Source: DM Online – by Channaka de Silva Analysts however call it a bluff designed to further safeguard and enrich the lives of officials in an extended period of plundering Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has promised to introduce several new amendments to the controversial Sports Law (No25) of 1973, which currently governs Sri Lanka’s sports, […]
Sri Lanka’s Cricket World Cup winning Captain Arjuna Ranatunga says the country has a golden opportunity to win the upcoming world cup, if it select the “right team”. Ranatunga who spearheaded the Sri Lankan Campaign in the 1996 world cup says the local side is the most favourite to win the world cup in 2011. […]
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara called for cricket officials to analyse weather patterns thoroughly before hosting Test series after the third and final match against West Indies yesterday ended in a tame draw at the Pallakele Stadium. The three-Test series, which was dogged by rain, ended in a 0-0 result with the first two Tests […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Part-time spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan bagged two wickets in one over in fading light to boost Sri Lanka’s hopes of gaining the lead in the second Test against the West Indies on Thursday. The off-spinner dismissed well-set Darren Bravo (80) and Brendan Nash (29) before the West Indies reached 165-5 in their first […]
November 14, 2010: Manju Wanniarachchi, the Sri Lankan boxer alleged to have taken nandrolone, the banned performance enhancing drug at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, has failed in the B Sample test. Dr. Geethanjana Mendis, chief of the Sports Medical Unit, confirmed this to Newsfirst a little while ago. […]
The 100-day countdown of the 2011 World Cup began here on Wednesday with the International Cricket Council hoping the mega event in the sub-continent would be a ”special one”. The 43-day, 49-match tournament will be played under a new format with India hosting a majority of matches (29), including the final at the new-look Wankhede […]
Sri Lanka have now been ranked the number two team in the ODI rankings after they win over Australia in Australia. They overcame India in the rankings after their 2-1 win over Australia. This was the first time that Sri Lanka had won a series in Australia. And given that the Aussies were ranked number […]
Sri Lanka have beat Australia by 29 runs in the second of three one-day internationals to claim their first series victory on Australian soil. Australia, who start the Ashes series against England at the end of the month, never looked like reaching their initial victory target of 244 in 39 overs or the 240 in […]
Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga produced one of the great one-day international fightbacks to clinch an improbable victory for Sri Lanka, extending Australia’s losing streak to six international games since July. The visitors seemed destined for a humiliating loss when they crashed to 8 for 107 chasing 240, but Mathews and Malinga kept fighting, spurred […]
Head of the Sports Ministry Medical Unit Dr Geethanjana Mendis is confident that disgraced Commonwealth Games boxing gold medallist Manju Wanniarachchi can be proved innocent and that he would be able to retain his medal he won beating Welshman Sean McGoldrick in the bantam weight final at New Delhi. Dr. Mendis told The Nation that […]
Sri Lanka suffered a major humiliation as Commonwealth Games bantam weight boxing champion, Manju Wanniarachchi has been tested positive for banned steroid, nandrolone and is on the verge of losing the country’s first gold medal in 72 years. According to highly placed sources his ‘A’ sample contained 19-Norandrosterone, a prohibited anabolic under category S1 from […]
If Sri Lankan players worked as a team, there is no reason why they cannot defeat Australia, says Captain of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team Kumar Sangakkara. He said this last night, prior to the team’s departure to take part in the upcoming tour of Australia which commences this Friday. […]
HAIL MURALI:S. Venkatraghavan and CSK team owner Gurunath Meiyappan during the function to felicitate the off-spinner Chennai: Muttiah Muralitharan’s impish grin ran out of room, the lean contours of his face allowing it only so much space to spread into, as the accolades for his record-breaking feats poured in from all corners. The Sri Lankan […]
