Defending champions Trinity College and St Joseph’s College booked their berths to the semi finals of the Under 19 Division One Tier ‘A’ inter-school limited over cricket tournament when they came out victorious against Mahanama College Colombo

India has looked invincible in the tournament. They have a clean sheet of nine wins and are just two wins away from laying their hands on the World Cup for the third time. History, however, favours New Zealand when hosts take on the Black Caps in t

The 5km half marathon event of the All Island School Games conducted by the Ministry of Education and sponsored by Nestle Lanka Pvt Ltd under the brand Nestomalt which concluded at Galle saw W.H. Kavindu Madushan of Kaburuwala National College and K.

Shanikya Deshapriya shone with a quick fire 48 ball knock of 87 that included five boundaries and seven towering sixes while Vihas Thewmika bagged five scalps to help Thurstan recording a crushing 168 run win over Dharmaraja in the Under 19 Division

Batting great Aravinda de Silva is among three cricketing icons to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame Class of 2023 in a special on-field ceremony at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, during the first semi-final between India and New Zealand on Wednes

Hasaranga Sooriyaarachchi and Sithuli Ranasinghe clinched the Men’s and Women’s Open Singles titles respectively at the Northern Province Badminton Association (NPBA) All-Island Championships, held at the Northern Province Indoor Badminton Sports

Club Hotel Dolphin, Waikkal for the first time has come forward to sponsor the Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) Beach Volleyball Championships 2023, to be held on November 19 at Waikkal, Negom

It is reported that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has granted more than Rs. 289m to the National Sports Fund (NSF) operating under the Ministry of Sports for the last two years 2021-2022. Based on an agreement reached between SLC and the Minister of Spor

World Rugby (WR) on Friday (10) announced officially lifting the suspension imposed on Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) after reaching three major agreements. The WR council, having held discussions with SLR, Asia Rugby (AR), the Sri Lankan government, and rele

Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul hit centuries as India made it nine wins from nine group-stage games with a 160-run victory over the Netherlands. After the top three all scored fifties, Shreyas and Rahul put on 208 in Bengaluru to take India to their secon

Sri Lanka Air Force won the Weightlifting Nationals Novices Senior Championship at the National Sports Complex indoor stadium, Polonnaruwa. The tournament was conducted by the Sri Lanka Weightlifting Federation. The University of Colombo finished sec

Newcomers Baraque Travels (Pvt) Ltd. made a memorable entrance by winning the 20th edition of the Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) Bowling Championships 2023, concluded on Saturday (11) at the Strikes Cosmic Bowling Centre, Excell World, Colombo 10. 4

A team of shuttlers representing the Nationalised Services Badminton Association (NSBA) left for Thailand to take part in the Newlett Open Badminton Championships. The tournament takes place from November 12 to 18. The contingent, which has receive

In a dazzling exhibition of skill, determination, and commitment to excellence, fifteen-year-old Reshan Algama took the lead on the third day of the competition, setting the stage for a potential historic win in his third consecutive Sri Lankan Ranki

Football Sri Lanka (FSL) plans to hold the Second Four Nations Invitation Football Tournament in June 2024 in Colombo. FSL has also decided to organise this tournament annually with the aim of giving Sri Lankan football fans the opportunity to see an

New Zealand performed the last rites on Sri Lanka’s disastrous 2023 World Cup campaign and nearly earned their place in the semi-finals following their crushing 5-wicket win with more than half the overs left here at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Beng

Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) has decided to have athletes from Sri Lanka participate in 14 international athletic meets in 2024

Bad weather threatens to spoil Sri Lanka’s last Cricket World Cup group game against New Zealand here at Bengaluru, India, today. The two teams will meet at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium—but with scattered thunderstorms forecasted, the match could be

Ben Stokes’ maiden World Cup hundred set-up a 160-run win for England over the Netherlands in Pune on Wednesday as the struggling champions climbed off the bottom of the table. Victory ended a five-game losing streak, with England having long since

The completion of the Under 19 Division One Tier ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories limited over tournament round robin matches last week which was contested by 20 teams in the Tier ‘A’ and 18 teams in Tier ‘B’ saw sixteen teams, eight from each

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is committed to upholding the principles of integrity, transparency, and accountability in the administration of cricket in Sri Lanka. In line with this commitment, SLC has taken a proactive step to invite respected individu

The turmoil back at home could distract cricketers and the coaching staff at the ongoing World Cup as their commitment has been questioned by many including the Sports Minister and several other MPs in parliament.

The Major Club three day tournament which got underway after a lapse of over one month saw only five of the ten matches that were scheduled to be played being completed with some of the matches being called off without a ball being bowled. Of the

The Hockey Federation of Sri Lanka (HFSL) has postponed the 2023 Senior National Hockey Championships (Men and Women) to the last week of January due to the bad weather conditions in the country.

Livid at the ‘dirty tactics’ used by Bangladesh Skipper Shakib Al Hasan and his team to get him timed out - the first such case in international cricket – Angelo Mathews labelled the act a ‘disgrace’ that no other team would ever have commi

Inaugural Battle of Peace The School for the Deaf Ratmalana emerged winners of the inaugural “Battle of the Peace Trophy” T20 big match encounter against Nuffield School for the Deaf and Blind, Kaithadi played at the NSCA ground in Ratmalana.

Anuradhapura Under 15 and Kaltara Zone 2 recorded massive wins in the ongoing Under 15 inter-provincial limited over cricket tournament match played at Vavuniya and Bandaragama. Anuradhapura coasted to a 208 runs win over Vavuniya while Kalutara Z

Glenn Maxwell battled through injury to hit a sensational double century against Afghanistan and guide Australia into the World Cup semi-finals. Maxwell arrived at the crease to face a hat-trick ball after Australia slumped to 91-7 in pursuit of 292

Trinity College Kandy OBA ‘Class of 99’ will organise the Lions Rugby Sevens on November 11 at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy with 12 Old Boys’ teams participating in this mega event. There will also be a tag rugby encounter between Kandy SC

A residential training workshop for coaches and coordinators was conducted by the Regional Development Committee of Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB) from October 29 to November 1 at the National Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Training Institute in Kalawew