LNP - Ravi Karunanayake nominated for NDF National List seat?

2024-11-18   |   Sports

The New Democratic Front (NDF), which contested the 2024 General Election under the ‘gas cylinder’ symbol, has nominated former Minister Ravi Karu...

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LNP - IMF team to visit Sri Lanka today for third review under EFF program

2024-11-17   |   Sports

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by the Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer, will be in Colombo from November 17 to ...

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LNP - Asalanka knock seals four-wicket Sri Lanka win over New Zealand

2024-11-10   |   Sports

Chasing a modest 136 to win, Sri Lanka's batsman struggled to capitalise against the second-string visiting team. But a crucial 38-run stand for the s...

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LNP - PM meets ICC anti-corruption chiefs, discuss advancing integrity in cricket

2024-11-07   |   Sports

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya recently met with key figures from the International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), including...

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LNP - Hong Kong Cricket Sixes: Sri Lanka claim second title

2024-11-04   |   Sports

Sri Lanka won their second Hong Kong Cricket Sixes title, and first since 2007, after beating Pakistan by three wickets in the final on Sunday. Sandun...

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LNP - Australia coach declares Maxwell in frame for Sri Lanka Tests

2024-11-02   |   Sports

Newly re-signed Australia coach Andrew McDonald has declared veteran allrounder Glenn Maxwell “100 per cent” in the frame for a long-awaited retur...

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LNP - Australia cricket team to tour Sri Lanka in early 2025

2024-11-01   |   Sports

The Australia Men's National Cricket Team will tour Sri Lanka from January to February 2025 to participate in a two-match Test series and one ODI.  T...

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LNP - Sri Lanka ODI squad named for West Indies series

2024-10-18   |   Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced the 16-member Sri Lanka squad, captained by Charith Asalanka, for the three-match ODI series against West Indies...

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LNP - Sri Lanka script history, beat West Indies in T20 series for first time

2024-10-17   |   Sports

Sri Lanka thrashed West Indies by 9 wickets on Thursday (October 17) to take the series by 2-1. Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga chipped in wi...

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LNP - Nissanka, Wellalage power Sri Lanka to series-leveling win over West Indies

2024-10-16   |   Sports

Sri Lanka produced a dominant performance to defeat the West Indies by 73 runs in the second T20I at Dambulla on Tuesday (October 15), leveling the se...

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LNP - Hirunika resigns as national organiser of SJB women’s wing

2024-10-14   |   Sports

Former MP Hirunika Premachandra states that she is resigning from the post of National Organiser of the ‘Samagi Vanitha Balawegaya’, the women’s...

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LNP - Jayawardene returns as Mumbai Indians head coach ahead of IPL 2025

2024-10-14   |   Sports

Mahela Jayawardene has been re-appointed as the head coach of the Mumbai Indians after spending the last two years as the franchise’s global head of...

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LNP - SLC confirms Sanath Jayasuriya as national team’s head coach

2024-10-08   |   Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed the appointment of Sanath Jayasuriya as the head coach of the national team. The Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cric...

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LNP - High-level IMF team to visit Sri Lanka this week

2024-10-01   |   Sports

A high-level team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by its Director of the Asia Pacific Department, Krishna Srinivasan, is scheduled to vis...

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LNP - Kamindu Mendis sets historic world record in 8th Test match

2024-09-26   |   Sports

In a remarkable achievement, Kamindu Mendis has become the first-ever player to slam fifty-plus scores in eight consecutive Test matches.  The stylis...

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LNP - Cricket Australia bans ex-Sri Lankan cricketer Dulip Samaraweera for 20 years

2024-09-19   |   Sports

Cricket Australia (CA) has banned former Sri Lankan Test player Dulip Samaraweera for 20 years after he “committed a serious breach” of the organi...

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LNP - Prize money announced for T20 World Cup 2022

2022-09-30   |   Sports

The ICC announced that the winning side at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 in Melbourne on November 13 would receive prize money of $1.6 million, wit...

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LNP - RW, Modi discuss Sri Lanka’s economic crisis in Tokyo

2022-09-29   |   Sports

President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed Sri Lanka's debt restructuring when the two held informal discussions...

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LNP - IMF team to visit Sri Lanka by month-end for staff-level agreement

2022-08-19   |   Sports

The Governor of the Central Bank says that Sri Lanka’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making good progress and that an I...

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LNP - Mahinda thanked Modi

2022-03-24   |   Sports

While thanking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing Indian economic development assistance and credit facilities, said that he would expe...

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LNP - Sri Lanka beat Australia by 5 wickets in 5th T20I

2022-02-21   |   Sports

Sri Lanka defeated Australia by 5 wickets in the fifth and final T20I game between the sides at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Kusal Mendis' unbe...

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LNP - Only 3 out of 10 locos in operation; 120 coaches not used yet; SLSMU says

2021-12-31   |   Sports

Only three locomotives imported from India have been commissioned and none of the imported train coaches have been added to the drive, the Sri Lanka S...

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LNP - Patients bear the brunt as GMOA strike enters third day

2021-12-23   |   Sports

With the trade union action by the Government Medical Officers Association entering the third day, patient care services have been highly affected acr...

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LNP - Basil lands in India for talks with Modi

2021-12-01   |   Sports

Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa landed in New Delhi a short while ago and was received at the airport by High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda. During h...

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LNP - Sri Lanka four wickets away from big win over West Indies

2021-11-25   |   Sports

Sri Lanka need just four wickets to win the first Test against West Indies in Galle after setting the all-but-impossible target of 348 today's penulti...

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