Veteran long-distance runners R.M.S. Pushpakumara (Western Province) and H.M.C.S. Herath (Central Province) won the Men’s and Women’s titles, respectively, at the 48th National Sports Games Cross-Country Championships 2024 held at the Nuwara Eliy

The funeral of veteran Sports Journalist and former Saunders SC football player Mahinda Jinadasa will take place today at the Urapola Public Cemetery at 4 p.m.

Manula Kularathne - Captain of Trinity College, Kandy (left), and Thisara Ekanayake - Captain of St. Anthony’s College, Kandy, hold the Hon. John Halangoda Memorial Trophy that was presented by C.I. Fernando – Chief Guest, Captain of the 1988 Tri

Sri Lanka’s Senulya Wijayawardene clinched the Women’s Singles title at the Maldives - Sri Lanka Tennis Challenge held at the Tennis Association Courts of the Maldives.

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will clash in the second One Day International (ODI) at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, today. The visitors would aim to square the series 1-1 after losing the opener by six wickets on Wednesday at the same v

Ron Chandragupta and Nipun Karnanayake slammed unbeaten centuries to help Jaffna end day one of the four-day National Super League Cricket Tournament match with a formidable 305 for two against Colombo at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday

Sajith Gunatillake from Seylan Bank, B. Malith from Empire Tea, R. Dimuthumal from Astron Lanka and Malintha Hettiarachchi from Emerchemie NB posted centuries in the MCA ‘F’ Division 25-Over League Cricket Tournament continued during the weekend.

Hosts S. Thomas’ College emerged champions of the Centenary T20 Triangular Cricket Tournament when they overcame traditional rivals Royal College by seven wickets in the final played at Mount Lavinia. Royal taking first lease of the wicket were abl

Old Thurstanites, led by Sriyan Gurusinghe, won the Naomal Fernando Trophy when they beat Old Isipathanians in their Seventh Annual Golf Tournament, which took place at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC). Now the tally is level at 3-3 with one m

Ritzbury – Sir Henry Steele Olcott Schools Relay Carnival 2024 concluded on a high note at the Kotawila Sports Stadium in Matara, showcasing the athletic talents of leading schools from across the island. The event, jointly organised by the Old Boy

Dialog Axiata PLC is once again fuelling the 90th edition of the Battle of the Saints Inter-School Big Match between traditional rivals St. Joseph’s College and St. Peter’s College for the Rev. Fr. Maurice J. Le Goc Trophy at the SSC Grounds on M

Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto struck an unbeaten century to guide Bangladesh to a comfortable six-wicket win in the first one-day international of a three-match series against Sri Lanka in Chittagong yesterday. Najmul hit 122 not out of 129 balls, an

Buoyed by their thrilling 2-1 Twenty20 International (T20I) Series victory against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka gear up for a three-match One Day International (ODI) Series starting today at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. The ODI Series

Old Royalists showed their dominance, retaining the prestigious Fred De Saram Trophy with an impressive tally of 30 points against their traditional rivals Old Thomians’ 21 points. This annual event was held at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC).

by Susil Premalal The British School in Colombo emerged Girls’ overall champions at the All-Island Novices Aquatic Meet organised by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union and held at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Complex in Colombo. The victori

The third match of the MILO Football Champs 2024 - Northern Province,(under 10 and under 12) was held in the Vavuniya district over the weekend with the participation of 32 teams, comprising 7 Girls’ and 25 Boys’ teams. Emerging victorious this

The Mercantile Open Badminton Championships conducted by the Sri Lanka Badminton and the Mercantile Badminton Association (MBA), is set to commence on March 16i and will run until March 23 at two venues - the MBA Courts and the Lumbini College Indoor

Mahinda College Galle recorded a big win by an innings and 152 runs over Dharmapala MV Pannipitiya in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Galle. Deneth Kaushalya along with Hareen Achintha and Sanuka Dangamuwa cracked half tons to

Host S. Thomas’ recorded back to back wins in their Centenary T20 Triangular cricket tournament played at S. Thomas’ ground in Mt Lavinia. The tournament is being played in conjunction with the centenary celebrations of the Thomian ground which h

Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) will field a five-member contingent for the IAAF Sixth World Athletic Relay Championships 2024, to be held from May 4 to 5 at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The IAAF Sixth World Athletic Relay Championships

Alex Carey scored a magnificent 98 not out as Australia chased down its 279-run victory target to beat New Zealand by three wickets before tea on the fourth day of the second Test in Christchurch yesterday, sweeping the series 2-0. Rain at Hagley Ova

David Pieris Racing & Leisure (Private) Limited together with the Ceylon Motor Sports Club (CMSC) organised the second round of the ACBT Kart Fight Championship 2024. This second round of the four-round kart championship left spectators thrilled and

The State Services Team clinched the 2024 Inter-Association Netball Championship, conducted by the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL) and worked-off at the Sports Ministry Torrington Grounds in Colombo. 27 teams affiliated with the NFSL partici

St. Sebastian’s College defeated their traditional rivals Prince of Wales College by 20 runs to win the 39th limited-over cricket encounter played at the P. Sara Oval on Sunday. The Sebastianites piled up 265 in 49.2 overs and the Cambrians in re

Himaru Deeshan and Akash Dewmina shared 15 wickets between them to help Holy Cross College Kalutara record an outright win by 64 runs over St. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Bandaragama. Maliyadeva C

Defending champions Dambulla retained the National Super League limited over tournament title when they recorded a close 19 runs win over Kandy in a high scoring final played under floodlights at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday. Kandy set a massiv

Sri Lanka shuttlers claimed a record tally of nine gold medals and six silver medals at the South Asia (SA) Regional Junior Badminton Championships 2024, held in Islamabad, Pakistan. Reaching all five finals of the Under-17 and Under-15 categories, t

St. Anthony’s College warmed up for their big game next week with a first innings win over Trinity College in their Mini Battle of the Blues, which concluded at Katugastota yesterday. Dinura Ganegoda made a solid 73 and took six wickets for the Kat

Opener Janaka Silva was the hero of St. Sebastian’s in the 39th Battle of the Golds limited-over win by 20 runs against traditional rivals Prince of Wales played at the P Sara Stadium yesterday. The win also saw the Sebs complete a double after wi

Sri Lanka secured a thrilling series win over Bangladesh on Saturday when they clinched the third T20 courtesy of a stunning hat-trick from Nuwan Thushara, but the brilliant performance from the visiting Sri Lankan team was probably overshadowed by t