Category: SPORT

England showed great character, says Root

England showed great character, says Root

Sep 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - England captain Joe Root spoke of his pride in his team after they won the final ... Read More

Smith, Cummins, Hazlewood ensure Australia keep the urn

Smith, Cummins, Hazlewood ensure Australia keep the urn

Sep 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sustained excellence from Steve Smith, who scaled new heights with 774 runs, complemented by the searing ... Read More

Bangladesh axe Soumya in further T20 overhaul

Bangladesh axe Soumya in further T20 overhaul

Sep 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday axed top-order batsman Soumya Sarkar and called up three uncapped ... Read More

Sarfaraz retained as captain for Sri Lanka series

Sarfaraz retained as captain for Sri Lanka series

Sep 14, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sarfaraz Ahmed has been retained as Pakistan's captain for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against ... Read More

Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers test snow machine to beat the heat

Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers test snow machine to beat the heat

Sep 13, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - It was 25C (77F) in Tokyo, but snow fell in well-ordered flurries at a canoeing event ... Read More

Hong Kong Tennis Open postponed due to protests

Hong Kong Tennis Open postponed due to protests

Sep 13, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -The Hong Kong Tennis Open, due to start on 5 October, has been postponed because of ongoing ... Read More

‘Race the Pearl’ cycling challenge on September 13

‘Race the Pearl’ cycling challenge on September 13

Sep 11, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The 24-hour, 600km ultra-endurance cycling challenge which is being conducted for the second time in Sri ... Read More

Sports Minister debars Sumathipala from holding SLC position

Sports Minister debars Sumathipala from holding SLC position

Sep 11, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sports Minister Harin Fernando has suspended former Sri Lanka Cricket president Thilanga Sumathipala from holding his ... Read More

Ten players pull out of Pakistan cricket tour

Ten players pull out of Pakistan cricket tour

Sep 10, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Ten players including several seniors have pulled out of the tour to Pakistan starting later this ... Read More

PCB worried over Dimuth, Malinga, Matthews’ refusal to tour Pakistan

PCB worried over Dimuth, Malinga, Matthews’ refusal to tour Pakistan

Sep 9, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The continued refusal of senior Sri Lankan players including Captain Dimuth Karunaratne, Lasith Malinga, and Angelo ... Read More

Rafael Nadal beats Daniil Medvedev to win 19th Grand Slam title

Rafael Nadal beats Daniil Medvedev to win 19th Grand Slam title

Sep 9, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Rafael Nadal won his 19th Grand Slam title after holding off Russian Daniil Medvedev's exhilarating fightback ... Read More

Pabara Maneesha table-tennis star in the making

Pabara Maneesha table-tennis star in the making

Sep 6, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -Pabara Maneesha, a 13 year old from Gampaha Rathnavali Balika gave a superb display at the 2019 ... Read More

Shah steers Afghanistan with historic ton

Shah steers Afghanistan with historic ton

Sep 6, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Batsman Rahmat Shah Thursday became the first Afghanistan cricketer to score a Test century, helping the ... Read More

Turkmenistan sink Sri Lanka in World Cup qualifier

Turkmenistan sink Sri Lanka in World Cup qualifier

Sep 6, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Turkmenistan began their FIFA World Cup qualifier campaign on a winning note when they beat hosts ... Read More

Australia’s Smith marks Test comeback with Ashes century

Australia’s Smith marks Test comeback with Ashes century

Sep 6, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Australia star Steve Smith marked his return to international cricket with a third hundred of this ... Read More