Category: SPORT

Police boxers Purnima and Dhananjaya win medals at Int’l tournament

Police boxers Purnima and Dhananjaya win medals at Int’l tournament

Oct 29, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka’s newest boxing star Purnima Jayasuriya won a silver medal on her maiden international while ... Read More

Starc pulls out of Sri Lanka T20 for brother’s wedding

Starc pulls out of Sri Lanka T20 for brother’s wedding

Oct 29, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has decided his brother’s wedding is more important than a game ... Read More

PCB proposes Rawalpindi and Karachi as venues for Sri Lanka Test series

PCB proposes Rawalpindi and Karachi as venues for Sri Lanka Test series

Oct 29, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Test match cricket is likely to make a return to Pakistan in December 2019 with the ... Read More

Pakistan finalises Rawalpindi, Karachi to host Tests against Sri Lanka

Pakistan finalises Rawalpindi, Karachi to host Tests against Sri Lanka

Oct 28, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced Rawalpindi and Karachi as venues to host Sri Lanka ... Read More

Women’s Emerging Team Asia Cup Sri Lanka plays India in final

Women’s Emerging Team Asia Cup Sri Lanka plays India in final

Oct 28, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka Women’s Emerging Team qualified to play the finals of the Women’s Emerging Team Asia ... Read More

Western Province dominate 45th National Sports Festival

Western Province dominate 45th National Sports Festival

Oct 28, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Western Province won 258 medals including 99 gold, 79 silver and 81 bronze to reign supreme ... Read More

Warner’s birthday Twenty20 ton as Australia slam Sri Lanka

Warner’s birthday Twenty20 ton as Australia slam Sri Lanka

Oct 28, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - David Warner emphatically bounced back to form with a first-ever Twenty20 century as Australia crushed Sri ... Read More

England call up Ben Spencer to replace Willi Heinz in World Cup final squad

England call up Ben Spencer to replace Willi Heinz in World Cup final squad

Oct 28, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Saracens scrum-half Ben Spencer is set to be named on the bench in Saturday's Rugby World ... Read More

Rugby World Cup semi-final: Wales 16-19 South Africa

Rugby World Cup semi-final: Wales 16-19 South Africa

Oct 28, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Wales missed out on a first World Cup final in gut-wrenching fashion as Handre Pollard's 76th-minute ... Read More

“Sri Lanka safe for England’s 2020 tour” – Sangakkara

“Sri Lanka safe for England’s 2020 tour” – Sangakkara

Oct 27, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Test veteran and current MCC President Kumar Sangakkara said that Sri Lanka is safe for England's ... Read More

Neilsen, Fawad carry PM’s XI to victory

Neilsen, Fawad carry PM’s XI to victory

Oct 25, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka suffered defeat to start Australia tour after Harry Neilsen’s career-best 79 and late-innings heroics ... Read More

Bangladesh cricketers call off strike

Bangladesh cricketers call off strike

Oct 25, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Bangladesh cricketers ended their strike late Wednesday after they said the authorities met most of their ... Read More

Lack of synthetic tracks for outstation athletes a big setback says Sports Minister

Lack of synthetic tracks for outstation athletes a big setback says Sports Minister

Oct 25, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Minister of Sports Harin Fernando announced the opening of the final stage of the 45th National ... Read More

Sri Lanka grouped with NZ, India and Japan for U19 World Cup

Sri Lanka grouped with NZ, India and Japan for U19 World Cup

Oct 25, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Hosts South Africa will kickstart the 2020 U-19 World Cup on January 17, when they take ... Read More

Mike Pence criticises NBA as ‘wholly owned subsidiary’ of China

Mike Pence criticises NBA as ‘wholly owned subsidiary’ of China

Oct 25, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - US Vice-President Mike Pence has criticised the US National Basketball Association (NBA) in a speech attacking ... Read More