Former Chairman, Upali Dharmadasa has been elected uncontested as the new head o fSri Lanka Cricket. A majority of his faction too won their appointments during the elections. The elections were held at the National Sports Medicine Unit in Colombo. Former Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga who handed in his nominations as an independent candidate later joined ...

Businessman Upali Dharmadasa won an uncontested election to become the new president of Sri Lanka Cricket after his rivals withdrew from the contest, claiming it was flawed. Other officials, including two vice presidents and a secretary, were also elected to the board after their opponents dropped

(Srilankamirror) - Sri Lanka’s wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal who was hurt on Sunday, will play for the third and final test against South Africa in Cape Town today (Dec. 03), internal sources from the Sri Lanka Cricket say. Chandimal was struck on the right elbow during training

(Srilankamirror) - Upali Dharmadasa has been elected uncontested as president of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board at elections. Asanga Seneviratne and K. Madivanan were appointed deputy presidents without a contest, while the appointment of Nishantha Ranatunga as secretary too, came uncontested

Former Chairman, Upali Dharmadasa was elected uncontested as the new head of Sri Lanka (SLC) while a majority of his faction too won their appointments during the elections which is in progress at the National Sports Medicine Unit in Colombo a short while ago according our team based at the location. Former Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga who handed over his nominations as an independent candidate l...

Upali Dgarmadasa has been appointed as the new Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket uncontested. Dharmadasa is the first elected chairman of the bodyin seven years,

Jan 03, Colombo: Elections for the board of Sri Lanka's cricket governing authority, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is to be held this morning at the National Sport Academy with the voting by 147 members representing 85 sport associations in the country.

Sri Lanka Cricket is set to hold its first election in seven years on Tuesday, after a series of interim committees controlled by the political class, and at a time...

Upali Dharmadasa was elected uncontested today as the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

Upali Dharmadasa has been elected uncontested as Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket a short while ago, sources claimed.

Sri Lanka Cricket will hold its first election in seven years today at 10am at the Sports Ministry. The Ministry stated that special security measures are in place in order to conduct a free and fair poll. .

(Srilankamirror) - Candidates supported by MP Thilanga Sumathipala at the Sri Lanka Cricket elections tomorrow (Jan. 03) are under pressure, says vice president hopeful Mohan de Silva. He has told the media that no final decision has been taken whether to withdraw from the race. Mr. de

This year a Tangalle politician saw fit to celebrate Christmas by firing a T56 assault rifle in the air and allegedly assaulting and killing a British tourist. In October, two ruling party politicians ended a local election by shooting each other on the streets of Colombo. How President Mahinda Rajapaksa deals with these violent and ...

The Sri Lanka Cricket elections are coming up and there may well be a close tussle for positions. The Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga is coming for the Secretary’s post.

UPFA Colombo District MP Thilanga Sumathipala had given up his plans to contest at the elections for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) at the last minute following a message sent by the President through Minister Maithripala Sirisena, it is learnt.

Sri Lanka Looking To Bounce Back After Debacle By Dinouk Colombage Sri Lanka lost the first test inside three days when they were totally outplayed by the South Africans with both bat and ball. What was worse, the visitors were sloppy in the field when they had the hosts against the ropes at 173-5. The ...

(Srilankamirror) - Upali Dharmadasa, the main contender for the presidency of Sri Lanka Cricket has said that he was confident of taking the cash-strapped body back on track if he wins the elections on January 03. He has told BBC Sandeshaya that the main reason for the SLC to be “

A group of representatives from the cricket clubs representing Upali Dharmadasa have said they cannot vote for former Interim Committee Secretary Nishantha Ranatunge at the election choose office bearers for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Ranatunge has handed nominations to contest for the post of SLC

Thilanga Sumathipala’s group that has handed nominations for five posts at the elections for office bearers of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), is to receive three posts without a contest, it is learnt.

Sri Lanka's domestic first-class Premier Tier A and B league matches, which were to begin on Wednesday, have been indefinitely postponed with the clubs and Sri Lanka Cricket offering conflicting reasons

Former Sri Lanka Cricket captain and DNA MP Arjuna Ranatunga said in Parliament today that the International Cricket Council (ICC) should not directly make any payments to the accounts of Lankan players and asked the Sports Minister to look into how this was done. “The money must be sent

(Srilankamirror) - The International Cricket Council has paid 45 percent of delayed salaries of Sri Lankan cricketers, Xinhua reported quoting a senior official. Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the ICC paid $2 million, a part of the due 25 percent of the country's participation fee

Srilankamirror - Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to postpone the Premier League Tournament Tier A 2011/12 yet again. The tournament was initially scheduled to be kicked off tomorrow (Dec. 21). However, sports clubs have refused to compete in the tournament after they were not granted

SLFP dissident, ex-MP and former Sri Lanka Cricket skipper Arjuna Ranatunge has said he is watching ..

Feb 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka's cricket authority, Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former Josephian coach Harsha De Silva to take the reins of the national Women's squad.

Parliamentarian Thilanga Sumathipala has said that he is not contesting for the Presidency of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Several individuals of the Sumathipala’s group had previously handed in nominations for other posts in the SLC and Mr. Sumathipala was scheduled to submit his nomination

Dec 19, Colombo: Candidates vying for the president post of Sri Lanka's cricket governing authority, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have handed over their nominations, Sports Ministry sources said.

Upali Dharmadasa and Sumith Perera have handed over their nominations for the presidency Sri Lanka Cricket, the Director General of Sports Ranjani Jayakody said.

MP Thilanga Sumathipala says he will not contest for the Presidency of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

(Srilankamirror) - Thilanga Sumathipala is due to hand in nominations before noon today (Dec. 19) to contest for the position of chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket. Speaking to ‘Srilankamirror’, a top aide of Mr. Sumathipala confirmed his candidature and said he was due to meet sports