Qatar will finally get their home World Cup under way on Sunday, 12 years after the nation’s successful bid put into motion wide-ranging preparations which cost billions of dollars.

Isuru Udana cracked a quick-fire 72-ball knock of 88, inclusive of eight boundaries and three sixes, as he helped Tamil Union to a formidable score of 558 runs on day two of the Major Club cricket final played at the SSC ground.

Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been granted bail on sexual assault charges after a court heard he had the support of the Sri Lankan cricket association and government and a surety of $150,000 was offered.

Sri Lankan fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera was released by the Indian Premier League franchise the Lucknow Super Giants, as the eight teams released their lists of players retained ahead of December’s Player Auction.

Jos Buttler and co lifted the T20 World Cup on Sunday after beating Pakistan in the grand finale that came to an end at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia.

The week-long countdown to the World Cup in Qatar began on Monday as the world’s leading footballers focused their attention on one of the most controversial tournaments in history.

Jos Buttler is reticent to call England one of the best white-ball teams ever, but the captain is confident there is more to come to cement their status as all-time greats.

George Russell claimed his first Formula One victory as he won the Brazilian GP at Interlagos on Sunday with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton second.

The captain of the Sri Lanka women’s rugby team, Dulani Pallekondage, who has come to South Korea to participate in the second leg of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series, has gone missing after the tournament.

England skipper Jos Buttler hailed Ben Stokes as ’’a true match-winner’’ Sunday after the allrounder’s unbeaten 52 helped steer them past Pakistan to win the Twenty20 World Cup.

Top emerging talent will be heading to Sri Lanka in 2024 for the U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup, as the ICC Board announced host countries for U19 events between 2024 and 2027.

Alex Hales and Jos Buttler hammered brilliant unbeaten half-centuries as England crushed India by 10 wickets yesterday to set up a Twenty20 World Cup final with Pakistan. Chasing 169 for victory in the second semi-final in Adelaide, Hales smashed

Skipper Jos Buttler on Thursday said it was England’s batting depth that had allowed him and Alex Hales the freedom to demolish India by 10 wickets and power his side into a Twenty20 World Cup final with Pakistan.

Ben Stokes warned on Tuesday that England must nullify the threat of Suryakumar Yadav in their Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against India, saying the batsman has ’’set the world alight’’.

New sexual consent laws in relation to ‘Affirmative Consent’ that were passed in November 2021 and took effect in New South Wales, Australia from June this year, will be in effect as legal proceedings take place in relation to the charges of sexu

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Monday suspended batsman Danushka Gunathilaka from all forms of cricket with immediate effect, adding that they would not consider him for any future selections.

Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi returned career-best figures of 4-22 to lead Pakistan into the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with a five-wicket win over Bangladesh in a do-or-die clash on Sunday.

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a Sydney woman, reports said.

New Zealand booked their place in the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, after Australia were restricted to 168/8 in their 20 overs against Afghanistan a short while ago.

Skipper Kane Williamson hit a quickfire half-century to all but take New Zealand into the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals as they hammered Ireland by 35 runs on Friday.

Lionel Messi has been building up to this moment, aware that his fifth World Cup with Argentina almost certainly represents his last chance to get his hands on the trophy.

Sri Lanka’s Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bronze Medallist Yupun Abeykoon believes that 2023 will be a challenging one as he looks for more excellence in the upcoming international ev

Australia captain Aaron Finch said Thursday he could pull out of his team’s pivotal final Super 12 match at the Twenty20 World Cup against Afghanistan because of a hamstring injury.

Virat Kohli became the highest run-scorer in Twenty20 World Cup history yesterday as India edged Bangladesh by five runs in a crunch rain-hit Twenty20 World Cup clash in Adelaide that went to the last ball.

Clinical England rescued their Twenty20 World Cup campaign as they held their nerve to beat New Zealand by 20 runs at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday.

Dhananjaya de Silva scored an unbeaten 66 as Sri Lanka kept their slim Twenty20 World Cup hopes alive with a six-wicket win over Afghanistan at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka and Afghanistan face off in Super 12 with their respective World Cup campaigns on the line

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka believes his side is still capable of clinching an unlikely semi-final berth at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Two-time world champion Max Verstappen said the combination of a fast and flawless start and Red Bull’s smart tyre strategy were decisive on Sunday when he claimed a record 14th win of the season at the Mexico Grand Prix.

A highly anticipated clash between Australia and England at the Twenty20 World Cup was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain on Friday in Melbourne, leaving their group wide open.