Sri Lanka spinner Praveen Jayawickrama banned from cricket for corruption COLOMBO: Sri Lankan spin bowler Praveen Jayawickrama has been banned from cricket for a year by the sport’s world... Published 03 Oct, 2024 12:54pm
Sports Sanath Jayasuriya to replace Silverwood as Sri Lanka coach COLOMBO: Former Sri Lanka skipper and one-time chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya said Monday he will be the new head... Published 08 Jul, 2024 11:56am
Sports Sri Lanka’s Rajitha out of Bangladesh Test with injury CHITTAGONG: In-form pace bowler Kasun Rajitha is out of the second Test against Bangladesh because of a back injury,... Published 28 Mar, 2024 12:09pm
Sports Sri Lanka appoint Jayasuriya as full-time consultant Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has appointed former captain and batting great Sanath Jayasuriya as ‘cricket consultant’ on... Published 15 Dec, 2023 11:09am
Sports Sri Lanka sacks board, appoints interim committee Sri Lanka has dismissed the board of its cricket governing body and replaced it with an interim committee, the... Published 06 Nov, 2023 10:54am
Sports Sri Lanka lifts ban on Gunathilaka Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said on Tuesday it has ratified an independent committee’s recommendation to lift a ban... Published 17 Oct, 2023 12:12pm
Sports Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka factfile The island nation clinched the World Cup trophy back in 1996 under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga Published 02 Oct, 2023 11:01am
Sports Sri Lanka’s Gunathilaka cleared of sexual assault charge in Australia SYDNEY: Sri Lankan international cricket player Danushka Gunathilaka was found not guilty of sexually assaulting a... Published 28 Sep, 2023 10:10am
Sports Sri Lanka’s Gunathilaka to face rape trial in Australia SYDNEY: Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka will stand trial on a rape charge stemming from an alleged... Published 08 Jun, 2023 11:12am
Sports Rajapaksa out of Sri Lanka’s team to play Afghanistan COLOMBO: Top-order batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa, one of Sri Lanka’s short-format mainstays, has withdrawn from... Published 24 Nov, 2022 08:26pm
Sports Sri Lanka's Ranatunga ordered to pay over cricket feud COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga has been ordered to pay $70,000 in a defamation case... Updated 18 Nov, 2022 03:31pm
Sports Asia Cup moved out of crisis-hit Sri Lanka to UAE COLOMBO: The Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament will be staged in the United Arab Emirates after the tournament was moved... Published 28 Jul, 2022 12:09am
Sports Malinga named Sri Lanka ‘bowling strategy coach’ COLOMBO: Sri Lanka named fast-bowling legend Lasith Malinga their “bowling strategy coach” on Thursday for the eight... Published 02 Jun, 2022 07:29pm
Sports Sri Lanka's Hasaranga yet to recover from COVID-19, set to miss India T20s MUMBAI: Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga, diagnosed with COVID-19 in Australia last week, is set to miss the... Published 23 Feb, 2022 02:41pm
Sports Sri Lanka ex-skipper Jayawardena appointed 'consultant coach' COLOMBO: Sri Lanka cricket hall-of-famer Mahela Jayawardena was on Monday named the national team's "consultant... Published 13 Dec, 2021 08:07pm
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