Given up for adoption at a very young age – so young that she recalls no memories of her formative months in Sri Lanka – Kandy-born Karlsson’s life trajectory took an extraordinary swing when she was moved to Sweden.

In 2019 simulation racing was officially announced by CMSC as the pathway for grassroot level motorsport to nurture and develop the racing skills and potential of new and seasoned racers in Sri Lanka.

Former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu believes that it would be a crime to let go of Angelo Mathews at this stage of his career ahead of arguably ‘the three best years of his career.’ The elegant right hander also claimed that Sri Lanka’s cr

The 27-year-old wicketkeeper batsman was one among the other players training in Sri Lanka and was in a separate bio-bubble in the team hotel.

According to highly placed sources at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the decision was taken after the organisers had a meeting with the Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa on Thursday morning.

Sri Lanka’s top national cricketers have made themselves available for the home series against India this month after agreeing to sign tour contracts.

Sri Lanka was in shambles when he took over as captain and he guided the team reasonably well during the 50-over World Cup, performing brilliantly in very difficult conditions. However, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) introduced a new policy of promoting you

Two days before the series gets underway with the first of the three one-dayers in Cardiff, Ben Stokes was named captain of the squad which will be announced later on Tuesday.

According to sources close to the team management, Moody, who traveled with the team on the recent England tour has stayed back and may not be in Sri Lanka for the forthcoming series against India.

Sri Lanka batsman Bhanuka Rajapakse was on Monday handed a one-year ban from all forms of cricket, suspended over two years and an approximately million-rupee fine (US$ 5000) by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for comments he made on social media recently.

The former left-handed opener said, “It is one of my suggestions and the management have agreed in principle to implement. With the U-19 World Cup in sight, I have included this in my suggestion list.”

The Department of Sports Development, in a letter addressed to the National Shooting Sport Federation (NSSF) of Sri Lanka and copied to the National Olympic Committee (NOC), has requested to consider sending the coach along with the shooter as per a

Sri Lanka has now lost 428 ODI matches, the most defeats suffered by one team in the format, surpassing the previous record held by India.

Daily Mirror learns that SLR has named a 20-member squad and submitted it to the Ministry of Sports in an attempt to receive funds for a bio-secure bubble and other expenses.

’’They claimed to have gone for a walk and also brought some take-away parcels (chicken and lamb) from a nearby restaurant. The players were instructed not to go beyond the City Centre but in the preliminary enquiry with the team manager (Manuja

Armed with 10 state of the art play-seats, the Ceylon Motorsports Club embarked on a six-month adventure around Sri Lanka to educate and encourage the youth about e-motor sports.

Videos posted on social media showed the three cricketers in a public area on Sunday night near what is appears to be the Durham City Centre, presenting irrefutable evidence to SLC that they had ventured outside the designated area of the bio-secure

It is hard to imagine how Kusal Mendis was made the vice captain of this team in the first place. Following his dreadful form for runs, he was given a break from cricket. The 26-year-old has had his off-field issues as well, being involving in a hit-

Three national cricketers currently on tour in England are facing the prospect of a suspension by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for breaching bio-bubble protocols.

Asia Rugby confirmed plans to return to Rugby starting from September this year at the mid-year Council meeting held yesterday (27).

Gollings, having made 70 appearances for England, holds a staggering point-scoring record of 2652. Since his first assignment as Sri Lanka rugby head coach in 2012, he has gone on to coach in the USA, China and Australia.

“From 1995 to 2015 what happened was, our cricket was anchored by highly talented cricketers. Sri Lanka were fortunate to have cricketers of that quality. For instance; Sanath Jayasuriya – extraordinary, Lasith Malinga – a unique bowler, Murali

“The WMDCC is proud to announce Harsha de Silva’s appointment as the Director of Cricket,” the club president Graham Mapri, speaking exclusively over the telephone from Australia, said.

A strong collective bowling performance and a damaging opening partnership helped England record an eight-wicket victory to draw first blood in their T20I home series against Sri Lanka.

New Zealand enjoyed the greatest triumph in their cricket history as they beat India by eight wickets in the inaugural World Test Championship final at Southampton on Wednesday.

This will be in addition to the contentious central contracts offered to 24 national cricketers on the recommendation of the Cricket Advisory Committee led by Aravinda de Silva.

The donation is on the request of the Ministry, SLC Secretary Mohan de Silva said.

Lakshan, a standout talent at last year’s Lanka Premier League (LPL), is yet to make his international debut and picked up a knee injury after reaching England last week.

Arthur said a clear plan had been devised, in which a couple of the team’s traditionally top-order batsmen – which the team has a surfeit of – will be tasked with batting in the middle order and making those spots their own.

’’To be involved in the start of a new sporting tradition is very exciting, and at Thomas Lyte we are immensely proud to be making a trophy for the first ever WTC final,” Liam Malorey‑Vibert, the company’s Digital Marketing Manager said.