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Galle Gallants unveiled as new LPL Season 6 franchise ahead of July tournament
Gallant Sports and Media LLC takes over the Galle slot for Lanka Premier League Season 6, naming Pubudu Dassanayake as head coach ahead of the July 17 start.
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Veteran sports administrator Prema Pinnawala passes away at 88
Prema Pinnawala, who served as Sri Lanka's Olympic Committee Secretary General for 15 years and led Sri Lanka Athletics, has died at 88 after a brief illness.
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Sports Ministry Felicitates Sanya 2026 Asian Beach Games Medallists
Sri Lanka's Sports Ministry honoured seven Sanya 2026 medallists, marking the country's 10th-place finish among 45 Asian nations at the 6th Asian Beach Games.
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Sri Lanka to host English club Northampton Saints in August 2026 rugby clash
Northampton Saints will face the Asia Pacific Lions at Colombo's Racecourse Stadium on Aug 28 under an MoU signed in England, organisers confirmed Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka Women's squad announced for New Zealand 'A' One-Day series, Sandeepani to lead
SLC names 15-member squad captained by Sathya Sandeepani for three One-Day matches against touring New Zealand Women 'A' at Dambulla on May 12, 15 and 18.
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Kusal Mendis to be appointed Sri Lanka ODI and T20I captain
Sri Lanka Cricket is set to appoint Kusal Mendis as ODI and T20I captain from the West Indies tour, replacing Charith Asalanka and Dasun Shanaka.
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LPL drops 250,000-follower social-media rule for Icon players one day after backlash
Sri Lanka Cricket scrapped the 250K social-media follower minimum for LPL Season 6 Icon and Star players a day after announcing it, citing community backlash.
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England considering single-Test Sri Lanka tour in future cricket calendar
England's cricket board is weighing scheduling reforms that would reduce some overseas Test tours — including to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh — to a single match.
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Sri Lanka slides to 9th in ICC men's T20I rankings, behind Bangladesh
Sri Lanka loses six rating points in ICC's annual update and falls below Bangladesh, sitting just one point above Afghanistan; women's side holds 7th place.
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LPL 2026 Foreign Player Registration Opens May 8, Closes May 18
Sri Lanka Cricket opens foreign player registration for the sixth Lanka Premier League from May 8 to 18 ahead of the July-August T20 season.
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Cricket Interim Committee to Confront Sri Lanka's Year-Long Test Drought at First Meeting
Sri Lanka's Cricket Interim Committee meets Wednesday with options to extend home Tests to three matches and add fixtures outside the WTC cycle.
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Peshawar Zalmi Win PSL 2026 as Aaron Hardie Stars With Bat and Ball
Aaron Hardie's 4-27 and unbeaten 56 powered Peshawar Zalmi past Hyderabad Kingsmen by five wickets to claim a second PSL title.
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Sumedha and Dilhani strike javelin silver at Asian Throwing Championship in Mokpo
Olympian Sumedha Ranasinghe throws season-best 76.95m and Dilhani Lekamge 56.79m to claim silvers at the Asian meet in South Korea.
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Mittal family to acquire Rajasthan Royals in $1.65 billion IPL deal
Steel billionaires Lakshmi and Aditya Mittal will take a 75% stake in Rajasthan Royals alongside Adar Poonawalla, in one of the IPL's largest acquisitions.
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Sri Lanka Men's Tour of West Indies Set for June-July 2026
Sri Lanka will play three ODIs, three T20Is and two Tests on the West Indies tour, starting with the white-ball series and closing with the Test matches.
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Nissanka half-century powers Delhi Capitals to 226 chase against Rajasthan Royals
Pathum Nissanka smashed 52 off 26 balls in the powerplay as Delhi Capitals chased down 226 to beat Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026 at Jaipur.
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Pakistan overtake Sri Lanka in ICC Test rankings annual update
Sri Lanka slip to seventh after Pakistan rise to sixth on 89 points; Australia keep 12-point lead at the top of the table.
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Rumesh Tharanga climbs to world No. 7 in javelin after Nairobi gold
Sri Lanka's leading javelin thrower has cracked the global top ten on the back of his 89.28m meet record at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya.
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Sri Lanka Women complete 3-0 T20I sweep of Bangladesh as Athapaththu shines
Chamari Athapaththu's 41 with the bat and 2/15 with the ball lifted Sri Lanka to a three-run win in a rain-shortened third T20I at Sylhet.
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Air Force Wrestler Nipuni Wasana Wins Sri Lanka's First Gold at 6th Asian Beach Games
Sri Lanka Air Force wrestler Nipuni Wasana Dharmadasa won the women's 50kg final to claim Sri Lanka's first gold at the 2026 Asian Beach Games in China.
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SJB asks Eran Wickramaratne to relinquish party membership over SLC role
General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara cites SJB's no-politics-in-sports rule after Eran Wickramaratne accepted the SLC Transformation Committee chair.
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Harshitha and Imesha Power Sri Lanka to 25-Run Win Over Bangladesh in First WT20I
Half-centuries from Harshitha Samarawickrama and Imesha Dulani drove Sri Lanka to 161-4 at Sylhet, before Chamari Athapaththu's 2/19 sealed a 25-run victory.
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Eran Wickramaratne to chair 9-member SLC Transformation Committee
Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage names ex-MP Eran Wickramaratne, Sangakkara, Mahanama and Wettimuny to a 9-member committee to transform Sri Lanka Cricket.
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Two Sri Lanka U-19 cricketers arrested over Narahenpita hotel filming; police detail Fife Road incident
Two Sri Lanka U-19 cricketers aged 18 and 19 were arrested after a woman was filmed through a bathroom window at a Narahenpita hotel on 27 April.