Sri Lanka names squad for Tests against New Zealand

Injury casts cloud over Malinga captaincy at World T20

Concerns over the slow recovery of Lasith Malinga’s knee injury have grown stronger ahead of the World T20 – the paceman now in doubt for Sri Lanka’s first match on March 17. As a result, Malinga is understood to be considering stepping down from the T20 captaincy. The selectors are yet to make a final call on whether a change of leadership is needed, but Malinga has voiced reservations about keeping the job when he cannot guarantee his availability for Sri Lanka’s full campaign. Malinga was du

07 Mar, 2016

Bolt confirms he will retire after Rio Olympics

Usain Bolt has confirmed this year?s Olympics will be his last, snuffing out the possibility of extending his career to the 2020 games in Tokyo. The Jamaican sprint king had raised the prospect of prolonging his Olympic career in January after revealing that his coach Glen Mills had suggested his fitness would carry him through to Japan. However Bolt told AFP subsidiary SID in an interview that the curtain would come down on his Olympic career in this year?s games in Rio de Janeiro, where he i

23 Mar, 2016

Sri Lanka Cricket rejects allegations by Kapila

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today said it was disappointed to note the “negative and misleading” comments made by former Chairman of the Selection Committee Kapila Wijegoonawardne, in the wake of the appointment of the new Selection Committee headed by Aravinda de Silva. SLC says Wijegoonawardne?s statements are inaccurate, misleading, and defamatory, and furthermore are of the nature to cause grievous injury to the moral of the Sri Lanka Cricket team, currently intent on bringing home the ICC Worl

13 Mar, 2016