Mickey Arthur was Sri Lanka’s Head Coach two years ago and Pakistan is looking to use his insight into Sri Lankan players to good effect when the 1992 and 1996 World Champions square off at the Hyderabad Cricket Stadium tomorrow.

Pakistani female cricket commentator and sports presenter, Zainab Abbas who came here at the ICC’s World Cup competition has been asked to leave the country, it is learnt.

Sri Lanka has problems aplenty. Among these are the unpredictability of their batters and depletion of their bowling unit, challenges they desperately have to overcome to get the better of Pakistan in their second ICC Men’s World Cup match to be pl

Australian media rued their side’s ’’cruellest’’ exit from the Rugby World Cup on Sunday after Fiji squeezed past the Wallabies to reach the quarter-finals, despite a shock defeat to Portugal.

Here are three takeaways from Sri Lanka’s 102-run defeat to South Africa in their opening match of the Cricket World Cup 2023

There have been too few fans, too many injuries and lots of runs over the first four days of the Cricket World Cup.

Mitchell Starc has smashed a Cricket World Cup record among bowlers, while David Warner and Virat Kohli also reached key milestones in the Australia and India clash.

Virat Kohli and KL Rahul hit defiant knocks to lift India from a perilous three down for two runs to a six-wicket win over Australia in their opening Cricket World Cup match on Sunday.

Sri Lanka have been fined 10 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in the Match 4 of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup on Saturday, 7 October 2023.

The Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Men’s Challenge Cup 2023 will be held from October 9-15 at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, organised by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB).

Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) General Secretary Saman Kumara Gunawardena says that an Olympic medal should be expected from Asian ’Golden Girl’ Tharushi Karunarathna in Sri Lankan athletics, not in the 2024 Paris Olympics but in the 2028 Los Angeles G

Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum set a world record to win Sunday’s Chicago Marathon men’s title in an unofficial time of two hours and 35 seconds.

Sri Lanka had an early taste of what to expect when they play cricket’s big boys after South African batters wreaked havoc to record a thumping 102-run win after posting an unprecedented World Cup score of 428 runs.

Mateo Carreras scored a hat-trick of tries as Argentina beat Japan 39-27 in a thriller in Nantes on Sunday to set up a World Cup quarter-final against Wales.

A pitch invader breached heavy security and fencing to break onto the field at the Cricket World Cup game between India and Australia on Sunday, getting to within touching distance of players including superstar Virat Kohli.

Australia opener David Warner on Sunday snatched Sachin Tendulkar’s record for the fastest to reach 1,000 World Cup runs during the clash against India.

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur admits he knows Sri Lanka’s ’’strengths and weaknesses’’ inside out having spent two years at the helm of his Asian rivals.

Hosts China finished with a record-breaking 201 gold medals as the curtain comes down on two weeks of triumphs and tears at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday.

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and opted to bowl first in their opening match of the Cricket World Cup 2023 against South Africa in Delhi.

Pakistan opened their World Cup campaign with a comfortable 81-run win against the Netherlands on Friday, overcoming an impressive performance from Dutch all-rounder Bas de Leede.

Former Isipathana College, CR and FC, Kandy SC and National 15-A-Side player, Anuranga Walpola has been appointed as the Head Coach of S. Thomas’ College rugby for the 2024 Inter-Schools season.

A bit of grass on the pitch and shorter boundaries have tempted Sri Lanka to stack up its pace department as Sri Lanka look to forget the demons of the Asia Cup final and kick-off their World Cup campaign on a winning note against South Africa at the

The Philippines won their first men’s Asian Games basketball gold since 1962 on Friday in a 70-60 victory over Jordan with American-born Justin Brownlee pouring in 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

Four Sri Lanka junior players came out victorious in the first-round matches of the ITF Junior Circuit Week-2 Tennis Tournament during the rain-affected first day at the SLTA Courts in Green Path, Colombo.

The Sri Lanka Under-19 Team will tour Pakistan during the month of October 2023 to engage in a four-day match and a five-match one-day series.

India crushed Bangladesh by nine wickets on Friday to set up a gold medal match against Afghanistan as they bid to become Asian Games champions on their first attempt.

Bangladesh head into their World Cup opener against Afghanistan on Saturday with coach Chandika Hathurusingha saying a place in the semi-finals is a ’’realistic’’ goal for his side.

After almost a year of inactivity, the Sri Lanka football squad is gradually recovering after five weeks of training, according to Andrew Morrison, head coach of the Sri Lanka national team.

Pakistan opened their World Cup campaign with a comfortable 81-run win against the Netherlands on Friday, overcoming an impressive performance from Dutch all-rounder Bas de Leede.

New Zealand batsman Rachin Ravindra on Thursday said hitting a match-winning century in the World Cup opener was inspired by watching footage of India cricket icons Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid after whom he is named.