Category: SPORT

Woakes, Roy fire England to first World Cup final since 1992

Woakes, Roy fire England to first World Cup final since 1992

Jul 12, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - England sailed into their first World Cup final since 1992 with a merciless performance beating defending champions Australia ... Read More

England face acid test in World Cup semi-final clash with Australia

England face acid test in World Cup semi-final clash with Australia

Jul 11, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Four years of planning will be put on the line for England when they face holders Australia in ... Read More

Kandy’s iron man Niyaz Majeed – a legend in weightlifting

Kandy’s iron man Niyaz Majeed – a legend in weightlifting

Jul 11, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Former iron man Niyaz Majeed says, weightlifting should be given top billing because it is a sport which ... Read More

Thrilling Army-Police duels rock Intermediates boxing meet

Thrilling Army-Police duels rock Intermediates boxing meet

Jul 11, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Army and Police pugilists engaged in some thrilling duels on the second day of competition at the Intermediates ... Read More

India blown away by New Zealand

India blown away by New Zealand

Jul 11, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - One of the great sides of one-day cricket India were stunned to defeat by New Zealand who held ... Read More

Murray and Williams wow Wimbledon again to reach last 16

Murray and Williams wow Wimbledon again to reach last 16

Jul 10, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Andy Murray and Serena Williams wowed Wimbledon again as their box office partnership continued with another straight-set win ... Read More

Rain forces India v New Zealand World Cup Semi-Final into reserve day

Rain forces India v New Zealand World Cup Semi-Final into reserve day

Jul 10, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - India and New Zealand will resume their World Cup semi-final on Wednesday after a rain-affected day at Old ... Read More

Serena Williams fined for damaging match court

Serena Williams fined for damaging match court

Jul 9, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Serena Williams has been fined $10,000 (£7,988) for damaging one of the Wimbledon courts with her racquet. The ... Read More

“Bravest team will win first World Cup Semi-Final” – Kohli

“Bravest team will win first World Cup Semi-Final” – Kohli

Jul 9, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The "bravest" team will win the first World Cup semi-final between India and New Zealand, says India's Virat ... Read More

Ramudi, D. A. Peiris best swimmers at NSF

Ramudi, D. A. Peiris best swimmers at NSF

Jul 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Western Province emerged overall champions winning 64 medals including 27 gold, 23 silver and 14 bronze as the ... Read More

St. Peter’s rout Kingswood 53-12

St. Peter’s rout Kingswood 53-12

Jul 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - St. Peter’s trounced Kingswood College, Kandy by 53 points (5 goals, 3tries, 1 penalty) to 12 points (1 ... Read More

St. Anne’s, Tissa Central, Vidyartha win matches

St. Anne’s, Tissa Central, Vidyartha win matches

Jul 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - St. Anne’s College Kurunegala, Tissa Central College Kalutara and Vidyartha College Kandy won the matches in their first ... Read More

Karunaratne urges young Lankan batters to learn from Sharma

Karunaratne urges young Lankan batters to learn from Sharma

Jul 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) -  Sri Lanka ended their 2019 Cricket World Cup campaign on a losing note being beaten by one of ... Read More

BCCI asks ICC to ensure no repeat of airplane messages

BCCI asks ICC to ensure no repeat of airplane messages

Jul 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - At two matches during the ongoing World Cup, airplanes have flown over Headingley carrying political messages. The BCCI ... Read More

Women’s World Cup 2019: Fans react to US vs Netherlands final

Women’s World Cup 2019: Fans react to US vs Netherlands final

Jul 8, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The US celebrated its fourth Women's World Cup victory by defeating the Netherlands. For fans of both teams, ... Read More