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Devon Thomas banned for five years under Anti-Corruption Code

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has imposed a five-year period of ineligibility from all cricket on West Indies player Devon Thomas after he accepted breaching seven counts of the anti-corruption codes of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) and the Caribbean...

02/05/2024

National Cricket

Ramesh Mendis and Nishan Peiris push Team Galle ahead on Day 3

The final of National Super League 4-Day Tournament 2023/24 between Team Kandy and Team Galle continued for Day 3 (2nd May) at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. The day began with Team Galle on 247/8 for their first innings with the skipper Ramesh Mendis remained...

02/05/2024

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Lanka lionesses out to conquer Asia

The Sri Lankan Women`s National Basketball team will take wings to China on Wednesday to compete for Supremacy in Asia. The FIBA Asian Championship for women will be conducted from 29th August – 9th September in Wuhan, China. Here’s some insight into the team before the clash.

22/08/2015

Features

What`s stopping Sri Lanka Basketball beating India

Sri Lanka currently stands second in South Asia; second only to the neighbouring giants, India. The Lions managed to beat the next door neighbors quite convincingly in the shortest form of the game (3x3) where Sri Lanka Reds beat Team India 21-14 over the last weekend here at home.

05/08/2015

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National Basketball the Ranasinghe Way

South Asian Basketball Championship looming in the horizon; ThePapare.com consulted the ideas of the newly appointed national coach Panduka Ranasinghe about the plan that for the National Basketball Team.

17/06/2015

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Young Sri Lankan Basketeers are determined to make history

Sri Lanka’s under-18 Basketball team will be leaving the country tomorrow, July 3, to Bangalore, India to participate the South Asian Basketball Championship which is the qualifying tournament for the 23rd under-18 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Championship in Qatar.

02/07/2014