The JVP today alleged that the government was planning to convert D R. Wijewardena Mawatha in Colombo -1 into a Casino Zone. JVP Propaganda Secretary Vijitha Herath told a news conference today that this is a betrayal similar to the Kandian convention. "The Kandian convention under which Sri Lanka was handed over to British was singed on March 2 1815 and the present government too had commi...

Sri Lanka Cricket has rubbished allegations of match-fixing that have cropped up against Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Smaraweera due to a TV report, condemning the channel for carrying a "baseless and demoralising" story. While commentating on the World Cup match between the Lankans and Pakistan, which the hosts lost by 11 runs, the channel’s anchor had said that Jayawardene and ...

Skipper Kumar Sangakkara couldn’t thank Lasith Malinga enough after the slinger brought Sri Lanka’s World Cup campaign back on track with a solid bowling performance in their group A match against Kenya here on Tuesday. Malinga, who missed the side’s first two games due to fitness issues, took six wickets including a hat-trick to help the Islanders register an easy nine-wicket w...

Opening batsman Upul Tharanga is desperate to score a World Cup century, having already racked up nine tons in his one-day international career. Tharanga, 26, opened in the 2007 World Cup with veteran Sanath Jayasuriya, and made three 50s as his team reached the final. Now he is hoping to reach the century landmark in the glamour clash against Pakistan on Saturday."Playing well to get a 100...

Despite buoyancy in the camp after their handsome 210 runs victory in the opening A Group World Cup game, there are still areas of concern in the Sri Lanka batting order. If there is a genuine evaluation of the lower middle-order’s performance against Canada, the analysis in the aftermath of the debut performance at the fancy Sooiryawewa Stadium against the Canadian bowling, will show how t...

Sri Lanka won their first World Cup match with ease against minnows Canada, but former captain Mahela Jayawardene has warned his team-mates of hard work ahead as their real test of character in the mega-event will begin when they take on Pakistan on February 26 in Colombo. "We had a few nerves before the game against Canada started, just to get on with the World Cup in front of our own crowd...

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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. &...

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for South Asia of the British Government, Minister Alistair Burt arrived in Sri Lanka this morning. This is the first Ministerial visit to Sri Lanka under the current UK administration. During his two-day visit, Minister Burt will meet with the Minister of External Affairs, the Secretary of Defence and the Minister of Economic Development among other key l...

A Sri Lanka team official says batsman Chamara Silva has opted out of the co-host’s World Cup opener against Canada on Sunday after the death of his sister. Silva, a key middle-order batsman, left the rest of the squad on Thursday after he received news of the death of his elder sister Nelum Anusha Silva. Sri Lanka media manager Brian Thomas says the batsman will not be available for its G...

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Aravinda de Silva is getting used to his new life as Sri Lanka’s chairman of selectors and axing big name ex-teammates is just part of the package. De Silva, now 45, omitted Sanath Jayasuriya and Chaminda Vaas from the final 15-man squad for the February 19-April 2 World Cup, to be held in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh; and he accepts not all decisions will be popular. "It’s n...

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...

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National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka President Hemasiri Fernando said Sri Lanka could bounce back and target to do well at 2018 Commonwealth Games, if the country works with a vision. In an exclusive interview with the Daily News, Sri Lanka Olympic chief stressed the need to identify priorities and work to a proper plan with a vision, if Sri Lanka is to make the best use of its bid to host the...

President of the Athletic Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) Major General Palitha Fernando blamed poor coaching standards and lack of dedication from athletes for Sri Lanka’s debacle at the 16th Asian Games concluded here last night. He said Sri Lanka must make use of foreign expertise and the latest training techniques to groom the country’s national poolists, adding that the country i...

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Sri Lanka will be at full strength when they take on Nepal in the quarter finals of the 16th Asian Games Twenty20 cricket tournament to be played at Guanggong Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday. Coach Sumithra Warnakulasuriya said Sri Lanka will not take any chances and will play its full team for the opening quarter final game. “Since this is a knock out and we are playing directly in the q...

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