http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sun, 16 May 2021 11:05:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/sports/cricketers-threatened-to-quit-over-pay-cuts-in-new-contract-444025.html 15 May 2021 @ 8:31 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_444026 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;400 quot; caption= quot;Nuwan Pradeep is another missing link quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-444026 quot; title= quot;Nuwan-Pradeep-is-another-missing-link quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/Nuwan-Pradeep-is-another-missing-link1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/sports/injury-dashes-hirunis-olympic-hopes-444018.html 15 May 2021 @ 8:16 pm lt;div gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-444019 quot; title= quot;Hiruni quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/Hiruni.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;475 quot; / gt;Before the pandemic caused a postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by a year, US-based long-distance runner Hiruni Wijayaratne was the only athlete who seem... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/sports/slc-elections-set-for-one-horse-race-444015.html 15 May 2021 @ 8:13 pm After Shammi Silva and his camp were cleared of legal impediments to contest the election through a backdated gazette that lsquo;legalised rsquo; their stay beyond February 20, Silva and Co are expected to regain control of Sri Lanka's richest sports body for another two years when the poll is held on Thursday virtually. It will be a one-horse race for the Silva camp as their opposing camp, le... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/sports/moody-to-be-consultant-coach-during-england-tour-443982.html 15 May 2021 @ 8:12 pm Sri Lanka rsquo;s director of cricket, Tom Moody will travel with the national white-ball team as a consultant coach to England. Sri Lanka will play three T20Is and as many ODIs against England starting from June 23. Sri Lanka hopes Moody rsquo;s presence in the dressing room could add value to the young team led by Kusal Janith Perera. Moody who oversaw Sri Lanka cricket through 2005-2007 was ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/sports/polio-stricken-parents-nurture-ushans-olympic-dream-443968.html 15 May 2021 @ 5:57 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_443971 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;400 quot; caption= quot;Ushan Thiwanka Perera was the most outstanding athlete at the 2021 Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Texas quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-443971 quot; title= quot;Ushan-poses quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/sports/mathilda-relieved-as-cas-reinstates-olympic-slot-for-sri-lanka-in-equestrian-443961.html 15 May 2021 @ 5:52 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-443962 quot; title= quot;Mathilda-Karlsson quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/Mathilda-Karlsson.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;451 quot; / gt;The postponement of the 2020 Olympics by a year because of the pandemic has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Sri Lanka providing athletes an... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/sports/all-hail-kjp-the-new-odi-skipper-443891.html 15 May 2021 @ 5:50 pm Going through many ups and downs during his sparkling, yet modest cricket career, Kusal Janith Perera is known by many followers of the sport, as the reincarnation of the legend Sanath Jayasuriya. Sri Lankan cricket fans rejoiced when Perera, not only took over the reins of Jayasuriya as opener, but emulated the former skipper just as he would treat the loose ball towards the rope, sometimes over ...