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(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
- Thilanga to run for cricket presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga comes down hard on Interim Committees (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga’s supporters hand in cricket nominations (Category: Breaking News)
- Candidates supported by Sumathipala under pressure (Category: Breaking News)
MP Thilanga Sumathipala says he has decided not to contest for the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) presidency
By Dinouk Colombage Eight months on from the conclusion of the Cricket World Cup, Sri Lanka’s cricketers have received fifty percent of their due salaries. However, staff members of the cricket board are still awaiting their salaries. Ajith Jayasekara, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, told The Sunday
- Lankan cricketers have no appeal to Aussie fans (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricketers not paid for months (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC to boost domestic cricket (Category: Business)
- South Africa backs Sri Lankan cricketers’ pay dispute: Smith (Category: Business)
(Srilankamirror) - Supporters of MP Thilanga Sumathipala yesterday (Dec. 16) handed in nominations to contest in the election for office bearers of Sri Lanka Cricket. However, Mr. Sumathipala was absent at the handover of the 30 nominations, nor his nomination
- Thilanga comes down hard on Interim Committees (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga to run for cricket presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga to hand in nominations today (Category: Breaking News)
- Candidates supported by Sumathipala under pressure (Category: Breaking News)
Centurion, South Africa, Dec 15 : Sri Lankan players have not received match fees since March and have been assured by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) that a partial payment would be made before the series begins in Centurion.
Squad politics, bickering and undue influence by player agents are to blame for the Sri Lanka cricket team's plummeting form, according to the country's sports minister.
Sri Lanka’s fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep has been ruled out of the ongoing tour of South Africa after tearing his right hamstring, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Monday. Pradeep, 25, suffered the injury while bowling during the warm-up game against the South Africa Invitation XI in Benoni on Saturday
- Sri Lanka-Iran bilateral relations enhanced (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to issue long-term residence visa for foreign investors (Category: Breaking News)
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- Business Today TOP TWENTY (Category: Breaking News)
Wall Street Journal.com: Not many employers could get away with not paying their most important employees for eight months. But that’s what cricket’s governing body in Sri Lanka has just done. Amazingly, those employees, the international-team players, have carried on working. Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka’s cash crisis threatens to overshadow tri-series tour (Category: Business)
- Chaminda Vaas Benefit T20 Cricket Cup – 2011, now official (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Cricket hopes T20 league will be “spectacular” (Category: Business)
- $3 m floor price set for T20 league franchises (Category: Business)
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep has been ruled out of the ongoing tour of South Africa after tearing his right hamstring, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Monday.
Benoni (South Africa), Dec 12 : Any effort by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to find another Muttiah Muralitharan would prove futile as cricket will never see a bowler like the legendary off-spinner, wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara has said.
Benoni (South Africa), Dec 12(ANI): Any effort by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to find another Muttiah Muralitharan would prove futile as cricket will never see a bowler like the legendary off-spinner, wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara has said.
The Treasury had on Friday (9) approved a grant of Rs. 50 million to bail out the cash strapped Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
Officials at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) are trying to get rid of 122 minor employees attached to SLC by not renewing their contracts that are due for renewal by December 31st, sources from SLC said.
- 'Five years' to resolve SLC crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sports Minister slams SLC (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC eager to host IPL matches (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka eager to host IPL matches - Dharmadasa (Category: Breaking News)
Dec 11, Colombo: The cash-strapped Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has received Rs. 50 million from the Treasury to bail out the institution from its current crisis.
Srilankamirror - The Treasury has granted Rs. 50 million to cash strapped Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to help its current financial crisis. Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has said the money granted by the Treasury would be used to pay the salaries of the SLC
- Thilanga to run for cricket presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Chamara Silva called up as injury cover (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga comes down hard on Interim Committees (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC to appoint new selectors (Category: Breaking News)
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The Treasury had on Friday (9) approved a grant of Rs. 50 million to bail out the cash strapped Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said the Treasury has given the monies to SLC as a grant to help overcome the current financial crisis
- Treasury approved Rs.50 million for cricketers (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Cricket gets Rs. 50 million from the Treasury to help its financial issues (Category: Breaking News)
- Take a holistic approach (Category: Business)
- SLC financial crisis to end in Feb. (Category: Breaking News)
NO past Test series has quite evoked a sense of hopelessness as the one which Tillekeratne Dilshan’s team undertake in the coming days in South Africa. History records that Sri Lanka, since acquiring Test status, has not managed a Test win in South Africa, conceding six of the seven played there – a staggeringly depressing ...
- Weak Lankans help Ajmal rocket to world’s number-one ODI bowler (Category: Business)
- Australia wins US$175,000 after being guaranteed No.1 ODI spot (Category: Business)
- Herath spins Sri Lanka to shock victory (Category: Breaking News)
- Odds against Sri Lanka in South Africa (Category: Business)
The BBC's Charles Haviland reports on how there are growing concerns over the integrity of the sport of cricket in Sri Lanka since the island hosted the World Cup.
Coca-Cola Cricket Pathway, a unique initiative to discover and nurture grassroots talent from all parts of the country, continued on its journey with the announcement of the second Coca-Cola Pathways Super Camp, to be staged in Colombo. Coca-Cola has collaborated with the Aravinda de Silva Cricket Foundation to organise the Coca-Cola Cricket Pathway initiative and ...
- Coca-Cola and McDonalds launch London Olympics 2012 memorabilia (Category: Business)
- Winners from Coke promotion get all-expense paid trip in Switzerland (Category: Business)
- Coca-Cola sharpens the skill of teaching English in Jaffna (Category: Business)
SRI Lanka Cricket has been a hot topic of conversation for most of this year, due to the massive financial mismanagement that has finally caught up to the institution, with even the Government refusing to back it any longer. Lending a ray of hope, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage
- SLC faces financial crisis after World Cup - report (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Cricket seeks cash help (Category: Breaking News)
- No financial crisis in Sri Lanka Cricket - Sports Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC in better control of financial situation - Lorgat (Category: Sports)
Captain Tillakaratne Dilshan said that Sri Lanka Cricket told him the problems would be resolved ahead of the series opener at Centurion.
Sri Lanka's players have received promises they'll be paid before next week's first test against South Africa after going nine months without salaries as their national board ran up debts of $69 million. Captain Tillakaratne Dilshan said on Wednesday that Sri Lanka Cricket told
Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage says Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) was now receiving money and that the current financial crisis at the board would be resolved by February next year. He has told parliament that 65 percent of the payments due to the Sri Lankan cricketers would be paid
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Lanka Cricket receives $1.8 million from the International Cricket Council for co-hosting the World...
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Dec 07, Colombo: Sports Minister of Sri Lanka Mahindananda Aluthgamage says the current financial crisis at Sri Lanka Cricket would be resolved by February next year.
Two former Sri Lanka Cricket presidents, Upali Dharmadasa and Thilanga Sumathipala, have both announced that they will run for president in the upcoming board elections
(Srilankamirror) - The ICC’s non-payment of a 4.1 million dollar due has been blamed on Sri Lanka Cricket’s delay in submitting accounts of the World Cup, according to SLC sources. Head of ICC media Colin Gibson has said the delay in paying the hosting fee was due to the late
- ICC pays delayed salaries of Lankan cricketers (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Cricket accounts not audited for five years - Minister (Category: Breaking News)
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Cape Town (ANI): South African cricketers have added their voices to the call to Sri Lanka Cricket(SLC) to settle the outstanding amounts due to the Sri Lankan players. “We want to show our support for Tillakaratne Dilshan and our fellow professional cricketers from Sri Lanka on this issue
- South Africa cricketers condemn Sri Lanka salary delay (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan cricketers promised money (Category: Breaking News)
- Courtesy Call (Category: Business)
- Dilshan: Players just focused on cricket (Category: Breaking News)
Srilankamirror - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has said it is currently discussing with the international cricket players union to look for a solution to the non-payment of Sri Lanka player salaries. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has told the BBC Sinhala service in October that the players
- Chamara Silva called up as injury cover (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Tennakoon to be replaced by Ranjith Fernando? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ashantha de Mel reappointed chief selector (Category: Breaking News)
- Thilanga comes down hard on Interim Committees (Category: Breaking News)
Upali Dharmadasa today officially announced his candidacy for President of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) at the election scheduled for January 03.
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