Sri Lanka sacks cricket board days after World Cup thrashing
Ranasinghe has been at loggerheads with Sri Lanka Cricket -- the richest sports organisation on the financially stricken island -- for months over allegations of widespread corruption. The country's 1996 World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga has been appointed chairman of a new interim board, Ranasinghe's office said in a statement. "Sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe has formed an interim committee for Sri Lanka Cricket," the statement said. The new seven-member panel also includes a retired... Читать дальше...