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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf has said they have committed to a contract with Sri Lanka cricket, and both parties have agreed upon a bilateral agreement. “I’ve had a telephone meeting with the President of the Sri Lankan Cricket Board and we have agreed
- Sri Lanka, Pak likely to sign bilateral agreement for Premier League soon (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, Singapore sign trade agreement (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka considering to sign CEPA with India soon (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Bilateral trade with Pakistan, encouraging' (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s household favourite Elephant House Ice Cream is the official Ice Cream partner for the ongoing Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka. Supporting events and activities around the most loved sport in Sri Lanka has always been a key role of Elephant House Ice Cream, who continuously associates themselves with cricketing events in the country. ...
- Elephant House with Deyata Kirula for sixth consecutive year (Category: Business)
- Elephant House sponsors England Tour of Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Elephant House Ice Cream official sponsors of the India tour of Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Silva Cricket Foundation and Sri Lanka Cricket. The aim of the camps is to ...
- ‘Coca-Cola Cricket Pathway Initiative’ continues to discover grassroots talent (Category: Business)
- Schoolboy Champion To International Champion… (Category: Breaking News)
- Coca-Cola and McDonalds launch London Olympics 2012 memorabilia (Category: Business)
- Coca-Cola donates in support of youth cricketing spirit (Category: Business)
The Millenium batch of Mahanama College recently conducted a Cricket Coaching Clinic in collaboration with 3M with the aim of enhancing the overall Cricket standards of Mahanama College. The event was held at CH & FC Grounds, Colombo 07. The program was designed to identify and provide budding young cricketers of Mahanama College with training ...
- Malinga’s Purple Park becomes authorised dealer of 3M car care range (Category: Business)
- 3M to buy Avery Dennison’s office products business (Category: Business)
- 3M rewards individual excellence at Annual Awards Night (Category: Business)
- 3M Sri Lanka conferred AmCham Patron Membership Award (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, has come forward to be the platinum sponsor for one of the country’s largest ever sporting activities – the Carlton Super Sevens Rugby Tournament 2012. Committed to converge world class technology with the widest reach, Mobitel sees this sporting opportunity as a boon for Sri Lanka sports as a whole. The ...
- Etisalat Supports the Carlton Super 7’s kick off (Category: Business)
- Elephant House continues its association with Carlton 7’s (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Insurance empowers Carlton Super Sevens Rugby Tournament 2012 (Category: Business)
- Western Warriors to excell at Carlton Super 7s (Category: Business)
ESPNcricinfo: Former Sri Lanka coach Geoff Marsh has sent a letter of demand to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) after he was sacked just three months into his two-year contract. Sri Lanka Cricket, reacting to Marsh’s letter, said it had taken the appropriate steps prior to terminating his services
- Letter To Tiran (Category: Breaking News)
- Marsh sends letter of demand to SLC (Category: Breaking News)
- Marsh sends letter of demand to SLC (Category: Sports)
- Thonda submits resignation letter (Category: Breaking News)
IT seems that the corruption in cricket is spreading to the rest of the sporting bodies in Sri Lanka. The 15th Asian Junior Athletic Championship 2012, which was scheduled to be held in Colombo from 9 to 12 June, has been cancelled by the Asian Athletic Association, the Sri Lanka Athletic Association said on Monday, ...
- AAA cancels Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka ready to host Asian Junior C’ships (Category: Breaking News)
- SLAA elects officials, Susanthika among Vice Presidents (Category: Breaking News)
- Senior Nationals from today (Category: Sports)
(PTI) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today denied any knowledge of its player being accused of match fixing in the ongoing Indian Premier League. “No we are not aware of such an occurrence. If it had happened the BCCI would have informed us,” the SLC secretary, Nishantha Ranatunga told
- Former Mississippi Gov. William F. Winter dies at 97 (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- March on Capitol costs Georgia man his job at car dealership (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- March on Capitol costs Georgia man his job at car dealership (Category: USA, Maryland)
- March on Capitol costs Georgia man his job at car dealership (Category: USA, Maine)
Text and Photographby Farook Lantra D. Samson & Sons (Pvt) Ltd., ‘Avi’ Sports Equipment has come forward to sponsor a very promising Sri Lanka Cricket U-19 player, Tharindu Kaushal from Deva Pathiraja College, Rathgama. The one year Avi sponsorship became a reality
Sri Lanka Cricket says it will stage its own Twenty20 cricket league in August, more than a year after it was postponed due to possible losses due to a pull out of Indian players. The first edition of Sri Lanka Premier League was originally scheduled to be played in July last year. SLC president
- Sri Lanka Cricket will not benefit from being tough - BCCI (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan officials to meet BCCI on Sri Lanka Premier League (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka T20 league set to be launched in August (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka minister’s request Colombo: (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo: Speedster Lasith Malinga, who is currently playing for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, has been placed in the top bracket of USD 100,000 in the central contracts announced by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) here. The fast bowler figures along side Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara
- Sangakkara backs returning Malinga to deliver (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka beats New Zealand by 7 wickets (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beats New Zealand by 7 wickets (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beats New Zealand by 7 wickets (Category: Breaking News)
Prodigious cricketer, Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Mahela Jayawardena, probably one of the best cricketing brains to be produced by Sri Lanka joined the higher educational expo Future Minds 2012 as its brand ambassador.
Prodigious cricketer, Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Mahela Jayawardena, probably one of the best cricketing brains to be produced by Sri Lanka joined the higher educational expo Future Minds 2012 as its brand ambassador. Starting his career with flying colours as a youngster full of skill and style
- Commercial Credit powers Future Minds 2012 (Category: Business)
- Mahela To Bat For Future Minds 2012 (Category: Business)
- Gota urges educated youth to take country forward (Category: Business)
- Secretary Defence Declares open the Future Minds 2012 Exhibition at BMICH (Category: Breaking News)
Former President, Sri Lanka Cricket, Sri Lanka Telecom and Mobitel, Thilanga Sumathipala celebrates his 48th Birthday today (3rd May, 2012). He is a present Member of Parliament representing UPFA, Colombo District.
COLOMBO (AFP) : Pakistan will tour Sri Lanka next month for three Tests, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 games, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Monday. The Pakistanis will kick off the six-week tour with two Twenty20 matches in the southern port town of Hambantota on June 1 and June 3
- Cricket: Sri Lanka announces Australia itinerary (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka name ODI and Twenty20 squad for Australia tour (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket: Pakistan to tour Sri Lanka next month (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Australian itinerary (Category: Breaking News)
Seylan Bank PLC recently signed up with Sri Lanka Cricket as their latest merchant to the Internet Payment Gateway. Sri Lanka Cricket has engaged in online operations that features three main segments specifically on Ticketing, Merchandising and Auctioning. The first segment to get online
- Trade Finance (Category: Business)
- Sampath Bank gives Lankan businesses one more reason to go online (Category: Business)
- Online visa income tops Rs 70 m (Category: Breaking News)
- Number of Lanka Gate users per day exceeds 3,000 (Category: Business)
PUNE: Team Mumbai’s worst fears came true on Friday when Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga returned home due to a recurring back injury. ‘Slinga’, nicknamed so for his sling-shot action, missed the last match against Delhi at home and his participation was in doubt as he had been ruled out for a “few weeks”. ...
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- Our favorite home office essentials in 2021 - CNET (Category: Technology)
- 12-Year-Old Interrupts Burglary (Category: USA, Georgia)
- The science of home advantage (Category: Technology)
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said he still retains the passion to represent his country and play at the highest level; but reiterated that he sees his current stint as skipper only as a stop-gap arrangement. \\Jayawardene, who replaced Tillakaratne Dilshan as Sri Lanka captain after the tour of South Africa, has had decent success ...
- Slots open for World T20 squad - Jayawardene (Category: Sports)
- Won't captain team: Dilshan (Category: Breaking News)
- Jayawardene to lead Kochi (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPL to promote young talent (Category: Breaking News)
Parliamentary accountability The Parliament, as the country’s foremost representative institution, has the sole authority over national resources and financial allocations and concurrently has a prominent role to play in fiscal responsibility, the budgetary process, economic development and effective transparent economic and financial management, with a view to assuring sustainable growth an...
- Chandra J sends his proposals for 2013 Budget to the President (Category: Business)
- Accelerating growth: catching the wave or missing the bus (Category: Business)
- Time for reflection, reality check, risk mitigation and lessons learnt action (Category: Business)
Elephant House has been nominated as the official food and ice cream partner for the on going England tour of Sri Lanka. “The sponsorship of the cricket tour is one of the many initiatives we have taken to promote Sri Lankan cricket and it clearly illustrates our commitment to the sport,” said Neil Samarasinghe – ...
- Elephant House Ice Cream official sponsors of Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Elephant House, Partners with Lanka Premier League 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Elephant House re-imagines local favourite Orange Crush (Category: Business)
- Elephant House with Deyata Kirula for sixth consecutive year (Category: Business)
The sports minister in Sri Lanka has vowed to continue bidding for more international sporting events despite the failure to secure 2018 Commonwealth Games in Hambantota. Sri Lanka lost to Australia’s Gold Coast in Saint Kitts last year, after a lengthy bidding process spending Rs. 880 million. But Sports Minister Mahindananada Aluthgamage told BBC Sinhala ...
- Disaster Warning (Category: Business)
- Fresh Season (Category: Business)
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
Ahead of Friday's AGM, Pan Asia Bank Plc (PABC Bank) Board of Directors yesterday appointed Nimal Perera as the Chairman and Eshana de Silva as the Deputy. Nimal was previously the Deputy Chairman and was elevated as the incumbent senior banker A.G. Weerasinghe is up for retirement. The new appointments are effective from 2 April. ...
- Raises Rs. 150 Mn. (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-SEC DG Channa appointed to Pan Asia Bank board (Category: Business)
- Nimal Perera, new chairman of PABC (Category: Breaking News)
- Heavy movements in financial sector boards (Category: Business)
India will play One Day Internationals at Hambantota, Dambulla, Pallekele and Premadasa Stadium when they arrive here in July to play five ODIS and a Twenty20. Hambantota will host the first two ODIS while Premadasa Stadium in Colombo will host the only T20 International. According to the International Cricket Council’s Future Tours Programme India were ...
- Virat Kohli has got 5 MOM awards in 2012 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan and Sri Lanka set for UAE clashes (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC T20 world Cup tickets for the finals sold out (Category: Breaking News)
- Heavy rain stop match (Category: Breaking News)
For a change, there is good news from Sri Lanka Cricket with the new administration led by Upali Dharmadasa succeeding in achieving record ticket sales worth over Rs. 80 million so far for the two Test matches with the visiting England team. “The amount raised so far is a record,” Tour
BBC: England chased 359 to beat the Sri Lankan Development XI by four wickets in their final warm-up game ahead of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka. The home side declared their second innings on 199-4 at lunch to give England a run-chase of 359 in 64 overs. England’s Ravi Bopara (2nd L) plays a ...
- England desperate to avoid Pakistan whitewash (Category: Business)
- Bopara stars as England rout Australia 4-0 (Category: Business)
- England drop struggling Morgan for Sri Lanka tests (Category: Business)
- Uncapped Taylor replaces Bopara for England (Category: Business)
Daily Mail: Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott compiled chanceless centuries on day two of England’s pre-Test warm-up but Ian Bell’s struggles continued on a flat pitch in Colombo. Responding to the Sri Lankan Development XI’s 431 for six, the England openers shared a stand worth 197, both retiring upon reaching three figures to allow others ...
- Strauss aims for four straight Ashes wins (Category: Business)
- Strauss admits England failings after Pakistan loss (Category: Business)
- STRAUSS FOCUSED ON BEATING SRI LANKA (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka v England: Andrew Strauss says quitting hasn't crossed his mind as he seeks to sto... (Category: Breaking News)
The ICC World Twenty20 2012 ticket launch will take place at the Galle Face Green on Saturday 24 March 18.30 (Colombo time) with President Mahinda Rajapaksa purchasing the very first ticket of the tournament. The launch will also feature the ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat as well as representatives from both the Sri Lankan men’s ...
- Second phase of ticket sales for ICC World T20 Cup ends on high note (Category: Business)
- Tickets for ICC WT20 final sold out (Category: Business)
- Final phase of ICC World T20 tickets opens today (Category: Business)
- ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka crosses 100,000 tickets-sold mark (Category: Business)
Calcutta (The Tele-graph): Sri Lanka’s cricketers are yet to see a cent from their tour of Australia and played Friday’s match out of contract, but there has been movement in a pay dispute with their board, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Also the Australian Cricketers’ Association and Cricket Australia, discussing the next pay deal, are ...
- Courtesy Call (Category: Business)
- South Africa backs Sri Lankan cricketers’ pay dispute: Smith (Category: Business)
- New Faces (Category: Business)
- Lankan cricketers have no appeal to Aussie fans (Category: Breaking News)
Former cricketer and commentator Ranil Abeynaike has passed away yesterday at the age of 57. He had been receiving treatment at a private hospital and died of a heart attack. Abeynaike who is a proud product of S.Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia has played first-class cricket for Sri Lanka, List A cricket as well as English ...
- Funeral of Sri Lankan cricket commentator on Thursday (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Abeynaike passes away (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Abeynaike dies (Category: Breaking News)
- Popular cricket commentator dies (Category: Breaking News)
Mahela Jayawardene is pleased Sri Lanka’s turnaround in the triangular series has begun with youngsters stepping up. Thisara Perera, the promising allrounder who is slowly becoming a key member of the side, and Farveez Maharoof, who made yet another comeback in an in-and-out career, took four wickets for 47 runs between them, and broke the ...
- Captaincy only for short time, says Mahela (Category: Business)
- Mahela To File Action Against ITN (Category: Breaking News)
- Jayawardene defends Dilshan and Marsh (Category: Business)
- Mahela praises Thisara, credits Malinga for turnaround (Category: Business)
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