Asia Cup winning captain Dasun Shanaka revealed that Sri Lanka was relaxed and confident in their abilities even after their eight-wicket hammering at the hands of Afghanistan in the tournament curtain raiser.

From racquet-smashing enfant terrible with a bad attitude and ill-advised ponytail to universally respected role model and modern icon, Roger Federer has attained almost saintly status.

Representing Sri Lanka in the most prestigious Bukhatir League 2022 for the first time in 14 years, Sri Lions claimed a thrilling victory of two wickets against Interglobe Marine at the historical Sharjah International Cricket Stadium yesterday (14).

Over 70 teams are set to participate in the Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) organised Men’s and Women’s Inter-Club Seven-A-Side Rugby Tournament 2022 scheduled for September 30, October 1 and 2 at the Racecourse Grounds in Colombo.

The results of the decisions taken by the selection committee appointed one and half years ago to pick new, young players are visible in Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup win, all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne said.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa may have had his fair share of fitness problems, but the left-handed middle order batsman proved that he is truly a world class batsman during the Asia Cup which Sri Lanka lifted in the heart of United Arab Emirates, Dubai, last Sun

Sri Lanka have won the title of the Asia Cup Champions for the sixth time, beating Pakistan by 23 runs in the final of the tournament at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday night.

Sri Lanka won the Asian Netball Championship for the sixth time when they defeated Singapore 63-53 in the final encounter played at the OCBC Arena in Singapore on Sunday.

Sri Lanka will carry a psychological edge into Sunday’s Asia Cup final after beating fellow finalists Pakistan by five wickets in the final Super 4 match at the Dubai International Stadium on Friday.

After another nail-biting thriller, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan with Naseem Shah hitting two big sixes in the first two balls of the last over of their Asia Cup Super 4 match in Sharjah on Wednesday.

Dasun Shanaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa scampered home off the penultimate ball of the innings, to rescue Sri Lanka and put them within touching distance of the Asia Cup final, stunning India by six wickets in their Super 4 match in Dubai on Tuesday.

St. Joseph’s College came out victorious against Wesley in an entertaining second semi-final thriller of the Dialog Schools Rugby knockout tournament 2022 after the regular time score read 13 points apiece at Havelock Park on Sunday.

Kusal Mendis’ fiery start and a key lower-order knock by Bhanuka Rajapaksa powered Sri Lanka to a four-wicket win over Afghanistan in their Asia Cup Super Four contest on Saturday.

Sri Lanka edged Bangladesh in a final over thriller to qualify for the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup at the Dubai International Stadium on Thursday, winning with two wickets and four balls to spare.

The Asia Cup T20 cricket tournament is set to kick-off today in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with hosts Sri Lanka taking on Afghanistan in their Group ‘B’ fixture at the Dubai International Stadium.

St. Peter’s College, one of the leading rugby playing schools in the island, has been found guilty of fielding an ineligible player during the recently concluded Dialog Schools’ Rugby League, and are to be disqualified from participating in the f

The 23-year-old, though he made his first-class debut nearly five years ago, has not been a standout performer on the domestic circuit. Batting in the top order mostly, the left-hander has only maintained an average of less than 30 in each format, bu

Colts CC opener Avishka Perera slammed the first double ton of the Major Club three day cricket tournament which got underway yesterday when he made an unbeaten 210 inclusive of 17 boundaries and three sixes against Kandy Customs CC on day one in the

The much looked-forward to schools rugby encounter between traditional rivals Trinity College Kandy and Royal College Colombo, for the Bradby Shield, will get underway tomorrow with the first leg of the 76th edition at the Royal Sports Complex in Rei

Sri Lanka will play just 25 Tests as part of the new Future Tours Programme (FTP) that was released by the International Cricket Council today, with a majority of their 131 matches in the next four-year cycle coming in the 50-over format.

Sri Lanka perhaps as a nation has hit new lows during the last few years with its economy crumbling down like a house of cards. From changing cabinets on a monthly basis to huge queues for fuel and gas in recent months, the island once called the pea

Kusal Mendis proved an unstoppable force scoring an unbeaten half-century to help SLC Reds to a comfortable seven-wicket win over SLC Blues in the final of the SLC Invitational T20 League played at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Monday.

Isipathana dethroned Royal with a thrilling 21 points to 15 win in the title deciding match of the Dialog Schools League Rugby tournament played at Havelock Park yesterday. The sc

Chairman, National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) Suresh Subramaniam today stressed the importance of providing more overseas training and international exposure to the Sri Lankan athletes to win medals at the upcoming major events.

Sri Lankan athletes Sarangi Silva and Sumedha Ranasinghe ended their Commonwealth Games campaign while losing their respective finals on the penultimate day of the event in Birmingham, England on Sunday.

The Innovative Production Group (IPG) wishes to announce that the company has come forward to support the SLC Skyexch Invitational T20 League, powered by Dafa News, as the tournament’s Ground Rights Holder and the Broadcast Production Partner.

18-year old Nethmi Poruthotage became Sri Lanka’s youngest ever Commonwealth Games medallist and first ever medallist in Wrestling when she beat Australia’s Irene Symeonidis in the Bronze medal match in the Women’s Freestyle 57kg category at th

Sri Lanka’s Sarangi Silva produced a pleasing performance to reach the final round of the Women’s long jump event at the 22nd Commonwealth Games track and field events, continued at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England on Friday.

To many of us he was ‘Nilufer’ an unassuming boy from Randles Hill in Heerassagala whose skills as a half back playing tap rugby in the back yards made him a popular figure. Hailing from a family of rugby players Nilfer Ibrahim went on to don the

A third athlete in Sri Lanka’s Commonwealth Games contingent has decamped, the fourth such individual to have gone missing from the team this week.