Lasith Embuldeniya took five wickets in the final innings as hosts Sri Lanka thrashed the West Indies by 187 runs in the first Test yesterday to surge 1-0 up in the two-match series.

Sri Lanka need just four wickets to win the first Test against West Indies in Galle after setting the all-but-impossible target of 368 today’s penultimate day of play.

Sri Lanka need just four wickets to win the first Test against West Indies in Galle after setting the all-but-impossible target of 348 today’s penultimate day of play.

A limited number of spectators will be allowed for the Lanka Premier League (LPL), Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa tweeted today.

One more Sri Lanka women’s team cricketer has tested positive for Covid-19 in Zimbabwe, it is learnt.

West Indies were today in deep trouble in the first Test against Sri Lanka as they collapsed to 113 for six at stumps on day two in reply to the hosts’ first innings total of 386 all out.

In what turned out to be the 24th and last game (under lights) at the Dubai Sports City Rugby Stadium yesterday, Sri Lanka men’s rugby team suffered a humiliating 37-00 defeat to China, their third successive battering for the day.

Seychelles clinched the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Trophy Four-Nation Football Tournament when they edged out Sri Lanka 3-1 on penalties in the final encounter played at the Racecourse Grounds in Reid Avenue on Friday.

Sri Lankan men’s coaching combination of Ben Gollings of international repute, Nilfer Ibrahim, an unassuming but a shrewd and master tactician of sevens rugby and Saliya Kumara, a fast learner, knowing very well of the difficult task ahead of them

Sri Lanka secured their place in the Prime Minister MahindaRajapaksa Trophy Four-Nation Invitation Football Tournament final when they edged out Bangladesh 2-1 in a decisive round-robin match played at the Racecourse Grounds in Reid Avenue yesterday.

Sri Lanka’s national senior men’s team head coach Mickey Arthur will join Derbyshire after the upcoming Test series against West Indies.

The Lanka Premier League (LPL) has seen yet another change in franchise ownership prior to its second edition with Founder and Chairman of Softlogic Holdings PLC, Ashok Pathirage, acquiring the Colombo-based franchise.

Australia clinched their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title after fiery fifties by Mitchell Marsh and David Warner fashioned an eight-wicket victory against New Zealand in Sunday’s final.

Whilst the general perception points at an average performance by the new look Sri Lanka men’s and women’s squads this weekend at the Dialog sponsored Asia Sevens Series 2021 edition in Dubai, a rather optimistic Sri Lanka Rugby chief contended t

Bangladesh and Seychelles clinched the top spot of the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Trophy 4-Nation Invitation Football Tournament with four points each after the completion of Saturday’s stage two matches played at the Racecourse Grounds in Re

A high profile press conference by Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) to kick start preparations for the Asian Sevens Series Rugby Tournament 2021 was strikingly overshadowed a few hours later by the sporting sponsorship giant Dialog Axiata PLC with the unveiling

Wasim Razeek’s four goals gave Sri Lanka a thrilling 4-4 draw against the Maldives in the opening match of the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Trophy at the Racecourse Grounds in Reid Avenue yesterday.

Two coaching staff member of the Sri Lanka Cricket team – head coach Mickey Arthur and batting coach Grant Flower – have not returned with the team but have stayed back in the UAE. The team, which could not advance to the semi-finals of the World

His stats at the T20 World Cup may not earn him many admirers – 96 runs and two wickets across eight games is poor by any measure. But skipper Dasun Shanaka has no qualms, saying his role in the team is that of a ’’floater’’.

Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 20 runs at the T20 World Cup on Thursday, confirming the defending champions’ elimination from the tournament while Australia stayed on course for the semi-finals.

Adam Zampa claimed his maiden five-wicket haul to help Australia boost their semi-final hopes at the Twenty20 World Cup with an eight-wicket thrashing of Bangladesh today.

Opening batsman Rohit Sharma hit a blistering 74 to set up India’s first win at the Twenty20 World Cup with a 66-run drubbing of Afghanistan on Wednesday as Virat Kohli’s team avoided a shock early exit.

Martin Guptill hit 93 and became only the second man to pass 3,000 Twenty20 International runs as New Zealand defeated Scotland by 16 runs at the World Cup on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka bow out of the T20 World Cup on Thursday with coach Mickey Arthur claiming the team is “shattered” after 250 days in the last 11 months spent locked in a Covid-19 bubble.

Pakistan became the first team to reach the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals after beating Namibia by 45 runs, with brilliant half centuries from Mohammad Rizwan and skipper Babar Azam in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

Kagiso Rabada took 3-20 and skipper Temba Bavuma made an unbeaten 31 as South Africa beat Bangladesh by six wickets at the T20 World Cup on Tuesday to edge closer to the semi-finals.

The Colombo-based and Kandy-based Lanka Premier League (LPL) franchises have found new owners prior to the second edition of the tournament slated to commence in December.

Jos Buttler hit the first century of the Twenty20 World Cup as England effectively booked their semi-final spot with a 26-run victory over Sri Lanka on Monday.

As Daily Mirror exclusively reported last Wednesday (27) the Ministry of Youth and Sports has appointed former Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) President Asanga Seneviratne the head of the advisory committee for the development of rugby in Sri Lanka.

Air Force SC defeated Police SC 24-0 in the selection trials played at Police Park yesterday.