Category: SPORT

Australia beat England to win 2nd Women’s Ashes ODI

Australia beat England to win 2nd Women’s Ashes ODI

Jul 5, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Australia took a 4-0 lead in the multi-format Women's Ashes with a four-wicket win in the second one-day ... Read More

West Indies beat Afghanistan by 23 runs

West Indies beat Afghanistan by 23 runs

Jul 5, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - West Indies produced a defiant display to beat bottom side Afghanistan by 23 runs in the World Cup ... Read More

Rajasinghe Central and Azhar College win on first innings

Rajasinghe Central and Azhar College win on first innings

Jul 4, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Rajasinghe Central College, Hanwella and Azhar College, Akurana won on first innings in their first round fixtures of ... Read More

Manmunai North Secretarial Division emerge champions

Manmunai North Secretarial Division emerge champions

Jul 4, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - In the annual inter-divisional secretariat athletic championship among the 14 division in the Batticaloa district, Manmunai North Secretarial ... Read More

President’s Trophy knockout tournament set for kick-off

President’s Trophy knockout tournament set for kick-off

Jul 4, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The 27th Milo Knockout Rugby Championship 2019 organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) in ... Read More

Kingswood, Vidyartha, St. Anthony’s and Dharmaraja promoted to division one

Kingswood, Vidyartha, St. Anthony’s and Dharmaraja promoted to division one

Jul 4, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The 2019 rugby inter-school league season has come to an end. Although the Kandy schools did not fare ... Read More

Ton-up Bairstow stars as England book World Cup semi-final spot

Ton-up Bairstow stars as England book World Cup semi-final spot

Jul 4, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Jonny Bairstow's second successive hundred laid the foundation for England's 119-run thrashing of New Zealand that saw the ... Read More

Sri Lanka, West Indies fined for slow over rate

Sri Lanka, West Indies fined for slow over rate

Jul 4, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - West Indies and Sri Lanka have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in the ICC Men’s Cricket ... Read More

Coach disappointed with World Cup performance

Coach disappointed with World Cup performance

Jul 4, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka head coach Chandika Hathturusingha expressed his disappointment at the team failing to qualify for a place ... Read More

SLC awaits official confirmation after security inspections – Bangladesh, NZ tours to go ahead

SLC awaits official confirmation after security inspections – Bangladesh, NZ tours to go ahead

Jul 3, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Bangladesh, as well as, the New Zealand cricket tour’s of Sri Lanka, that was on-hold, owing to ... Read More

We wanted Pooran’s wicket so badly I wouldn’t have regretted getting injured says game-changer Mathews

We wanted Pooran’s wicket so badly I wouldn’t have regretted getting injured says game-changer Mathews

Jul 3, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Former captain Angelo Mathews has had a rather ordinary 2019 Cricket World Cup not being able to play ... Read More

Andy Murray to partner Serena Williams in Wimbledon mixed doubles

Andy Murray to partner Serena Williams in Wimbledon mixed doubles

Jul 3, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Britain's Andy Murray has confirmed he will play mixed doubles with Serena Williams at Wimbledon. Murray, a two-time ... Read More

Brazil beat Argentina in Cope Semi-Final

Brazil beat Argentina in Cope Semi-Final

Jul 3, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Brazil forwards Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino both scored as they beat arch-rivals Argentina 2-0 in the Copa ... Read More

Kandy SC produce ‘Sevens’ masterclass to be crowned champions

Kandy SC produce ‘Sevens’ masterclass to be crowned champions

Jul 2, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - League champions Kandy SC produced a clinical masterclass to emerge champions of the Dialog Rugby Club 7’s tournament ... Read More

India’s Vijay Shankar ruled out of World Cup with broken toe

India’s Vijay Shankar ruled out of World Cup with broken toe

Jul 2, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) -  India all-rounder Vijay Shankar has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a toe ... Read More