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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LNP - SL legends to play charity match with current SL cricketers on May 4

2021-04-08   |   Sports

Prof. Arjuna de Silva, the President of newly-appointed Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Management Committee yesterday confirmed that a charity T20 match betw...

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LNP - Softlogic team up with Huawei as a Strategic Partner to introduce latest Enterprise Solutions to Sri Lanka

2021-04-07   |   Sports

World’s leading ICT solutions provider Huawei and Sri Lanka’s Softlogic Information Technologies Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Softlogic Holdings PLC, ...

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LNP - Management Committee appointed to run SLC

2021-04-06   |   Sports

Minister of Sports Namal Rajapaksa has appointed a management committee to handle the administrative affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket. Minister of Sports ...

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LNP - GL: Will UK hand over suppressed wartime dispatches to USD 2.8 mn Geneva probe team?

2021-03-30   |   Sports

SLPP Chairman Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (29) asked whether the UK would hand over wartime dispatches (January-May, 2009) from its High Commission i...

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LNP - Sri Lanka fined for slow over-rate in third ODI against West Indies

2021-03-17   |   Sports

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 fine...

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LNP - Action from 68th Badminton Nationals

2021-02-23   |   Sports

The Badminton National Championship 2020 concluded with Olympian Niluka Karunaratne successfully defending the men’s singles title and Hasini Amba...

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LNP - Govt.-backed racketeers run riot: 3,000 acres grabbed in Somawathiya National Park within two days

2021-02-19   |   Sports

Another 1,000 acres of the Somawathiya National Park were been grabbed yesterday by an organised group who removed boundary posts put up by Departme...

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LNP - Eight Sri Lankans at 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix

2021-02-11   |   Sports

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: ...

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