Muttiah Muralitharan believes PCB is to be blamed for this fiasco due to the high ticket prices set by the board, who is the official host for the continental tournament.
Pakistan team’s current media manager Umar Farooq Kalson and board’s GM (International Cricket) Adnan Ali are under scanner after pictures and video footages emerged of the duo visiting a Colombo casino.
Heavy rain ensured that the ad hoc allocation of a reserve day for the Asia Cup Super 4 match between India and Pakistan turned out to be more than just a contingency plan, with the marquee match-up being pushed into a second day.
After their triumphant start in the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup with a victory over Bangladesh, Sri Lanka has surpassed South Africa to claim the second-best winning streak in the history of One Day International (ODI) cricket.
The ending of the Sri Lanka-Bangladesh Asia Cup thriller threw up a Laws of Cricket puzzler, with six awarded despite the fielder in question never being contact with the ball and the ground at the same time.
The schools’ rugby season has reached its final stage with two top teams, namely newly-crowned league champions St. Peter’s College, who were the only team to remain unbeaten in the league, taking on defending knockout champions Isipathana College, in the final of the President’s Trophy Knock-Out Tournament at the Sugathadasa Stadium from 4:30 p.m. onwards tomorrow.
Hosts France kick-off the Rugby World Cup against three-time champions New Zealand on Friday in a mouth-watering appetiser to a seven-week tournament that will also provide a key test of the country’s organisational skills ahead of the 2024 Olympics.
After the first clash of arch-rivals India and Pakistan washed away, a reserve day has been incorporated for the upcoming Super 4 clash which will be played at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo on September 10, the Sri Lanka Cricket said.
Anuradhapura Football League president Dacshitha Sumathipala says that the decision taken by the Election Committee and Appeals Committee to reject the nomination of four people including himself for the Football Sri Lanka (FSL) elections is unacceptable.
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