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The Rotherham Circuit Meet held in Katukurunda and touted as the most looked forward to tarmac motor racing event, was given its due glamour when Sri Lanka's foremost motor racing team EZY Racing took 10 podium positions including five wins last Sunday.
- Jumps racing future up in the air (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Steeplechase racing cleared for 2011 season (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Plate roles reversed for Whobegotyou (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Mixed news for jumps racing in Victoria (Category: Australia, Victoria)
Twelve budding football players from various parts of the country had their dream come true when they were selected to form a special group picked from thousands of hopefuls to train at the Manchester United Schools Academy in England.
The first edition of the inaugural Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) came to an end in a rain curtained final at Colombo on August 31, with Uva Next taking the title after overcoming Nagenahira Nagas by 19 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
- SLPL International Player List (Category: Sports)
- SLPL postponed to next year (Category: Sports)
- Press Release – SLPL Local Players Offer Letters (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka Premier League – Icon Player Appointments (Category: Sports)
Mahindra Sri Lanka Premier League to kick off on August 11, 2012 Mahindra …
- Pakistani Cricketer Anwar Ali congratulates Lanka Premier League (LPL) (Category: Sports)
- Former Pakistani Cricketer Zaheer Abbas Congratulates Lanka Premier League (Category: Sports)
- Premier League Tier A & B Tournament 2010-11 – Awards (Category: Sports)
- LPL BOUNDARY LINE LAW WITHIN INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS (Category: Sports)
A five-wicket haul from Brian Vitori, followed by a half-century from Tino Mawoyo, helped Zimbabwe A consign Sri Lanka A to their second-straight defeat in as many games
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Thisara Perera starred as Sri Lanka levelled the one-day international series against Pakistan with a comfortable 76-run victory in the second ODI in Pallekele.
- Squad for Sri Lanka “A” team tour to South Africa 2012 (Category: Sports)
- Dilshan to lead Sri Lanka in the tour of Zimbabwe (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka National Squad for Pakistan & Indian Tours of Sri Lanka 2012 (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka unchanged (Category: Sports)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has chosen Sri Lanka's star Lasith Malinga, as the official Event Ambassador for the ICC World Twenty 20 Sri Lanka 2012.
- 100 days to go countdown celebrations for ICC World Twenty20 2012 (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 2012 trophies arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lankan Team with children from the charity ‘Room to Read’ (Category: Sports)
Sri Lankaandrsquo;s rugby fraternity was in mourning yesterday following the shock death of hard-running winger Wasim Thajudeen in a car crash in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Sri Lanka Carlton rugby Sevens organizers yesterday confirmed the participation of the worldandrsquo;s best known players DJ Forbes, Dan Norton, Frank Halai, Simon Hunt and Tomasi Cama among a host of others who will contest the event on May 26 and 27 in Kandy and again on June 2 and 3 in Colombo.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) under-13 girlsandrsquo; tournament for Central South Asia began at Police Park Bambalapitiya yesterday with six teams, Bhutan, India, Iran, Jordan, Palestine and Sri Lanka contesting
India made heavy weather of a modest run chase before securing a four-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the second match of the triangular series at Perth on Wednesday.
- Channel Eye to cover Zimbabwe tri series (Category: Sports)
- New Zealand aims to climb up rankings (Category: Sports)
- Jeewan Mendis to make ODI debut (Category: Sports)
- IND v SL – 2nd Test – Day 1 (Category: Sports)
Hashim Amla hit a century before South Africa's opening bowlers sent Sri Lanka crashing as the host nation swept to a huge 258-run win in the first one-day international at Boland Park
- South Africa win rain-hit encounter (Category: Sports)
- Duminy guides South Africa to 2-0 lead (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka outclass South Africa (Category: Sports)
- Kohli century leads India to victory (Category: Sports)
1st Test Centurion Prasanna Jayawardena has been ruled out of the remainder …
- Samaraweera to lead Board Presidents XI (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka National Squad for Pakistan & Indian Tours of Sri Lanka 2012 (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka Test Squad for England tour of Sri Lanka 2012 (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka Squad for the 1st Test – Pakistan Tour of Sri Lanka (Category: Sports)
Resolute Sri Lankan batting and bad weather frustrated Australia's bid for a series-clinching win as the second Test ended in a draw in Pallekele on Monday.
- Australia wins Galle Test against Sri Lanka by 125 runs (Category: Sports)
- Clarke shines as Aussies win Sri Lanka series (Category: Sports)
- Farveez Mahroof included in the Test squad (Category: Sports)
- Johnson, Watson star in Australia’s win (Category: Sports)
Shaun Marsh became the 19th Australian to score a century on Test debut and Michael Hussey made his 14th Test hundred as Australia ground Sri Lanka into the turf on the third morning in Pallekele
ESPNcricinfo's Plays of the Day from the second day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle
Debutant leg-spinner Seekkuge Prasanna dismissed Marsh and the Hussey brothers, Michael and David, in the space of four deliveries, but Australia needed just 10 runs to win with five wickets in hand at that stage.
- Malinga sets hat-trick record as Sri Lanka win (Category: Sports)
- Match 17 – Ruhuna vs Basnahira – Scorecard (Category: Sports)
- Match 21 – Negenahira vs Uva – Scorecard (Category: Sports)
- Match 8 – SLPL – Negenahira vs Basnahira – Scorecard (Category: Sports)
Johnson's left-arm seamers claimed 6-31 to to restrict Sri Lanka to a modest 191
- Welagedara replaces Maharoof (Category: Sports)
- Welagedara & Malinga return (Category: Sports)
- Npower Test Series – SL v ENG – 3rd Test – Southampton (Category: Sports)
- Under 23 Division I Tournament 2010/11 – Final (Category: Sports)
Sri Lanka are contemplating resting Mahela Jayawardene from games in order to prolong the star batsman's career.
- Sri Lanka’s Kandamby glad of Jayasuriya input (Category: Sports)
- Jayawardene fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct (Category: Sports)
- Dilshan eyes series win after Lord’s victory (Category: Sports)
- Jayasuriya to retire after first England ODI (Category: Sports)
England will be a step towards their dream of top spot in the world if they beat Sri Lanka in the third Test at the Rose Bowl starting on Thursday.
- Dharmasena to officiate in Tests (Category: Sports)
- Murali says goodbye to Tests (Category: Sports)
- Cramming for kindergarten tests (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Joliet council tests iPads (Category: USA, Illinois)
Courtesy: International Cricket Council Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan said there was no …
- Dilshan wary of youthful Australia (Category: Sports)
- Fernando & Pradeep see Lankans tame Lions (Category: Sports)
- Dilshan found guilty of breaching ICC Code of Conduct (Category: Sports)
- Dilshan’s thumb injury casts shadow (Category: Sports)
Fired up by Lasith Malinga’s second World Cup hat-trick, Sri Lanka trashed Kenya by nine wickets with 31.2 overs to spare at the R. Premadasa Stadium. The two openers, T. M. Dilshan and Upul Tharanga put on 72 runs off 50 balls before Kumar Sangakkara and Tharanga sealed the issue within the next 66 balls. Tharanga first played the anchor role when Dilshan was in the middle and later shift...
- Recall (Category: Business)
- Paranavitana solves a top-order problem (Category: Sports)
- One Up (Category: Business)
- Dope Probe (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara on Sunday praised his team-mates for their clinical display in crushing minnows Canada in their opening World Cup match here. "We were pretty clinical, the spinners and the fast bowlers did exactly what we wanted," Sangakkara said after his side crushed Canada by 210 runs. He heaped praise on senior batsman Mahela Jayawardene for the win on Sunday. &...
- Spinners key to Sri Lanka’s success - Sangakkara (Category: Sports)
- Spinners key to Sri Lanka’s success - Sangakkara (Category: Sports)
- Banned Younis likely to replace Sangakkara (Category: Sports)
- Sangakkara doesn’t foresee leadership vacuum (Category: Sports)
Sri Lanka's batsmen made light work of a tricky chase to give their side a four-wicket win in their World Cup warm-up game against West Indies in Colombo
Former Sri Lanka Cricket and Asian Cricket Council President, Former ICC Director and Parliamentarian Thilanga Sumathipala in a letter to the International Cricket Council president Sharad Pawar has requested that the ICC reconsider the Eden Gardens Stadium as a world cup venue. In his letter Sumathipala points out that playing at Eden Garden is the pride for any Indian or Internationa...
- Opening Play (Category: Business)
- UPDATE-1-Cricket-Sri Lanka's Jayasuriya to retire this month (Category: Breaking News)
- Hit Wicket (Category: Business)
- Test cap in sight (Category: Australia, Queensland)
Sri Lanka’s star batsman Sanath Jayasuriya strongly and remorsefully rejects malicious reports against him and claims that those are sadistic attempts by his political opponents to mutilate his political career, a media release issued by Media Centre for National Development Director Ariya Rubasinghe, stated. A website believed to be financed by a discarded politico who has jo...
The World Cup Cricket event is a terrific opportunity for Sr Lanka Cricket to showcase not only the high quality of cricket the country plays but also the beauty of our country, our renowned culture or hospitality and our ability to orgainse such occasions very well. And it’s here that the importance of Press Coverage being accorded pride of place. Simply put, the Media whethe...
- Opening Play (Category: Business)
- UPDATE-1-Cricket-Sri Lanka's Jayasuriya to retire this month (Category: Breaking News)
- Hit Wicket (Category: Business)
- Test cap in sight (Category: Australia, Queensland)
Sri Lanka’s off spinning sensation Muttiah Muralitheran brought great credit to himself and the country by being chosen by cricket fans around the world in a vote conducted by the ICC to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first-ever one-day international to play in all-time dream one-day team. Muralitheran is in the great company of some past illustrious cricketers, ...
The death occurred yesterday of former Sri Lanka ruggerite, ex-SLRFU President and leading rugby referee Lionel Almeida. Lionel Almeida started his illustrious rugby career at Royal College, Colombo for whom he turned out for three years from 1954 to 1956 captaining in his final year and went onto represent the Combined Schools. He joined CR and FC in 1957 and turned out for the Longde...
- Growl of approval for brawl (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Rugby Football Union back (Category: Breaking News)
- May we suggest ... (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Hard act to Folau (Category: Australia, Queensland)
New pace sensation Suranga Lakmal gave Sri Lanka and the Pallekelle International Stadium a dream start on the opening day of the rain curtailed third and final Test match against the West Indies which commenced yesterday. The twenty three year old seamer from the Southern Province brightened up a gloomy but yet a historic day by removing the explosive Chris Gayle in the very first delivery at Sr...
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