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The support from the bastion of the game, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), and world famous Brian Lara propelled the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League T20 tournament to the global stage on Saturday. Kicked off via an international style show of dance and culture of seven provinces at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, the SLPL celebrated its ...
- Mahindra SLPL kicks off today; to be broadcast live in 80 countries (Category: Business)
- Mahindra bags Title Sponsorship rights of Sri Lanka Premier League (Category: Business)
- Stage set for Mahindra SLPL Finalé (Category: Business)
- SLC Secy. Nishantha on success of maiden Mahindra SLPL (Category: Business)
T20 tourney to take up over 7,000 room nights in lean tourism season; bring in over Rs. 130 m revenue for hotels Destination Sri Lanka to get a fillip via global TV coverage The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), ready to kick off in two weeks’ time, is expected to give a big boost ...
- Sri Lanka Premier League forges ahead (Category: Business)
- Mahindra SLPL a boost for tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka aims to shine via Premier League - Heads turning attraction! (Category: Business)
- SLPL franchises snapped up; Bids worth over $ 30 m received (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Malaysian government would loss many votes by supporting SriLanka at UNHRC (Category: Breaking News)
- Construction work of the bridge in Dharmapuram area stopped (Category: Breaking News)
- SL government organize massive protest campaign in front of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva (Category: Breaking News)
- Rathika Sitsabaiesan welcomes US resolution against SriLanka (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- CWG bid money not wasted: Cabraal (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka hosting CWG would inspire 45 other nations – President (Category: Business)
- Gold Coast wins CWG 2018 bid (Category: Breaking News)
- A month to go for vote, Govt. says momentum building on Hambantota’s 2018 CWG bid (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Surrendering airwaves & liberty to nepotism (Category: Breaking News)
- Watch “20-20” On CSN (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksas Wrestle For Olympic Rights Muscling Out Rupavahini (Category: Breaking News)
- Carlton to exclusively show SL vs Pakistan Cricket (Category: Business)
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
- Cricketers not paid for months (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Cricket denies fixing allegations (Category: Breaking News)
- No facilities for uncontracted players - SLC proposal (Category: Sports)
- Discussions over Sri Lanka salaries (Category: Breaking News)
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...
- Army joins Jaffna cricket fans to greet Sri Lankan team (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Congratulates World Cup runners up (Category: Breaking News)
- President instructs cricket officials to select the best Sri Lanka Cricket team for World Cup 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket and politics in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- Rupert Murdoch's quest for trust (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- White House communications director Alyssa Farah resigns (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- White House communications director Alyssa Farah resigns (Category: USA, Maine)
- White House communications director Alyssa Farah resigns (Category: USA, Maryland)
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 ...
- Populist Politics and the Sooriyawewa & Premadasa Stadiums (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President to open Hambanthota International Cricket Stadium tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- Only a clean sweep will suffice for the Lankans (Category: Breaking News)
- President inspects the construction of an international cricket stadium at Sooriyawewa in Southern (Category: Breaking News)
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...
- Populist Politics And The Sooriyawewa And Premadasa Stadiums (Category: Breaking News)
- The son also rises: Namal Rajapaksa, the president’s eldest son is being groomed for high office (Category: Breaking News)
- West Indies matches at SSC (Category: Sports)
- President Rajapaksa offers prayers at Tirumala (Category: Breaking News)
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- World population will be 7B this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeewan Mendis to make ODI debut (Category: Sports)
- Welagedara replaces Maharoof (Category: Sports)
- Channel Eye to cover Zimbabwe tri series (Category: Sports)
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