The Sri Lanka Premier League almost came to the point of breakdown yesterday when one team, Uva Next, refused to take the field after their employer failed to pay them.

Sri Lanka Cricket in association with Carlton Sports Network the premier sports channel has made arrangements to conduct a Workshop / Seminar on Biomechanical Application of techniques in Cricket, to qualified coaches presently involved in active coaching.

Defending Asian netball champions Sri Lanka has a busy schedule these days with a resident training program and coach Hyacinth Wijesinghe who turned down her position a few years ago back as national coach.

Havelocks, the club of the masses, began early celebrations yesterday after the pompous Navy team was tossed overboard by Upcountry Lions in the biggest upset at Sri Lankaandrsquo;s premier inter-club rugby championship.

The most experienced netball player in the country Gayathri Lankathilake and the worldandrsquo;s tallest netball player Tarjani Sivalingam who are co-captaining the Sri Lanka netball team contend they have a better chance of retaining their title in the Asian Netball championship that starts on August 25 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo.

The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) moves into second gear today at the Pallekele International Cricket stadium when the championship recommences after two rest days with nine matches on the cards.

The Ananda College tennis team emerged overall champions beating St. Peterandrsquo;s College Colombo at the recently concluded All Island Inter School Tennis Tournament held at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts.

Sri Lanka will meet South Africa today in a must-win match to make it to the next round of the Under-19 cricket World Cup in Brisbane.

The Sri Lanka Premier League is being touted as an unprecedented tourism booster that has ensured a sell-out of 7000 rooms in the country accommodating players, support staff, overseas media personnel, production crews, commentators and event partners.

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ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012

The Sri Lanka side has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 20 runs defeat against India in the fifth and final ODI in Pallekele on Saturday.

The third LG People's Choice Award this year sees two former winners nominated alongside three other international cricketing stars in a bid to win the only award voted for by the public at the annual LG ICC Awards.

Armyandrsquo;s rag tag band of ruggerites have come to the threshold of doom fearing they will bow out of the Cup championships of the Sri Lanka inter-club Premier league robbed of victory, bruised by injustice and scarred of mental agony.

Losing Sri Lankan swimmer at the Olympic Games Heshan Unamboowa confirmed yesterday he broke-down even before his event.

London, Sunday- Sri Lankaandrsquo;s ace badminton player Niluka Karunaratne is determined to spring a surprise at the London Olympics as he prepares to take on the world number eight ranked Kenichi Tago of Japan in a do-or-die battle here at the Wembley Arena today.

Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardena will be counting his stars as his best cricketing partner Kumar Sangakkara sits outs the remainder of the five-match ODI series against India following the left handerandrsquo;s exit from the team over a finger injury.

Several fans witnessing lastandnbsp; Saturdayandrsquo;s ODI between Sri Lanka and India at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo complained of being irritated and sickened by the constant drumming up of noise from flutes and sirens by unruly spectators who took up position for a day of wild fun at the expense of others.

I think we have got some great players. Whoever makes that the final squad will be the best available players to make up the combination to help us win the ICC World Twenty20. Knowing our conditions, playing at home is going to be an added buzz and an added inspiration," says Sangakkara

Sri Lankaandrsquo;s only Olympic medallist of this generation Susanthika Jayasinghe has been left behind as the vice president of the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka while the rest have taken wing or are listed to travel to London for the Olympic Games which start today.

Sri Lankaandrsquo;s badminton pair of Niluka Karunaratne and Thilini Jayasinghe is in for a stiff competition at the Olympics Games as they are pitted against two top rank players in the world in the qualifying round.

Rival batsmen may ought to be vigilant when they face up to Sri Lankaandrsquo;s new bowling weapon Thisara Perera who is practicing what he has learnt from the bush after he came across retired South African speedster Shuan Pollock.

Thisara Perera proved a saviour on yet another occasion when Sri Lanka looked for one with ball in hand as he steered the team taking the best three Indian wickets to pave the way for victory in the second ODI here at the Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium in Hambantota yesterday.

Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardena admitted yesterday that he was confused how to bring things under control when Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir plundered 31 runs in the first three overs in the second ODI at Hambantota yesterday.

Two high Jumpers Manjula Kumara and Tharanga Vinodini were adjudged as best male and female athletes respectively at the Lanka Warriors Colombo District Athletic Championship concluded at the Sugathadasa Staduim on Sunday.

Athletes in Sri Lanka are in for a windfall with Bank of Ceylon (BOC) agreeing to purge out Rupees 23 million annually to support their needs for a five year term.

Struggling Sri Lankan paceman Lasith Malinga may have become a victim of his private flamboyance and may be paying the price for his over-indulgence on Indian pitches.

Sri Lanka could be deploying its gangly fast bowler Isuru Udana to tackle Indiaandrsquo;s two prolific batters Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli in the second ODI here at the Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium in Hambantota today.

Losing nippy fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekera was the last thing that Sri Lanka would have wanted as the team prepares to settle scores with old neighbour India in the current five-match ODI series after being blown apart in the first match in Hambantota on Saturday.

Indiaandrsquo;s prolific batsman and Sri Lankaandrsquo;s bogeyman Virat Kohli believes he has found his feet once again after a demoralizing show in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and that it came against his favorite opponent was even more soothing.