The Sri Lanka U19 team began their campaign of the ICC U19 World Cup with a win by 39 runs on D/L method in a rain shortened match against the Zimbabwe U19 played at Kimberley. South Africa yesterday. Zimbabwe in their run chase of 205 runs was on 30

Kandy and Jaffna recorded first-inning wins over Galle and Colombo in the four-day National Super League cricket tournament encounters concluded at the Sooriyawewa Stadium and SSC ground yesterd

Fairfirst Insurance Limited, for the sixth successive year, has come forward to support the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) as the sponsor of the MCA “F” division 25-Over League Tournament 2024, contested for the Fairfirst Insurance Trophy.

Sri Lanka made mincemeat of Zimbabwe as they outclassed them to record a comprehensive nine-wicket win in the third and deciding T20 encounter played at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday to clinch the series 2-1. Sri Lanka, in p

Havelock SC will start favourites when they take on Navy SC in their SLR Inter-Club League Rugby Tournament encounter at Havelock Park today. The kick-off is at 6.30 p.m. The Havies will be hoping to record their fourth win of the tournament while t

Kaveesha Perera and Sadew Wijeratne shone for Royal, Panadura in their innings and 77-run win against Jaffna Central in their Under-19 Inter-Schools cricket encounter played at Jaffna. Kaveesha slammed a run-a-ball 146 inclusive of 13 boundaries and

Sri Lanka will be under pressure when they take on the underdogs Zimbabwe in the third and deciding Twenty20 International at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today. The series is locked 1-1 after the visitors pulled off a last-over win in the s

While Wanindu Hasaranga’s seven-wicket haul led to a 28-place jump, it was compatriot Maheesh Theekshana to make a noteworthy move to equal-eighth on the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings.

St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota beat Ananda College by 10 wickets in their Under-19 Inter-Schools cricket encounter, which concluded at Katugastota yesterday. The last Antonian win at home was in 1948, thus ending a long wait of 76 years. The

Holy Cross College, Gampaha emerged ‘D’ Division champions at the All-Island Girls’ Inter-Schools Under-11 Badminton Team Championships held at the Lumbini College Badminton Indoor Stadium. Holy Cross shuttlers beat Viharamaha Devi Girls’

In a nail-biting showdown at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday, Zimbabwe’s Luke Jongwe and Clive Madande staged a sensational final-over performance against Sri Lanka clinching the second Twenty20 International. The dramatic conclusion resu

An impressive match bag figure of 9 for 65 by left arm spinner Dimath Abeysinghe helped Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala to record a comfortable eight wicket win over Mahinda College, Galle in a low scoring match of the Under 19 inter-school cricket en

A match winning knock of 84 inclusive of five boundaries and a six by Krishan Sanjula paved the way for SSC to record an easy 71 run win over Sebastianites C&AC in the final of the Major Club limited over cricket tournament played at the SSC ground y

The Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL) will conduct a total of 21 local tournaments in 2024. This will include the senior nationals, junior nationals, All-Island Open Ranking Tournaments, Provincial Tournament, All-Island schools and clu

Naomi Osaka was beaten in straight sets by Caroline Garcia in her first Grand Slam appearance since 2022 at the Australian Open yesterday. Osaka missed last season as she gave birth to her daughter Shai in July and returned to tennis at the start o

St. Anthony’s College commenced their Under-19 Inter-Schools cricket season with an innings and 76-run win over Dharmaraja College at Katugastota. Left-arm spinner Kaveesha Piyumal had a dream start for the season when he captured a matchbag of n

Angelo Mathews was dead and buried at least as a limited over cricketer under the previous selection committee led by Promod ya Wickramasinghe. Despite Sri Lanka’s continuous struggle, and Mathews’ performances in the domestic league the all-roun

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya After a thrilling victory in the first Twenty20 International of the three-match series against Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka Captain Wanindu Hasaranga expressed confidence that this initial triumph under his captaincy marks

Hesanya Welikala of Dharmapala MV, Pannipitiya was selected as the Best Player in the Under-20 category at the All-Island Schools Taekwondo Championships 2023 held at the Ananda College Indoor Stadium in Colombo. Hesanya was se

Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC’s) suspension by the International Cricket Council (ICC) will be lifted on before February 15, Sports Minister Harin Fernando said yesterday. The Minister

Sports Minister Harin Fernando said that he has formally requested the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Jay Shah to consider hosting a few Indian Premier League (IPL) m

Wanindu Hasaranga, who made a comeback to the Sri Lanka team in the final one-day international against Zimbabwe at R. Premadasa Stadium on Thursday after missing the World Cup due to injury, delivered an outstanding performance, claiming a seven-wic

In a candid session with the Cabinet Sub-Committee appointed to address issues affecting Sri Lanka Cricket, members of the national cricket team expressed several concerns and grievances highlighting significant gaps in player management, coaching, t

Former captain Dasun Shanaka has once again found himself in the firing line following two failures in the first and second ODIs against Zimbabwe in the ongoing three match series which Sri Lanka lead 1-0. Shanaka who ha

Geoff Allardice, the CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC), arrived in Sri Lanka against the backdrop of the ICC ban on Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Allardice m

By M. Shamil Amit S. Thomas’ Mt. Lavinia succeeded to gain a close first innings win over Mahinda College, Galle in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at the SSC ground yesterday. Mahinda in reply to the Thomians score of 21

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced an away tour to Sri Lanka (SL) on top of a series against Ireland in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), taking on both teams across all three formats. Afghanistan’s Men travel to Sri Lanka before a

Sri Lanka’s foremost wrestler Nethmi Ahinsa Fernando and her coach left for Croatia yesterday to compete at the first Olympic Qualifier for the year 2024. All arrangements for their participation at this event were finalised under the directions

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) distributed bowling machines to 22 schools during a ceremony held at the SLC Headquarters in Maitland Place yesterday. Royal, D. S. Senanayake, Lumbini, Moratu MV, Isipathana, Dharmapala, Pannipitiya, De Mazenod, St. Anthony

By M. Shamil Amit Dineth Gunawardena displayed brilliance with a score of 62 for S. Thomas’ in their encounter against Mahinda Galle, as Kaveen Rukshan claimed four wickets on the opening day of the Under 19 inter-school cricket tournament at the