.10, Rs.5, Rs.2 and Rs.1 t...

England sweep series after brave Sri Lanka resistance

2018-11-28 | Sports

Colombo (Reuters) - England overcame spirited late resistance from the hosts to seal a first 3-0 series sweep in Sri Lanka when the tourists wrapped u...

Australia ease to fourth WT20 title

2018-11-26 | Sports

Australia's players celebrate winning the ICC Women's World T20 final cricket match against England at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Satur...

UNP to hold series of protests and death fast

2018-11-21 | Sports

The United National Front (UNP) and its allies have decided to hold a series of protests and a death fast against what it called an unconstitutional i...

Spinners lead England to famous series win

2018-11-19 | Sports

England’s spin trio of Jack Leach, Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid teamed up to give their team a famous series win over Sire Lanka at the Pallekele Inter...