Zoysa was provisionally suspended by the ICC in November 2018 when he was charged on three counts of breaching the Anti-Corruption Code, after which the player had requested for a hearing before an independent tribunal.

Gibbs, who arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday and was originally scheduled to join the commentary panel tweeted ’’Been an interesting day or two but so grateful to be head coach of Colombo Kings’’ following the developments.

The Lanka Premier League (LPL) could be minus one of its star international attractions with speculation that Chris Gayle would not participate in the tournament.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced a provisional home schedule for 2021 today with a five-match Test series against India set to headline the English summer.

England will visit Pakistan for the first time in 16 years when they play two Twenty20 internationals in October. England has not toured since 2005 following an attack by gunmen on the Sri Lanka team in Lahore in 2009.

The Colombo Kings franchise, meanwhile, has suffered a blow after their coach Kabir Ali tested positive for Covid-19 before he could leave for Sri Lanka.

The Lanka Premier League (LPL) has suffered another withdrawal, with former Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed pulling out of the tournament.

IOC President confident that Olympics will have spectators and All Blacks slip down World Rankings

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has agreed to accommodate a 32-member contingent from Sri Lanka for the forthcoming tour, it is learnt.

Cricket World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga today wrote to Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa highlighting concerns ahead of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) later this month, reiterating the need for transparency in conducting the tournament.

Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Monday he is “very, very confident” that spectators will be able to attend next year’s Tokyo Olympics, as he kicked off a Japan trip to boost momentum for the pandemic-postponed Games.

The International Military Sports Council (IMSC) has decided to stage the third World Military Council (WMC) Beach Volleyball Games from July 16 to 23 next year in Negombo.

Lewis Hamilton strengthened his claim as the greatest ever and LPL franchises making coaching changes

Whatmore was earlier named as coach for the Colombo Kings team.

After a momentous drive from sixth on the grid, the Briton matched Michael Schumacher’s haul of drivers’ crowns with three races of the season remaining.

Lewis was even present at the player draft last month and made the selections for the Dambulla team -- then the Dambulla Hawks.

Fly-half Nicolas Sanchez scored all the Pumas’ points to hand them their maiden victory over the rugby powerhouse in the 30 Tests they have played.

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has decided to form a National Pool in January in preparation for international meets in the next two years.

Warwickshire had recently sacked their head coach Jim Troughton after a review into their disappointing season and earlier this month it was reported in the media that Saker, who lived near Birmingham when he was England’s bowling coach and had pre

Kosoglu’s parents, Dr. Wijeyadevendram Ravindran and Shobhana Ravindran, hail from Jaffna and emigrated to the United States soon after the 1980s riots begun in Sri Lanka.

As it stands, the national selectors are not allowed to officially name a squad as their tenure ended a couple of months ago and the SLC is still to get the approval for the new committee from the Sports Ministry which begs the question as to how the

Daily Mirror can confirm that the former CR and FC flanker Rowan Perry and CH and FC centre Adam Gauder are two names which have been already discussed.

The FFSL has got the blessings and patronage of the world governing body for football FIFA and the Asian body AFC to organise the first ever professional football league in the country.

The experience of playing in pressure situations and interacting with overseas players and coaches are some of the benefits that Sri Lanka’s national head coach Mickey Arthur sees from the Lanka Premier League (LPL) which is scheduled to begin late

Unlike the other Lanka Premier League (LPL) Teams, which have recruited foreign coaches and support staff, the Jaffna Stallions Team has given more preference to the local talent.

The Sri Lanka Youth Netball Team (Under-21) will face a challenging year in 2021, according to Victoria Lakshmi, President of the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL).

Bangladesh’s Salma Khatun was the pick of the bowlers finishing with 3 for 17 in her four overs but it was not a solo effort that restricted the Supernovas, with Deepti Sharma and Sophie Ecclestone also among the wickets.

The revised schedule for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) was released yesterday (8) with all matches slated to be held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium (MRICS) in Hambantota.

Football’s world governing body FIFA is set to inject funds to the tune of US$ 500,000 for the promotion of women’s football in member countries including Sri Lanka under the FIFA Women’s Football Development programme.

The Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 Cricket Tournament received the approval of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday which will allow Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to conduct the event this month - albeit a week or so later than scheduled.