Category: Sports

July 21, 2006 (AFP) – Former Sri Lanka cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga said on Friday his love for the sport forced him to resign from the post of deputy minister in the government.“I love cricket above everything else and I am what I am today because of the game,” said Ranatunga, who resigned as deputy […]

July 20, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga resigned as junior minister for tourism on Thursday to devote time to the island nation’s cricket administration.Officials said Ranatunga, 42, sent his letter of resignation to President Mahinda Rajapakse giving up his political office to enter Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the main body […]

July 19, 2006 (AFP) – Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Wednesday slammed the sports minister for the delay in naming a committee to oversee the sport in the island nation.Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse had last week, on the request of Ranatunga and other former players, ordered that elections to a deeply divided […]

NEW DELHI, July 16, 2006 (AFP) – India’s cricket chiefs are negotiating with Microsoft for new software aimed at raising umpiring standards in the country, an official said on Sunday. The Indian board will record all domestic matches with six cameras and the footage will be analysed by the software to be developed by Microsoft, […]

NEW DELHI, July 16, 2006 (AFP) – India’s cricket chiefs are negotiating with Microsoft for new software aimed at raising umpiring standards in the country, an official said on Sunday. The Indian board will record all domestic matches with six cameras and the footage will be analysed by the software to be developed by Microsoft, […]

NEW DELHI, July 14, 2006 (AFP) – India’s cricketers could soon be touring in Italian designer suits if a deal goes ahead with Milan-based fashion house Canali, an official said Friday.Canali has bid a handsome amount for the rights to provide jackets, trousers, shirts, ties and shoes for the players, Indian cricket board secretary Niranjan […]

July 14, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will host the tenth South Asian games in August, but is scraping the barrel for sponsorships and volunteers to pull it off. Required sponsorships have gone up from an expected 200 million rupees to 300 million, following unplanned expenses to upgrade the Sugathadasa Stadium. We have raised about […]

July 14, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s only World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga is among four cricketers recommended by ex-players to run the sport in the island nation, sources told AFP on Friday.Elections to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), scheduled to be held on Saturday, were cancelled on the advice of the country’s President Mahinda […]

July 14, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s only World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga is among four cricketers recommended by ex-players to run the sport in the island nation, sources told AFP on Friday.Elections to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), scheduled to be held on Saturday, were cancelled on the advice of the country’s President Mahinda […]

July 13, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse has ordered that elections to the country’s cricket body be cancelled and asked former players to run the game, the sports minister said on Thursday. Rajapakse intervened to end bitter infighting in Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) after a meeting with 11 former cricketers, including World […]

LONDON, June 1, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s chairman of selectors, Asantha de Mel is to take charge of selection for the one-day series with England later this month when he arrives for the five-match limited overs campaign. De Mel was widely regarded as having played a key role in former captain Sanath Jayasuriya’s decision […]

NOTTINGHAM, May 31, 2006 (AFP) – Muttiah Muralitharan has been told to keep his remarkable career going for as long as possible by Sri Lanka team-mate Michael Vandort. Off-spin great Muralitharan has said in the build-up to this week’s third Test that he is determined to “go out in England on a high”, suggesting that […]