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Dilshan's farewell party ruined as Australia clean sweep T20 series
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept.9 (ANI): Australia spoiled Tillakaratne Dilshan's farewell by claiming a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka to make a clean sweep in the two-match T20 series in Colombo.
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Retiring Dilshan will be remembered as `destructive opener`: ICC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Sept.9 (ANI): The International Cricket Council has congratulated former Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan for an impressive international career that ended on Friday with the Twenty20 International series against Australia.
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Sri Lankan spinner Senanayake penalised for Warner send-off
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Sept.7 (ANI): Sri Lanka off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC code of conduct during the opening Twenty20 international against Australia in Pallekele last evening.
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WHO commits to eliminate, eradicate neglected tropical diseases
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept. 7 (ANI): Health ministers of World Health Organisaton (WHO) South-East Asia Region today reaffirmed their commitment to achieve time-bound targets to control, eliminate and eradicate neglected tropical diseases, which continue to burden marginalized populations.
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Sri Lanka appreciates BCCI's stand on two-tier Test proposal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept.7 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket has thanked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for supporting their viewpoint in opposing the recently-proposed 'two-tier' Test system by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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J P Nadda to lead Yoga Session of WHO SEARO at Colombo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept. 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J. P. Nadda shall be leading the yoga session at the 69th session of the WHO Regional Committee of South-East Asia Region at Colombo today.
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Records galore as Maxwell fires Australia to emphatic T20 win over Sri Lan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Pallekele [Sri Lanka], Sept.6 (ANI): Australia set a new world record score in Twenty20 internationals as they claimed a thumping 85-run victory over Sri Lanka to lead the two-match series 1-0 in Pallekele on Tuesday.
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Peter England marks its debut in Sri Lanka in association with "Softl
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept. 5 (ANI-Newsvoir): Peter England, the leading international men's apparel brand, today announced its successful foray into Sri Lanka. In association with "Softlogic", the brand launched its first exclusive store in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Established in I
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Chandimal to lead Sri Lanka in two-match T20 series against Australia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept.5 (ANI): Dinesh Chandimal will lead a 14-man squad in the absence of injured captain Angelo Mathews in the two-match T20 series against Australia, starting from Tuesday in Pallekele.
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Warner heaves sigh of relief after scoring ton against Lanka
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Pallekele [Sri Lanka], Sept.5 (ANI): After sealing the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka 4-1, Australia stand-in skipper David Warner has admitted that his century in the fifth and the final match in Pallekele came as a `sigh of relief` for him.
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WHO certifies Sri Lanka malaria-free
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept. 5 (ANI): In a remarkable public health achievement, Sri Lanka has been certified as malaria-free island country by World Health Organisation (WHO) today.
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Australia retain top spot, England surge to fifth in ODI rankings
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Sept.5 (ANI):Australia and England have made significant progress in the ICC ODI Team Rankings after completing identical 4-1 series victories against Sri Lanka and Pakistan respectively.
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