Category: Sports
Australian women’s team in Sri Lanka for first cricket series
The Australian women’s cricket team the Southern Stars have arrived in Colombo for the first ever women’s cricket series between Australia and Sri Lanka. The world’s number one team in all formats of cricket, the Stars are in Sri Lanka for a four-match one-day series and a T20 match in September. Welcoming the Southern Stars […]
‘s Herath clinches bronze at Rio Paralympics
Sep 14, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Priyantha Herath, a 30-year-old, secured the islands first medal in men’s javelin throw F46 final at the Rio Paralympics. He claimed the third spot clearing a distance of 58.23 meters behind India’s Devandra Jhahharia, who won Gold, and Guo Chunliang of China who secured Silver. Herath hails […]
Sri Lanka opener T M Dilshan to retire from ODI Cricket
Aug 25, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s opening batsman T M Dilshan has decided to retire from one-day cricket after the 3rd ODI in Dambulla, Sri Lanka Cricket announced. In a statement President of Sri Lanka Cricket Thilanga Sumathipala said Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to dedicate the 3rd ODI to be played on Sunday in Dambulla to […]
Sri Lanka level series despite Faulkner hat-trick
Aug 24, 2016 (Reuters) – Australia’s James Faulkner claimed his maiden hat-trick but could not deny Sri Lanka a series-levelling 82-run victory in the second one-day international on Wednesday. Faulkner dismissed Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera to achieve the feat but ended up on the losing side as Australia, chasing 289 for win, […]
Sri Lanka beat Australia by 163 runs to sweep series
Aug 17, 2016 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka beat Australia by 163 runs in the final test in Colombo on Wednesday to complete a 3-0 sweep in the three-match series. Chasing 324 for victory, Australia were all out for 160 half-an-hour before the tea break, succumbing to their third successive defeat against the hosts.David Warner top-scored for […]
Usain Bolt completes amazing 100m treble in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) – For 9.81 glorious seconds on Sunday, all the ills that have dogged athletics recently were forgotten as Usain Bolt stormed to victory in the 100 metres final to become the first man to win three successive Olympic titles on the track. The Jamaican superstar trailed arch-rival Justin Gatlin, […]
‘t make it to semis at Rio Olympics
Aug 08, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lankan swimmer Kimiko Raheem failed to make it to the semifinals of the Women’s 100m backstroke on Sunday. Raheem timed 1:04.21 in heats (28th) behind Kathleen Baker (U.S.) 58.84 seconds, Emily Seebohm (Australia) 58.99, Kylie Masse (Canada) 59.07 who led the timings. The Sri Lankan star swimmer won the […]
Rio Olympics 2016 commence today, nine Sri Lankan athletes compete
Aug 05, 2016 (LBO) – Nine athletes from Sri Lanka have traveled to compete in eight events at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games which will officially begin in Rio today. The nine-member team will be captained by Anuradha Indrajith Cooray. The rest of the team includes, Niluka Rajesekara and Sumedha Ranasinghe as athletes; Mathew Abeyasinghe […]
‘s Rangana Herath takes hat-trick against Australia
Aug 05, 2016 (Reuters) – Rangana Herath became only the second Sri Lankan cricketer to claim a test hat-trick on the second morning of the second test against Australia on Friday. The left-arm spinner dismissed Adam Voges, Peter Nevill and Mitchell Starc off successive deliveries to achieve the feat. Former paceman Nuwan Zoysa was the […]
Ex-Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena appointed to ICC Cricket Committee
May 13, 2016 (LBO) – Ex-Sri Lanka Captain Mahela Jayawardena has been appointed to the ICC Cricket Committee, adding more cricketing experience to the Committee, the International Cricket Council said. Apart from Jayawardena, Former India captain Rahul Dravid has also been appointed to the Committee. Dravid and Jayawardena have played 1,161 international matches between them […]
ICC withdraws disciplinary proceedings against Kusal Janith Perera
May 12, 2016 (LBO) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that it has withdrawn disciplinary charges against Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Janith Perera and lifted the provisional suspension previously imposed on him. Perera is now free to return to domestic and international cricket without restriction and with immediate effect. The ICC has made the […]
Lasith Malinga’s current status with MI
Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to respond to the concerns of the media with regards to Lasith Malinga’s current status with the Mumbai Indians. Lasith Malinga has not informed Sri Lanka Cricket of his travel to India, nor his intention to play for the IPL. There is no bar on Mr. Malinga travelling to, watching, or […]