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You can't win a 21-over match with 150 on the board' - Niroshan Dickwella Sports

You can't win a 21-over match with 150 on the board' - Niroshan Dickwella

With the top order contributing runs for the first time in four matches, it's the middle order that failed Sri Lanka in the shortened third ODI against…

18 Oct 2018
Football comes under COPE attack Sports

Football comes under COPE attack

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) came under attack on Wednesday when the Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) questioned its officials for over two…

16 Oct 2018
Wickremesinghe to meet Modi Sports

Wickremesinghe to meet Modi

Sri Lankan PM will attend high-level meetings in Delhi on October 19 and 20 Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit New Delhi later this week…

16 Oct 2018
SL’s premier Athletics C’ship gets underway on grass track once again Sports

SL’s premier Athletics C’ship gets underway on grass track once again

The National Sports Festival, which is considered as Sri Lanka’s little Olympics, is once again conducted on a grass track in Polonnaruwa, with the Island’s…

12 Oct 2018
Past cricketers must unite to clear up the cricketing stables: Pramodya Wickremasinghe Sports

Past cricketers must unite to clear up the cricketing stables: Pramodya Wickremasinghe

Pramodya Wickremasinghe an integral part of Sri Lanka’s ICC cricket World Cup winning ensemble says it is high time that Sri Lanka Players Association shelve…

11 Oct 2018
Ronaldo ready to play despite rape allegations – Juventus coach Sports

Ronaldo ready to play despite rape allegations – Juventus coach

Juventus coach Massimo Allegri says Cristiano Ronaldo is ready to play for the Serie A team against Udinese on Saturday. The 33-year-old soccer player on…

10 Oct 2018
Our situation similar to England's after 2015 World Cup - Chandimal Sports

Our situation similar to England's after 2015 World Cup - Chandimal

An ODI team on a long stretch of terrible form, a first-round exit from an important tournament in their wake, and a new captain charged with turning fortunes…

10 Oct 2018
Ruining Sri Lanka Cricket in style Sports

Ruining Sri Lanka Cricket in style

Of all the issues that are tarnishing Sri Lanka’s image, which one is most damaging? Is it the downward spiral of the Sri Lankan rupee, the conduct of the top…

09 Oct 2018
Alleged youth abduction case: Hirunika to plead guilty Sports

Alleged youth abduction case: Hirunika to plead guilty

Defence Counsel appearing on behalf of Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra informed the Colombo High Court that his client is expecting to plead guilty for…

09 Oct 2018
Kavindi, Dulen, Rusiru shatter 400 metres barriers All Island Schools Games- Athletics Championship Sports

Kavindi, Dulen, Rusiru shatter 400 metres barriers All Island Schools Games- Athletics Championship

With power-packed sprint performances youngsters kept the upward progress of the 400 metres in several age category finals as Kavindi Sanjana, Dulen Kularatne…

04 Oct 2018
CB Chief confident despite currency crunch Sports

CB Chief confident despite currency crunch

Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy gestures at yesterday's briefing - Pic by Indraratna Balasuriya   Says new measures have begun to…

03 Oct 2018
Asian medalist Sriyani Kulawansa embroiled in degree dispute Sports

Asian medalist Sriyani Kulawansa embroiled in degree dispute

Asian medalist and International acclaimed athlete Sriyani Kulawansa has been enrolled to the Health and Physical Education (BEd) degree at the National…

01 Oct 2018
Angelo Mathews' poor running in focus after axe from ODI squad Sports

Angelo Mathews' poor running in focus after axe from ODI squad

Poor running between the wickets, and a particular propensity to run his partners out is among the main reasons Angelo Mathews has been left out of Sri Lanka's…

27 Sep 2018
Sack captain, sack coach but don't talk about real changes Sports

Sack captain, sack coach but don't talk about real changes

Right. Okay. This is pathetic, isn't it? Knocked out of the Asia Cup basically before it has even begun. A big 91-run loss to Afghanistan, following an even…

20 Sep 2018
World’s most boring cricket team Sports

World’s most boring cricket team

Rex Clementine reporting from Dubai   A proud cricketing nation has been brought to its knees twice inside three days here in the Arabian desert as Sri…

19 Sep 2018
Indian nationals ask to leave venue during women's ODI: Sri Lanka Cricket official Sports

Indian nationals ask to leave venue during women's ODI: Sri Lanka Cricket official

The Indians were handed over to the police for questioning, according to local officials. At least five Indian nationals were Sunday asked by the Sri Lanka…

17 Sep 2018
New pitches await Asia Cup teams in Dubai Sports

New pitches await Asia Cup teams in Dubai

Two new pitches have been laid out for the teams set to play in the Unimoni Asia Cup at the Dubai International Stadium from September 15. Toby Lumsden, the…

12 Sep 2018
SLC strengthens anti - corruption measures at SLC T20 League 2018 Sports

SLC strengthens anti - corruption measures at SLC T20 League 2018

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has taken steps to strengthen anti-corruption measures at the venues where the SLC T20 League 2018 is being played and the hotels, in…

29 Aug 2018
SLC T20 League Colombo, Dambulla seal two wins each Sports

SLC T20 League Colombo, Dambulla seal two wins each

Colombo and Dambulla remained unbeaten in the SLC T20 League after two wins in two games, with their batsmen dominating. Dambulla who won their last game…

24 Aug 2018
Dananjaya's six wickets hand Sri Lanka 178-run victory Sports

Dananjaya's six wickets hand Sri Lanka 178-run victory

Sri Lanka’s Akila Dananjaya spun a web around South Africa’s batsmen with a six-wicket haul to help the hosts to a commanding 178-run victory in the fifth and…

15 Aug 2018
Sri Lanka seek best combination and 'continuity' in ODIs Sports

Sri Lanka seek best combination and 'continuity' in ODIs

Sri Lanka are in a little bit of a muddle. So woeful have they been in ODIs lately, that it is difficult to say who exactly forms the core of their team, let…

08 Aug 2018
Prime Minister launches Rs. 50 million sports fund to help athletes Sports

Prime Minister launches Rs. 50 million sports fund to help athletes

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe presenting the Rs. 50 million cheque to President of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka Suresh Subramaniam at…

08 Aug 2018
Rabada, Shamsi set up South Africa's five-wicket win Sports

Rabada, Shamsi set up South Africa's five-wicket win

Hashim Amla b Akila Dananjaya 19 Quinton de Kock c Suranga Lakmal b Akila Dananjaya 47 Aiden Markram lbw Akila Dananjaya 0 Faf du Plessis c Angelo Mathews b…

30 Jul 2018
Port of Colombo running out of capacity, urgent measures needed to fix it by 2019: Maersk Line Sports

Port of Colombo running out of capacity, urgent measures needed to fix it by 2019: Maersk Line

Giving an interview to The Island Financial Review, Steve M. Felder, Managing Director- Maersk Line South Asia said it's imperative that urgent measures are…

25 Jul 2018