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Sports LNP - Thisara Perera retires from international cricket
Sri Lanka all-rounder Thisara Perera today announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. The 32-year-old said he has tendered his…
Sports LNP - Praveen’s 11 wickets on debut seals victory for Sri Lanka
Ramesh Mendis and Praveen Jayawickrama made light work of Bangladesh’s middle and lower-order as Sri Lanka won the second Test by 209 runs on the fifth morning…
Sports LNP - SLC postpones charity cricket match
Sri Lanka Cricket today announced that the ‘Charity Match’ scheduled to be played on the 04th May 2021 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, between…
Sports LNP - Dimuth Karunaratne hits ton to put Sri Lanka on top
Dimuth Karunaratne continued his good vein of form with the bat as the Sri Lankan captain picked up his 12th Test hundred in the second and final Test against…
Sports LNP - Sri Lanka's Nuwan Zoysa Banned For Six Years For Trying To Fix Matches
Former Sri Lanka seamer and coach Nuwan Zoysa was on Wednesday banned from all cricket for six years after being found guilty of trying to fix matches and…
Sports LNP - SLC inquiry finds national cricketer guilty of unprofessional behaviour
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) censured a national cricketer for his recent behaviour at an event at a hotel in the South of the island, with a three-member inquiry…
Sports LNP - Tillakaratne Dilshan: Former Sri Lankan cricket captain selling his apartment
International cricket star and former Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan sells his prawn apartment and throws signed bats and shirts for lucky buyers.…
Sports LNP - Dilshan to captain Australia’s Mulgrave Cricket Club for 21/22 season
Australia’s Mulgrave Cricket Club have announced the signing of T.M. Dilshan as the captain of the Mulgrave Cricket Club for the 2020/21 season. Mulgrave…
Sports LNP - Ex-Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak handed 8-year ban for corruption
Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak was on Wednesday banned for eight years on corruption charges, the International Cricket Council announced. “Mr…
Sports LNP - Standard Chartered Sri Lanka appoints Aroshana Fernando to Country Management Team
Standard Chartered Sri Lanka has recently appointed Aroshana Fernando as the Head of Consumer, Private & Business Banking (CPBB). He joins the Bank with 19…
Sports LNP - Sri Lanka Cricket appoints new Selection Committee
Sri Lanka Cricket appointed a new Selection Committee on Thursday (08). Sri Lanka Cricket said the 06-member panel was ratified by Sports Minister Namal…
Sports LNP - Cargills initiates the first ever Plastic Modified Asphalt Concrete Car Park in Sri Lanka
As a socially responsible corporate citizen, Cargills holds a strong commitment to serving the nation and preserving the planet for future generations. By…
Sports LNP - SL legends to play charity match with current SL cricketers on May 4
Prof. Arjuna de Silva, the President of newly-appointed Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Management Committee yesterday confirmed that a charity T20 match between a Sri…
Sports LNP - Softlogic team up with Huawei as a Strategic Partner to introduce latest Enterprise Solutions to Sri Lanka
World’s leading ICT solutions provider Huawei and Sri Lanka’s Softlogic Information Technologies Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Softlogic Holdings PLC, and one of…
Sports LNP - Management Committee appointed to run SLC
Minister of Sports Namal Rajapaksa has appointed a management committee to handle the administrative affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket. Minister of Sports Namal…
Sports LNP - GL: Will UK hand over suppressed wartime dispatches to USD 2.8 mn Geneva probe team?
SLPP Chairman Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (29) asked whether the UK would hand over wartime dispatches (January-May, 2009) from its High Commission in Colombo…
Sports LNP - Sri Lanka fined for slow over-rate in third ODI against West Indies
Karunaratne pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing (ICC) Sri Lanka have been fined 40 per…
Sports LNP - Action from 68th Badminton Nationals
The Badminton National Championship 2020 concluded with Olympian Niluka Karunaratne successfully defending the men’s singles title and Hasini Ambalangodage…
Sports LNP - Govt.-backed racketeers run riot: 3,000 acres grabbed in Somawathiya National Park within two days
Another 1,000 acres of the Somawathiya National Park were been grabbed yesterday by an organised group who removed boundary posts put up by Department of…
Sports LNP - Eight Sri Lankans at 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix
op Row: H.C. Sampath Hettiarachchi – Captain, H.M. Dinesh Priyantha, H.G. Palitha Bandara, K.A. Samitha Dulan, K.G. Gamini Ekanayaka, Bottom Row: M.G. Nuwan…
Sports LNP - High profile cricket committee named
The Sports Ministry yesterday brought Sri Lanka Cricket down a notch by appointing a high profile Cricket Committee. While Cricket Committees in the past used…
Sports LNP - People’s Merchant Finance Kurunegala Branch relocated
People’s Merchant Finance PLC relocated its Kurunegala branch to a more conveniently accessible location No. 2 South circular Road, Kadurugas Junction,…
Sports LNP - Eight Sri Lanka cricketers fail fitness tests
Sri Lanka Cricket has issued an ultimatum to its contracted players after eight of them failed a fitness test in Colombo. A pool of 20 shortlisted players for…
Sports LNP - Shanika breaks lockdown shackles to erase 35 year old athletics record
Emerging school athlete Shanika Lakshani competing alongside seniors shattered one of the oldest athletics records when she clocked 4:33.40 seconds to finish…