Cricket

Jaswar Umar appointed in the FIFA grassroots development committee

BLOG, FOOTBALL /

FIFA Appoints Sri Lankan Football Chief Jaswar Umar to Grassroots and Amateur Football Committee World governing body FIFA has appointed Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) President Jaswar Umar to its Committee for Grassroots and Amateur Football. This prestigious appointment comes at a time when Sri Lankan Football is experiencing rapid growth under the visionary […]

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Prabath Jayasuriya was named the CEAT Men’s Test Bowler of the Year at the CEAT Cricket Awards 

BLOG, CRICKET /

Prolific Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya was named the CEAT Men’s Test Bowler of the Year at the CEAT Cricket Awards held in Mumbai on Tuesday (7).  According to the organisers of the event Jayasuriya’s precision, patience, and game-changing spells during the last 12-month period had earned him the prestigious honour. The 33-year-old slow

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Replace ‘disabled’ for visually impaired athletes: Gamage

ATHLETIC, BLOG, CRICKET /

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage says that identifying individuals based on their physical deformities is an injustice and hence he urged the media to replace the term ‘disabled’ with an alternative name. He made this request while addressing a media briefing held at Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo on Wednesday (1) to

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Sri Lanka’s Dunith Wellalage returned home this morning after the sudden passing of his father

CRICKET /

Sri Lanka’s Dunith Wellalage returned home this morning after the sudden passing of his father, Suranga Wellalage, in Colombo. He was accompanied by team manager Mahinda Halangoda. The tragic news reached Wellalage inside the dressing room in Abu Dhabi soon after Sri Lanka’s group-stage match on Thursday night. Team officials had first informed him of

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SLR crisis resolution: Ball in the court of provincial unions: Shemal

OTHER, RUGBY /

Sports Ministry Director General (DG) of Sports Shemal Fernando, who also functions as the Competent Authority (CA) for Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR), says that the ball is currently in the court of the provincial unions in reference to a much-sought-after resolution to the escalating local rugby crisis.  He was firmly of the opinion that it

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Sports Ministry must tackle SLC allegations subtly: Dayasiri

ATHLETIC, BLOG, OTHER /

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Member of Parliament (MP) Dayasiri Jayasekara says the Ministry of Sports should tread subtly when dealing with any allegations into acts of irregularities connected to incumbent Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) office bearers. If not, he said that the International Cricket Council (ICC) could consider such interferences as politically motivated, with the

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