ceylon today

A total of 93 international cricketers, including England's World Cup-winning pacer Liam Plunkett and New Zealand seamer Tim Southee, have been listed for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) beginning on August 28.

The executive board of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has deferred its decision on the fate of this year's Asia Cup T20 with Sri Lanka offering to host the event, claiming that original hosts Pakistan have agreed to the proposal.

The 1996 World Cup winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga is 'so disgusted' at the way the Sri Lankan cricket is administered that he has stopped watching the national team playing cricket.

A quiet cultural interaction between Tamils in India and Sri Lanka has been taking place for a long time, but it was only in the beginning of the 19th century that it was documented.

Star Sri Lankan cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan has been reportedly asked to appear in court over a child maintenance case.

Located within the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) limits, between the picturesque Yarada Beach and Tikkavanipalem beach is an ancient Somalingeswara Temple that is also known as the Appikonda Beach Temple.

The focus in the Sri Lankan English media is more on the impending arrival of Prince Charles, British premier David Cameron and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott for CHOGM rather than the prospects of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's participation in the summit.