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Sports LNP - Liverpool seek back-to-back titles to underscore dominance
Liverpool raised the bar so high and enjoyed such a huge winning margin in claiming the Premier League title last season it would be churlish to doubt their…
Sports LNP - Fixing the ‘fixer’ Cricketers want Aluthgamage prosecuted for alleged fix claims
Cricketers alleged to have fixed the 2011 World Cup final are calling for State prosecutors to expedite the case saying there is no basis for claims made by…
Sports LNP - Anderson takes 600th Test wicket as England draw with Pakistan
England paceman James Anderson cemented his place in cricket history by taking his 600th Test wicket as the rain-marred third and final Test against Pakistan…
Sports LNP - SLC Major Tier ‘A’ Tournament: Bhanuka twin tons in vain as BRC draw against NCC
Bhanuka Rajapaksha’s twin centuries were in vain as Burgher Recreation Club (BRC) were held to a draw by NCC in the second weekend of the Super-8 round of the…
Sports LNP-Could power of club rugby shift to Forces?
Kandy Sports Club has been the most dominant club rugby side in the last three decades winning the Inter-club League title 21 times while other big…
Sports LNP - Ravi Karunanayake appears before CID
Former Minister Ravi Karunanataye visited the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to give a statement today (27) morning. The CID had summoned him to…
Sports LNP - Four volleyball tournaments planned in final quarter of 2020
The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) is planning to conduct four national level tournaments that were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic in…
Sports LNP - Did top cops cover up Mendis hit and run?
Senior police officers may have been involved in covering up the true story of the fatal accident caused by Sri Lanka Test cricketer Kusal Mendis, informed…
Sports LNP - ICC’s anti-corruption chief says no record of any letter on match-fixing from ex-Sports Minister
ICC Anti-Corruption Unit General Manager Alex Marshall has responded to allegations of corruption with regards to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2011 final.…
Sports LNP - Sri Lanka day-care centres to run full capacity with Covid-19 contained
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s health authorities have given the go ahead to for day care centres to run at full capacity from July 06, under guidelines already…
Sports Who smoked 50 odd cigarettes inside dressing room during World Cup finals?
LNP : * Mahindananda pinpoints 24 shady areas in the 2011 World Cup final * Did the alleged fixing spill over from team selection in the actual match? *…
Sports Karuna couldn’t kill such number of soldiers as claimed: SF
Referring to the statement made by Vinyagamoorthy Muralitharan alias “Karuna Amman” that he killed some 2,000 to 3,000 Sri Lankan Army personnel in one night,…
Sports Sri Lankan ’sold’ 2011 cricket World Cup final: minister
Sri Lanka “sold” the 2011 World Cup final to India, the country's former sports minister said on Thursday, reviving one of cricket's most explosive…
Sports SLC set to appoint Mahesh Weerasinghe as Women’s Head Coach
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) are set to appoint former all-rounder Mahesh Weerasinghe as the new Women’s National Head Coach for a period of six months on interim…
Sports SL Women cricketers given new contracts, Atapattu only player in ’A’ Grade
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Tuesday awarded 20 National Women cricketers with six-month central contracts while 15 emerging Women cricketers have also been…
Sports World Rugby unveils qualification format for 2023 World Cup
World Rugby has announced the qualification process for the 2023 World Cup in France aimed at promoting a “genuine opportunity” for all unions, the game’s…
Sports Sri Lanka to play FIFA World Cup qualifiers without spectators
The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) is gearing up to host the FIFA World Cup 2022 Doha Asian qualifying tournament, with the first match against South…
Sports Modi discusses economic impact of Covid-19 with Mahinda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday on completing 50 years as a parliamentarian. The two…
Sports Ministry mulls electronic voting at AGM of national sports bodies
The Ministry of Sports is considering the prospect of conducting election of office-bearers for National Sports Associations (NSA) by electronic voting. Since…
Sports Forces can be re-involved in running stadiums – Nishantha Ranatunga
The current Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) administration could stand to make better use of their properties, its former Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga said,…
Sports Olympian Dharmawardena targets Asian Games medal in judo
Judoka Chamara Nuwan Dharmawardena who won a historic gold in judo at the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) in Kathmandu and represented Sri Lanka at the 2016 Rio…
Sports Outcry leads to suspension of Diyagama cricket stadium project Cricket greats urged funds to be spent on development of sport than costly infrastructure
A social media outcry triggered by the ill-timed announcement that a multi-million dollar cricket stadium was to be built in Homagama forced its suspension…
Sports The first rugby visitors: When the All-Blacks played in Colombo in 1907
The first rugby team from parts beyond the seas to play in Sri Lanka, as per the recorded history of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (now Sri Lanka Rugby),…
Sports Anil Kumble-led ICC Cricket Committee recommends ban on usage of saliva to shine balls
New Delhi: The Anil Kumble-led ICC Cricket Committee on Monday recommended banning the use of saliva to shine the ball owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. During a…