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Colombo: Sports Minister Johnston Fernando on Sunday rejected the resignation of Sri Lankan cricket captain Sanath Jayasuriya.
Colombo: Sri Lankan government has appointed a large 10-member Interim Committee to run the country's cricket affairs for one more year in a move that may stall elections to the Board's executive for a long time.
Colombo: Cricketer-turned-Parliamentarian Arjuna Ranatunga has moved Sri Lanka's Supreme Court against a new rule that bars Legislators from running for offices in national sports bodies.
<p>Colombo: Sri Lanka's Sports Ministry on Friday sacked the national cricket selection committee over the controversial omission of star batsman Marvan Atapattu in the second Test against Zimbabwe last week. <p>Atapattu, who was dropped because of bad form, was reinstated at
Colombo: Sri Lanka's cricket chiefs on Monday sacked national coach Dav Whatmore, saying they were looking for a replacement to inject "fresh thinking" into the team. Whatmore, a Sri Lankan-born Australian, became a national hero when he masterminded Sri Lanka's World
