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Charith Senanayake appointed Sri Lanka team manager Sports

Charith Senanayake appointed Sri Lanka team manager

Sri Lanka Cricket today announced the appointment of Charith Senanayake as the new Manager of the National Cricket Team. His appointment will be in effect from…

25 Jul 2018
Galle Stadium conundrum: The inside story Sports

Galle Stadium conundrum: The inside story

Citing UNESCO requirements that do not exist, the Government decided this week to demolish the pavilions at the historic Galle International Cricket Stadium…

24 Jul 2018
Spinners put Sri Lanka in sight of 2-0 series win Sports

Spinners put Sri Lanka in sight of 2-0 series win

South Africa 139 for 5 (de Bruyn 45*, Bavuma 14*) and 124 trail Sri Lanka 338 and 275 for 5 dec (Karunaratne 85, Maharaj 3-154) by 351 runs South Africa…

23 Jul 2018
Uncertain future for Galle International Cricket Stadium Sports

Uncertain future for Galle International Cricket Stadium

The future of Galle International Cricket Stadium as an international venue is in danger. The stadium which is one of Sri Lanka’s luckiest venues faces the…

19 Jul 2018
Sri Lanka bags 17 medals at 14th Asian Schools Chess C’ship Sports

Sri Lanka bags 17 medals at 14th Asian Schools Chess C’ship

The 14th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2018 was concluded at Citrus Hotel, Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka on July 14. The event was held at beautiful beach resort…

18 Jul 2018
No escape as Chandimal, Coach and Manager receive further sanctions Sports

No escape as Chandimal, Coach and Manager receive further sanctions

ICC bans Sri Lankan trio for four ODIs as well The International Cricket Council has suspended Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal, Head Coach Chandika…

17 Jul 2018
France, a World Cup Champion That Stood Above It All in Russia Sports

France, a World Cup Champion That Stood Above It All in Russia

Only then, once France’s players knew they had emerged triumphant from a World Cup of chaos and abandon, a tournament that defied expectation and prediction,…

16 Jul 2018
Mandzukic breaks England hearts and fires Croatia into World Cup final Sports

Mandzukic breaks England hearts and fires Croatia into World Cup final

Moscow, Wednesday: Mario Mandzukic scored the winning goal deep in extra time as Croatia beat England 2-1 in an utterly gripping World Cup semi-final in Moscow…

12 Jul 2018
Thai cave rescue: All 12 boys and coach rescued Sports

Thai cave rescue: All 12 boys and coach rescued

All 12 boys and their football coach who were stranded in the flooded Chiang Rai cave system in Thailand have been rescued after dramatic search operation…

11 Jul 2018
Four Lankan athletes qualify for Youth Olympics Sports

Four Lankan athletes qualify for Youth Olympics

Four Sri Lankan athletes qualified for the Youth Olympic after producing their best performance at the Asian Youth Olympic Qualification trials concluded at…

06 Jul 2018
Let’s wait till the World Cup - Hathurusingha Sports

Let’s wait till the World Cup - Hathurusingha

I have picked the best for the future - Hathurusingha Will the Sri Lanka stint be the Waterloo of his remarkable coaching career? Or else, will he be able to…

29 Jun 2018
Don’t push senior cricketers into a trap - Ranatunga tells Sports Minister Sports

Don’t push senior cricketers into a trap - Ranatunga tells Sports Minister

World Cup winning cricket captain and presently Minister of Petroleum Resources Development Minister Arjuna Ranatunga expressed his gratitude to Roshan…

19 Jun 2018
Iran wins first match at a World Cup finals Sports

Iran wins first match at a World Cup finals

Iran won their first match at a World Cup finals since 1998 as Morocco substitute Aziz Bouhaddouz scored an own goal in injury time.

17 Jun 2018
Government to check cost overruns in mega projects Sports

Government to check cost overruns in mega projects

The Government has decided to set up a special Cost Estimate Review Committee, in a bid to avoid cost overruns and discrepancies in Total Cost Estimates (TCE)…

14 Jun 2018
SL’s worker remittances pick up steam as April figure up 11% Sports

SL’s worker remittances pick up steam as April figure up 11%

Worker remittances to Sri Lanka appear to have stabilized lately as the income from the Sri Lankan migrant worker community grew for the second month in a row…

13 Jun 2018
SL lose Medal due to blundering officials Sports

SL lose Medal due to blundering officials

Imprudent acts of officials cost another possible medal at the Asian Junior Athletic Championship raising many eye brows over the conduct of so called…

12 Jun 2018
A sudden change in the Galle Stadium pitch Sports

A sudden change in the Galle Stadium pitch

https://youtu.be/ColfrqTJJB0 Recently Sports 1st reported on alleged pitch fixing at the Galle International Cricket Stadium which followed an Al Jazeera…

07 Jun 2018
Hawaii volcano forces series of evacuations on Big Island Sports

Hawaii volcano forces series of evacuations on Big Island

REUTERS – The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has forced a series of evacuations on Hawaii’s Big Island. Three people were airlifted to safety on Sunday morning…

07 Jun 2018
More revelations on corruption surrounding cricket Sports

More revelations on corruption surrounding cricket

https://youtu.be/3MebrtvdHTE Following the Sports 1 st revelation over the allegations raised on pitch-fixing at the Galle International Cricket Stadium, more…

03 Jun 2018
“Match-fixing to come under Bribery Act” – Sarath Jayamanne Sports

“Match-fixing to come under Bribery Act” – Sarath Jayamanne

Sarath Jayamanne, the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) speaking to news 1 st stated that they…

31 May 2018
Al Jazeera defends cricket match-fixing film after ICC criticism Sports

Al Jazeera defends cricket match-fixing film after ICC criticism

Al Jazeera has hit back at criticism from world cricket's governing body, the ICC, for not sharing evidence of match-fixing before broadcasting a documentary…

31 May 2018
Sri Lankan plane with 228 on board hits runway light at Cochin Sports

Sri Lankan plane with 228 on board hits runway light at Cochin

A SriLankan Airlines plane with 228 people on board hit a runway light at the Cochin Airport during take-off, Indian media reported. All passengers on board…

28 May 2018
Sri Lanka Cricket suspends two men implicated in pitch-fixing Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket suspends two men implicated in pitch-fixing

Sri Lanka Cricket on Sunday initiated a criminal investigation and suspended two men who allegedly agreed to tamper with the pitch to alter the result of the…

28 May 2018
Moratuwa University team discusses electric car project with Minister Sports

Moratuwa University team discusses electric car project with Minister

A team of student innovators of the University of Moratuwa together with their academic advisers met Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama yesterday at his Ministry…

25 May 2018