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Sri Lanka cricket star held on drug charge

Sri Lankan police have detained international cricketer Shehan Madushanka on a charge of possessing heroin, officials sa...

May 26, 2020 1 min read

What now for 2020 cricket in Coronavirus? Four key questions

The coronavirus may have struck shortly before the English cricket season was due to start but it threatens to have majo...

May 25, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka Cricket offers help to Cricket Clubs

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has provided relief to the affected segments of Sri Lanka’s Cricketing community with the ‘G...

April 27, 2020 1 min read

Trump stumbles over names of Indian cricket greats

US President Donald Trump gave a special mention to cricket greats Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli during a visit to I...

February 25, 2020 1 min read
Sri Lanka athlete wins four gold medals at Asian weightlifting championship

Dishalya won gold in the 47kg weight class in dead lift, bench press and squat events.

High-flying Belgian-British teenager on world record attempt stops in Sri Lanka

Rutherford is aiming to break the Guinness World Record as the youngest woman to fly around the world,

Sri Lanka Cricket rejects ticket 'rip off' claim

Sri Lanka cricket authorities Sunday rejected claims of discrimination against England fans in the pricing of tickets fo...

August 26, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka edge out S. Africa by 3 wickets in only T20

Spinner Lakshan Sandakan starred in Sri Lanka's hard fought three-wicket win over South Africa in the only Twenty20 inte...

August 16, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka skittles out S. Africa to win one-day finale Cricket

Akila Dananjaya claimed six scalps and picked up widespread tributes as Sri Lanka hammered South Africa by 178 runs in t...

August 13, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka cricket legends deny revived match-fixing charges

Sri Lanka’s World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga and his deputy Aravinda de Silva Tuesday denied fresh alle...

July 31, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Cricket ex-chief revives match-fixing charges against Arjuna

Former cricket board chief Thilanga Sumathipala has revived allegations of match fixing against Arjuna Ranatunga and Ara...

July 30, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka opening batsman questioned over rape incident

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's controversial opening batsman Dhanushka Gunathilaka was questioned by police over a rape of a ...

July 25, 2018 2 min read

Suspended Sri Lanka opener out of S. Africa ODIs

Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP | Sri Lanka's suspended opening batsman Danushka Gunathilaka was left out Tuesday from the 15-m...

July 25, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka suspends opener on misconduct charge

Batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been suspended over a misconduct charge in the middle of Sri Lanka's second Test agains...

July 23, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka build mammoth lead over South Africa

Sri Lanka tightened the noose on South Africa on the third morning of the second Test, building a commanding lead of 451...

July 22, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Galle stadium faces axe over Dutch Fort

Sri Lanka's picturesque Galle cricket stadium could be demolished because its pavilion stand violated heritage laws prot...

July 20, 2018 2 min read
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Delirious French revel in World Cup victory

Hundreds of thousands of French fans partied into the night on the Champs Elysees on Sunday to mark the country's World ...

July 16, 2018 5 min read

Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 278 runs in 1st Test

South Africa collapsed dramatically against Sri lanka's spin to crash to 73 all out in the first Test in Galle on Saturd...

July 14, 2018 4 min read

England set up Croatia World Cup semi as Russia crash out

England reached their first World Cup semi-final since 1990 on Saturday, comfortably beating Sweden to set up a last-fou...

July 8, 2018 4 min read

Croatia explodes with joy as team reaches World Cup semis

Tens of thousands of Croatians poured onto the streets to celebrate victory in the "match of a generation" against World...

July 8, 2018 3 min read

England end penalty pain to beat Colombia in World Cup shootout

England held their nerve against Colombia to win their first ever penalty shootout in a World Cup and reach the quarter-...

July 4, 2018 4 min read

Belgium strike back to beat Japan in World Cup epic

Belgium produced one of the great World Cup comebacks on Monday to beat Japan 3-2 and set up an attractive-looking quart...

July 3, 2018 4 min read

Messi and Ronaldo depart World Cup as new star Mbappe shines

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi saw their World Cup dreams snuffed out on Saturday as French teenager Kylian Mbappe f...

July 1, 2018 4 min read

Shock Germany win 'shook South Korea upside down'

South Korean fans rejoiced Thursday and called for national service exemptions after their team went out of the World Cu...

June 28, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka captain Chandimal loses ball-tampering appeal

Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal on Friday lost his appeal over a ball-tampering charge and will miss his team's third...

June 23, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka captain Chandimal banned for ball tampering

Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal will miss his side’s third Test against the West Indies after being found guil...

June 20, 2018 2 min read
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