Sri Lanka vs Pakistan warm-up match abandoned

Rowing Gold medalist to help Sri Lanka

Rowing Olympic Gold medalist Mahe Drysdale says he sees potential for rowing in Sri Lanka. The champion is in Sri Lanka to help boost rowing among schools, especially among students of Royal College in Colombo. Drysdale, a five time world rowing champion from New Zealand, won the Gold medal in the rowing single sculls event at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Drysdale, who is known as the ?grandpa? of rowing as he is in his mid 30s, said that he hopes to encourage Sri Lankan school children to

24 Oct, 2012

New club cricket tournament structure

Several senior Members of the Executive Committee together with the officials of the cricket committee and Tournament committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) along with the Secretary of the Ministry of Sports met at the cricket board head office together with the representatives of cricket clubs to discuss the new tournament structure which was formulated for the new season, the SLC media unit said today. The meeting began with a brief description by Greham Labroy explaining the criteria of the ne

26 Oct, 2012

Mathews Twenty20 captain, Malinga deputy

Angelo Mathews has been appointed Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 captain for a period of one year starting with the Twenty20 against New Zealand at Pallekele on October 30. The 25-year-old allrounder succeeds Mahela Jayawardene, who quit the Twenty20 captaincy after the World Twenty20 final. “We are giving Mathews a free hand to captain the T20 side for one year, after which we will review his performance,” chief selector Ashantha de Mel said. Mathews has been vice-captain since July last year, and is t

24 Oct, 2012