Category: Sports

PERTH, October 31, 2010 (AFP) – Australian captain Michael Clarke again failed with the bat as his side lost their first Twenty20 game at home in a one-off international against Sri Lanka at the WACA Ground in Perth on Sunday. After winning the toss and batting first, the home side, featuring only four players expected […]

SYDNEY, October 27, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka tuned up for their Twenty20 and one-day internationals against Australia with a 23-run victory over New South Wales in a rain-affected T20 match in Sydney on Wednesday. The Sri Lankans put on 167-4 off their 20 overs and NSW in reply finished with 99-2 off 14 overs […]

SYDNEY, October 25, 2010 (AFP) – Paceman Peter Siddle and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin have returned to Australia’s squad for next weekend’s Twenty20 match with Sri Lanka in Perth after injury, selectors said Monday. Siddle is available for Sunday’s game after a lengthy rehabilitation from a back injury, while Haddin has returned to full fitness following […]

October 25, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lankan sports chiefs on Monday confiscated the gold medal won by boxer Manju Wanniarachchi at this month’s Commonwealth Games and gave him two weeks to answer doping charges. Wanniarachchi, 30, Sri Lanka’s only gold winner at the Games, tested positive for the performance-enhancing steroid nandrolone, according to a report […]

October 24, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s only gold medallist at this month’s Commonwealth Games, boxer Manju Wanniarachchi, has tested positive for a banned steroid, a report said Sunday. The privately run Lakbima News newspaper said Wanniarachchi, 30, who had brought home the island’s first Commonwealth boxing gold in 72 years, had tested positive for […]

BRISBANE, October 22, 2010 (AFP) – Skipper Kumar Sangakkara hammered 110 off 95 balls as Sri Lanka blazed to a score of 301 on their way to a 112-run win over Queensland in their opening Australian tour match on Friday. The Sri Lankans, building up to their three-match one-day international series with Australia next month, […]

NEW DELHI, October 13, 2010 (AFP) – Manju Wanniarachchi on Wednesday won Sri Lanka’s first gold medal in boxing in 72 years after beating Wales’ Sean McGoldrick in the bantamweight division. The 30-year-old from Kandy won a points decision 16-14 to beat the 18-year-old, who caused an upset in the semi-finals by beating the Olympic […]

NEW DELHI, October 12, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will be the guest of honour at Thursday’s closing ceremony of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, where participants include nations deeply critical of his rights record. “I can confirm that the Sri Lankan president will be the guest of honour. He will also be […]

NEW DELHI, October 12, 2010 (AFP) – Manju Wanniarachchi could win Sri Lanka’s first Commonwealth Games boxing gold medal in 72 years on Wednesday in the highlight of a final day of bouts in which British fighters dominate. But the 24-year-old — dubbed “the David Beckham of India” — was one of four home boxers […]

BANGALORE, October 10, 2010 (AFP) – Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab have been thrown out of the Indian Premier League over ownership issues, tournament organisers said on Sunday. The governing council of the cash-rich Twenty20 event, owned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), also issued notices to the new Kochi […]

NEW DELHI, October 9, 2010 (AFP) – Commonwealth Games medals table after Saturday’s action: Gold Silver Bronze Total Australia 55 30 31 116 England 24 43 29 96 India 24 16 17 57 Canada 17 10 23 50 South Africa 9 9 9 27 Nigeria 7 5 9 21 Malaysia 6 5 6 17 Kenya […]

NEW DELHI, October 10, 2010 (AFP) – Manju Wanniarachchi on Sunday guaranteed Sri Lanka their first Commonwealth Games boxing medal in 60 years after easing through to the semi-finals on points. The 30-year-old saw of Kenya’s Nicholas Okoth in the bantamweight quarter-finals, putting him through to the last-four and a guaranteed bronze. “This is Sri […]