At a selection meeting held today, Sri Lanka cricket called up Dinesh Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne for the 4th and 5th ODI s for the Sri Lanka tour of India while Kumar Sangakkara has been rested. The other players called up are Ajantha Mendis and Shaminda Eranga. While Suraj Randiv, Upul Tharanga and Dhammika Prasad […]
Ambati Rayudu slammed his maiden hundred as India produced yet another comprehensive batting performance to beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the second One Day International, here tonight. India now lead five-match series 2-0. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 274 for eight in stipulated 50 overs with skipper Angelo Mathews scoring 92. Earlier, skipper […]
(Colommo Lankapuvath)- Star Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was taken into custody and released on bond in Texas early Saturday morning following his indictment on a charge of child abuse for allegedly using a branch to spank his son. A listing on the Montgomery County website said Peterson, 28, was confined at 1:06 a.m. […]
Rio Ferdinand says John Terry has never apologised to him or his brother Anton for his alleged racial abuse in a Premier League game in 2011. Quoted in the Sun, Rio Ferdinand said he no longer talks to Terry after the abuse Anton Ferdinand received during a match between Chelsea and QPR. Terry was acquitted […]
(Colombo Lankapuvath) Floyd Mayweather remains the WBA and WBC welterweight boxing champion after a unanimous points victory over Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas. It extends five-weight world champion Mayweather’s unbeaten run to 47 fights. In just the second rematch of his 18-year career, the 37-year-old American emerged as a comfortable winner on all three judges’ […]
(Colombo Lankapuvath) Oscar Pistorius will be allowed to compete at the 2016 Paralympic Games if he is not in jail, the International Paralympic Committee has revealed. The South African, 27, was found guilty of culpable homicide on Friday after the judge ruled he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by mistake. Sentencing will take place on […]
(Colombo Lankapuvath) The Sri Lanka youth rugby pool of 25 players plus five stand by will be selected today after trial games at the Royal Sports Complex at 4 p.m. Already 48 players are under the watchful eyes of Head Coach Nilfer Ibrahim and Technical Advisor Ananda Katurirachchi. Trinity Fly Half and ‘Rugby Lion’ Tharinda […]
(Colombo Lankapuvath) Leicester Tigers captain Ed Slater will be sidelined for up to nine months because of a knee injury. Second row Slater was part of England’s Elite Player Squad last season and was injured playing for the England midweek side on the summer tour of New Zealand. Director of rugby Richard Cockerill told BBC […]
(Colombo Lankapuvath)The President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and Chairman of OCA Sports Congress, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabahhas reconfirmed that Sri Lanka would be endorsed as the Host for the 2017 Asian Youth Games in the cities of Colombo and Hambantota. A high-level delegation from Sri Lanka led by Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Joint […]
(Colombo Lankapuvath) Kei Nishikori stunned world number one Novak Djokovic at the US Open to become Japan’s first Grand Slam singles finalist. The 10th seed won 6-4 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 and will take on Marin Cilic for the title on Monday after the Croat shocked Roger Federer in straight sets. Nishikori, 24, coached by […]