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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LNP - ICC’s anti-corruption chief says no record of any letter on match-fixing from ex-Sports Minister

2020-07-06   |   Sports

ICC Anti-Corruption Unit General Manager Alex Marshall has responded to allegations of corruption with regards to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup ...

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LNP - Sri Lanka day-care centres to run full capacity with Covid-19 contained

2020-07-01   |   Sports

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s health authorities have given the go ahead to for day care centres to run at full capacity from July 06, under guideline...

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Who smoked 50 odd cigarettes inside dressing room during World Cup finals?

2020-06-28   |   Sports

LNP : * Mahindananda pinpoints 24 shady areas in the 2011 World Cup final * Did the alleged fixing spill over from team selection in the actual m...

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Karuna couldn’t kill such number of soldiers as claimed: SF

2020-06-24   |   Sports

Referring to the statement made by Vinyagamoorthy Muralitharan alias “Karuna Amman” that he killed some 2,000 to 3,000 Sri Lankan Army personnel...

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Sri Lankan ’sold’ 2011 cricket World Cup final: minister

2020-06-23   |   Sports

Sri Lanka “sold” the 2011 World Cup final to India, the country's former sports minister said on Thursday, reviving one of cricket's most explos...

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SLC set to appoint Mahesh Weerasinghe as Women’s Head Coach

2020-06-22   |   Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) are set to appoint former all-rounder Mahesh Weerasinghe as the new Women’s National Head Coach for a period of six months o...

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SL Women cricketers given new contracts, Atapattu only player in ’A’ Grade

2020-06-12   |   Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Tuesday awarded 20 National Women cricketers with six-month central contracts while 15 emerging Women cricketers have also ...

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World Rugby unveils qualification format for 2023 World Cup

2020-06-09   |   Sports

World Rugby has announced the qualification process for the 2023 World Cup in France aimed at promoting a “genuine opportunity” for all unions, th...

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Sri Lanka to play FIFA World Cup qualifiers without spectators

2020-06-08   |   Sports

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) is gearing up to host the FIFA World Cup 2022 Doha Asian qualifying tournament, with the first match again...

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Modi discusses economic impact of Covid-19 with Mahinda

2020-05-28   |   Sports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday on completing 50 years as a parliamentarian. The ...

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