Maliyadeva College Kurunegala and D.S. Senanayake College Colombo recorded convincing wins in low scoring matches of the Under 19 inter-schools limited over tournament encounters played at Kotahena and DSS ground Wijerama Mawatha. Maliyadeva coaste

In 2019, England won the ICC Men’s World Cup final in a nerve-wracking fashion with a dramatic victory over New Zealand at the Lord’s in London. On their road to glory, they had suffered three defeats including one against Sri Lanka. Sri Lank

Sri Lanka suffered their second defeat in the Singapore Nation Cup Invitation Netball tournament when they were beaten 62-51 by Singapore ‘A’ team. The six-team tournament is being held at Singapore Sports Hub.

Afghanistan put on a superb batting and bowling display to hand Pakistan a stunning eight-wicket defeat in the Cricket World Cup on Monday. Chasing a 283-run target, Afghanistan were lifted by Ibrahim Zadran (87), Rahmat Shah (77 not out) and Rahmanu

Over 30 teams are set to compete at the Men’s and Women’s Senior National Hockey Championships, which will be held from November 9 to 12 at the Shalika Grounds in Narahenpita. The draw for the tournament will take place tomorrow (25), with 17 M

S. Thomas’ College came out victorious in their annual Regatta against traditional rivals Royal College, which concluded at the Colombo Rowing Club, Beira Lake, on Saturday. This was the 52nd in

Seamer Matheesha Pathirana is likely to be ruled out of the World Cup due to a right shoulder injury. The 20-year-old didn’t feature in Sri Lanka’s last two matches against Australia and Netherlands and will not play a further part in the 13th ed

Virat Kohli hit 95 as India beat New Zealand by four wickets yesterday to clinch a fifth win in five matches at the Cricket World Cup. Fast bowler Moh

Touring Sri Lanka U-19 cricketers defeated Pakistan U-19 cricketers by 51 runs in their first limited over encounter played at the National Bank stadium, Karachi yesterday. Sri Lanka took an e

Sri Lanka lost to Canada yesterday 50-46 in the first match of the Singapore Nation Cup invitational Netball 2023 tournament. This tournament, which is conducted by Netball Singapore for the 15th time, will be held at Sports Hub Singapore till Octobe

A quick-fire 56-ball knock of 85, which had 11 boundaries and two sixes by Pavan Ratnayake, supported by useful knocks from Navod Paranavithana, Shevon Daniel, and skipper Ahan Wickramasinghe, paved the way for Sri Lanka Emerging XI to record a comfo

Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo clinched two tennis titles at the recently concluded National Schools Games tennis championships when they succeeded to bag the Girls Under 17 and 20 titles played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo. In the U

Trinity College were selected Best Team from the Central Province for the year 2022/2023 Inter-Schools cricket season at the Under-19 Schools Cricket Awards 2023 held at the BMICH in Colombo. The Trinity Team was led by Raha

The Sri Lanka Netball Team will leave for Singapore tomorrow (20) to participate in the 14th Nations Cup Invitation International Netball Tournament 2023. Netball Singapore will conduct the tour

A maiden and two wickets is a dream for any bowler - and Dilshan Madushanka had Australia’s destructive opener David Warner and Mr. Dependable Steven Smith trapped leg-before in his second over of the match to put them under early pressure chasing

Pakistan Under 19 cricketers scored an easy nine wicket win over Sri Lanka Under 19 in the first unofficial four day test match at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi. Young Pakistanis wrap

Just before the start of Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, one of Kumar Sangakkara’s interviews with Sky Sports went viral on social media in which he said ‘We know how to win a World Cup,’ and went

Sri Lanka produced an improved performance to force a thrilling 1-1 draw to their FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asia Cup 2027 preliminary round one, second leg encounter against Yemen played at the Racecourse Grounds in Colombo yesterday. After thei

Netherlands defeated mighty South Africa by 38 runs at the Cricket World Cup yesterday as the European outsiders humiliated the Proteas for the second time in a year. Chasing

When Dilshan Madushanka breathed fire on an unresponsive pitch early into Australia’s run chase with a two-wicket maiden, there was a false sense of belief that Australia might choke under pressure --

The Sri Lanka National Men’s Volleyball Team defeated Uzbekistan 3-0 in the finals, asserting their supremacy in the Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Men’s Volleyball Challenge Cup held at the Sugathada

The second leg between Sri Lanka and Yemen in the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asia Cup 2027 preliminary round one will be held today (17) at the Racecourse Grounds in Colombo commencing at 3.00 p.m. The first match between the two countries was hel

Sri Lanka Under-19 were struggling at 155 for five in their first innings on day two of the Unofficial 4-Day Test match against Pakistan Under-19 at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi yesterday.

Bowling all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne will make his World Cup debut against Australia today after skipper Dasun Shanaka was ruled out of the World Cup with a quadricep tear in his right thigh.

With a grand total of 728 points, the MAS holdings team, emerged winners of the 2023 Mercantile Swimming Championship, after action concluded yesterday(15th) at the Thurstan Swimming Complex. John Keells Holdings were the first runners-up with 658 po

Pakistan Under 19 were in a strong position at the close of the first day’s play in the unofficial 4-day youth test against Sri Lanka at National Bank Stadium, in Pakistan.The young Pakistani openers Aza

The National Paralympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NPCSL) has selected 26 athletes for eight sports for the Asian Para Games 2023. The Asian Para Games are scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China, from October 22–28, and the Ministry of Sports has app

Afghanistan pulled off one of the greatest World Cup shocks yesterday when they defeated defending champions England by 69 runs in New Delhi. Chasing 285

Asian Games Gold Medallist Tharushi Karunaratne will make her final appearance at school level when she competes in the 51st Ritzbury Sir John Tarbat Athletic Championships 2023, which will be held from November 3 to 5 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in C

Sineth Jayawardena of Royal College, Colombo will lead the 16-member Sri Lanka Under-19 Team for the forthcoming tour to Pakistan. The squad comprises of 14 players who were members of the recently concluded ODI and Unofficial Test series-winning tea