LNP - Cricketers sign tour contracts for India series

2021-07-07   |   Sports

Sri Lanka’s top national cricketers have made themselves available for the home series against India this month after agreeing to sign tour contract...

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LNP - Sri Lanka sets a dubious world record in ODIs

2021-07-05   |   Sports

Nothing is going right for the Sri Lankan cricket team, after Thursday’s defeat against England produced a new world record. Sri Lanka has now lost ...

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LNP - Arjuna blames cricket administration for players misbehaviour

2021-07-02   |   Sports

Former Minister and cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunge yesterday accused the cricket administration of the indecent behaviour of three Sri Lankan cricke...

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LNP - Cricketers face suspension for breaching bio-bubble

2021-06-29   |   Sports

Three national cricketers currently on tour in England are facing the prospect of a suspension by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for breaching bio-bubble pro...

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LNP - England beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in second T20

2021-06-25   |   Sports

Sam Billings and Liam Livingstone burnished their Twenty20 credentials as England withstood a top-order wobble to seal a series win over Sri Lanka fol...

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LNP - SLC, cricketers reach truce

2021-06-10   |   Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) were spared the ignominy of having to potentially pull out of the tour of England this month, after the players in the squad f...

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LNP - Niluka Karunaratne becomes 6th Sri Lankan to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

2021-06-05   |   Sports

National badminton champion Niluka Karunaratne will be representing Sri Lanka in the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The two-time Olympic shuttler is the 6th Sri...

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LNP - Red alert for Sri Lankans travelling to UK, cricket team exempt

2021-06-05   |   Sports

The UK government has announced that passengers from Sri Lanka will be put on "red alert", that would require a quarantine period at a government appr...

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LNP - Jayasuriya to coach Aussie cricket club

2021-06-05   |   Sports

Former Sri Lanka captain and chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya was appointed head coach of a club in Australia on Friday, joining two fellow countrymen...

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LNP - Coaches, imports and sports in school

2021-05-25   |   Sports

By Harsha Amarasinghe Hundreds and thousands of schools in Sri Lanka have opted to hire private coaches for their respective sport teams, which has br...

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LNP - Tharushi Karunaratne qualifies for World Junior Athletics Championships

2021-05-22   |   Sports

17 year-old Tharushi Karunaratne of Walala A. Ratnayake MMV qualified for the World Junior Athletics Championships after she came second in the Womenâ...

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LNP - Kusal Janith to captain Sri Lanka’s ODI squad for Bangladesh tour

2021-05-13   |   Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today announced the squad that has been chosen by the Cricket Selection Committee to take part in the upcoming ODI series agai...

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LNP - Bangladesh-Sri Lanka ODI series to be held in Dhaka

2021-05-06   |   Sports

The upcoming three-match ODI series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will be held at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, the BCB has announced...

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LNP - Thisara Perera retires from international cricket

2021-05-04   |   Sports

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 ...

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LNP - Praveen’s 11 wickets on debut seals victory for Sri Lanka

2021-05-04   |   Sports

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 fi...

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LNP - SLC postpones charity cricket match

2021-05-03   |   Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket today announced that the ‘Charity Match’ scheduled to be played on the 04th May 2021 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stad...

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LNP - Dimuth Karunaratne hits ton to put Sri Lanka on top

2021-04-30   |   Sports

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...

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LNP - Sri Lanka's Nuwan Zoysa Banned For Six Years For Trying To Fix Matches

2021-04-29   |   Sports

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...

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LNP - SLC inquiry finds national cricketer guilty of unprofessional behaviour

2021-04-29   |   Sports

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 ...

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LNP - Tillakaratne Dilshan: Former Sri Lankan cricket captain selling his apartment

2021-04-23   |   Sports

International cricket star and former Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan sells his prawn apartment and throws signed bats and shirts for lucky bu...

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LNP - Dilshan to captain Australia’s Mulgrave Cricket Club for 21/22 season

2021-04-16   |   Sports

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. Mul...

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LNP - Ex-Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak handed 8-year ban for corruption

2021-04-16   |   Sports

Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak was on Wednesday banned for eight years on corruption charges, the International Cricket Council announce...

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LNP - Standard Chartered Sri Lanka appoints Aroshana Fernando to Country Management Team

2021-04-16   |   Sports

Standard Chartered Sri Lanka has recently appointed Aroshana Fernando as the Head of Consumer, Private & Business Banking (CPBB). He joins the Ban...

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LNP - Sri Lanka Cricket appoints new Selection Committee

2021-04-09   |   Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket appointed a new Selection Committee on Thursday (08). Sri Lanka Cricket said the 06-member panel was ratified by Sports Minister Nam...

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LNP - Cargills initiates the first ever Plastic Modified Asphalt Concrete Car Park in Sri Lanka

2021-04-09   |   Sports

As a socially responsible corporate citizen, Cargills holds a strong commitment to serving the nation and preserving the planet for future generations...

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