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The net of spot fixing in India's Premier League cricket tourney widened as police nabbed more bookies from different parts of the country as well as raided the residence of a relation of the country's cricket board chief N Srinivasan, who also owns one of the participating teams, Chennai Super Kings.

An Indian minister ruled out banning the IPL saying it was not fair by the people who follow the game passionately.

Buddhi Ramanayake, a batsman representing Hong Kong Bank, smashed a century in just 26 scoring shots against Tim Asia Pacific in the on-going Mercantile cricket tournament at Wijerama Mawatha.Ramanayake hammered seven sixes and 13 fours in reaching his century as he put on 190 for the first wicket with Suren Perera who struck 115 with five sixes and 17 fours as the bankers made 290 for 5 in the 25...

PONTE DI LEGNO, Italy, (AFP) - Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca, currently competing at the 96th Giro d'Italia, has been "provisionally suspended" after testing positive for EPO in an out-of-competition test before the race.Di Luca, who has already served a ban for failing a doping test at the Giro and has been embroiled in other doping affairs, tested positive for the banned blood booster at the en...

Alan Pardew is contemplating his preparations for the new season after holding talks with Newcastle owner Mike Ashley.The pair, along with managing director Derek Llambias, met up on Wednesday to talk through the failings of the last campaign and to discuss the way forward.

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan is increasingly confident Roberto Martinez will stick with them to lead their bid to return to the Premier League.After two days of meetings which were supposed to decide the Spaniard's future it seems what the chairman chooses to do over the weekend will be the significant factor.

DUBLIN, (AFP) - Pakistan could manage only a tie in the first one-day international against Ireland at a bitterly cold Clontarf on Thursday after Kevin O'Brien hit the last ball of the match for four.Set a Duckworth-Lewis target of 276 to win in 47 overs, Ireland needed 15 off the last over by Saeed Ajmal, the number-one ranked bowler, but O'Brien, the destroyer of England at the last World C...

In preparation for the first leg of the Bradby Shield rugby encounter against Royal College on June 1 at the Pallakelle Stadium, the Trinitians are hard at practices closely monitored by their sporting principal Brig U Ariyaratne who has told the squad to get back to serious training and play better rugby.

St. Mary's College, Negombo emerged champions of the All-Island Inter-Schools Football under-17 tournament held at St. Xavier's College ground in Mannar on May 20.

In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, former betting king Dinesh Kalgi added fuel to the raging spot-fixing fire by making startling revelations, going to the extent of saying that no player in the Indian team is honest.Calling the spot-fixing that the three Rajasthan Royals players are alleged of as "amateurish", Kalgi said these are just small fish and what's happening is not new. "All that rece...

Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce that due to an injury to his ankle, Chanaka Welagedara has been replaced by Dilhara Lokuhettige for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy to be played in England. The Minister of Sports Hon. Mahindananda Aluthgamage has approved the above replacement. SLC have written  to the ICC Event Technical Committee regarding this replacement. The replacement of a player requ...

See the warm-up schedule here The ICC Champions Trophy schedule is as follow: Group A: Australia, England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka Group B: India, Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies   Thursday 6 June : India v South Africa (day) – Cardiff Friday 7 June: West Indies v Pakistan (day) – The Oval Saturday 8 June: England v Australia (day) – Edgbaston Sunday 9 June: Sri Lan...

Sri Lanka Cricket Presidents Trophy, Final: Rest of Sri Lanka v Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI at Pallekele. Rest of Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Rest of Sri Lanka 205 all out (48.5 ov) – T Kandamby 65*, L Thirimanne 51, D Chandimal 31 – D Gunathilake 4/30, D Lokuhettige 2/30. SLC Comb XI 129 all out (32.5 ov) (Chathuranga de Silva 35, R Herath 3/16, D Perera 3/36, V Perer...

The spot-fixing saga in the ongoing IPL took a dramatic turn yesterday with International Cricket Council (ICC) withdrawing Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf from the panel of match officials for the upcoming Champions Trophy in England as his role in the scandal is allegedly being investigated by Mumbai Police.

Co-owner of the IPL team, Kings XI Punjab and Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has brushed off calls to ban the scandal-ridden T-20 tournament and instead asked whether politics should be banned given the volume of scams in India.

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage yesterday warned football officials to leave all their personal agendas behind and work towards lifting the standard of the game in Sri Lanka.

Dimuth Karunaratne will be captaining Sri Lanka andlsquo;Aandrsquo; in two unofficial Test matches against West Indies andlsquo;Aandrsquo; in the Caribbean next month. The 25-year old left-handed opening batsman shared his thoughts with Ceylon Today on the tour and his cricketing ambitions.

The Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA), which is empowered to sit in judgment of all rule violations and breach of discipline on the part of teams and players, is yet to lay down the rules, 10 weeks into the 2013 schools calendar.

All-rounder Dilhara Lokuhettige will replace injured pacer Chanaka Welagedara at the Champions Trophy Cricket tournament in England in June.

Indian fast bowler S. Sreesanth has been charged with what is being called "criminal breach of trust" under the laws of the country's Penal Code.

LONDON, (AFP) - Sir Ian Botham is confident James Anderson will far exceed his England record of 383 Test wickets after the Lancashire seamer broke the 300 barrier during last week's series-opening victory over New Zealand at Lord's."I've been impressed with Jimmy for years," Botham said Tuesday.

While the Qatar Football Association has agreed in principle to support the Sri Lanka team, other friendly nations will be consulted to lift the standard of a sport that suffered heavily under a dictatorial regime over the past two decades."There are many countries willing to support us provided we come out with comprehensive proposals. So we are in the process of drafting a proposal to be se...

Fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy due to the foot injury he picked up during a practice match last week, and Sri Lanka Cricket has replaced him with seam-bowling allrounder Dilhara Lokuhettige

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Two Sri Lankan students, Gimhani Livera and Kushan Samaranayake, have been picked for the International Junior Shooting Competition to be held in Germany from June 2 to 9.

Police in India have been baffled to discover that Indian fast bowler S. Sreesanth had not only cheated on his fans and Rajasthan Royals at the IPL, but also his religion, as he received cars, expensive watches and women at parties in return for conceding a certain number runs in an over in what is called spot-fixing.

Sri Lanka ruled itself out of hosting the 40-nation Asian Athletics Championship after the alternate venue New Delhi backed off.

Chanaka Welegedara's prospects of traveling to England for the Champions Trophy have improved, after a scan on his landing foot and ankle revealed no breaks or fractures

Dilruwan Perera and Rangana Herath took three wickets apiece in the final of the List-A tri-series in Pallekele, as Rest of Sri Lanka inflicted a 79-run loss on SLC Combined, to take the title