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Sri Lankan cricket board backs sacking of Australian coach

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Colombo, Jan 28 - Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board president Upali Dharmadasa Saturday backed the board's decision to sack Geoff Marsh as coach of the national team.

Lankan team criticized over poor performance without being given chance to explain: Jayawardene

Lankan team criticized over poor performance without being given chance to explain: JayawardeneColombo, Jan 27  : Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene has said that immense pressure had been mounted on  Read more »

Ford named new Sri Lanka cricket team coach

 Ford named new Sri Lanka cricket team coach Colombo, Jan. 26 : Sri Lanka Cricket has sacked Australian coach Geoff Marsh and replaced him with South African Graham Ford as part of a major shake-up following the national team''s poor run against Australia and South Africa.  Read more »

Graham Ford confirmed as new Sri Lanka cricket coach

Graham Ford confirmed as new Sri Lanka cricket coachColombo, Jan 24 - South African Graham Ford has been named Sri Lanka's new coach in a series of changes aimed at improving the standard of the national cricket team, the government information department said here Tuesday.  Read more »

Sri Lanka appoints new cricket panel to shake up domestic cricket

 Sri Lanka appoints new cricket panel to shake up domestic cricket Colombo, Jan. 20 : The Government of Sri Lanka has appointed a new panel to choose future players, following the national team''s abysmal performance in South Africa.  Read more »

Sri Lankan sports minister orders report on cricket crisis

Sri Lankan sports minister orders report on cricket crisisColombo, Jan 17 - Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has sought a report from the country's cricket board on the issues plaguing the national team.  Read more »

Ranatunga says SL selectors must resign over team's poor performance

Ranatunga says SL selectors must resign over team's poor performanceColombo, Jan 16 - Former Sri Lankan cricket captain-turned-politician Arjuna Ranatunga says the current national cricket selection panel should be sacked following  Read more »

Sri Lankan Cricket chief organizes sorcerer’s pooja to drive evil spirits from team

Colombo, Jan 7 : Sri Lanka Cricket's (SLC) newly-elected chief Upali Dharmadasa organised a special pooja in the wake of the team's waning fortunes.  Read more »

South Africa backs Sri Lankan cricketers’ pay dispute: Smith

Cape Town, Dec 4: South African cricketers have added their voices to the call to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to settle the outstanding amounts due to the Sri Lankan players.  Read more »

Pakistan to have task force for players' safety

Pakistan to have task force for players' safetyIslamabad, Nov 23 : Pakistan will form a sports security task force to take care of visiting international teams, Interior Minister Rehman Malik says.  Read more »

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Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at end of season

Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at end of seasonMadrid, May 21 : Jose Mourinho's three-year term as coach of Spanish football giants Real Madrid will end June 30.

Club President Florentino Perez confirmed the news Monday at a press  Read more »

'2018 FIFA World Cup stadium may be delayed until 2017'

'2018 FIFA World Cup stadium may be delayed until 2017'St. Petersburg, May 21 : The completion date for Zenit St. Petersburg's $1.1 billion stadium has been put back again and it may not open until 2017, a decade after construction work began, the head  Read more »

Chennai through to fourth consecutive IPL final

Chennai through to fourth consecutive IPL finalNew Delhi, May 22 : Blistering unbeaten knocks by David Hussey and
Suresh Raina took two-time champions Chennai Super Kings to their fifth
Indian Premier League (IPL) final in six seasons with a comprehensive  Read more »

SC slams BCCI on spot fixing; no ban on IPL

SC slams BCCI on spot fixing; no ban on IPLNew Delhi, May 21 : While refusing to ban the remaining IPL matches, the Supreme Court Tuesday slammed the BCCI, saying spot fixing incidents had taken place due to its lackadaisical approach in reining in the erring players.  Read more »

Mahindra riders looking forward to Le Mans

mahindraMumbai, May 15 : India's only motorcycle Grand Prix team resumes battle in France this weekend with high hopes of strong results after a top-10 start for the all-new Mahindra Grand Prix machine.  Read more »

Disappointing outing for Bolisetti

Sailesh-BolisettiDijon-Prenois (France), May 13 : Indian racing driver Sailesh Bolisetti's second weekend of his 2013 Euro Race Car campaign ended on a disappointing note as he finished 18th and 17th in the two races here.  Read more »