Cricketers threatened to quit over pay cuts in new contract
Several cricketers have threatened to retire prematurely if no clarity is offered on the new point system which grades the players and decides their annual pay pack, the Sunday Times can confirm. Players are up in arms over the scheme which has forced a significant cut on their annual earnings with some losing as much [...]
Injury dashes Hiruni’s Olympic hopes
Before the pandemic caused a postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by a year, US-based long-distance runner Hiruni Wijayaratne was the only athlete who seemed close to achieving the qualifying standard in the women’s marathon from Sri Lanka and perhaps even deserved a wild card entry. But injury has dashed Sri Lanka’s hopes of Hiruni [...]
SLC elections set for one-horse race
After Shammi Silva and his camp were cleared of legal impediments to contest the election through a backdated gazette that ‘legalised’ their stay beyond February 20, Silva and Co are expected to regain control of Sri Lanka’s richest sports body for another two years when the poll is held on Thursday virtually. It will be [...]
Moody to be consultant coach during England tour
Sri Lanka’s director of cricket, Tom Moody will travel with the national white-ball team as a consultant coach to England. Sri Lanka will play three T20Is and as many ODIs against England starting from June 23. Sri Lanka hopes Moody’s presence in the dressing room could add value to the young team led by Kusal [...]
Polio-stricken parents nurture Ushan’s Olympic dream
Sri Lanka’s Olympic hope in the high jump event, Ushan Thiwanka Perera, was not even born when Cuban great Javier Sotomayer, the 1992 Olympic champion, soared to great heights in the 1990s. He was a two-year-old kid when American athlete Charles Austin won the men’s high jump gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Nonetheless, the [...]
Mathilda ‘relieved’ as CAS reinstates Olympic slot for Sri Lanka in equestrian
The postponement of the 2020 Olympics by a year because of the pandemic has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Sri Lanka providing athletes an opportunity to achieve direct qualification. Show-jumper Mathilda Karlsson and gymnast Milka Gehani de Silva have qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics while US-based athlete Ushan Thiwanka Perera [...]
All hail KJP – the new ODI skipper
Going through many ups and downs during his sparkling, yet modest cricket career, Kusal Janith Perera is known by many followers of the sport, as the reincarnation of the legend Sanath Jayasuriya. Sri Lankan cricket fans rejoiced when Perera, not only took over the reins of Jayasuriya as opener, but emulated the former skipper just [...]