Shaheen Shah Afridi grabbed three wickets while openers Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique cracked half-centuries as Pakistan stormed to a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh on Tuesday to stay afloat in the race for a World Cup semi-final place.

Trinity College prevailed with a 19 runs win on the Parabola system over St. Joseph’s College in a rain shortened match of the Under 19 inter-school limited over encounter played at Darley Road. St. Joseph’s taking first lease of the wicket made

Sri Lanka’s cricket stars and newspapers Tuesday mourned the death of a beloved ’’super fan’’ who had become a one-man cheer leader and a permanent presence at international games.

Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in Pune on Monday to record their third win of the World Cup and maintain their hopes of a semi-final place.

FIFA on Monday imposed a three-year ban on former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales after his forced kiss on the lips of World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso shocked the world of football.

Pakistan’s chief of selectors Inzamam-ul-Haq resigned from his post on Monday over allegations of a conflict of interest linked to the team’s poor performance at the World Cup in India.

Pakistan coach Grant Bradburn on Monday shrugged off claims his players haven’t been paid for five months, insisting the squad was determined to rescue their faltering World Cup campaign.

Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka’s impressive run of successive World Cup fifties came to an end when he was out for 46 against Afghanistan in Pune on Monday.

The luckless Sri Lanka have had to replace Lahiru Kumara after the in-form pacer became the latest in their squad to be sidelined through injury. Chameera made it back into the squad as his replacement.

’’Anything around the head has ramifications,’’ said a disconsolate New Zealand captain Sam Cane of his red card for a high tackle that ruled him out of much of the Rugby World Cup final -- the problem for many is how referees interpret what

Sri Lanka Under-19 recorded a three-wicket win over Pakistan Under-19 to make it 2-2 in the five-match limited-over series played at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi, yesterday.

Hangzhou Asian Games Gold Medalist Tharushi Karunarathna of A. Rathnayaka National School, Walala, and Asian Junior Athletic Championship Bronze Medalist Malith Yasiru of Kahawatta MMV, Kahawatta, won the Best Athlete Awards of the All Island Schools

Despite Sri Lanka’s horror start to the Cricket World Cup 2023, the island nation finds itself still in with a chance for a top-four finish.

A quick-fire 64-ball unbeaten knock of 109 runs, inclusive of eight boundaries and nine towering sixes by Hirun Kapurubandara and supported by a run-a-ball 55 with four boundaries and two sixes by Abishek Jayaweera, paved the way for St. Joseph’s t

World champion Max Verstappen drew level with Alain Prost on 51 Formula One victories on Sunday when he claimed his record 16th triumph of the season at the Mexican Grand Prix.

New Zealand No 8 Ardie Savea won World Rugby’s men’s player of the year award on Sunday, less than 24 hours after his team lost the World Cup final to South Africa.

Mohammed Shami led an inspired bowling display as India hammered England by 100 runs on Sunday to stay unbeaten in the World Cup and all but push the defending champions out of the semi-final race.

Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will both be out to even up their win-loss record and give their hopes of reaching the knockout stages a huge boost when the sides meet in Pune.

India’s star batsman Virat Kohli fell for a nine-ball duck as England’s fast bowlers struck early blows in their must-win World Cup clash on Sunday.

Distraught New Zealand captain Sam Cane said he ’’would have to live forever’’ with the red card he received in the 12-11 defeat to South Africa in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final.

All-rounder Bas de Leede demanded the Netherlands be afforded ’’bigger nation’’ status after defeating Bangladesh by 87 runs at the World Cup in Kolkata on Saturday.

Lahiru Kumara has been ruled out from the remaining matches of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup following a quadricep injury.

Handre Pollard kicked four penalties to help South Africa to a nail-biting 12-11 victory over 14-man New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday to claim a record fourth title.

Netherlands captain Scott Edwards led from the front as his side enjoyed another World Cup success with an 87-run hammering of Bangladesh.

Sri Lanka team conducted a training session this afternoon at the Pune cricket stadium ahead of their World Cup group game against Afghanistan on Monday.

Five-time champions Australia edged out gallant New Zealand by just five runs in the highest-scoring World Cup game in history on Saturday.

Besieged on foreign soil and menaced by a triumphant foe, England’s war-weary cricket World Cup campaign next faces India at the site of one of the most significant armed battles between their forces.

Owen Farrell hailed England’s versatility as the team survived a ’’scrappy game’’ to beat Argentina 26-23 to claim third place at the Rugby World Cup on Friday.

Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur warned against a ’’witch-hunt’’ after their World Cup dream suffered a likely fatal blow on Friday.

South Africa’s rugby team can provide their hard-pressed compatriots back home with ’’a bit of light’’ by beating New Zealand to win a historic fourth World Cup, assistant coach Mzwandile Stick said Friday.