
Sri Lanka rescheduled to play in Group C
- By Tony Mike
Sri Lanka taking part in the Al Nakba tournament conducted by the Palestine Football Association for the second time were rescheduled to play in Group C as Uzbekistan who to originally play in Group...
ABU director of Sports writes to NOC chief
Mr. Hemasiri Fernando, The President National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka 15May 2012 Dear Hemasiri, Greeting to you! You can distribute the following to the media. I have been asked by two ABU members...
MTV/MBC announces Olympic coverage
MTV/ MBC, billed as "The Champions Network" officially announced that the London 2012 Olympics will be broadcast in all channels belong to Maharaja group. "The Champions Network" will...
Political games keep heads rolling
Political games in cricket have begun raging high at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) headquarters and sources said that the head of a top Twenty20 World Cup official is about to be chopped, apparently from a blow...
Schools’hockey tournament postponed
The three day schools hockey nationals organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association and the Matale Schools Hockey Association, which was scheduled to be played at Matale last weekend did not come...
Kandy Youths CC in easy 94-run win
Kandy Youths Cricket Club powered by a brilliant 122 with 3 sixes and 10 fours by Harsha Wedikkara scored a 94-run win over Bloomfield Cricket Club, Kandy, in their Sri Lanka Cricket Inter Club Division...
Five Indian players suspended on corruption allegations
Five uncapped Indian cricketers have been provisionally suspended following allegations of corruption in the lucrative Indian Premier League, the country's cricket board (BCCI) said on Tuesday. The...

Believing in self-realisation
“It is important for the players and the officials to safeguard the primacy of Test cricket, which I believe is still the No. 1 format that really...
Trinity celebrates remarkable cricket achievement this year
By Sharm De Alwis
There at two tables were the Trinity cricket team, resplendent in their bright blue blazers with the insignias of Colours with three members sporting their...
The Golden Era of Basketball in Batticaloa
Basketball was unknown in Batticaloa till the arrival of the American Jesuits who replaced the French Jesuit during the year nineteen forties. In fact...

“We may be contracted players of the board, but at the end of the day, we are playing for the country. We have a huge debt to pay to our fans, without them we would not have been there”
Kumar Sangakkara – On their...
“We will introduce an incentive-based system for the domestic players and reduce the number of contracts offered. It will encourage players to achieve levels of excellence to win a contract”
“It is important for the players and the officials to safeguard the primacy of Test Cricket which I believe is still the No 1 format that really tests the character and class of any cricketer”
“Obviously I still have a desire to play for Pakistan. I have given the fitness test rest is up to the selectors and the cricket board,”
“The biggest problem we have today in the game of cricket is factions. We have factions among umpires, factions among cricketers and factions among officials. When these factions fight each other, it is the game of cricket that suffers. So we have to unite and work if we are to develop this game”



