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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has admitted that Carlton Sports Network (CSN), who it awarded television rights to for three years, is owned by Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's sons.
By Hilal Suhaib A 15-year deal between a little-known company in Singapore and Sri Lanka’s cricket board for the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) has left opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka outraged. Apart from handing the tournament to Somerset Entertainment Ventures (SEV) for more than a decade, there has also been criticism for awarding local ...
By Ryan Francis England batsman Alastair Cook wants cricket authorities to protect Test cricket after it was revealed that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had chosen not to play a three-Test series against England in order to allow their players to take part in the Indian Premier League (IPL
The first edition of SLPL Twenty20 will feature 7 Provincial teams which will adhere to a compulsory ruling of no more than 6 overseas players in each squad. However, it will be mandatory for each team to field only 4 overseas players in the playing eleven, whilst the remaining 7 players will all be Sri Lankans, with one player out of the said seven players will be an under-21 cricketer.
The people for the past three decades have suffered the steady rise in the cost of living with great forbearance. We have no ready index to point to for this Himalayan climb other than the price of bread which Chandrika Kumaratunga in her presidential bid vowed to reduce to Rs 3 per loaf. Now the ...
Sydney Morning Herald: This summer’s tri-series will be played amid a backdrop of a pay dispute which sees Sri Lanka’s players owed as much as $US 5million ($4.71 million) due to a cash crisis within the country’s governing body. As Mahela Jayawardene’s team battle the world’s top two ODI sides on the field during this ...
(Srilankamirror) - Cinnamon gardens police today (Jan. 27) informed Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli that several persons who had allegedly threatened the media secretary of the Sports Ministry are being investigated on. Media secretary of the Sports Ministry, Harsha Abeykoon has been receiving death threats to his mobile phone after answering a question at the ‘Waada Pitiya...
“Sri Lanka Cricket Will Achieve Greater Glory” – Upali Dharmadasa Upali Dharmadasa, the newly elected President of Sri Lanka Cricket, says that he has no doubt that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will achieve greater glories. Denying claims that he is guided by political interference, in an exclusive
Former Sri Lankan cricket captain turned politician Arjuna Ranatunga says the current national cricket selection panel should be sacked following Sri Lanka’ s poor performance in the United Arab Emirates and South Africa. Ranatunga also accused the government of interfering with Sri Lankan cricket resulting in some senior players also making political comments instead of ...
sports.ndtv.com: Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has approached the BCCI about the possibility of hosting IPL matches, the new SLC president, Upali Dharmadasa, has said. The idea has been proposed as a way for SLC to raise additional revenue because the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) failed
By Manoj Ridimahaliyadda espncricinfo.com: Sidath Wettimuny, the former Sri Lanka batsman, has suggested a radical restructuring of the country’s domestic cricket structure, which involves promoting provinces over clubs. The financial uncertainty surrounding Sri Lankan cricket and the upcoming board elections could, however, overshadow Wettimuny’s proposal. As a member of Sri Lanka Cri...
Abu Dhabi, November 24 (AFP): Legendary Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya on Thursday backed his country’s team and captain Tillakaratne Dilshan, saying they needed time and space to recover after losing both Tests and the one-day series to Pakistan. Sri Lanka lost the fifth and final one-day by three wickets on Wednesday, which handed Pakistan ...
The Carlton Television Network (CSN) that has secured the rights to telecast the series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka currently being played in Abu Dhabi has denied concerns it lacks a proper coverage.
The Prima Group, in partnership with Sri Lanka Cricket, has made all plans to commence the Prima Champions Cup 2011, Under 15 Inter-district and inter provincial Tournaments. The press conference was held at the SLC headquarters on 4th October 2011 with the participation of all senior
Mismanagement in sports administrationThe role of oligarchs in sports administration, national, regional and international, is not solely a South Asian phenomenon, it is a worldwide cancer. Anyone who has worked in the sports sector in South Asia would have come up against this debilitating factor. It is all pervasive and endemic. Once at a South ...
Simon Taufel will conduct the prog in GalleThe International Cricket Council is partnering with Ten Sports and Sri Lanka Cricket to deliver the first simulated TV umpire technology training course at Galle, Sri Lanka, on 30 August 2011.
Dubai, Aug 2(ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) is partnering with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Ten Sports to deliver the first simulated TV umpire technology training course at Galle, Sri Lanka, on August 30.
Highet ever bid received by SL Cicekt for Local TV B'cast rightsThe Local TV Broadcasting rights for the Australian Tour of Sri Lanka has been awarded to Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation for a record figure of Rs. 22 Million. (Rupees Twenty two Million), states Sri Lanka Cricket issuing a media
Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce that the Local TV Broadcasting rights …
By Ranjit Jayasundera Sensational evidence has come to light that demonstrates beyond a shadow of doubt that in Sri Lanka fortune favours not necessarily the bold but certainly the favoured. Carlton Sports Network (CSN) a company incorporated on 10th February 2011 has won the rights to broadcast the Australian Cricket tour of Sri Lanka next ...
Sri Lanka’s recent cricketing disaster at Cardiff shouldn’t have been a shock to the nation because in cricket, as in any other game, a team wins or loses – at times even disastrously. The shock is probably because most Sri Lankans have been developing a mind-set that we are invincible in games or any other endeavour. The ...
By Roshan Abeysinghe Sri Lanka cricket and its cricketers are definitely in for some exciting times in July with the proposed Sri Lanka Premier League happening. The sponsoring company Somerset entertainment has unquestionably done a lot of hard work to make the event a success
by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake Former Sri Lanka test captain HashanTillakaratne says he will tell the International Cricket Council that matches were fixed during his career. Fronting the media for the first time since breaking the allegations on TV, Tillakaratne said due to legal advice and threats he would expose those connected to match fixing at ...
Cricket and politics in Sri Lanka By Namini Wijedasa The Sri Lankan team lost the 2011 Cricket World Cup to India but were welcomed home like winners. Was this politics or the true Sri Lankan spirit of embracing losers as...
Protests have mounted over a statement made by former cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga to a group of foreign media personnel. He had made this statement to media personnel of a leading TV channel in India. Arjuna Ranatunga said he kept away from giving any advice to the team as the President was doing so. As ...
By Hafiz Marikar The staging of a global event in any part of the world usually benefits the country or region where the event is held. The newly built or renovated infrastructure and facilities improve the environs and help raise the living standards offering commercial opportunities for the people living around the location. Being the ...
By Michael Roberts The old Premadasa Stadium was a monstrosity. The new one is far better on the eye though hardly a classic structure. Together with the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium at Sooriyawewa it was constructed in time for the staging of the World Cup. In this achievement both stadiums stand out sharply in contrast with ...
by Prof Michael Roberts The old Premadasa Stadium was a monstrosity. The new one is far better on the eye though hardly a classic structure. Together with the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium at Sooriyawewa it was constructed in time for the...
of the Sri Lanka Cricket Team, is a clear proof that the state media is being used by the present regime...
There is an attempt to put the Sri Lankan cricket heroes into difficulty distorting the contents of the “Vimasuma” Programme telecast by the Independent Television Network. Several electronic media institutions and some websites had been engaged in this foolish attempt drawing attention to the “Vimusama” feature telecast over ITN at the end of the news ...