LNP - Pandemic forces Sri Lanka Athletics to take unprecedented steps

2020-12-04   |   Sports

The current pandemic situation has forced Sri Lanka Athletics to take an unprecedented step in including two track athletes, who are currently serving...

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LNP - Diego Maradona – Argentina’s flawed football icon

2020-11-27   |   Sports

Dazzling, infamous, extraordinary, genius, outrageous. Diego Maradona. A flawed football icon. One of the game’s most gifted players, the Argentine ...

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LNP - 2002 world medals that Sugath and Rohan never received

2020-11-20   |   Sports

It was a time when Sri Lanka had in possession some of Asia’s best sprinters. Sri Lanka was so strong in the men’s 400 metres from mid 90s to earl...

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LNP - Left-arm quick from Hungama could be next big thing in cricket

2020-11-13   |   Sports

Left-arm quick Dilshan Madushanka has suddenly become the talk in cricket circles after he was drafted into the Sri Lankan squad that will tour South ...

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LNP - Twenty Sri Lankan cricketers go through PCR tests

2020-11-12   |   Sports

Twenty Sri Lankan cricketers and support staff of the national cricket team had gone through PCR tests yesterday. The results of the tests will be k...

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LNP - Sports Trailblazers clinch Women’s T20 Challenege after Mandhana special

2020-11-11   |   Sports

Atapattu (far right) had her first failure of the tournament as her team failed to chase 119 to secure the title The Supernovas led by Harmanpreet Kau...

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LNP - Atapattu stars in Supernovas’ two-run win

2020-11-09   |   Sports

Chamari Atapattu with a brilliant half-century and Radha Yadav, with her nerves of steel while defending 10 runs in the final over, starred in Super...

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LNP - Jayasuriya completes suspension, free to get involved in cricket

2020-11-04   |   Sports

Former Test captain Sanath Jayasuriya has completed a two year suspension imposed on him by the International Cricket Council and he is free to get ...

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LNP - Documents handed over to Sports Ministry to probe match fixing

2020-10-19   |   Sports

Several documents pertaining to match fixing in a domestic First Class game a couple of seasons back have been handed over to Minister of Sports Nam...

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LNP - Dhoni hails Curran as a ‘complete cricketer’ after key IPL win

2020-10-15   |   Sports

Dubai, Tuesday: Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday hailed Sam Curran as a "complete cricketer" for Chennai Super Kings after the England all-rounder...

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LNP - SLC forms Under-19 Women’s Team

2020-10-12   |   Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will focus its attention on the grassroots level of Women’s cricket by forming an Under-19 team - a first for the Women’...

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LNP - NISS conducts Level-1 course for boxing coaches

2020-10-08   |   Sports

The National Institute of Sports Science (NISS) is conducting a Sports Science Certificate Level-1 Course for boxing coaches on a request made by R....

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LNP - Deputy Governors Weerasinghe and Karunaratne retire

2020-10-06   |   Sports

Deputy Governors Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe and H.A. Karunaratne have retired from the Central Bank. Senior Deputy Governor Dr. Weerasinghe had taken th...

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LNP - Colts, SSC stay unbeaten in U-23 Cricket Tourney

2020-10-05   |   Sports

Defending champions Colts CC and SSC maintained their unbeaten record in the SLC Under-23 Inter-Club Cricket Tournament after the completion of the ...

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LNP - Twenty National athletes to foster with sponsorships

2020-09-25   |   Sports

Amores Sellar, Senior Manager-Sales and Marketing, Crysbro (second from left) exchanging the agreement with Maxwell de Silva, Secretary General, NOC S...

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LNP - Kandy building collapse: Bodies of parents recovered

2020-09-21   |   Sports

The bodies of parents of the infant child, which was trapped under the debris of the building collapsed on the hotel in Buwelikada, Kandy had been r...

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LNP - England come back from the dead to level series

2020-09-14   |   Sports

Lightning does strike twice. Because, for a second time on this tour, Australia were let down by the oddity of their middle-order flakiness in the f...

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LNP - Liverpool seek back-to-back titles to underscore dominance

2020-09-09   |   Sports

Liverpool raised the bar so high and enjoyed such a huge winning margin in claiming the Premier League title last season it would be churlish to dou...

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LNP - Fixing the ‘fixer’ Cricketers want Aluthgamage prosecuted for alleged fix claims

2020-09-08   |   Sports

Cricketers alleged to have fixed the 2011 World Cup final are calling for State prosecutors to expedite the case saying there is no basis for claims...

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LNP - Anderson takes 600th Test wicket as England draw with Pakistan

2020-08-27   |   Sports

England paceman James Anderson cemented his place in cricket history by taking his 600th Test wicket as the rain-marred third and final Test against...

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LNP - SLC Major Tier ‘A’ Tournament: Bhanuka twin tons in vain as BRC draw against NCC

2020-08-18   |   Sports

Bhanuka Rajapaksha’s twin centuries were in vain as Burgher Recreation Club (BRC) were held to a draw by NCC in the second weekend of the Super-8 ...

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LNP-Could power of club rugby shift to Forces?

2020-08-05   |   Sports

Kandy Sports Club has been the most dominant club rugby side in the last three decades winning the Inter-club League title 21 times while other big ...

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LNP - Ravi Karunanayake appears before CID

2020-07-28   |   Sports

Former Minister Ravi Karunanataye visited the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to give a statement today (27) morning. The CID had summoned him...

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LNP - Four volleyball tournaments planned in final quarter of 2020

2020-07-24   |   Sports

The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) is planning to conduct four national level tournaments that were postponed because of the coronavirus pan...

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LNP - Did top cops cover up Mendis hit and run?

2020-07-09   |   Sports

Senior police officers may have been involved in covering up the true story of the fatal accident caused by Sri Lanka Test cricketer Kusal Mendis, i...

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